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Novels Essays and Term Papers
Expanding West- Key NotesI. The Great American Desert
a. Used to describe the Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains.
i. The term desert describes treeless and uninhabited land, not necessarily arid.
II. Frontier
a. A term referring to areas near or beyond a border.
i. In these terms, the American Frontier, land ...
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The Old Man And The SeaThe Old Man And The Sea is the last piece of work Ernest Hemingway published and it is one of his most famous novels. The novel was considered so great that Hemingway received the Nobel prize in 1954. It is set in the 1950’s Havana on Cuba where a lot of fishermen manage to make a living. The ...
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Abigail AdamsAbigail Adams was a unique woman because she had an education and an interest in politics. She learned how to read and write and enjoyed poems most. She was also very resourceful by helping her husband on difficult problems.
Abigail was born on November 11 on the Julian calendar, or November 22 ...
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Madness In As I Lay DyingIn the book As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner the issue of madness plays a major role in the events of this book. The journey that the Bundrens take to bury Addie during this book is told through multiple narrations by each character making the truth a little skewed. There are a few characters ...
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Drama High: The Fight9525057150
Title: Drama High: The Fight
Publication Information: October 1, 2006, 347 pages
Background of the author: L. Divine is the author of the hugely popular teen series, DRAMA HIGH. The series is aimed at the female and male African-American teen and young adult markets and will ...
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Six Characters in Search of an AuthorMOULEE GOSWAMI
H-1154
3[RD] SEMESTER
CONTINENTAL DRAMA
T. SUBRAMANIAM
Pirandello's "six characters in search of an author": the play in the making
This famous satirical tragicomedy by Luigi Pirandello penned by first opened to audience at the Teatro Valle in Rome to rave reviews in 1921. ...
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The Catcher In The RyeResponsibility
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Holden is a teenager who refuses to grow up because he is afraid of gaining the ...
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Enders Game“In the science fiction world of Enders game progress is propelled by fear”
In the science fiction world of Enders game Andrew Wiggin a young boy, who at the age of six was chosen by colonel Graff and the international fleet to save mankind from annihilation of an unfamiliar alien force ‘the ...
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FrankensteinGrace Zhang
Honors Sophomore English
Period 7
December 20, 2011
Frankenstein
A Gothic Novel is a style of fiction relating to the darker side of life and focuses on grotesque, and desolation. Many of the main components behind a Gothic Novel is portrayed in Frankenstein by Mary ...
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Frankenstein: The Limits Of CreationJuanluis Zepeda
Mrs. Ermis
English 1302-014
7 April 2012
The Limits Of Creation
The characters of both Victor and the monster are drastically different, but ironically, they become the same. Victor started out as a young kid who was innocent and happy, but he grows into a vengeful and ...
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Lord Of The Flies - Simon As A Christ FigureA reoccurring theme in many novels is that of nature vs. nurture, the question whether humans are naturally evil or are disfigured through society. Science has proven that genes are passed down from generation to generation, such as traits regarding hair or eye color. Though, a heated discussion ...
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Approaches To Modern Literary TheoriesAPPROACHES TO MODERN LITERARY THEORIES
BY
JIDE BALOGUN, Ph.D
Jidebalogun2001@yahoo.com
1. Introduction
The history of literature is the history of literary criticism. The latter as an ally of the former makes creative writing more complementary and helps to conceptualise the ...
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Bronte SistersBronte Sisters
Three writers who influenced the direction of the English novel also happened to be sisters. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte were all born in Thornton, England in the early 1800s.Their father Patrick was born in Ireland, educated in England, and became an Anglican clergyman. He ...
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Cartoon Violence and Violent ChildrenCartoon Violence and Violent Children
With the recent increase in violent crimes committed by children, adults have been looking for answers to what causes children to commit these acts. Researchers have performed formal studies, and other approaches have been taken to answer this question. ...
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Conventional vs NonconventionalConventional vs Nonconventional
Short stories are known to be works of fiction that tend to be less complex than novels. Typically, a short story focuses on an incident, has a plot, a setting, a small number of characters, and covers a short period of time, however, not all shorts stories ...
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Huckleberry Finn's Moral DevelopmentThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, demonstrates Huck's moral development as he encounters new people and a series of new events. During his adventures, Huck has always been taught from society to view black people as inferior. However, his conscience allows him to rise above ...
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Ewart's Ending and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby ComparisonWith the poem, Ending by Gavin Ewart, the main characters all seem to be alike in many ways as in having determination, keeping hope and losing the loves of their lives. Fitzgerald's main character, Gatsby, remains to keep hope throughout the novel with no thought of losing his love. Sinclair's ...
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Defining Spaces in Giovanni's RoomJames Baldwin opens his 1956 novel Giovanni's Room with a reflection on notions of space and belonging. David, the main character, studies his reflection in the window as he contemplates a kind of ancestral movement through space, mentioning that his ancestors “conquered a continent, pushing across ...
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Huckleberry Finn: HonorGarrett Henson
27 October 2012
English II
Mrs. Hoffman
On my honor
There were many themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer there were many themes that were put into the book. One of the themes was honor. At the beginning of the novel the character Tom Sawyer said there is a lot of honor ...
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A Worn Path With Symbols About Developing CharactersWelty sets the tone and feeling of the story using words which create a certain feeling of the situation or setting. The words black and dark are used very often throughout Welty's writing, letting the reader know that the story is a dark, never knowing what's around the corner. Phoenix Jackson, ...
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