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- 1751: Carver’s Characters
- ... next month or two" (Gentry 138). The strongest and most negative influence on his work was his drinking. It became a habit as his despair grew, despair about ever finding the "good life" through his writing, feeling continually cursed with bad luck because of the seems always bad financial situation his family struggled with. Early on he used to say that he didn't have any problems that money couldn't ... his first life and his second life. His first life was obscured by alcohol, and his second life began with sobriety. He said at the time, "There is definitely a change going on in my writing and I'm glad of it. It happened when I wrote the story 'Cathedral.' I date the change from that story” (Gentry 29). He said: “I didn't write anything at all (after he quit ... which I feel is totally different in conception and execution from any stories that have come before. I suppose it reflects a change in my life as much as it does in my way of writing....I knew I'd gone as far the other way as I could or wanted to go, cutting everything down to the marrow, not just to the bone. Any farther in that direction and ...
- 1752: The Riddle Of St. Leonards
- ... loved books. She promised herself that she would read all the books on the shelves of a library. She never did it, but still read lots of books throughout her life. Her first efforts at writing were poems. She moved into a journalistic stage which lasted all throughout graduate school. It was after leaving graduate school that she focused on creative writing. She wrote short stories, mostly about science fiction, but one story was inspired by her graduate work in medieval studies. She thought her book would never get published, but then she found a job as ... a friend who was an expert on St. Leonard’s Hospital. Her name was P. H. Cullum, she was very educated in the studies of medieval hospitals. This was beneficial to Ms.Robb, especially when writing The Riddle of St. Leonard’s. The main character of The Riddle of St. Leonard’s is Owen Archer. Owen is an ex-soldier, who is now a spy for the Archbishop of York ...
- 1753: A Critical Analysis of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
- ... at sea, the captain of the ship, Ahab reveals his plan to hunt down a white whale named Moby Dick. Ahab was veteran sailor, a man that had a heart of stone. Ahab had a personal grudge against Moby Dick. Moby Dick was responsible for taking off Ahab's leg in a previous voyage. Ahab's plan was essentially an unauthorized takeover, what the whaling company had not in mind. Ahab ... he might not feed himself driven out an Ishmael into the desert, with no maternal Haggard to accompany and comfort him.” (125) “Melville had what might be called an ‘Ishmael complex.'” It had two sources; personal life experience and identification with an archetypal image.” (Edinger 16) The personal cause would be the insanity and death of his father and the following hardships. Melville was twelve and a half at the time when his father died, close to the Biblical Ishmael who was ...
- 1754: Murray Davis' Smut, Erotic Reality/Obscene Ideology
- ... how hard-core pornography can be less explicit than soft-core. However he does explain that hard-core pornography is more abstract in that, it depicts the sex act only and not the emotional or personal characteristics of the people involved in the act. (Davis, p. xx) He believes soft-core pornography is describing "a sexual experience", which conveys characteristics of the participants that are not described by hard-core pornography ... personality types and social categories."(Davis, p. xx, 1983) Soft-core pornography, on the other hand, often depicts "the subtle phenomenological effects that result when a character's sexual behaviour clashes with his or her personal and social characteristics." (Davis, p. xx, 1983). In short, he study's literature or films that involve characters with personalities that are developed and conveyed to the audience. In these stories the characters will have sex, but the sex may or may not be the main focus of the story, but rather something that is bound to happen when personal and social characteristics clash. I believe that Davis is somewhat correct in assuming that soft-core is a more objectively reliable source for studying human sexuality. When I hear the words soft-core pornography, ...
- 1755: Stanley Renshons' High Hopes: Clinton's Actions
- ... the same perspectives but uses a more "psychologically grounded perspective" (41). He believes that ideals are an important part of the word integrity's definition. He states that they are the framework for interpersonal and personal ethics, they show how a person conducts themselves when dealing with many different types of situations, they are a person's goals. "Ideals are aspirations that are often easier to hold in the abstract than ... his term, instead of admitting there was a problem. Taking his ambition to the limit, Clinton proposed that he was "a president who would return to traditional values and who, in discussing the importance of personal responsibility, seemed to be conveying an appreciation of the limits of government" (67). This new approach that Clinton swept his nomination away with, is commonly being referred to as a New Democrat. Through this approach Clinton believed he understood the limits of government, but, upon gaining office he attempted to launch an, "ambitious personal and public agenda" (68). "Character integrity reflects our fidelity to our own ideals as we pursue our ambitions and forge out identities" (69). Realistically and psychologically a president must be committed to his own ...
