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- 451: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Symbols
- ... product of many factors. Kesey uses the setting of the story as his most powerful weapon in establishing his viewpoints. At first, one might consider the story to simply be a fine piece of contemporary fiction, but in reality it is a bitter commentary on the condition of the American society. Obviously, it becomes evident that Kesey will convey many viewpoints throughout the course of the story, however, I strongly believe ...
- 452: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- ... the reader to bring a more personal approach to the reading and understanding of the work. This, too, is a fascinating aspect of the novel. Many critics believe that Portrait is an autobiographical piece of fiction. Many similarities exist between the lives of Stephen and Joyce. The strong religious upbringing of these Irishmen, their financial hardships, and the family life of each male is strikingly similar. Each attended the same schools ...
- 453: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life
- ... The Star was the first to introduce to him the news writing format which demands brief, to the point sentences and the smooth flowing of ideas. It seems that Hemingway adapted this style to his fiction writng. Hemingway demonstrates this talent in a short story called "A Clean Well-Lighted Place". When he was 19 Hemingway enlisted in the army. He was rejected due to a defective left eye. He then ...
- 454: David Copperfield: A Novel of Hypocrisy, Sexual Degradation, Selfish Exploitation, and Fraud
- ... was also supposed to 'never have been published on any account.' Later in chap 42 this condition is repeated: 'this manuscript is intended for no eyes but mine.' Of course this is part of the fiction, after all we are reading David's story ourselves when we reach this sentence. What is David Copperfield about? I pose myself this question to help illustrate how much of an autobiography this book really ...
- 455: Foreshadowing and Flashback: Two Writing Techniques That Make Fitzgerald A Great Writer
- ... that was read and adored by millions of readers and school students. Works Cited Eble, Kenneth. F. Scott Fitzgerald. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1963 Magill, Frank N. "Fitzgerald, F. Scott." Critical Survey of Long Fiction. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1983. 953-967. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1925.
- 456: Summary of The Andromeda Strain by Crichton
- Summary of The Andromeda Strain by Crichton The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton is a science fiction book about the fictional 'first crisis' in the biological field. The book starts out by pointing out that technology is growing so rapidly, there is bound to be crises, like Three Mile Island and Chernobyl ...
- 457: Analysis of "The Tell-Tale Heart": First Person Point of View
- ... the readers mind. Without the use of this point of view, this story would not contain the clarity and suspense it does. Works Cited Poe, Edgar Allan. The Tell-Tale Heart. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Sixth ed. Ed. Lisa Moore et al., New York, NY: Harper Collins. 1995. 61-65.
- 458: The Scarlet Letter: Background
- ... the scenery to illuminate the shadows in the scenery. His theory is what makes him such an important figure in literature in the whole world. "It is because of his mastery of that form of fiction known as the "romance" ..."16
- 459: Children of the River
- Children of the River Children of the River Crew, Linda Fiction Copyright Date: 1989 This story takes place at Ream, a Cambodian village. It was April 17, 1975 when a baby was born to Soka, Sundaras aunt. When the baby was in the wound of ...
- 460: A Critique of "Gone to Soldiers" by Marge Piercy
- ... novel Gone to Soldiers, because it kept my attention with realistic descriptions of people with whom I began to really understand their feelings and thoughts. Other students should read this book if they like historical fiction, because it is so captivating. Piercy uses the individual as a piece of the whole picture, important but not the entirety of the work which makes this book so intriguing.
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