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- 2001: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- ... the power of deeds" ( 225 ) But which words are right and true? To answer that question, one must examine Carver's beliefs, particularly those which signify a writers moral responsibility. According to Carver's mentor, John Gardner, " right and true words" would be those which inspire human beings toward life affirmation, creation, and the positive as opposed to destruction and apathy(Gardner 18 ). As a artist matures, the work he or ... Please. New York: Vintage Books, 1992. ---. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. Davis, Alan. " The Holiness of Ordinary. " Hudson Review. Vol.45 Winter 1993: 653-658 Gardner, John. On Moral Fiction. New York: Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1978. Halpert, Sam. " Interviews"
when we talk about Raymond Carver. Peregrine Smith, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publishing, 1991. 51-84 Sexton, David. " David Sexton talks ...
- 2002: Alex's Analysis of Any Abject Abuse
- ... also recognizes their sincerity in attempting to be polite and well-mannered and pretend to recognize where the true values lie. Pope satirizes female vanity. He wrote the poem at the request of his friend, John Caryll, in an effort to make peace between real-life lovers. The incident of the lock of hair was factual; Pope's intention was to dilute with humor the ill feelings aroused by the affair ... that springs from "amorous causes" and the "mighty contest s" that rise from "trivial things" (1-2) -- hardly the lofty and weighty subjects of epic poetry -- and names his Muse "Caryll" (3) for his friend John Caryll, the relative of the young lord who stole the lock of hair from Arabella Fermor -- not the proper sort of Muse for epic poetry. By way of mythological spirits hovering over earthly concerns, Pope ...
- 2003: Lonliness In Of Mice And Men
- Lonliness in Of Mice and Men The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinback deals with many themes that are reflective of the time period in which the novel was written. Loneliness is one of the many themes in this novel that are reflective of the time period ... talk to someone. She is resorted to doing this because Curly does not want her to talk to other men. Loneliness is one of the many themes in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinback. It is reflective of the Great Depression and is shown by many of the characters in this novel.
- 2004: Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?": Arnold Fiend
- ... s Satan a positive, attractive symbol of the poet, the religious embodiment of creative energy, so we should also be sensitive to Arnold's multifaceted and creative nature (Tierce and Crafton 608). Mike Tierce and John Michael Crafton suggest that Arnold Friend is not a diabolical figure, but instead a religious and cultural savior. On a more realistic note, Joyce M. Wegs argues the symbolism of Arnold Friend as a Satan ... 1997. Oates, Joyce Carol "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"...Kirszner and Mandell, 579-591. Wegs, Joyce M. "Don't You Know Who I Am?"......Kirszner and Mandell 614-619. Tierce, Michael and John Michael Crafton. "Connie's Tambourine Man".....Kirszner and Mandell, 607-612.
- 2005: A Separate Peace - A Journey To Maturity
- The novel A Separate Peace includes many important themes. The author, John Knowles, was able to make the book more realistic because of his personal experiences. Knowles, like the characters in the book attended a boarding school. Many of his dilemmas were similar to those of Gene ... Finny. Fifteen years later Gene was able to terminate his perennial guilt and forgive himself. Gene had finally matured from an insecure child to a self-accepting adult. Each theme in A Separate Peace by John Knowles has a major impact on the reader. All teens experience the good and bad elements of friendship, conformity, and growing up. This novel helps us all realize that accepting yourself and being true to ...
- 2006: Tyndale And The Bible
- Tyndale, William c.1494-1536. William Tyndale was probably born in Gloucestershire. He became chaplain in the house of Sir John Walsh in about 1521. He had studied at both Oxford and Cambridge and was a strong supporter of the movement for reform in the Church. His opinions involved him in controversy with his fellow clergymen ... Copies of the New Testament in English arrived in Tyndale's country in 1526, and the work was given a very hostile reception by the Church. The reforming movement had insisted, since the time of John Wycliffe, that the scriptures should be available to everyone and not kept in the hands of the establishment so that they could make their own rules. But while the established Church could make no real ...
- 2007: Essay On Separate Peace
- ESSAY ON "A SEPARATE PEACE" John Knowle's A Separate Peace is novel that focuses in on characters and their reaction to the world around them. Since the book was written in the forties the reader knows that the backdrop is ... and disaster are real, then war must be real as well. So in the beginning of the novel the characters romanticized about war, but now they have dreaded it because! it has become a reality. John Knowles carefully intertwines the themes of war and friendship carefully for the reader. Without the settings of war these boys would not have been as significant. In peace times friendships would not have as many ...
- 2008: Andrew Jackson
- ... it gave to much power to too few people. The veto stood, because Congress did not override it. To kill the bank, Jackson removed federal money and put it into state (pet) banks instead (257). John Adams party was formerly known as the National Republicans, and later became the Whig Party (Encarta, 1). The Whig Party focused on those voters that Jackson had alienated by his policies (Britannica, 256). As Encarta ... which meant they could not bring their case to court. In Worcester v. Georgia a year later it was ruled that they were entitled to federal protection from Georgia. This was ruled by Chief Justice John Marshall, however Jackson ignored it, and in 1835 he began to remove them by the Trail of Tears (255). As stated in Encarta, by Jackson putting the federal money into state banks he triggered a ...
- 2009: The Point of Point of View in Capote's "My Side of the Matter" and Cheever's "Five-Forty-Eight"
- ... stories with a certain point of view in order to keep the reader interested and to help them better understand the characters and their situations. In Truman Capote's, "My Side of the Matter", and John Cheever's, "Five-Forty- Eight", these reasons are the basis for their different points of view. Capote's, "My Side of the Matter, was written in subjective narrative. This means that the story is being ... narrator does such a good job in presenting his side that the reader almost has no choice but to believe every word he said and feel everything he felt. The same thing is true of John Cheever's, "Five-Forty-Eight", the only difference being how it is presented. Cheever's story was written in anonymous narration-single character point of view. Moffett describes this character point of view beautifully when ...
- 2010: Andrew Jackson
- ... had wanted to destroy Cherokee jurisdiction on it's land because gold had been found on it, and the state seeing the Indians as tenants on state land decided to "kick them out". Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no jurisdiction to interfere with the rights of the Cherokee and removal of them would violate treaties between them and the U.S. Government. However, Jackson, not liking these decisions was reported of saying "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." It seems to me like a slap in Justice Marshall's face, that Jackson was and always will be an Indian fighter. I think he ...
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