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- 1981: The Study Of Violence In Ernes
- ... at first in case I ever wanted to use them in a story. That s funny now. (Hemingway, 3) Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to write personal books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa. As he liked to write about wars he had seen and made pronouncements about other writers. He was always a legend, and liked to write about ... loved Spain dearly. Jose saw Hemingway as extremely pessimistic brooding romantic figure. He was torn to pieces a fake tough guy as James Joyce called him. His works were more a reflection of his own personal drama, then creations of his own imagination. His philosophy had been reduced to one basic question ( How can we live , seeing how to die .) Hemingway was a good kind of man underneath, Jose states but ... himself was more heroic than patiently waiting for the next injection or wasting away in a foul-smelling bed. Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to read personal books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa, as he liked to write about wars he had seen and pronouncements about other writers. He was a legend, and he liked to rite about ...
- 1982: The Color Purple
- ... be free from him forever. Receiving Nettie s letters and finding out that she is still alive gives Celie hope to go on in the chance that they will see each other again. Instead of writing letters to God, Celie begins to write to Nettie. Through their correspondence, Celie learns that her children are alive and that Nettie is helping to care for them. The hope of someday seeing her children ... has contradictory effects. On one hand, capitalism veils its operations by employing racism, using the idea of race to reduce the economic competitor to a sub-human object. On the other hand, the model of personal and national identity with which the novel leaves us uses fairytale explanations of social relations to represent an alternative world. This fairy tale embraces America for providing the black nation with the right and the ...
- 1983: The Quest Of A Hemingway Hero
- A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway is a story of Love, war and one Man s pursuit of finding his own personal code in order to make a separate peace. Fredrick Henry is an American who serves as a lieutenant in the Italian army to a group of ambulance drivers. Hemingway portrays Frederick as a lost man ... only be fixed and thrown back in the front lines where he would be killed. Had Fredrick let the man go, he would have been a free man. It is clear that Fredrick has no personal code of ethics. He is simply following through on what he is expected to do. To follow the rules and obey the high ranking officers. Later on in the story Fredrick is having dinner with ... is not discovered. Upon the retreat Aymo, picks up two young girls along the road. Hemingway does not continue on to explain but a reader may assume the young girls were raped. Only used for personal pleasure. Frederick sees the losing Italian army as total chaos and disorder where he had previously seen discipline and control. He can no longer remain a part of something that is so disorderly and ...
- 1984: The Prince
- ... views on Italy's political status during the Renaissance. Machiavelli uses many specific examples throughout the text both ancient and current to Renaissance era. To understand the book more completely and Machiavelli's reasons for writing The Prince, it is necessary to understand Machiavelli's life and the times he lived in. When Niccolo Machiavelli was born in the spring of 1469, Italy had attained a high spot in the European ... After the election of Giovanni de Medici to the papacy as Leo X, they released Machiavelli. Machiavelli retired to a small farm in San Casciano, where he would write his arguments on politics. He began writing The Prince and his other lesser known work The Discourses in 1513. In 1515, he wrote a comedy, La Mandragola, a satire on seduction. The Medici family consulted Machiavelli in 1519 on a new Florentine ... of secretaries concludes the section of The Prince pertaining to the qualities of a prince. The last several chapters of the book discuss Machiavelli's views on Italy's political situation and his reasons for writing the book. In chapter XXIV, Machiavelli examines the reasons the princes of Italy have lost their princedoms. The first reason given, they all lacked native troops. They hired mercenaries and used auxiliary troops. Their ...
- 1985: Satires In Huckleberry Finn
- ... he knows except for skin color. Risking his life and overcoming many difficulties on the way, Huck succeeds in freeing Jim. Focusing on racism, alcoholism and mob mentality, Mark Twain uses his ardent style of writing and satirizes the three traits throughout the novel. Many words the book contains are full of vivid abhorrence towards black slaves. Every single line talks about how white people despise and refuse to accept the ... exceptional writer. Using Huck Finn and slave Jim as his prophets, he passes on some valuable messages, one of which being similar to a book being judged by its cover. Twain's ardent style of writing allows him to actually emulate conversations as they are, including various types of slang and argot. This particular piece of writing left many readers grieving over the content and imitation of reality. Though racism is part of the story, the moral of the story is clear: there is more to people than color, just like ...
