Essays on Third Person

Third person writing is quite simply a form of observational experience. It is talking “about” someone’s experiences, thoughts and movements. It is an external viewing of a person’s experience as opposed to having a first-hand, through my emotions and “walk-in-my-shoes” experience. Imagine when you are writing first-hand that you are sitting with a typewriter behind the eyeballs of the character that is talking; now with third person writing, you are sitting behind your own eyeballs, but this time you are looking out and writing about the character in front of you. You can guess what goes on ...

In the essay, “Kalief Browder” by Jennifer Gonnerman, (Gonnerman), I noticed that the author took the third person point of view as she wrote the essay. On the other hand, Susan Klebold took the first person point of narration as she recalled the happening of that fateful day. In the narration by Gonnerman, it is clear that she felt empathy for Browder as she met him due to the choice of words that she uses as she describes the occurrences (Gonnerman). I believe that this is seen from the fact that she says that the stories that Browder was ...

The power of attorney plays a pivotal role in any company as it is a legal document that gives legal authority to someone to participate in the affairs of the company whether financial or any other business related. The giver of the authority is called principal whereas the receiver is called an agent imparted with certain roles and responsibilities. The essay draws attention towards the importance and implications of the power of attorney and will answer some of the questions understood through the material available regarding the power of attorney. Some companies are involved themselves in making decisions for ...

Morality is essential to the stability of a nation or an organization. In fact, lack thereof leads to the development of uncertainty among individuals and this situation compromises peace. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that David Foster raises his ethical concerns about the consumption of lobsters. Precisely, he does not present his argument in a way that castigates this action. Rather, he poses a question that challenges one’s emotional and logical appeal. He mentions, “Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” This statement forms the ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

The film, A Brand New Life (2009), directed by the celebrated cinematic artist, Ounie Lecomte, is a South Korean work that can surely be deemed as a fine work of art. The film is one of the best examples of the cinematic work directed by a woman director as the filmmaker exudes her aesthetic quintessence and perfect use of the cinematic techniques to leave a lasting impression in the minds of the avid audience. This is a very sensible film about this 9-year old girl who is left at an orphanage by her father who has remarried. Before coming ...

Part 1 Curriculum/Research

The current resources and techniques used to teach present simple tense in ESL classrooms include the use of present simple dominoes. The technique is an enjoyable dominoes game fit for reviewing the simple present tense in ESL classroom. The students are grouped into pairs and are awarded a set of dominoes. They use the dominoes to make a complete sentence in simple present tense (Alsagoff et al., 2012).

Part 2 Disabilities

One of the major problems exhibited by students with disabilities in learning simple present tense in ESL classroom may include pronunciation and accent difficulties. Additionally, the students may have difficulty in ...

There can be no denial that the cinematic form of art provides enormous scope for the creative artists to exude their skills and leave an impression on the minds of the avid audience. Now, it needs to be reckoned that the narration of a film is one of the key elements that helps engage the audience and communicate the idea or story of the film. However, the narrative process of the film too provides ample scope of exudation of aesthetic sense and creative style of the filmmaker. A scrutiny of a couple of films in relation to the narrative ...

Short stories are some of the literature read mostly by people because they are interesting and considered more educative to young and old generation (Gioia 7). Many scholars wrote short stories in the twentieth century, and one of them was Shirley Jackson, who wrote The Lottery. The Lottery is among the most favorite short stories in the History of American Literature. As narrated by Cummings (3) he explains that the function took place between 10 am and noon on June 27th in a small village with a population of only three hundred villagers. The event took place on a ...

Narrative point of view refers to the position of the narrator in relation to the story that one is narrating. As such, when evaluating the point of view of the narrator, one focuses on the relationship between the narrator and the characters in the story. There are three major points of view that narrators can adopt while narrating a story. These are first-person, second-person, and third-person point of views. Either of the foregoing points of views have different effect on the understanding and believability of the characters or the story being told, as is evident from O Pioneers! and ...

Background of the author

Bobbie Ann Mason comes from Kentucky and is a writer of short stories and novels. Her love for writing was nurtured by her parents who always gave her stories to read. Mason wrote her first story as a teenager; her stories were based on the books that she had read since childhood (Mason, n.p). She graduated with a degree in English from Kentucky University after which she proceeded to get a master’s degree from New York State University (Mason). Mason started working as a feature magazine contributor. She has written several short stories, many novels, a memoir, biography ...