fiction stories analyzing.

Fictional stories are creative stories author’s imagined or are in relation to personal experience, and they put into writing. In analyzing this story, will understand the various aspects and attributes of fictional writing which include; tones, styles of writing, character evaluation, the theme of the story, roles of certain characters and the various styles of writing that are incorporated to this story.

In the story, the author has decided to create an emotion moving story that explains the relaying and receipt of the death news of Louise’s husband. The writer has used repetition in some of the sentences, for example, free, free, free; this is usually used to show emphasis or stress on a certain point or issue. Use of symbolism is also present in the narrative, when she stared into the sky; there were patches of blue amongst the clouds. The meaning of this form of style used is to try and show, in all the sad and sorrow emotion turmoil in her there was still a speck of hope and joy. There is the use of similes, which is used to describe a certain character or situation synonymously to character or situation. Irony use in literature brings out the opposite of what was or is expected. It is ironical when Louise dies of a heart attack because of the joy of seeing her husband; opposite to what was expected in the beginning where they thought she would die from the news that her husband was dead. The other ironical aspect of the narrative is that, the whole story was about Louise coming into terms with her husband’s death; she is mourning and crying because of his death while in the end she is the one who passes on.

Plot in a narrative is usually used o explain the various part of the narrative, the protagonist, the obstacles, the climax of events, complications the objective of the protagonist and the theme of the narrative (Spack,5). In the story Louise is the main character and the author chose her to be the main person in the narrative for she is emotional, she loves her husband and as sad for she lost him and at the same time she is hopeful and strong despite the sad news of her husband’s death. While describing the plot we analyze what was the protagonist objective, Louise is used to describe a loving character, and at the same time a strong and hopeful character. The theme of the story is death. The whole story describes the death and mourning of Brently Mallard. And at the end the story it talks about the death of Louise Mallard. The climax of the narrative comes close to the end where Brently arrives on the front door alive after all the mourning and crying of his friend, sister-in-law and his wife.

Josephine, Louise’s sister has a loving character as she is with her sister and cares enough to break the news to her the most sensitive way. She is also supportive, as she tries to explain the death of her sister’s husband and she stands by her. She is caring as she tries to stop her sister from doing anything that will make her ill. Richard on the other hand has a supportive character; he waits at the bottom and is present in the house as Louise learns about death of her husband. He has a trustworthy, as Mallards friend he takes the responsibility to know about his death and tends to details about the accident. Both Josephine and Richard represent supportive friend and family as the take care of Louise.

The tone and mood of the narrative describes the emotions the narrative sets on the reader. The author has used a wistful tone. Throughout the story, Louise is mourning and longing for her dead husband. The wistful tone made the narrative more emotional mostly grief and sad. This is illustrated by the crying and hysterical emotion in her. The narrative evokes a sad and sorrowful mood. He or she used the mood so as to give the theme more meaning and also, it is used to set the tone of the narrative. Through the mourning and crying this is clearly illustrated.

The writers point of view is described through the third person, through use of ‘she’ (Antonacci, 139). This helps to describe to enable the reader to get see and visualize as the character in the narrative is. The use of ‘she’ to represent Louise, helps us learn about her character and her thoughts. If another point of view was used, such as the second person that involves the use of your and you, the author would not be able to speak directly to the reader but this would give the readers a chance to participate in the story; making the reader more intimate and personal with the characters.

The story takes part during the day, it involves a death strike family, and the events of the story take part in the house of Mr and Mrs Mallard. The setting of the narrative describes a cloudy almost rainy environment. This brings out the symbolism of the narrative (sad and misty). The story is placed in a loving and supportive family hence it is able to bring out the characteristics of the characters. If the setting was altered to a different place, or time aspects such as symbolism would not be included. But aspects such as time and place would not greatly affect the tone or mood of the narrative neither the theme.

Through description of all the above aspects of writing, readers are able to know more about the narrative, get to know the main intention of the writer as he or she was writing the text. Description of the tone, setting, plot, attributes of characters and the styles of writing used is all considered as part of analyzing any form of literature.

Spack, Ruth. Instructor’s manual to accompany The international story– an anthology with guidelines for reading and writing about fiction. Cambridge [Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Print.

Antonacci, Patricia A. A., and Catherine M. M. Callaghan. Promoting Literacy Development 50 Research-Based Strategies for K-8 Learners.. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2011. Print.