Exploration of Death and Impermanence in Literature

Jennifer Robinson

ENG 125 - Introduction to Literature

Instructor: Alessandra Cusimano

July 1, 2013

Exploration of Death and Impermanence in Literature

Short stories and poetry are two very separate genres in the vast world that is literature. Within each genre there are tools and techniques used by the writers to excite, entertain, move, motivate, and provoke thought, from their readers. Everyone of us responds differently to these techniques, we all have our own thoughts and insights on the subject that the writer is portraying. Writers tend to write about particular event that have occurred in their lives or the lives of people that they know with great and colorful detail in order to allow their readers to experience...