Short Story - Writers Craft Creative Writing Essay

Short Story – Writer's Craft
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Short Story – Writer's Craft
Hills like White Elephants by Hemingway
Hemingway narration uses the third person objective point of view in his 'Hills like White Elephants' short story. The narrator solely removes himself from the events in his account by choosing not to use the pronouns I or we. Third-person pronouns get objectively used; that is, the narrator reports to his readers that which someone else present in his surrounding can visibly see or audible hear. The objective point of view narration enables a narrator to the only report what is said or seen but neither the thoughts nor intentions of characters. For instance, early on in the narrative, the storyteller reports:
"What should we drink?" the girl asked. She had taken off her hat and put it on the table. (Hemmingway, p. 444).
The girl's identity does not get revealed directly by the narrator when reporting her words. However, later on, we learn that she gets identified as Jig. From the statement, we can note that emotions such as pain, hunger, fear, doubt, anxiety, or hope that the girl may show do not get mentioned. The objective point of view of the narration seems to place both the characters in the event of the story and the readers in a confused state. The characters fail to comprehend each other, and the readers find it hard to grasp the story's flow.
Hemmingway's technique of using the third person point of narrative enables his readers to explicitly understand the visible and auditory aspects of events in his story. The presentation of events as they occurred aids in the excellent delivery of themes to a silent audience. A reader can deduce an idea of alcohol in the conversation between the characters (Hemmingway, p. 444). Besides, reporting events nullifies any probability of bias. Readers get presented with a chance to make personal informed conclusions, interpretations, and judgments by deducing the characters' words. Hemingway's short story uses the third point of view in a stellar way. The mode of narration is successful at recreating a vivid moment of the occurrences of events.
Reunion by John Cheever
Characterization is one of the narrative styles that John Cheever utilizes in his short story 'Reunion.' The story mainly gets dominated by two characters- the boy who gets referred to as Charlie and his father. Literary devices get used to characterize Charlie's father, who has been absent in most of his life. The author depicts the father of the boy as a boisterous, large, and handsome man. As the story begins, Charlie gets portrayed as a child who craves a close relationship with his father. But later on, the author shows his readers how neglect and alcoholism habits of Charlie's father makes him evoke despise from his child. Charlie's dad is intimidating according to his actions of placing a meeting with his son at one of the busiest places in New York City (Cheever, p. 14). The author portrays Charlie as unimportant not only to hi...