The Belly of Paris is the story of Florent, a man mistaken for a political dissident and jailed during the French Coup of 1851. Freed, Florent finds work as a quality inspector of fish at Paris's Les Halles market. The bulk of the work is concerned with a lavish verbal rendition of the market, a fixture of modern Paris at the time, and with Florent's extremely refined palette and his experience of the foods on offer at Les Halles.
Nana is the story of the title character, Nana Coupeau, a low-class prostitute living in the last years of the Second French Empire. Nana becomes an influential courtesan and ruins a string of wealthy and powerful men, toying with their affections only to destroy them through financial ruination, humiliation, and psychological abuse. At the novel's conclusion she dies a slow and horrific death of small pox, mirroring the decay of the Second French Empire.
In the first chapter of the book Thrse Raquin Zola creates a detailed description of the setting creating an atmosphere that is some what less then desirable We are instantly taken into the bleak dark narrow corridor that runs between the Rue Mazarine and the Rue de Seine Out of this sinister atmosphere that is created we are then introduced to mysterious characters that dwell in the the darkness that is at home in the middle of the day Zola creates a tight claustrophobic almost suffocating atm
The Chocolate War The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier is a novel about a young teenage boy who refuses to sell chocolates for a school fundraiser It is this idea that sets the stage for this story The setting of the book is Trinity High School an all boys Catholic high school in New England during modern times Jerry Renault is one of the main characters in this story The author describes him as a skinny freshman who wants to join the football team He is 59 tall and weighs 145 pounds He is an at
The story The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier illustrates how the world is divided into two classes the victims and the victimizers The following quote depicts this The world is made up of two kinds of people those who were the victims and those who victimized submitted under anonymous One would have to agree with this statement because it is often true the world is divided and unfortunately those who victimize appear to be treated better due to the fact that others want to avoid becoming the v
The Birds Emilee Guerra The short story The Birds by Daphne DuMaurier and the movie that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock also called The Birds are both very good and suspenseful Both story and film kept me on the edge of my seat The methods of creating suspense in the movie and the short story are varied yet effective The silence parts in this film were really suspenseful When Lydia goes to the Fawcett farm you expect noise but there isnt any As she walks down the hallway no music is playing n