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- 1051: Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place": The Concept of Nada
- ... in the shadows the leaves of the trees made against the electric light'” (181). The old man's dignity and style are all that he has to fight this void. Hemingway believed “that an ordered personal style is one of the few sources of value in an otherwise meaningless universe” (181). Also, Anthony Burgess once said, “Life is too short for anything but the one thing that can outface death - human ... when he is face to face with it. Hoffman believes that, ”...youth and the illusory confidence...are clearly inadequate tools with which to combat the darkness” (184). Nothing to him means not having something, a personal item. Hoffman calls the young waiter's idea “the absence of those objects capable of providing material satisfaction” (178). To add to his ignorance, the young waiter violates the principle of cleanliness and spill the ... some people deal with it better than others. “Those who manage to adjust to life on the edge of the abyss do so because they see clearly the darkness that surrounds them yet create a personal sense of order, an identity, with which to maintain balance on this precious perch” (191). The “precious perch” refers to life itself. Hoffman believes that everyone must learn to deal with this nothingness in ...
- 1052: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories Raymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very different from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only the essential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that fiction could have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect readers."( Bonetti 58) Thus, when Carver writes about intimate relationships, the reader ... where reading material was limited to Zane Gray novels, and the newspaper. Following high school, Carver married his pregnant high school sweet hart. His drinking became heavier. A list of meaningless jobs followed , in which writing only provided a emotional outlet. During this time, Carver's hard life may have instigated the disjunction he portrayed in his earlier writings. Poverty and family problems continually interrupted his work. Carver was constantly broke ... August 2, 1988 Raymond Carver died in his new house in Port Angeles, Washington. In an interview with critic William Stull, he explains about a connection between fiction and reality. I'm interested in the personal intimate relationships in life so why not deal with these relationships in literature?…little experiences are important underpinnings in our daily lives…They are, after all, something that we all share—as readers, writers, ...
- 1053: Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
- Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories Raymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very different from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only the essential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that fiction could have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect readers."( Bonetti 58) Thus, when Carver writes about intimate relationships, the reader ... where reading material was limited to Zane Gray novels, and the newspaper. Following high school, Carver married his pregnant high school sweet hart. His drinking became heavier. A list of meaningless jobs followed , in which writing only provided a emotional outlet. During this time, Carver's hard life may have instigated the disjunction he portrayed in his earlier writings. Poverty and family problems continually interrupted his work. Carver was constantly broke ... August 2, 1988 Raymond Carver died in his new house in Port Angeles, Washington. In an interview with critic William Stull, he explains about a connection between fiction and reality. I'm interested in the personal intimate relationships in life so why not deal with these relationships in literature?…little experiences are important underpinnings in our daily lives…They are, after all, something that we all share—as readers, writers, ...
- 1054: Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
- Swift's "A Modest Proposal" In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet taking into account the persona of Swift, as well as the period in which it ... lived. In fact it was intended to help the lower-class to gain more recognition from the upper class. If a reader does take his proposal seriously, then the use irony and sarcasm in Swifts writing is exemplified. But, if a reader takes note of the irony they will notice the true point of the story; the assistance that the lower-class needs. Either way, the irony is present and ...
- 1055: Edgar Allan Poe 4
- The short story writer, which I have chosen to research, is Edgar Allen Poe. After reading one of his works in class, I realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. Although many critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I think that Harold Bloom summed it up best when he said, "Poe has an uncanny talent for exposing our common nightmares and hysteria lurking beneath our carefully structured lives. " ( 7) For me, this ... there are many more elements to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories than just his creative use of narration and setting, these are characteristics, which has attracted the most attention. Poe has a way of writing in which he does not have to reveal too much, or paint a pretty picture for the reader in order to attract his attention. In D.H. Lawrence's Studies in Classic American Literature, ...
- 1056: Inventions Benefited Society
- Inventions Benefited Society Every year we hear more good news about inventions, especially in technology. Technology has meliorated peoples' lives in numerous ways, the technology let us to keep personal information or household budgets. Computers are one form of technology that has made the most beneficial contribution to society because they improve business, telecommunication and education. One of the reasons that computers were invented was ... friends and relatives, buying merchandise, doing research, and a steadily increasing number of other things. At nearly any time of day we can buy something with a credit card, or fill out a form with personal information such as a loan application, job application or insurance form. Years ago, sending this amount of personal data was impossible. Now, with the advances of computer technology, we can do what we were once not able to do; such as getting in touch with the bank and transferring money while we ...
- 1057: Language Is A Virus
- ... or a song, can be as vague and indeterminable as a painting and given to many different interpretations. It gives an opportunity for the reader to use his imagination and his emotions in absorbing the writing and comprehending its meaning. The interpretation of written work varies with circumstances, such as different cultures, religions, historical times or just personal feelings. Folk tales and legends are stories that have been passed throughout generations and are being told in many parts of the world in different languages. These stories, originally written as local tales, pass the ... Rashdie has been lucky to survive the violent anger of the Muslim world. But at the same time he became popular with many segments of the population, not necessarily due to the greatness of his writing, but primarily because of the controversial subject he touches upon, the fact that he criticizes his own and that his criticism appeals to a non Muslim reader. Language is like a virus. It spreads ...
- 1058: Henry James And William Dean Howells
- ... poor back and began a role which he would maintain throughout his life and writings, one of a detached observer rather than participant in the American social scene. (Matthiessen 14) The first phase of James' writing begins when he is twenty-one, in 1864 and continues until 1881. He was extremely popular during this time, especially during after publication of a short story Daisy Miller, which is concerned with the destruction ... from receiving a formal education, as a young boy he read a tremendous amount of material, providing a rich and diverse literary background for his later works. (Wagenknecht 1-2) Howells began his career by writing for a number of mid-Western newspapers. He first appeared in the January 1860 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, a periodical he would later become editor-in-chief of, with a poem, Andenken". That year ... own travel experiences. These works provided the literary basis for his later works that his newspaper poems and serials had not. This climaxed in his works which began after 1887, when he risked his career writing a letter to the New York Tribune urging a pardon for the so-called Chicago anarchists, some of whom were executed for killings during the Haymarket Square riot which they were not believed to ...
- 1059: Ida B. Wells
- ... justice gave her a lot of attention to fuel her crusade. All these factors support the fact that her background made her an ample spokes person for the anti-lynching campaign. Adding to her credibility, personal experiences also gave her more of a drive to continue her crusade. She became a leading community activist through a sequence of events. In 1884 Ida was riding a train in a first class car ... three of her friends were brutally killed during a lynching. This one particular event opened the eyes of Wells and prompted her to write some of her most controversial works yet. However this type of writing got the Free Speech office ransacked and destroyed. The other owner of the Free Speech barely escaped with his life, but he carried the message that if Ida were to show her face ever again in Tennessee she would be killed. Now with all this ammunition based on personal experience, even as an African American woman, she had gained credibility to be able to speak with authority. As Ida B. Wells was going through this, it was at the same time that all ...
- 1060: Significance Of A Process Essay
- ... children. Throughout my life I have been taught how to write many different types of essays. This year in my English class I am learning how to write the various steps of a process essay. Writing a process essay takes thought and effort. A process essay explains how order of something occurs or how something was done. I am writing my process essay on how I wrote and made my children's book. As I first received the assignment I started to think about all the different characteristics that a child book has. To help ... to putting my book together. The next decision was what should my story be about. I knew that whatever I write about had to be something I liked or I would have no interest in writing the story. The first thing I thought about was I going to use people or animals in my story. Using people seemed easier and more realistic for me to use. Immediately I started to ...
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