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- 351: The House of Seven Gables: Symbolism
- ... of symbolism in his work. Overall, Hawthorne did not just write a story, he wrote a classic that has stood the test of time. Works Cited Abel, Darrel. The Moral Picturesque: Studies in Hawthorne's Fiction. Indiana: Purdue UP, 1988. Arac, Jonathan. "The House and the Railroad: Dombey and Son and The House of the Seven Gables." The New England Quarterly volume LI (1978) : 3 - 22. Colacurcio, Michael. "The Sense of an Imaginings of Nathaniel Hawthorne." ESQ 103 (1981) : 113. Crowley, Donald. Hawthorne: The Critical Heritage. London: W & J Mackay Co. Ltd., 1970. Erlich, Gloria. Family Themes and Hawthorne's Fiction: The Tenacious Web. New Jersey: Rutgers UP, 1984. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables: An Backgrounds and Sources Essays in Criticism. Ed. Seymour Gross. New York: W W Norton & Co.,1967. Kaul, A., ed ...
- 352: Ways to Increase College Bookstore Sales
- ... are insignia clothing, gift items, greeting cards, magaines, and candy and snacks. Also, although the bookstore does carry a selection of paperback books, the selection is small and limited. Of those carried, categories of science fiction, best-sellers, and other non-fiction are less than that of the competition. Of those surveyed, the lowest scoring service issue is that of the selection of merchanidise. INSIGNIA CLOTHING Karen Sweeney, a manager for three of her eight years of ...
- 353: In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
- English book report. 1. Title: “In Cold Blood.” 2. Truman Capote, one of America’s most famous writers was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in California in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non- fiction stories. (for example this book, “ In cold blood”) short stories, novels, travel writing, profiles, reportage, memoirs, plays and films. 3. Number of pages: 336 4. Theme (s): - Murder - Feelings 5. The Clutter family. Herb Clutter ...
- 354: The Necklace: A Closer Look at Character
- ... transformation of Mathilde's character from a person who is selfish and ungreatful to a person who realizes that her mistakes and pays for it the rest of her life. Even though the story is fiction, Maupassant has made it believeable and lifelike. Someone reading this story could benefit greatly from it. We all must deal with selfishness at some point in our lives. Why not learn from other peoples mistakes , fiction or not. Bibliography De Maupassant, Guy. “The Necklace.” Literature : An Introduciton to Reading and Writing , Edgar V. Roberts and Henry E. Jacobs. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Prentice Hall, 1995. 3-10.
- 355: Auschwitz
- ... millions of Jews, gypsies, Jehovah’s witnesses, homosexuals, and other innocents. Since I was young, World War II, and the stories surrounding it have fascinated me. I have read innumerable books on the subject, including fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Although, throughout all my research and broad understanding I have gained from this reading, I am still interested to know more about Auschwitz and the people that were imprisoned there. For example, what ...
- 356: Censorship and the Internet
- ... instead, the CDA prohibits posting "indecent" or "patently offensive" materials in a public forum on the Internet -- including web pages, newsgroups, chat rooms, or online discussion lists."(CIEC) This law would prohibit "texts of classic fiction such as the "Catcher in the Rye", "Ulysees", and the "7 dirty words", and other materials which, although offensive to some, enjoy the full protection of the First Amendment if published in a newspaper, magazine ... Is Speech in Cyberspace?" Human Rights Vol. 23, No.2. [http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/human_rights_960420.article]. Spring 1996. Sterling, Bruce. "Short History of the Internet." The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Feb1993. [gopher://gopher.isoc.org:70/00/internet/history/short.history.of.internet]. 17 Apr. 1996. http://www.eff.org/pub/Censorship/human_rights_960420.article Steele http://www.hotwired.com/special/indecent/rally.html ...
- 357: Irony Moll Flanders
- ... Such a complexity in narrative technique, where the created world reflects the distortions of the narrator's own psyche, would be unique for Defoe in the entire body of his prose narratives, and unique in fiction in the very beginning of that period. So long as there is no indication that the author intends an ironic interpretation of any level of this work, so long as there is no clear "handle ... in Defoe's novel but the degree of interpretation will differ from one reader to another. Defoe used a narrative technique and developed a deep character that in some ways created a new kind of fiction. Defoe wanted to denounce the society he was living in and was certainly the first author who defended the rights of women, but irony stays at the level of interpretation. Discussing the irony in Moll ...
- 358: Dna 3
- ... sequence of human DNA. Let's take a look at some of the things that people are able to do with or to DNA, as well as the things still in the realm of science fiction. From a variety of applications of knowledge about DNA, I will talk only about three: Cloning, Genetic engineering and DNA Fingerprinting I. Cloning The idea of cloning has been considered since before the discovery of ... highly improbable due to the current cost, failure rate, and time involved. However, there are some practical applications currently being considered. Which are possible and which are doomed to remain in the realm of science fiction? Only the future will tell. 1. Farming The average dairy cow puts out roughly 15,000 gallons of milk a year. However, there are certain, special cows that can make up to 45,000 gallons ...
- 359: Escapism and Virtual Reality
- ... applications are notoriously difficult to cast with any accuracy, since the technology which is driving the developments changes so rapidly. Interestingly, much of what has been developed so far has its conceptual roots in science fiction stories of the late 1950's. Pocket televisions, lightning fast calculating machines and weapons of pin-point accuracy were all first considered in fanciful fiction. Whilst such a source of fruitful ideas has yet to be fully mined out, and indeed, Virtual Reality (see below) has been used extensively Neuromancer and others, many more concepts that are now appearing that ...
- 360: Bone
- ... culture and lifestyle is much easier than for the older generations. This is shown in the book and it also happens in reality, which is another reason why I like this book. This is a fiction novel, but the story told is like a non-fiction book; giving readers a sense of realism. As a Chinese reading Bone, I understand the narrator’s feelings and predicaments. Although she is an Asian, her thinking lies more on the American side. Leila wants ...
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