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- 711: Voltaire's Writing Techniques In Candide
- ... respectable person, making the author's point of view seem just as reasonable and respectable. Another technique Voltaire uses in Candide is that of taking actual people and events and weaving into his work of fiction. He often does this to mock or ridicule his political and literary adversaries, as shown in the conversation between the abbe' and the Parisian supper guests (page 1593). The abbe' mentions two critics who in ...
- 712: Tom Clancy's Genius
- ... slow fighter-planes on landing without skidding, these systems make it safer for parents to take their children on vacation. One less noted advancement the eras brought is a considerable amount of exciting and forewarning fiction. While most authors chose to warn of nuclear and post nuclear holocaust, one significant author chose a different approach. Tom Clancy chose to write of conventional warfare and sometimes unconventional enemies. Between his novel Red ...
- 713: Brave New World
- ... societies are much worse than those of today. In a utopian society, the individual, who among others composes the society, is lost in the melting pot of semblance and world of uninterest. In the science fiction book Brave New World, we are confronted with a man, Bernard Marx. Bernard is inadequate to his collegues. So he resorts to entertaining himself most evenings, without the company of a woman. This encourages his ...
- 714: Why The Unicorn Must Lose its Horn
- ... broke her heart. Yet the unicorn must someday lose its horn to be able to lose its mythical world, and instead live in reality. Works Cited Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999. 1710-1759.
- 715: To Kill a Mockingbird
- To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a highly regarded work of American fiction. The story of the novel teaches us many lessons that should last any reader for a lifetime. The messages that Harper Lee relays to the reader are exemplified throughout the book using various methods. One ...
- 716: Brave New World Summary
- ... s world, Bokanovsky's budding process and Podsnap's ripening technique can produce over 15,000 brothers and sisters from a single ovary. You may know this idea from the word "cloning," used in science fiction and to describe look-alike clothing styles. Identical clones will make a stable community, the Director says, one without conflict. In the world of Bokanovsky and Podsnap, babies are not born. They develop in bottles ...
- 717: Where Should the Line Be Drawn?
- ... actual war crimes, he is at least guilty of moral crimes. Mother Night is a believable novel because of the diverse personalities and believable traits of the characters. Even though it is a work of fiction, many of the events Vonnegut describes in the novel actually occurred during World War II. The novel is also very appealing. Vonneguts use of several settings and numerous themes made for a very interesting ...
- 718: A Night To Remember
- A Night To Remember The non-fiction novel A Night To Remember by Walter Lord is about the well known disaster that the luxury cruse ship the "Titanic" went thorough. This story takes place on the ship and on its many decks ...
- 719: The French Lieutenant's Woman
- ... a deeper reality where universal truths are glimpsed." According to the above definition, John Fowles' book The French Lieutenant's Woman is an excellent example of good literature. He has created a timeless piece of fiction which provides the reader with thoughtful insight into the challenges facing both the Victorian era and humanity in general. His characters are incredibly life-like and well developed, lending a great sense of realism to ...
- 720: The Great Gatsby: Death of the American Dream
- ... York. Literary critics were reluctant to accord Fitzgerald full marks as a serious craftsman. His reputation as a drinker inspired the opinion that he was an irresponsible writer; yet he was a painstaking reviser whose fiction went through layers of drafts. The Fitzgeralds spent the winter of 1924-1925 in Rome, where he revised The Great Gatsby; they were en route to Paris when the novel was published in April. The ...
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