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- 891: John Steinbeck: A Common Man's Man
- ... stories and the characters around the land he loved and the experiences he encountered. He lived in Salians until 1919, when he left for Stanford University, he only enrolled in the courses that pleased him - literature, creative writing and majoring in Marine Biology. He left in 1925, without a degree. Even though he didn't graduate his books showed the results of his five years spent there. His books display a ... author, and human rights activist. His books are as relevant to us today as they were sixty years ago, and are also important as documentation of social history. Bibliography Benet's Readers, Encyclopedia of American Literature. 1991 ed. Bowden, Edwin T. The Dungeon of the Heart. New York, NY: The Mcmillan Company, 1961. Covici, Pacal Jr. The Portable Steinbeck. New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1963. McWillams, Carey, "California Pastoral, Antioch ...
- 892: King Arthur 3
- ... castle actually contains a round table, this one constructed around the fourteenth century, and thought to have been built for Arthurian tournaments held by King Edward III. The first mention of the Round Table in literature are found in the writings of the poet Robert Wace in 1155, but he refers to it as famous, and it seems to assume that the readers would already know of that part of the ... oldest history. The earliest form of her name is found as the Morrigan, an Irish goddess of war appearing to heroes on the battlefields. As Morgan, she is a goddess of healing in the early literature, who rules over the magical island of Avalon, which seems then to be an afterworld and place of rebirth. Geoffery of Monmouth made her an enchantress, one of the ladies who took Arthur away to ...
- 893: Canterbury Tales: Who is the Narrator?
- ... nobility and visitors by singing, harping, and telling stories(2). A government official's job sometimes overlapped with that of the courtier, and also depended upon literacy -- either an instant familiarity with Italian and French literature (to which he could refer in elaborate ambassadorial speeches) or an ability to write (which he would have needed in a job such as customs-official or comptroller, both of which Chaucer held)(2). But ... buffoon" , was a travelling entertainer for occasions such as funerals and weddings(3). Whether or not he could actually write, he had to be familiar with the classical, romantic, and popular sources that informed Medieval literature, and able to rapidly adapt and recite stories from them at will. He had to be good at gauging his audience, too; he subsisted by passing the hat after his performances, and a performance that ...
- 894: Metamorphosis 3
- ... line of the story, As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect, reveals the primary and most basic metamorphosis of this piece of literature. Kafka attempts to show the reader Samsa s discontentment with what his feels is the lack of control in his life by spontaneous transformation of a human being into an insect. Humans are at the ... 339). It is easy to see that Kafka had some troubling times in his life through this long, as it were, short story. It is also easy to see that he, and this work of literature, is among the greatest artistic achievements of this century. The uncanny blend of classic disillusionment of people through social institutions and use of transformation to spotlight these feelings of discontentment and shame make this story ...
- 895: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie Crawford
- ... readers discovering Their Eyes for the first time, what was most compelling was the figure of Janie Crawford - powerful, articulate, self-reliant, and radically different from any woman character they had ever before encountered in literature." Janie Crawford is defiant; she defies men, but most importantly, she defies our own preconceived notions of what the role of an African-American woman should be in modern literature.
- 896: Prepubescent Strength Training
- ... evidence supports the underlying hypothesis of prepubescent strength training advocates that strength increases are and can be possible in a safe and knowledgeable environment. CONCLUSIONS REGARDING PREPUBESCENT STRENGTH TRAINING A review of the present scientific literature does indeed substantiate the risks of injury to the prepubescent athlete involved in strength training. However, the evidence shows that most of these injuries are not inherent to the actual strengthening process, and may be ... minimized by proper techniques and practices. In addition, data generated to date substantiates and infers significant that significant benefits may be obtained with strength training for the prepubescent athlete. My analysis of the strength training literature, both pro and con, has established the clear need for ongoing research into the effects that strength training has on the prepubescent athlete and the need for enhanced safety precautions necessary for improving the overall ...
- 897: Their Eyes Are Watching God
- ... the basis for her best work. Therefore, the work that has denoted her as one of the twentieth centurys 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 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 mother and ...
- 898: During A Son S Dangerous Illne
- ... on emotions, visualization, and a consice structure that symbolizes how perplexing and awful death can be. It is a poem of desolate mood and brought a horrifiying feeling to me. In my opinion, works of literature like this that bring a sense of awarness to the world to cherish every moment, for it could be your last. The beginning of the poem starts with a very powerful line: You could die ... it causes many emotions and thoughts to run through the reader s head that are difficult to address. It is a good poem, but works such as this are viewed as unhealthy. Although, works of literature like this are important to give people an understanding of tragedy. When reading this poem the reader is feeling many emotions that can be bring up memories of the tragedies in their lives. It is ...
- 899: Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract"
- Jane Eyre, The Feminist Tract" In 1837 critic Robert Southey wrote to Charlotte Bronte, "Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be. The more she is engaged in her proper duties, the less leisure will she have for it, even as an ... the social betterment of women. This argument is supported by the fact that Jane is much like the author. Bronte, by writing and publishing the novel Jane Eyre, asserts her own self-worth by making literature a part of her life, even when discouragers such as Southey advised against it. Just as Jane found success in the realization of self-worth, so too does Bronte by attaining great literary acclaim. The ...
- 900: Much Ado About Nothing
- Shakespeare is known for his incredible ways of writing and his master pieces of literature that he produces. But, why is that one might ask? Just like a master artist, Shakespeare makes the fine detail the important part of his writing as an artist would in a masterpiece of a painting. For instance a piece of literature that enables Shakespeare to express his fine detail is Much Ado About Nothing , a romantic comedy. The fine detail is the characters and how they are fully developed and amazingly expressed. One character in the ...
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