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- 381: Around the World In Eighty Days: Summary
- ... in London on time. The one part that I would change is when Passepartout and Fogg are separated on India and then they meet up again coincidentally in Japan. I know that this is science fiction, fiction being the important word but still it is to something that is almost impossible to happen in real life. While Fogg and Passepartout were in the India jungle, they saw a woman, Aouda, who was ...
- 382: Ernest Hemingway - The Man And
- ... and A Farewell to Arms’ Catherine respectively. Hemingway’s women seem unreal and hollow to the reader but they are how the author perceives American females. Behind his portrayals of characters, his reports, and his fiction there is the beat of a suffering heart and the fight of a wounded soul -–the heart and soul of Hemingway himself. The hero of a Hemingway novel is Hemingway. His life unfolds to the ... New York: Random House Inc., 1966. Kraus, Michael. “World War I.” Colliers Encyclopedia. 1974 ed. Lania, Leo. Hemingway: A Pictorial Biography. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Madden, David. A Pocketful of Prose, Vintage Short Fiction. Vol. 2. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1996. Tames, Richard. The 1920s. New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1991. White, William. By-line: Ernest Hemingway; Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades. New York: Charles ...
- 383: Black And White Women Of The Old South
- ... Women of the Old South, argues that history has problems with objectiveness. Her book brings to life interesting interpretations on the view of the women of the old south and chattel slavery in historical American fiction and autobiography. Gwin’s main arguments discussed how the white women of the south in no way wanted to display any kind of compassion for a fellow woman of African descent. Gwin described the "sisterhood ... good illustration of what has and still is happening to women. Their lifestyle is always changing. Gwin’s argument that life was never a sisterhood between the blacks and white in the so-called American fiction and autobiography seems prove true. These women were very much different and the ethnocentrism in a white woman keeps her from ever getting past the dark skin, and makes the white women feel more like ...
- 384: Langston Hughes
- ... Through all of this hard work and dedication, Langston Hughes was a great and prolific writer. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of “editorial” and “documentary” fiction, twenty plays, children’s poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies. Some of Langston Hughes works includes: NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER, THE BIG SEA,and I WONDER AS I WANDER, some of the poems include: THE WEARY ... his lifetime. Hughes steeped himself in the language, music, and feeling of the common people of Harlem. The spirituals, blues, and jazz was the base of Hughes poetic expressions. Also some of Hughes work contains fiction, drama, essay, and history. Many people knew Langston Hughes for the use of jazz and black folk rhythms in his poems. Langston Hughes skills was discovered when he left three of his poems beside the ...
- 385: Differences Between 18th Century Literature and Romantic Poetry Seen Through The Works From Alexander Pope and John Keats
- ... life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These two brilliant writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in life shows through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably portray his deeper feelings of life. Popes' efforts here are of outstanding quality. However, his poem did fail to convince Arabella to résumé her engagement to Lord Petre. Most of Pope's efforts ... each writer's mind is the idea that one can be g-d through their own scripture. Each must be excused for not always being able to know what is still real and what is fiction in life. Their expensive minds have brought their own personal truth to light. Can they hear the crying of their love sick pasts? In classic style, Pope has brought dreams to reality. While Keats has ...
- 386: Bone
- ... culture and lifestyle is much easier than for the older generations. This is shown in the book and it also happens in reality, which is another reason why I like this book. This is a fiction novel, but the story told is like a non-fiction book; giving readers a sense of realism. As a Chinese reading Bone, I understand the narrator’s feelings and predicaments. Although she is an Asian, her thinking lies more on the American side. Leila wants ...
- 387: John Updikess Pigeon Feather
- ... of his onomastic tendencies. They are most obvious in his verse ("Conceptually a blob,/ the knob/ is a smallish object which,/ hitched/ to a larger,/ acts as verger"), but they are present also in his fiction, a constant pleasure to anyone who enjoys watching an artist at work. Verbal brilliance of this kind, however, can be a danger for a writer of fiction. The young man who, under various names, is the hero of the stories in "Pigeon Feathers" says of one of his unknown rivals, "he would wear eyebrow- style glasses, be a griper, have some not ...
- 388: Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar Historical Fiction novels are often brought on by authors for special and particular reasons. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Julius Caesar, he documents the rise and fall of a great roman leader during a time of ... the actual history of the time. Of course, the lines and speeches were beautifully written and spoken, and timing between character’s entrances and exits were perfect. Shakespeare, however, in my opinion, tried to keep fiction and history together for the most part. He created some characters, such as Brutus’ servant Lucius, but kept most of the conspirator’s names and personalities straight. Shakespeare portrayed Brutus’ torn heart and decision, Cassius ...
- 389: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
- ... confronts her. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that a foreman named Connor has forced a sexual relationship on her. Jurgis curses her and runs off to find Connor. After beating Connor to a pulp, Jurgis is sent to jail for thirty days. The judge refuses to listen to Jurgis’s story seriously. When Jurgis is released, he finds that his family has moved to an even poorer neighborhood, and ... crime. Jurgis learns about the connections between criminals, police, politics, and big business. He becomes a member of this complex network and moves into politics. He runs into Connor again, and beats him to a pulp a second time. Connor’s political connections cause Jurgis to lose all his acquired profit. Jurgis is back to wandering the streets. To keep warm, Jurgis walks into a Socialist meeting. After the meeting, he ...
- 390: Point Of View In Three Edgar Allan Poe's Poems
- ... s Poems Edgar Allan Poe was an artist of literature. He was one of the greatest thriller/story tellers that America has known. He was known as "a seminal figure in the development in science fiction and the detective story. His writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature" (X, John Richardson). Edgar Allan Poe wasn't out to frighten his audience. According to Peithman, his interest for his audience was within the human mind. In three of his works, "Morella", "Ligeia", and "The Oval Portrait", there are several similarities and differences of elements of fiction such as theme, plot, tone, symbol, point of view, and climax. In the story "Ligeia", the narrator did not love Rowena. Ligeia did not resemble Rowena in any way. Ligeia was just a figment of ...
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