In this post, we are going to analyze “Sing Me a Song of a Lad that is Gone.” This is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson that plays into the idea of innocence lost. In perhaps the author’s most famous novel, Treasure Island, a loss of innocence plays a crucial role in the adventure. Moreover, the poem addresses reflecting on aging.
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What Makes a Good Pirate Story in Fiction Writing?
In this post, we are discussing the conventions of a very specific genre–the pirate story in fiction. and there are many different pirate books and stories out there as well. We are going to look at a variety of mediums, from literature to television to film. Some of the conventions we are going to consider include characters, treasure, adventure, setting, and history. Additionally, we will check out a few examples of good pirate stories across time.
Heroic Comebacks ‘Twenty Years After’ by Alexandre Dumas
Last week, I reviewed Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers (1884). That story has much to do with many in its genre (Romance/Action), and showcases a plot of intrigue and danger. Considering we have been examining a variety of different books in a similar vein, the expansion into Dumas’s sequel with further expand our knowledge of the subject and the genre. In this post, I am going to review Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (the second novel in the series), and we will see just what the musketeers have been up to for some time.
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: Action and Adventure
If there is one thing that The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy has for readers, it’s a good sense of adventure and intrigue. The characters are constantly assaulted by both spies and threats from other characters, including lies and violence. Other authors tackled these ideas as well. For example, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. And, much like Orczy and The Scarlet Pimpernel, there were more than just one story involving these characters. As it turns out, mysterious plots and deceit extend beyond just one historical moment. In this post, I am reviewing The Three Musketeers, which is a book rife in swashbuckling adventure and daring.
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‘Harvest Home’ Analysis: A Journey into Folk Horror
What was here yesterday would be here tomorrow, and if it wasn’t it was no great matter. What mattered was the earth and what it could provide. — Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
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Why do we wear Halloween costumes?
Every Halloween, the streets come alive with dragons, faeries, monsters, and princesses, each adorned in fantastical costumes. But have you ever wondered why we embrace the tradition of dressing up in Halloween costumes and parading through town in search of candy? In this post, we embark on a journey through time to explore the ancient roots and the captivating history of costume-wearing, tracing it back to animal costumes and festivals in the hills and analyzing it for what it is today.
Book Review: ‘Scary Stories 3, More Tales to Chill Your Bones’
When you read a Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book, you no doubt expect grim depictions of horror and eerie drawings that could only come from beyond. Yet, you should expect the images to perfectly visualize the stories between the covers. Just like the three-book collection of Scary Stories. In this post, we delve into the abyss of terror once more. After previously dissecting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, we now turn our gaze to the sinister Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. Join us as we analyze and summarize this literary descent into darkness.
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Book Review: Wilder Girls by Rory Power
“I think I’d been looking for it all my life
a storm in my body to match the one in my head.”
― Rory Power, Wilder Girls
Exploring the Theme of Death in Poetry
Poems are all about beauty and presentation. What do they look like? What do they say? Poetry about a blooming flower joining the world with a figurative smile on its face is common. Yet, another commonality is the theme of death in poetry and what it means to humanity. In this post, we will analyze the metaphorical and personified versions of death and how it is conveyed through verse.
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Crafting Prose Like Ray Bradbury, Exploring His Unique Style
To write prose like Ray Bradbury, one must focus on the subject in intense detail. By doing so, they can describe it using imagery and senses to generate a clear image. Bradbury, a science-fiction author and prolific short-story writer, wrote many classics in multiple genres. These include stories from the science-fiction classic Fahrenheit 451 to the horror-driven bildungsroman in Something Wicked this Way Comes.
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