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- 1661: To Kill A Mockingbird: A Classic
- ... defining moment or an object such as a book. When used in this context, such as describing a book, it persuades the reader to examine the novel further to discover what makes this piece of literature so memorable to people who have read it. One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. One may describe this novel as a classic because the messages described in the novel can ...
- 1662: The Chrysanthemums: Elisa Allen Comes to Life
- ... Steinbecks use of subtle details. Steinbecks portrayal of character traits elevates him into the upper echelon of character development in the literary world. Works Cited Steinbeck, John. The Chrysanthemums. The Heath Introduction to Literature. Fifth edition. Ed. Alice S. Landy. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Co., 1996. 304-312.
- 1663: Character Analysis of Metamorphosis
- ... knows that his sister wants him to. The basic elements of this story are very sad but Kafka makes it memorable by incorporating ironically comic scenes in the story. Work Cited Kafka, Franz. "The Metamorphosis." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X.J. Kennedy and Diana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999. 26-33
- 1664: The Scarlet Letter: Women Liberation
- ... themes, an excellent example of his craftsmanship. Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter during emancipation of women liberation. Therefore, many of his thoughts and ideas about what was happening around him was very influential in his literature. The main thematic emphasis in The Scarlet Letter is on sin and its effects upon both the individual and society. It is frequently noted that Hawthorne's preoccupation with sin originates from the Puritan-rooted ...
- 1665: Daily Life of the Aztecs
- ... traveled around like nomads. The barbarians did not know anything about fire, so they ate their food raw. The Aztecs knew that there ancestors lived like this before they became a more civilized society. The literature that I just wrote about was the experiences the Aztecs went through. They were obviously very civilized people. They had government officials, they also had slaves. They constructed massive buildings, so this proves they were ...
- 1666: The Good Earth: Wang Lung's Character
- ... I also felt that the book was a little drawn out and should of ended when O-lan died. The story was highly acclaimed and won both the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for literature. I would recommend this book because it helped me to understand how my own family traditions were developed and cherished by my family today. Wang Lung's life was masterfully portrayed by the talented author ...
- 1667: The Worn Path of Life
- ... essential it is to observe our own "worn paths" with a sense of humor, as well as to exercise common courtesy when relating to another human being. "The Worn Path" is a moving piece of literature. Eudora Welty uses her flair with perception and imagery as if she were giving us the opportunity to step into Phoenix's shoes and see the world through her eyes. She depicts her world with ...
- 1668: Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response to Heroine
- ... shame' that this prompts erase much of our displeasure with Catherine's actions and replace it with sympathy. In an essay on Northanger Abbey, Norman Sherry remarks; "Catherine has first to learn to distinguish between literature and life, and then to learn the difficulties of ordinary life". The first sentence of chapter 25, "The visions of romance were over.", marks the end of the first learning process to which Sherry refers ...
- 1669: The Dead: A Necessary Introduction
- ... of being a "West Briton", by Miss Ivors, for writing a literary column in "The Daily Express". Gabriel is not, as Miss Ivors suggests he should be, ashamed of himself for doing so. Gabriel sees literature as above politics, and "saw nothing political in writing reviews of books" (Joyce, 188). He is able to be affiliated with a "West Briton" newspaper without feeling any political responsibility. It is important that the ...
- 1670: First Love: Vladimir's Voyage
- ... older and craftier Zinaida, it is only natural that his experience brims with romantic raptures and tribulations. He comes into the experience with ideal notions of romanticism which he acquires from the poetry and romantic literature that he reads in his childhood. "I would take a book with me - Kaidanov's lectures, for example - though I seldom opened it, and spent most of the time repeating lines of poetry aloud to ...
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