For Your World :: essays research papers

For Your WorldA story consists of many small part. When these parts argon put together they create a piece of literature that conveys a message. This message wad be about almost anything. Literature can tell a story about happiness or an experience of love. It all depends on what pieces and how they are placed together which makes a story. Anton Chekhov has written a wonderfully pieced together short story titled Misery. The elements which allow me to understand Misery are narrator point of view, background signal, character, and theme.Setting is the only early(a) device, besides the title, which can set a mood for the story before any characters are introduced. When you place any character in a setting, that setting reflects onto the character. Iona Potapov, the sledge driver, is all white like a ghost His little mare is white and motionless tooShe is probably lost in thought. Anyone who has been torn away from the plough, from the familiar gray landscapes and cast into this sl ough, full of monstrous lights, of unceasing uproar and hurrying people (69) this quote allows for the reader to build a assure of the scenery. No one would want to have to sit on a sledge for many hours and be covered in snow waiting for psyche to come by. The words utilize to describe Ionas setting are very carefully picked to create this powerful imagery at the beginning of the story. The urban center is described as a slough. Slough is defined as a state of deep despair or moral degradation. With this deep pit of despair called a town, monstrous lights and unceasing uproar continue all round these two characters. With this as the opening paragraph the story has already started an emotion or feeling inside the readers mind. How a story is told can alter the meaning of the story. Finding the right combination of who tells the story if very difficult. When the right order of voices are found it makes the story come alive. It allows for the imagery of the persons actions and th e characters thoughts to be read at the same time. Misery has found this great combination.Narrators are used show or place a given mood in the story. It is a long time since Iona has budged. They came out of the yard before dinner-time and not a single fare yet. (69) At the start of the story the narrator has started the emotion of sympathy for the main character.