1. Summery Vs. Analysis
By Denise Fallica
06-17-2011
2. Summery is
A summery is when someone reads a piece of writing and then goes
about writing the key points of the story. The purpose of writing a
summery is to inform the reader in aquick way of all the things
that were important that happened in the book.
Also a summery is about just the story with some personal thoughts
about the writing.
3. Example of a Summery
Though elaborating upon Rices previous novel, this book lacks its
narrative pace and dark eroticism. The sequels plot--using
successive tales by Lestat, Armand, and Marius--becomes repetitive.
Convoluted connections of vampirism with ancient mythology produces
much dialogue but little action. A vampire turned crusading rock
star is an incredible premise that many readers may not accept.
(1)
This best-selling novel purports to be the autobiography of Lestat
de Lioncourt, the eighteenth century French vampire whose
adventures in nineteenth century New Orleans were chronicled in
Anne Rices INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1979). This sequel recounts
Lestats transformation, his search for vampirisms origins, and his
efforts to convince humans of his reality. Leaving his estate,
Lestat becomes an actor in Paris. His beauty attracts Magnus, a
vampire, who kidnaps him. Exchanging blood for blood, Magnus makes
Lestat a vampire. Lestat then transforms his dying mother and
closest friend into vampires. Feeding on the blood of criminals,
these three ravage Paris until they are challenged by a coven of
vampires led by Armand. Armand has lived since the Roman Empire
when Marius, vampire and magus, transformed him.Lestat searches
Europe for Marius then finds him in Egypt. Marius relates how,
centuries before Christ, Druid priests made him a vampire. Marius
now guards the immortals Enkil and Akasha, from whom all vampires
descend. Lestat falls in love with Akasha, angers Enkil, and flees
to New Orleans.When societys tumult awakens him, Lestat becomes a
rock-and-roll star. He capitalizes upon pseudo-Satanism to assert
the true Dark Powers. His record albums and videos pave the way for
a concert which explodes into a vampire riot.
Image from:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43814.The_Vampire_Lestat
4. Analysis is.
I think analysis is a way to take a piece of writing and study it
to find a deeper meaning of it. Analysis is a way to try and figure
out what the author was wanting us to know or think about in the
way they wrote the story. Writing an analysis is like coming up
with an opinion that could be wrong and then taking different
examples from the story and proving it correct.
5. Example of an analysis
This is part of an analysis that Josie Fenner did on The Lord of
the Rings for an English class. If you want to read the whole
analysis, click here.
Josie Fenner
ENG 104, Prof. C. Agatucci
Midterm Literary Analysis Paper
29 October 2003
The Lord of the Rings
Some stories can affect people emotionally, but once in a while a
story can call a person to escape to it. The Lord of the Rings is
an enchanting story with masterful use of setting and sensational
characters that engages readers and can move them to experience
life in a deeper way. As a child, J.R.R. Tolkien lived in Africa
until his father passed away. Then his mother moved them to
England. Mrs. Tolkien made certain that her children learned
literature and languages. It was probably due somewhat to his
mothers influence that Tolkien became who he was: an author and a
linguist (Corday). Tolkien had a special interest in "obscure"
languages, even to the point of creating his own. He called it
High-Elven and often in his stories he used the language. Tolkien
also invented an entire world called Middle Earth where The Lord of
the Rings takes place. Because he had invented this world it had to
bow to his will and rules. He was an accomplished linguist and this
greatly helped his ability to vividly portray and create in the
readers mind Middle Earth, a place that no person has ever been
(Corday). Charters defines setting as "the place and time of the
story." Also according to Charters, "When the writer locates the
narrative in a physical setting, the reader is moved along step by
step toward acceptance of the fiction" (Charters 1008). Tolkiens
setting gives the reader a sense of goodness or malevolence. Unlike
an environment that is removed from the work, Tolkiens setting
sometimes is the story. Possibly the setting could even tell the
story if there were no characters. For example, in the house of
Elrond of the elves, Frodo's experience is defined by the
setting."He [Frodo] found his friends sitting in a porch on the
side of the house looking east.Shadows had fallen in the valley
below, but there was still a light on the faces of the mountains
far above. The air was warm. The sound of running and falling water
was loud, and the evening was filled with a faint scent of trees
and flowers, as if summer still lingered in Elronds gardens (220).
(2)
Image from:
http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/gdes1b26-fw2010-19/2011/02/16/an-object-that-andrew-w-loveshates/
6. Work Cited
(1) http://www.enotes.com/vampire-lestat-salem/vampire-lestat
(2)
http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/gdes1b26-fw2010-19/2011/02/16/an-object-that-andrew-w-loveshates/
