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- 201: Discussing Literary Genre
- ... genre may not resemble the modern literary works in that genre. The works of Edgar Allan Poe, considered to be the father of the modern short story, show the contrast between the classification of short fiction in the 19th century and today. Poe s short story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue , provides suspense and mystery; however, the story does not include the main character s moment of consciousness, the key ingredient in classifying modern short stories. Although The Murders in the Rue Morgue does not entail a moment of revelation, the story was regarded as short fiction in 1841. The contrast between early short fiction and the modern short story demonstrates the varying qualities of the genre between its preliminary stages and the present, and shows the substantial transformation which occurred within the genre. The types of genres not ...
- 202: Young Goodman Brown: The Downfall of Young Goodman Brown
- ... was gloom." Works Cited Capps, Jack L. "Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown", Explicator, Washington D.C., 1982 Spring, 40:3, 25. Easterly, Joan Elizabeth. "Lachrymal Imagery in Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown", Studies in Short Fiction, Newberry, S.C., 1991 Summer, 28:3, 339-43. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodmam Brown", The Story and Its Writer, 4th ed. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1995, 595-604. Shear, Walter. "Cultural Fate and Social Freedom in Three American Short Stories", Studies in Short Fiction, Newberry, S.C., 1992 Fall, 29:4, 543-549. Tritt, Michael. "Young Goodman Brown and the Psychology of Projection", Studies in Short Fiction, Newberry, S.C., 1986 Winter, 23:1, 113-117.
- 203: Types of Conflicts in Literature
- ... is bad and what is right from what is wrong. There are no direct contrasts. These contrasts are less marked than the ones in works of escape literature. The conflict present in these types of fiction is extremely obvious and tends to be shown through the use of pitting the good guy against the bad guy. Through an examination of the conflicts present in The Most Dangerous Game and The Destroyers, this difference can clearly be seen. For the most part, the problems that arise in everyday life do not have clearly defined meanings, and they are not always so clearly marked. However, in commercial fiction works such as The Most Dangerous Game, the conflict between protagonist and antagonist is clear-cut and identifiable. The purpose of such literary works is not to emulate life, but rather to allow the reader to escape into a world of fantasy where he or she knows what the struggles are and why they are occurring. The driving force for these types of fiction is the element of physical conflict that provides the vast majority of their excitement. Although the focus is mainly on the physical aspects of conflict, there will often be some sort of moral discord ...
- 204: Is There Such A Thing As The American Dream?
- ... perseverance, equality, justice, and safety for all. (). A chance so unique, it only exist in a single country. But how many actually achieve it? Is it a fable or actuality? It can be fact or fiction. America is like a double-edged sword, with the ability to strengthen your heart and the risk of stabbing you in the stomach. When people come to America searching for the dream, everyone is given ... of the American Dream basically means that the rules were followed, the myths believed, but the expected results did not materialize. This sort of thing pervades all of our society. You believe in the legal fiction of a government of, by and for the people, but then are confronted with the reality that their real control is behind the scenes. You're told that the justice system and police are there ... honored, but the reality is that people will try to get away with whatever they can. Nice guys finish last, as it were. The American Dream has many aspects, and it can be fact or fiction depending on the effort of the American people. Determination is a shield that protects the dream of the people. But it is also the American people who protect the dream. Only through their determination ...
- 205: Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works
- ... Mississippi, on April 13, 1909. She was an observant child. She was fascinated by sounds and sights, human voices and the changing of seasons. Welty's happy childhood and serene life is reflected in her fiction. Eudora Welty's ability to observe created her talent to precisely tell situations as they would be seen. This talent brings her stories to life. The in-depth accounts that she writes of jump off of the page and into the readers' imagination. The descriptive passages in her fiction bring about vibrant images in the readers' mind. The short story "A Memory" opens up with a clear visual image. "The water shone like steel, motionless except for the feathery curl behind a distant swimmer ... state of Mississippi as the setting for her stories. By doing this, she can write in diction that she knows; as well as being able to create both black and white southern characters for her fiction. Welty's characters are authentically southern, their moods, gestures and entirely are sculpted to the finest detail. Her characters are so true to life that they seem to speak for themselves. "With their wide ...