- 1756: Hunger Of Memory
- ... feeling of closeness that he shared with his family. He also mentions the fact that he used to feel a desperate, urgent, intense feeling of wanting to be home. Spending time at home, speaking his personal language of Spanish, and being with his family gave Rodriguez comfort and a feeling of safety that was not felt outside of his home. Rodriguez was forced to leave that comfort and safety every morning ... author describes hearing the cold, harsh sounds of the English language and wishing that his teachers would welcome him in Spanish, instead. The author explains that, as a child, he regarded Spanish as his own personal language. In his autobiography, at the young age of seven, he did not see himself as an American citizen like the other children in his class, and this discouraged him from readily learning English. Ultimately ... school that I had the right-- and the obligation --to speak the public language. He goes on to say that the bilinguists simplistically scorn the value and necessity of assimilation. Rodriguez does not leave much personal interpretation concerning his beliefs on this subject to the reader. Rather, he presents his memory and viewpoints, allowing the reader to make his or her own personal judgment regarding the issue. Rodriguez explains that ...
- 1757: Fannie Flagg Fried Green Tomat
- ... lovingly as the "peanut" she was a bigger handful than an elephant. She was an energetic and lively girl with a powerful imagination. The author claims it spelled trouble, or future writer. Fannie Flagg's writing and show business career began in the fifth grade when she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a three-act comedy called "The Whopee Girls," which brought the audience to hysteria, but got her expelled from school for using the word "martini." At age 19, Fannie began writing and producing TV specials, and since then has appeared in more than 500 shows and in many motion picture and stage productions, including Candid Camera, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Love Boat, and Grease Fannie Flagg, (as she later changed her name to), was quite good at acting and comedy, but when she decided to take up writing in her late thirties, she never knew that her book would be such a success. The novel, received rave reviews, high praise and gained more serious recognition by critics and the public eye overall. ...
- 1758: Response To A Clean Well-light
- ... old waiter -- in A Clean Well-Lighted Place cannot be happy without his wife. The two waiters represent the Gentleman s battle of his inner consciousness. The waiters portray the demons of the Gentleman s personal heaven and hell. We recognize this by Hemingway s use of characterization. Hemingway never identifies a particular part to the extended dialogue, because ultimately it is one stream of consciousness (the Gentleman s). This reveals ... matter (Heaven and Hell) then you can understand the Gentleman s position and some of the actions he takes. Only Catholicism deals with purgatory. We start to see this matter unravel when the Gentleman s personal heaven establishes itself. The Gentleman s personal heaven is shown through the young waiter. The young waiter is tired of waiting until 3:00a.m. when his shift is over to go home and see his wife. Actually, this is the ...
- 1759: Remains Of The Day
- ... the remains of the day the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture that of the stiff upper lip, no show of emotion, and repression of personal opinion and the no-holds-barred American culture of free expression of opinion and emotion. The American culture s spread into England is hastened with the two world wars, and it ends Stevens old way ... for libelous accusations about his alliance with Nazis, Stevens realizes that all his years spent trying to be dignified for Darlington were wasted. Darlington s ruin makes a joke of Stevens years and years of personal service and devotion. Ishiguro may be attempting to make a point about all people s attitudes toward their employers: do not spend your whole life trying to please one boss because you may find in ... are, however, parallels between the butlers behavior and behavior by Americans in subservient positions. President Clinton s staff loyally and unquestioningly defended his first statements about the Monica Lewinsky affair as true. They placed their personal reputations on the line to serve Clinton and in turn, many undoubtedly believed, the country. When Clinton s statements were revealed as untrue, his staff was left humiliated and embarassed, their loyalty thrown away ...
- 1760: Field Of Dreams
- ... field of dreams" that was really heaven for him. It made Joe have a 2nd chance of playing baseball, John having his dream of playing catch with his son, Terrance Mann having another chance of writing again, and Archibald to have his dream of batting. Ray also had a chance of talking to his father again. Ray Kinsella before didn't want to become "like his father" because he didn't ... also played for nothing. Just for his desire of baseball. Both men loved baseball with their heart. These two men, Terrance & Archibald were doing something best for society. Terrance was like the 60's of writing all those books of inspiring people. He was very important to Ray & Annie because he was inspiring to them. But one day he decided to stop writing because so many people were criticizing him of his writing. Archibald also helped people because since he gave up baseball and became a doctor he changed society, in a small town, Chisolm. He was ...
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