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- 841: The Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- ... when he lost his mother to the end when reality and the dream-world became intertwined. The loss of many so-called loves and jobs placed him in a world where only him and his writing existed. It is no wonder that his death still be so feared. The way he wrote of it will allow him to haunt the earth forever. Ironically enough his rationalistic views still created some reality and scientific truth within his writing. For example, in The Fall of the House of Usher the main character suffers from a strange mental disorder that was actually a real proven case. No matter how much the critics lash out at Poes life his writing will still express the work of a true genius. Poes poetry, in general, was an attempt for him to embody the ideas in his imagination and express his feelings. The deep sadness he ...
- 842: The Need For Extreme Criminal Justice Reform in California
- ... society at large. In other words, in a free society the end desired is the correction of behavior that utilizes the least force . This conforms to the principles of limited government, efficiency, reduced cost, and personal freedom as advocated by both liberals and conservatives alike. The basic underlying concept of this proposal is that incarceration should be reserved for those who are violent and thus dangerous to the public. Violent crimes ... sentencing procedures would also be modified to exclude incarceration for non-violent crimes with an emphasis on victim restitution and community service. The court would maybe rely on probation reports to provide the necessary offender personal history including employment, job skills (or lack of), and personal resources, e.g. bank accounts, property ownership, etc. Based on this information, the court would apply the appropriate sentence of victim restitution and community service with close monitoring by probation officials. As with all ...
- 843: ... There method of how to complete there dream was the same (Funk132). They were born allies of the black soul and heart, inhuman and unconscionable, willing to destroy their own people and nations to achieve personal dreams of conquest (Encyclopedia).
- 844: Warm Feelings For Cold Blood
- ... job at the New Yorker magazine. There he was just an errand boy but was noticed because of his mannerisms. During the early stages of World War II, Capote s interests still focused on his writing. (Norden p162) In June 1945, his short story Miraim brought him a lot of attention. It led to his first novel contract. Most of his early works were considered gothic but he also had many ... and it published in book form. In Cold Blood earned Capote more money then all of his previous works put together. This book created a big controversy because Capote claimed to have created a new writing style when he wrote In Cold Blood and also because he profited of the deaths of six people. When Capote wrote about Perry in his book In Cold Blood he didn t just construct the character around the real life Perry. Capote also used some of his own childhood experiences and feelings to make the character of Perry deeper and more developed. After writing In Cold Blood Capote took a long break from writing. He was afraid that he couldn t live up to the expectations for another book and he was mad at the literary world for ...
- 845: The Year 2000 Bug
- ... For example, in some programs, a special meaning was often assigned to the date 9/9/99.) It is generally older software programs found on legacy computer systems that have this problem. Programs created for personal computers are less likely to be affected by this type of year 2000 issue. The year 2000 issue, then, is really a collection of different types of date handling issues that can affect computer systems, including personal computers, when the new century arrives. Personal computer systems are not immune to year 2000 errors, and the risk is not necessarily eliminated by owning a brand new computer. But "being ready" for the year 2000 will look different for different ...
- 846: Dickinson vs. Whitman
- ... Dickinson only allowed her picture to be taken once and did so reluctantly. Neither Dickinson nor Whitman got married, but both had people interested in them or people they were interested in. Emily Dickinson started writing poetry in 1850, but most of her poems are dated after 1858. Whitman wrote for many newspapers before he actually began writing poetry. The world found out he wrote poetry when he published the first edition of Leaves of Grass. The major turning point for Whitman was in the 1860's, when his work started to gain more recognition from critics. Eighteen sixty-two was the major turning point for Dickinson's life; 1862 was when she wrote most of her poetry. She was writing about one poem each day. During the year 1862, the man Emily Dickinson loved left for San Francisco. After he left, she started wearing only white, and during the last ten years of her ...
- 847: ... way that he takes the reader into his story through the use of very vivid detail in his description of the odours in this book in the way that other authors describe surroundings. Suskind s writing technique is also distinctive in the way that he uses phrases and imagery to make what initially seem to be violent and grotesque descriptions an erotic and sexual encounter. This is a prominent theme when ...
- 848: The Book Elements Of Style By
- ... sentences off properly. On the other hand, White is talking about things like placing yourself in the background, don't overwrite and don't overstate. Although Strunk's rules deal more with the mechanics of writing and White tends to talk about the presentation of the writing, it comes together to make the book complete. From the book I have learned some things about writing that I did not know, but I have also refreshed my memory on some things that I already knew. Strunk states that we should form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. This ...
- 849: ... school at 16 and soon formed friendships with a group of sophisticated Parisian aristocrats. Paris society sought his company for his cleverness, humor and remarkable ability to write verse. In 1717 he was arrested for writing a series of satirical verses ridiculing the French government, and was imprisoned in the Bastille. During his eleven months in prison he wrote his first major play, "Oedipe," which achieved great success in 1718. He ...
- 850: Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets
- ... Bradstreet are most notable with their relationships with people. My thoughts on Benjamin Franklins work were unfortunatly on the negative side. To sum his writings up, they were long, boring and not concise. His writing varied heavily. He was known for writing on one topic and then changing to another then skipping to yet another. The following paragragh is an exerpt of his writings to show the long, varied writings that changed from subject to subject: I have been the more particular in this Description of my Journey, and shall be so of my first Entry into ...
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