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- 441: To Be A Slave: Analysis
- ... where he lived in the Midwest for many years. He received a B.A. in English from Fisk University in 1960. He started releasing books in 1968. Since then, he has released twenty-five nonfiction, fiction, childrens books, and poetry. Many awards have drifted his way over the course of his authoring career. He has received the Newberry Honor Medal, the American Library Association Notable Book award, was a National ...
- 442: Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism of Death in "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- ... decay just like the narrator viewed the death of the Ushers. Poe is "alive" in the minds of his readers and they are still horrified by his work. Bibliography 1. Abel, Darrel. Introduction. The Science Fiction of Edgar Allen Poe. By Edgar Allen Poe. Penguin Books, 1976. 2. "death". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 1992 edition. 3. Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. The Viking Press ...
- 443: A Critique of "Gone to Soldiers" by Marge Piercy
- ... novel Gone to Soldiers, because it kept my attention with realistic descriptions of people with whom I began to really understand their feelings and thoughts. Other students should read this book if they like historical fiction, because it is so captivating. Piercy uses the individual as a piece of the whole picture, important but not the entirety of the work which makes this book so intriguing.
- 444: Critique of "The Invisible Man"
- ... simple reason, he was one of society's nameless victims. The author of The Invisible Man is Ralph Ellison. He was born in Oklahoma and trained as a musician. He wrote many short stories and fiction for magazines. The Invisible Man won him the Nation Book Award and the Russwurm Award. He was a charter member of the National Council on the Arts and Humanities. He died in 1994. The main ...
- 445: Christianity in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment: An Overview
- ... the schism between God and man may be, God's grace is greater still. Works Cited and Consulted Barnhart, Joe and Linda Kraeger. Dostoyevsky on Evil and Atonement: The Ontology of Personalism in his Major Fiction. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. The Cost of Discipleship. New York: Macmillan, 1959. Cameron, Norman, trans. Freedom and the Tragic Life: A Study in Dostoyevsky. By Vyecheslav Ivanov. New York: Noonday ...
- 446: Brave New World: Comparing Life In the World State With Life In the US Today
- ... State With Life In the US Today By Aldous Huxley Prompt: Compare life as Huxley described it in the World State with life in the United States today. For more than half a century, science fiction writers have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. A ...
- 447: "Beware of the Fish" by Gordan Korman: A Review
- ... next door thinks that the boys at Macdonald Hall are 'hooligans terrorizing my poor girls' (whoare actually on the boys side. (Even if the guys tried to terrorize them,they'd beat them to a pulp.) And poor Mr. Sturgeon has no idea whats goingon. If you think that's weird, wait'll you see what Bruno does next. I think that this book is a really crazy book with really ...
- 448: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- ... the reader to bring a more personal approach to the reading and understanding of the work. This, too, is a fascinating aspect of the novel. Many critics believe that Portrait is an autobiographical piece of fiction. Many similarities exist between the lives of Stephen and Joyce. The strong religious upbringing of these Irishmen, their financial hardships, and the family life of each male is strikingly similar. Each attended the same schools ...
- 449: 1984: Summary
- ... this was not acceptable for Party citizens. This was part of the denial of pleasure. In order for the people to believe the Party's perversions of the truth, the Party had to make their fiction reality. The Party slaughtered people ,burned books, shredded and altered documents in order to control information. Winston Smith's job was to alter old government documents, birth certificates and many other things. Winston was a ...
- 450: Tavris' In Groups We Shrink
- ... an end to the senseless lottery. Another good example of the reluctance to act against the group would be the Rodney King incident. As the officers clubbed, electrocuted, and beat Rodney King to a bloody pulp, onlookers just looked on. Nobody did anything to stop the senseless beating. It was obvious that the police officers were using excessive force. Someone even shot the whole incident on videotape. Despite the number of ...
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