- 206: Chicano Literature
- ... by some of the world's finest authors: Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Upton Sinclair, Alex Haley, etc. I suddenly realized that I have never read a work of fiction, or a play by a Chicano or a Chicana. The only two plays I have ever read in Spanish were not written by a Chicanos: Boda de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca (in which I ... of playing the part of Alonzo). I put away the Whitman poem and became lost in my own critical thought. Was there not a single Chicano or Chicana that had ever written a work of fiction? I went to the library's computerized card catalogue system to investigate this matter. Of course I found Chicano fictional writers; however, not as many as I wish I would've found. And so I ... Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories, which was originally printed in 1991 and was the recipient of such awards: PEN center USA Was Literary Award (1991), Lannen Literary Award (1991), QPB New Voices Award in Fiction (1992), and the Anisfield Wolf Award (1992). Cisneros also wrote My Wicked Ways in 1980 and The House on Mango Street in 1984, which in 1985 was a recipient of a Before Columbus Foundation ...
- 207: Orwell's Politics and the English Language
- ... catch phrase that is used without thought. In George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language, it is this exact issue that he addresses. George Orwell chastises today's modern writer's of criticism, fiction, opinion and politics for allowing themselves to become lazy in their thoughts and their writing. Orwell states "what is above all needed, is to let the meaning choose the word and not the other way ... by the reader. One does not feel lost when reading Politics and the English Language. Orwell's essay is a valuable read for several other reasons, one being that Orwell, as an established writer of fiction , non-fiction and political criticism, is an authority on the subject of writing, especially political writing. His advice should be heeded and it is all laid out powerfully and well-worded in this essay. The second ...
- 208: Objectivism and the Work of Ayn Rand
- ... the 50s and 60s. She came to the country from Russia in the 1920s and worked in Hollywood as an extra in pictures and as a writer. Her most famous books are actually works of fiction, WE THE LIVING, THE FOUNTAINHEAD, and ATLAS SHRUGGED. In them, she portrays her ideals of the human character-- basically she is a RATIONAL EGOIST. She believes that the self exists, and is ethically significant; in ... t have the responsibility for the lives of others, except in a negative sense.. not to interfere with the rights of others to pursue their own life. Ayn Rand wrote a great deal of non-fiction after making her name as a fiction author, including THE VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS, CAPITALISM: THE UNKNOWN IDEAL, THE ROMANTIC MANIFESTO, PHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT (her answer is everyone), and others. A group developed around her in New York, ironically dubbed "the ...
- 209: Comparison Of The Film Beloved
- ... Beloved was made in the twentieth century to teach its audiences about slavery in the hope of preventing similar occurrences in modern times. Frederick Douglass account of slavery comes from his own life. Beloved is fiction; it is historical fiction, but fiction nonetheless. I personally feel that Fredrick Douglass account is a truer representation of slavery mainly because it is from his own experience. Beloved is based upon a book that is based on research done ...
- 210: Airplane Warfare In WWI
- ... experience for the United States occurred in 1862, during the Civil War. General McClellan went into battle against the South with a balloon corps floated by hydrogen and pulled by four horses. (Saga-51) Literary fiction started to breed ideas about the use of planes in warfare. The most famous writer to explore the idea was H.G. Wells. He wrote The War In The Air, a book about the future in which battle is conducted with planes. (Wohl-70). In Germany, literary fiction preceded the actual development of warfare in the air. Rudolph Martin was a writer who predicted that the German's future was not on the sea, but in the air. He also believed that further ... kill the importance of distance and help to lead toward the German unification of the world. (Wohl-81) Martin's novel helped to prepare the Germans for their use of planes in the war. The fiction soon became scientific fact. (Wohl-71) The United States, ultimately was slower than France and Germany to develop an air force. On March 3, 1911, Congress appropriated $125,000 to start an air force, ...
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