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- 301: Tv Viewing
- ... she would have no idea about drugs until they experiment with the drug, or see the effects of drugs on someone in real life. Teenagers are at a point where they can distinguish reality from fiction. Schools should focus on giving teenagers more projects about life. For example marriage projects that are not real. This way they can experience life more realistically. Adults can watch whatever they want. At this point they know right from wrong, what s real and what s fiction. They should know what s appropiate for them to watch. They know the difference between entertaining TV viewing and educational viewing. They can handle TV viewing more maturely. TV viewing can help adults in many ...
- 302: Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature
- ... had pulled up new roots that were "buried in the past," causing multiple conflicts between nations (Granner, 611). The war reflects the bitterness and troubles put on twentieth century poetry. The poets wrote of science fiction, anti-war protagonists, and ridicule of authority. Leading poets in the twentieth century are D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and H.G. Wells. D.H. Lawrence views on nature are more ... the dawn of the new century and in England, the death a Queen Victoria. 2. Leading poets were D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Dylan Thomas, and H.G. Wells. B. Views 1. Science Fiction 2. Obsessed with future 3. Language change 4. Anti-war protagonists 5. Ridicule of authority III. D.H. Lawrence A. Views of Nature 1. Loved inner self (Magill, 1686) 2. He was known to fill ...
- 303: Arthur Miller And His Distorted Historical Accuracies
- ... to ask" regarding the Salem Witch trials when his play had many inaccuracies, some very obvious? Miller’s play is not a historical account of the events in 1692 Salem, but rather a work of fiction. It is important to realize that what Miller wrote is not fact by revealing where his play is historically flawed. Some of the more important discrepancies are discussed below: By examining Miller’s main plot ... not be deemed the expert on Salem Village. Arthur Miller is a playwright, and that is exactly what The Crucible is – a play. It is not intended to be a historical document other than a fiction based on history. The problem with people’s understanding of the Salem witch trials is that they rely on a play as fact, and a playwright to teach them history. The Crucible should be viewed ...
- 304: The Black Cat: What Goes Around Comes Around
- ... about to pen, I neither expect nor illicit belief. Yet mad I am not- and surely do I not dream,” alerts the reader about a forthcoming story that will test the boundaries of reality and fiction. The author asserts his belief of the activities described in the story when he states “to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul”(80). Poe describes his affectionate temperament of his ... as to place it-if such a thing were possible- even beyond the reach of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God"(81-82). Now the reader has crossed over the line of reality versus fiction. The author continues to illustrate the inconceivable story when he describes the scene after the fire that destroyed every part of the house except the one wall that was still standing. Poe writes "I approached ...
- 305: Stephen King: The King of Terror
- Stephen King: The King of Terror Stephen Edwin King is one of today's most popular and best selling writers. King combines the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and detective themes into his stories. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using great and vivid detail that is set in a realistic everyday place. Stephen King who is mainly known ... the discovery of the author H. P. Lovecraft. King would later write of Lovecraft, “He struck with the most force, and I still think, for all his shortcomings, he is the best writer of horror fiction that America has yet produced”(Beaham 22). In many of Lovecraft's writings he always used his present surroundings as the back drop of his stories. King has followed in his footsteps with the fictional ...
- 306: Symbolism Use In: "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Lottery"
- ... are different. Symbols are important in each story to define the theme. Close observation of the symbols within each story proves to one their importance. Bibliography Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown" Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 211-220 Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery" Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia 6th ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 248-254
- 307: All Quiet on the Western Front
- ... example, two friends of different nationalities may become bitter enemies only because their respective countries are at war. I think the novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a well told story, mixing both fiction and non-fiction into a powerful novel which forces people to think deeply about war and all of its possible repercussions. The book makes me think of all the lost talent that was lost during the war. Even ...
- 308: The House of Seven Gables: Symbolism
- ... of symbolism in his work. Overall, Hawthorne did not just write a story, he wrote a classic that has stood the test of time. Works Cited Abel, Darrel. The Moral Picturesque: Studies in Hawthorne's Fiction. Indiana: Purdue UP, 1988. Arac, Jonathan. "The House and the Railroad: Dombey and Son and The House of the Seven Gables." The New England Quarterly volume LI (1978) : 3 - 22. Colacurcio, Michael. "The Sense of an Imaginings of Nathaniel Hawthorne." ESQ 103 (1981) : 113. Crowley, Donald. Hawthorne: The Critical Heritage. London: W & J Mackay Co. Ltd., 1970. Erlich, Gloria. Family Themes and Hawthorne's Fiction: The Tenacious Web. New Jersey: Rutgers UP, 1984. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The House of Seven Gables: An Backgrounds and Sources Essays in Criticism. Ed. Seymour Gross. New York: W W Norton & Co.,1967. Kaul, A., ed ...
- 309: 18th Century Literature
- ... Samuel Pepys and A Journel of the Plague Years by Daniel Defoe are just a few examples of literary works from the Restoration Period. The Diary of Samuel Pepys is also an example of journalistic fiction. In the excerpts from Pepys' diary, he shows the historical background and culture of the 18th century. The reader is able to understand the values and ethics of the time through the description detailed by Samuel Pepys and the reader is also exposed to the life a man in the 1660's. A Journal of the Plague Year is an example of historical fiction. Defoe uses wide ranges of vivid descriptions including verisimilitudes and imagery, to give the reader a realistic feel of what took place through the eyes of a witness. This literary time period also included works ...
- 310: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... crime, and is high-spirited about beating the elderly and raping the defenseless (Bergonzi 85). This trend can be seen in other books as well. One critic summed it up rather well by saying "His fiction is peopled with lapsed Catholics, failed poets and musicians, ineffective teachers, linguists who cannot adjust to the world as easily as they do to the word, and other intellectual misfits." (Friedman 1). And so, in this manor, Burgess used the setting in which he lived to create the characters of many of his fiction novels. One of the themes in A Clockwork Orange even seems to have a strong connection to Burgess's early life. The "conservative and pessimistic view of human nature" portrayed in A Clockwork Orange can ...
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