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- 1561: Stylistic Analysis of the Opening Page of Dracula (Children’s Version)
- ... relevant, and highlights in the reader’s mind a point made in the story. Sidebars on the outer edges of the spread contain factual pieces of interesting information. On the left page, there is a short paragraph which states that Harker travelled across Europe, and stopped at “Klausenburgh”. It also gives the name of the city today. Below this is a map of Eastern Europe In 1897. This gives an idea ... handwriting but still readable. As with the map, it is on a piece of yellowed paper, and adds to the overall realism of the text. The text begins in quite a formal tenor, with the short sentence, “Left Munich on May 1st”. It continues to describe Harker’s journey to Klausenburgh. Whilst not unlike a diary entry, it does not suggest that Harker is writing in a diary – it is more ... and difficult place names which are not relevant to the main plot are omitted from the text, which is a feature used by the editors to make the story accessible to children. The paragraphs are short, so the text flows fairly quickly, and the difficult vocabulary of the original text is simplified without losing its meaning. Whilst a lot of the text is unabridged, several sections are paraphrased or omitted, ...
- 1562: Nicholas Ferrar
- ... badly. His brother John had become over extended financially and the Virginia Company was in danger of loosing its charter. Nicholas dedicated himself to saving the family fortune and was successful. He served for a short time as Member of Parliament, where he tried to promote the cause for the Virginia Company. His efforts were in vain for the company lost their charter anyway. Nicholas is given credit for founding a ... and well being of the community. They fasted and in many ways embraced voluntary poverty so that they might have as much money as possible for the relief of the poor. They wrote books and stories dealing with various aspects of Christian faith and practice. The memory of the community survived to inspire and influence later undertakings of Christian communal living, and one of T.S. Eliots˙ Four Quartets is called ...
- 1563: Mistakes People Make With Steroids
- ... too many people that can do this, plus when off the drug, it causes the person to lose self confidence and become dependant on the drug. When a steroid cycle is taken, it should be short on and off sessions, for example, six weeks on steroids, than a six week period without steroids. But because people want to gain muscle quickly, this tip is usually disregarded and the user will use the steroid for a substantial about of time, thus resulting in short and long term side effects. The number one common mistake is using excessive dosages. More is not always better when is comes to using steroids. Using excessive dosages has become a big problem for teenagers ... believe. There are many aspects that must be put into consideration before taking the drug. When it comes to Steroids, the negative qualities far outweigh the positive. Yes, they do bulk you up in a short amount of time, but would you risk your life, just to get bigger and stronger? Before a person takes any type of performance enhancing drug, they should think about what they plan on accomplishing, ...
- 1564: Life of William Shakespeare
- ... After the success of his historical play, he wrote a tragedy called Titus Andronicus, and then The Comedy of Errors, a humorous comedy. Not many playwrites wrote so many different types of plays in so short a time, but Shakespeare was certainly not like any other English playwrite. Very early in Shakespeare's career, however, many theatres closed due to the plague in England, and playwrites were not in high demand ... their highly improbable plots. Shakespeare, however, could make the characters in his plays so believable and human, that the plots seemed perfectly reasonable. After many comedies, Shakespeare wrote the Roman tragedy Julius Caesar. Although many stories had been done about Caesar, and the story was a legend in England, Shakespeare's version surprised many people by it's originality. The play centers around Marcus Brutus, Caesar's friend, who eventually kills ...
- 1565: Kurt Vonnegut
- ... an omniscient man who writes about the history of mankind on Mars and revises the Bible (Vonnegut, Sirens, 196). In the latter, the writer is Kilgore Trout, a relatively unknown science fiction author whose numerous stories get shelved with pornography. This is commonly seen as Vonnegut's fear of what he himself might become (Amer. Lit. Bio., 305). In the preface of a different book, Vonnegut states, "I want to be a character in all of my works. . . . I have always rigged my stories so as to include myself, and I can't stop now" (Amer. Lit. Bio., 308). Therefore, he has put himself into these novels as writers. Finally, Vonnegut's family has played a role in influencing ... influence on his work. Kurt Vonnegut's writings owe a lot to influences from his life. By sticking with what he knows for settings, details, and characters, he is able to create realistic, easily comprehended stories. He bases the theme and plot on what he has learned from life, and makes each story his perception of life. All of this comes together to make an enjoyable collection of "pungent satirical ...
- 1566: News and Newspapers
- ... Toronto Star is a family oriented newspaper and focuses on community issues that relate to a vast number of people. The Star's audience are the family type people who desire local news and emotional stories. The April 3/97 article Woman Searching For Trucker Who Was Her Highway Savior elucidates a human triumph tale meant for the whole family as “nine month pregnant Tanya Aubert was guided to her safety ... be visualized and made entertaining. The Toronto Star's article Hospital's Blood Stock Almost Exhausted contains human interest through its ability to show the community working together “Although other hospital blood banks were also short of blood, the Toronto Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital agreed to send blood to Sunnybrook by taxi if needed” (T. Star April 2/97). The aspect of community togetherness provokes human interest and complies ...
- 1567: The Life and Work of Chaim Potok
- ... Chaim has written three novellas that have y et to be translated into English; their titles are: The Canal, The Trope Teacher, and The Golem's Hand. Mr. Potok has several other works such as short stories and essays that have appeared in many publications including Esquire, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Commentary, Moment, Saturday Review, Seventeen, The American Voice, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. As a ...
- 1568: Lewis Carroll
- ... contrasts with the vast amount of strict, extremely moralistic children’s literature of the Victorian time Lewis Carroll lived in. Yet, as odd as this novel appears in relation to the other Victorian children’s stories, this short novel is odder because it was written by an extremely upright, ultra conservative man; a Victorian gentleman. Even though the novel seems to contrast with the time of Lewis Carroll, many experiences of Lewis Carroll ...
- 1569: Improving Cyberspace
- ... barnyard full of animals" (Elmer-Dewitt) floods cyberspace. Some wonder how much of this is available, a Carnegie Mellon study released last June showed that the Internet transmitted 917,410 sexually explicit pictures, films, or short stories over the 18 months of the study. Over 83% of all pictures posted on USENET, the public message center of the Internet, were pornographic (Elmer- Dewitt). What happened to our Information Superhighway, is this what ...
- 1570: Rocking Horse Winner 2
- ... telling to show the reader the conflict Paul has when trying to win his mother's love by giving her riches. Lawrence uses a third type of secrecy that deals with symbolism. There is a short passage where Paul's mother comes to a realization of what Paul has been doing with his rocking horse. This passage starts off by mother "switch[ing] on the light . . . [S]uddenly [it] lit him ... of the talent that he has. Works Cited Beauchamp, Gorman. "Lawrence's The Rocking-Horse Winner." Explicator 31.5 (1973): Item 32. Fitz, L. T. "'The Rocking-Horse Winner' and The Golden Bough." Studies in Short Fiction 9 (1973): 199-200. Junkins, Donald. "'The Rocking-Horse Winner': A Modern Myth." Studies in Short Fiction 2.1 (1964): 87-89. Martin, W. R. "Fancy or Imagination? 'The Rocking-Horse Winner'." College English 24 (1962): 64-65. Steinbeck, John. "The Rocking-Horse Winner." Modern Fiction Studies 9.1 (1965): ...
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