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- 501: Loving April
- ... t (you know what) at all. You knew that, didn't you? I came back the next day." Page 168 Evidently, April was not pregnant and she keeps in touch with Tony by sending him letters. In Loving April, the story is set in a village named Cibblesham. Cibblesham is a village which has many inhabitants. In this village, everybody acknowledges each other. Everyone knows that April is a deaf girl ...
- 502: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- ... Set in the late eighteenth century during the latter part of the Ancien Regime, Les Liaisons weaves a web of cold, calculated betrayal of the most immoral kind. The story unfolds in the form of letters written between the principal characters, giving it a unique literary texture. By using this style, de Laclos is able to give the reader a shockingly intimate look at these people as they divulge their most ...
- 503: Keeping Things Whole
- ... she denounced the Catholic religion after her mother's death. The beloved friends wrote to each other often while Chopin was in Louisiana. Seeing the talent in her writing, Kolbemheyer encouraged Chopin to publish her letters. She admired him greatly and even named her son Frederick after him. (Taylor 147). There were three American women writers of the time that Chopin admired. When asked who would be a good model woman ...
- 504: Joy Luck Club
- ... the road in hopes some kind stranger would take them in, that way she would not have to see them die. Suyuan searches for her babies all through her life in America, sending multitudes of letters; they finally get in touch with her two months after she has died. Because her mother is not alive to meet her children, Jing Mei takes her place and the trip enables her to finally ...
- 505: Jamestown
- ... was simply left where it lay and White's chest was placed in the bottom of a trench in 1589. The men left their marks for White to follow if he did come back. The letters "CRO" were carved on a tree on the way from the landing near the old fort site. "CROATOAN" was more decisively carved on the hole of one of the debarked trees that form the part ...
- 506: Jack Kerouac
- ... simply adopted Buddhist literary technique. He made several attempts at Haiku throughout his career sporadically, although he dropped the standard syllabic pattern of 5-7-5. He explained that the great difference in writing with letters as in English, as opposed to characters as in Japanese called for this strict adherence to be dropped. In being that Haiku is Japanese in origin, it is reflected in Kerouacs attempts that he ...
- 507: Importance Of Being Earnest
- ... here is not its ludicrousness, but the unanticipated wisdom that the statement actually makes. Another of Wildes literary tricks is alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of consonantal sounds in words close together, particularly using letters at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. This can be observed in many of his phrases, which emphasise important sections of the plot. Wilde uses puns as another comic influence. A pun is a ...
- 508: Herman Melville
- ... story, has several walls of his own to break out of. In his final grasp at communication, the narrator invites the reading that Bartleby's life, and the story that presents it, are like dead letters that will never reach those that would profit from them. He leaves us with the words, "Ah Bartleby! Ah, humanity!" In "Bartleby, the Scrivener", Melville tries to relate to the reader and explain his declining ...
- 509: Heart Of Darkness
- ... in Africa. Moral ideas, which formed Kurtzfs identity, were destroyed. He lost his personality and rejected his humanity and the materialism of the West. Shoes symbolized Western civilization: Kurtz used a shoelace to tie letters together. It showed that Kurtz renounced things related to the West. As a result, he became egoistic and ivory-obsessed. In addition, his life became meaningless and empty. Being hollow at his core, Kurtz was ...
- 510: Greenspan - The Case For The Defence
- ... while learning about his faults and how he accepts them. Throughout the book, Greenspan uses many sources and references which allow him to successfully solidify and back up any aspect of law he discusses. Even letters and memos sent by respected citizens of society justify how valuable he is to Canada and to those who are in need of a defence lawyer. The effort involved in establishing such a novel must ...
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