- 1986: Scarlet Letter- Guilty Heart
- ... He did not reveal to anyone the revenge he felt in his heart, and he tried to keep anyone from realizing that his revenge was slowly taking over his life. Nathaniel Hawthorne was successful in writing a novel that accentuated sin and guilt interchangeably, while revealing to the readers the consequences of living with sin as a guideline. The letter A proved to be the primary focus because it had direct ... in the novel. His characters lived interchangeable but distinct lives with different joys, loves, sins, and morals. Arthur begins to feel that if he confesses to the crime he has committed he will end the personal stress on his soul. Feeling full well the torment of his own secret, Arthur proclaims that those who hold such "miserable secrets will yield them up that last day with a joy unutterable" (Hawthorne 91 ...
- 1987: Paradise Lost 2
- ... of the five greatest poets in the English language and Paradise Lost, a religious epic, is his greatest masterpiece. As stated in the beginning of the first book of Paradise Lost, Milton's intention for writing his religious epic is, among some other things, to justify the ways of God to men. Milton's audience, of course, is a fallen audience, like the narrator of the epic. Some may think Satan ... a character. Others may blame God for allowing the falls to occur. However, both of these readings are shortsighted and are not what Milton intended. Therefore, to prevent misinterpretation, Milton has included a theme of personal responsibility for one's actions throughout the epic. In this manner, Milton neutralizes God from any unjust blame, exposes Satan for the deceiver that he is, and justifies the falls of both Angel and Man ...
- 1988: Response To Civil Disobedience
- ... and other leaders. Great political figures, such as Mohandas K. Gandhi and John F. Kennedy, have used Thoreau's essay calling for the reform of government to their advantage when speaking to their fellow countrymen. Writing in response to the United States annexation of Texas in 1845, Thoreau felt that this economic move by the United States expedited the Civil War, which many Americans disapproved of including he himself. In his ... state their opinions and facts using various literary techniques and devices. From reading other Thoreau works, such as excerpts from Walden and Excursions, I was able to infer that he has his own unique, unmatched writing style. Most ordinary and banal writers start their essays with long, tedious descriptions of the point they are trying to convey. But like all great writers and thinkers, Thoreau begins his essay with a strong ... He believes that the best way for a country and its people to survive is if individuals are willing to exert control over the government and not be ruled like sheep. Part of Thoreau's writing style includes using examples to justify his opinions. Two such examples are the Mexican War and the slavery issues the country is facing at the time. Thoreau explains that "people must cease to hold ...
- 1989: Reflections On The Things They
- ... happening. However, O Brien drifts away from that trend here, hardly describing any events of importance to any one but me sign. Rather, he focuses on the thoughts of the soldiers, the inner feelings, small personal day dreams and strange things that really describe the men. Being out in the wilderness, far from home or anything they recognize, these men must deal with the mental and physical stresses of war, when ... the story, merely telling us of the events, and yet we still get to see inside Lt. Cross s mind to more accurately picture his feelings. The narrator also, although letting us see the innermost, personal thoughts of Cross, always refers to the Lieutenant as either "he,", "him," or "Lt. Cross," never speaking of him by only his first name, which may seem rather formal. Also, it is odd that O ... Usually when an author wants the reader to feel what the main character is feeling, they will write the story in the first person point of view, to give the events and thoughts a more personal touch. However, the way O Brien phrases his sentences, it is really very simple for the reader to get that accurate feeling for the main character, even! though it is not the main character ...
- 1990: My Brother Jack
- ... character, and for David to not have this is really sad. David not experiencing happiness and fulfilment in life evokes my sympathy. The thing I admire most about David is his achievement and intellect in writing. I admire his strive for success. David had a real gift and from when he began his writing to the success he achieved deserves such admiration. So much passion was in his writing and he finally fulfilled his ambition. Persistance was the key to David s success and without this his dream may not have become a reality. There was only one incident in the novel that ...
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