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- 8551: One Hundred Years Of Solitude
- ... had not put events in the order of man΄s conventional time, but had concentrated a century of daily episodes in such a way that they coexisted in one instant . Magic realism, another specific South American characteristic, adds to the feeling of the narrator really just copying an old oral story. the boy brought him a cup of thick and steaming chocolate, which he drank without pausing to breath. Then he ...
- 8552: Stephen King
- ... As Gloria Taylor, a literary critic, said, "For years, Ive been saying that Stephen King is much more than just a horror writer. And I believe he has not been given credit for taking American Literature and stretching its wings. "Bag of Bones," proves me right ( Website for King Fans)." The next stylistic quality is that of the bizarre twists and turns the plot makes throughout the course of any ...
- 8553: Ordinary People 2
- The book Ordinary People explains the troubles that occur in a typical American family. The family, the Jarrets, tries to maintain as much as a normal life as possible without a dysfunctional status. In the beginning of the story, the family deals with minor problems that had little ...
- 8554: Hysteria
- ... being crushed by heavy stones. Those accused who did not confess to working with the Devil were convicted, imprisoned, and killed (Witch 1). In the viewpoint of many Americans, it is considered a tragedy that American society had to witness (Hayes 1). People who were convicted really had no chance of living. If the people of Salem asked the convicted person whether or not he/she was a witch and the ...
- 8555: Adolf Hitler: Ruthless Leader of Germany
- ... Propaganda Campaign in History. New York: Putnam, 1978. Laurie, Arthur P. The Case for Germany. Berlin: International Verlag, 1939. Smith, Bradley F. Adolf Hitler; His Family, Childhood, and Youth. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, 1967.
- 8556: Oscar Romero
- ... murder in the cities while soldiers killed as they wished in the countryside. When a new government, which represented many powerful interests was elected it was seen to be by fraud. There was talk of revolution. More and more Romero committed himself to the poor and the persecuted, and he became the instigator for moral prophecy in the church and outside it. Meanwhile, his church began to document the abuse of ...
- 8557: Our Town Mrs. Webb Is Mrs. Gib
- ... much in common with one another as Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb do. Their purpose in the story, on a figurative level, is to represent the monolithic thinking of a small town. Emily Post, an American etiquette authority of the early 1900 s, said, To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule. Without a doubt, any intelligent reader of this play can see the obvious similarities between ...
- 8558: Political, Social And Moral Me
- Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known to generations of readers all over the world as "Dr. Seuss," is the American author of many popular children s books. Dr. Seuss "deft combination of easy words, swift rhymes and batty nonsense" (Horn 69) has convinced many children that reading does not have to be a boring chore ...
- 8559: Prometheus 2
- ... to the top of a huge mountain as punishment for stealing fire from the hearth of the gods. During his imprisonment atop the mountain, he was tortured daily by either a vulture, or eagle. (Academic American Encyclopedia, 743) the vulture or eagle would tear out his liver, and devour it, again, and again, and again. Each night, after enduring the great pain, Prometheus liver would grow back, in the exact same ...
- 8560: Herman Melville
- Herman Melville Herman Melville was an American author of the Romantic period who was also considered to be a transcendentalist. This meant that his focus was on nature and how we should live vicariously through nature and try to combat with nature ...
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