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- 651: Fahrenheit 451 2
- ... As a fireman living in a futuristic city, it is Guy Montag s job to see that that is exactly what happens. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel Fahrenheit 451 that the future is without literature -- everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. Anyone caught with books hidden in their home is forced out of it while the firemen force their way in. Then, the firemen turn the house into ... I would also recommend Fahrenheit 451 to anyone who likes a novel, which predicts how things could be in the future. After reading this book, I realized that I could not imagine a world without literature or free speech. Fahrenheit 451 is undoubtedly a four star book. Needless to say, it is the first book that I have had trouble putting down in a long time.
- 652: Zane Grey
- Zane Grey Zane Grey has come to be known as "The Father of Western". He was the first ever to give the myth of the rugged American Cowboy to American Literature. Although some have called Grey a "hack writer" no one can argue that his sixty-odd novels won him great popularity from the 1920's through present time (Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 175). It is ... place off stage. Grey also introduced many rapes into his work because he felt it described the conditions during that time period. Still all of the rapes in his work took place off stage (Western Literature Criticism 140). In The Vanishing American Genie Yashi is a beautiful young Indian girl who is rapped by one of the corrupt missionaries on the reservation. However the rape itself is not described and only ...
- 653: The Painted Door: Summary
- ... its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader. Also, the denouements of short stories frequently remain inconclusive and unfulfilled. Together, these attributes add to the action and intriguing character of this genre of literature. An essential element of the short story is to make the personal events experienced by the characters universally understood by the reader. The story must present themes which are relevant to the reader, in order ... coupled with the abundant use of symbolism and metaphor, compel the reader to ruminate on the implications long after the reader has finished reading the story. Works Cited Ross, Sinclair. The Painted Door. Elements of Literature, Second Canadian Edition. Ed. Robert Scholes, et al. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990. 245-261
- 654: Elie Wiesel Biography
- ... mother and younger sister perished there, his two older sisters survived. Wiesel and his father were later transported to Buchenwald In 1945, at the end of the war, Elie moved to Paris, where he studied literature, philosophy, and psychology at the Sorbonne. With a strong desire to write, Elie worked as a journalist in Paris before coming to the United States in 1956. He became an American citizen almost by accident ... has translated most of his books into English. His books have won numerous awards, including the Prix Medicis for A Beggar in Jerusalem, the Prix Livre Inter for The Testament and the Grand Prize for Literature from the City of Paris for The Fifth Son. Wiesel's most recent books published in the United States are A Passover Haggadah, Sages and Dreamers. The first volume of his memoirs, "All Rivers Run ...
- 655: Early Civilization
- ... The Hebrew society and the Mesopotamian society were two completely different societies. They did have some common ground between them though. If you take the book of Job from the Hebrews and the Mesopotamian Wisdom Literature you can find some common points between them. You can also find several major differences. Both books are talking about mans misfortune and how to please their Gods. In the book of Job God makes ... had numerous differences, but they also had many things in common. The Mesopotamian culture had a very pessimistic view on life and it showed in everything they did. Their gods were capricious and playful, their literature had a negative undertone to it, and they struggled to make it from day to day. The Hebrew culture was a nomadic tribe that struggled for most of its history to find itself. It was ...
- 656: Zora Neale Hurston
- ... the basis for her best work. Therefore, the work that has denoted her as one of the twentieth century's most influential authors did not come until after she had graduated from college. However, the literature she composed in college was by no means inferior. She was a defiant free-spirit even during her early college career. While working on an anthropological study for her mentor, Franz Boas, she was exposed ... proportions. The image of the mother in African-American culture is on of guidance, love, and wisdom... Understanding the role of women in the African-American community starts by examining the roles... in Afro-American literature. (Bourn, 1). Bourn goes on to state that the role of the mother-daughter relationship is expressed vividly in Their Eyes... by the relationship that develops between Janie and her Grandmother. "The strong relationship between ...
- 657: ADHD On Child Intelligence
- ... a 70 to 90 percent response rate to stimulants (Gillberg et al., 1997). These results are quite dramatic in short term, but long term efficacy is still questioned (Braswell, 1991). There is much consensus in literature that a combination of treatment types is best to improve academic deficits. The cornerstones of treatment are support, education of parents, appropriate school placement, and psychopharmacology (Braswell et al., 1991; Dulcan et al., 1997; Gillberg et al., 1997; Nussbaum et al., 1990). Conclusion In reviewing the current literature on how intelligence is affected by ADHD, it is easy to see that it is a subject yet to be firmly defined. Intelligence tests have been erroneously utilized in diagnosing and categorizing ADHD children and ...
- 658: Henry David Thoreau's Walden
- ... essays about the hidden Christian Symbolism in A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Well, why not the presence of Zen Buddhism within the teachings of Thoreau's Walden? In accordance with the history of literature, one might say "Why not?"; in accordance with Walden's content, I would say, "I couldn't see it being any other way." What is Zen Buddhism anyway? In the book Zen Buddhism, D.T ... society. If one were to follow the advice that Walden give's us for living, as Thoreau puts it, "God will see that you do not want society" (823). In The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Hershel Parker, of the University of Delaware comments that, "[Thoreau's] life became a refusal to live by the materialistic values of his neighbours" (709). Henry David Thoreau had no desire for material possessions. He ...
- 659: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- A "Goodman" Is Hard To Find I had never really analyzed any work of literature before this class. I read books and stories for fun but never to analyze them. I now understand that in any piece of literature there is always a background or hidden agenda that the author wants the reader to get from the reading. In this paper I am going to analyze Nathaniel's Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" to ...
- 660: A Marxist Criticism on "The Importance of Being Earnest"
- ... that class is still a huge part of the world order, and moreover it seems that there will always be the rich and poor, the owner and the worker. This is even demonstrated by the literature of our time and that of other era's, such as the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. In this play Wilde display's the class structure with a different and interesting ... relationship between a man and woman, but however the underlying real issue is that of their class and society. The play makes a great example for a Marxist criticism on the effect of classes on literature. Wilde's own wit and intellect make for an excellent view of the classes of the previous era. It is a work that will be a not only viewed as a comedic triumph, but also ...
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