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- 511: Summary of To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... the fence the supposed disturbed child mends them and hangs them over the fence for the boy to find again. This book is critically acclaimed and has won several accolades including the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961, the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews in 1961, and the Paperback of the Year award in 1962. It is no wonder why this book is so widely enjoyed ...
- 512: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Survival In Society
- ... could not have been resolved by just anyone. Huck's sympathy for other human beings, adaptability, and his shrewdness and ingenuity are among the qualities that makes Huck one of the great character in American fiction. Bibliography Salzman, Jack and Pamela Wilkerson, ed. Major Characters In American Literature New York, NY 1986 Simpson M., Claude, Twentieth Century Interpretations Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, England Cliffs, NJ 1968 Bloom, Harold The ...
- 513: The Scarlet Letter: Hester, What a Change!
- ... sisters and their widowed mother, and an uncle saw to his education at Bowdoin College. In 1852, Hawthorne wrote the campaign biography of Franklin Pierce, an old college friend. The best of Hawthorn's early fiction was gathered in Twice-Told Tales, Mosses from an Old Manse, and The Snow-Image. These capture the complexity's of the New England Puritan heritage. Hawthorne's writing had a wide range of influence ...
- 514: 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 ...
- 515: "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 ...
- 516: The Tragic Love Triangle of Yonville
- ... one which contains an important and moving plot. In addition, it provides a standard against which to compare the works of writers to follow. It is nearly impossible to truly understand modern European and American fiction without reading, Madame Bovary. Charles Bovary, the only son of a middle-class family, became a doctor and set up his practice in a rural village. He then married a women who was quite older ...
- 517: Kate Chopin's The Awakening
- Kate Chopin's The Awakening Kate Chopin's The Awakening is a work of fiction that tells the story of Edna Pontellier, Southern wife and mother. This book presents the reader with many tough questions and few answers. It is not hard to imagine why this book was banished for ...
- 518: Jane Austen: Background of Her Novels
- ... in Bath. There she meets the entertaining Henry Tilney; later, on a visit to his family's house (the "Northanger Abbey" of the title) she learns to distinguish between the highly charged calamities of Gothic fiction and the realities of ordinary life (which can also be distressing in their way). Like Jane Austen's Love and Freindship, this book makes fun of the conventions of many late 18th century literary works ...
- 519: Real Ghosts - What Are Ghosts
- ... to drive out the evil spirit. An even more popular movie was made from the book. People thought that the movie and the book were true. They were not. The book was a piece of fiction written by william p. Blatty. But blatty's book was based on a real case. One of the reasons that the book and the movie were so popular, is that people thought they were actually ...
- 520: Interpretation of Rushdie and Kazantzakis' Stories
- ... has maintained contrary to the threats of the Islamic community) Never have I encountered such literature that treads upon on line between celestial religion versus oppresive regime Therefore, in analyzing and interpreting each piece of fiction, I was able to understand what similarities they held and why such novels can procreate an undersirable amount of calamity in the world. The supernatural portrayed a dominant role in both texts. Each author seemed ...
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