MLA Sample Paper

Mason uses some interesting techniques in "Big Bertha
Stories," which also pose some problems for this story. The
distance created by the narrative voice is too camera-like, and
works against the language, forcing the reader to work far too
hard at interpreting the meaning behind the story. Had the
story been told in the past tense, allowing the character, and
by extension the reader, to "sort things out, to gain a
perspective on things," this story may be far more effective
(Lyons 460).