Crossing the River A desperate foolishness The crops failed I sold my children This is how Caryl Phillips begins his novel of suffering and slavery that spans whole continents and centuries The author uses several narrative voices throughout his novel covering a two hundred and fifty year time period of a father waiting patiently for his three children Nash Martha and Travis to return home however they wont make it We as readers are never told who the father is but from narrative voices we can
The novel As I Lay Dying was written by the American author William Faulkner This story took place during the 1920s in a fictional town called Yoknapatowpha County in Mississippi It told the death of Addie Bundren and her familys quest to honor her wish to be buried in the town of Jefferson While the family is transporting Addie to her burial place the Bundrens go through many obstacles Many forces of nature occur like the flooding of the river and bridges while crossing the river with the coff
In the Divine Comedy Dante goes through many changes as he travels through Hell on through Purgatory and ending in Heaven As the story progresses and Dante goes through hell he changes from being sympathetic to the residents of hell to being less sympathetic and believing more that you get what you deserve Not only does Dante change throughout the story but the style in which the poem is written changes Just like Dante the writing becomes more refined as the story unravels Right off the bat in