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- 2021: Daisy Miller
- ... career. William graduated from Harvard and became one of the most prominent American philosophers and psychologists of his time. James began his professional writing career with book reviews for the North American Review. His first short story, The Story of the Year, appeared in Atlantic Monthly in 1865. In 1866, the James family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. James had his first novel, Watch and Ward serialized in Atlantic Monthly in 1871 ... States due to his mother s weakening health. James s mother died in February of 1882. His father died shortly after in December of the same year. He returned to the United States for a short period to settle family matters before leaving to establish permanent residence in England. In 1883, James published his first collected edition of novels and tales in fourteen volumes in The Siege of London (tales) and ...
- 2022: Candide By Voltaire
- ... the amusing parts make it entertaining. According to Georges Ascoli, "Nothing could be more lively, more witty, or more instructive than this story...Too often Voltaire, delighted with his own artistic flair...gives us amusing stories...Let us take them for what they are, not giving too much historical credit...but tasting freely of the delights of well told stories" (Adams; Ascoli p.129). Ascoli takes Candide to be a witty and lively story despite the misfortune in the characters' lives. He, too, thinks the story was written for entertainment in which Voltaire did a ...
- 2023: Beowulf-canterbury Tale Alagor
- ... more meaningful than what is simply written on the paper. Allegory is a very effective way for a writer to make a point. Allegory is used in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales to make the stories more meaningful. There is a lot of allegory in Beowulf. Most of the characters have an allegorical meaning. For example, Wiglaf represents hope, Grendel represents evil, the thief represents greed or sin, and Hrothgar represents ... you really don t want to do it. Allegory is a very useful literary technique and if it is used properly it is a very good way to teach a lesson. The authors of these stories had very good usage of allegory and it was very effective in making the writing deeper and more meaningful than it is at first glance.
- 2024: Beowulf 2
- ... known by everyone in the world. This is his only purpose in life. The theme of good vs. evil that is present in the story of Beowulf, has become the classic foundation of many modern stories. Beowulf and Grendel represent the ultimate struggle of good and evil. Grendel tries to destroy everything around him. To Beowulf, this is another conquest. It allows him to do yet another good deed that people ... which gives him pleasure, he attempts to destroy everything good and kind. Beowulf is like a parent and Grendel is like a child whom he chastises. The characters of Beowulf and Grendel are represented in stories throughout history. They represent the classic struggle of good and evil. There will always be the hero looking for fame and glory. There will always be a "monster" that, acting like an overgrown child, throws ...
- 2025: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... it is a waste of time and their hopes and dreams of their life fly further and further away. The remains of Paul Baumer's company had moved behind the German front lines for a short rest at the beginning of the novel. After Behm became Paul's first dead schoolmate, Paul viewed the older generation bitterly, particularly Kantorek, the teacher who convinced Paul and his classmates to join the military ... 13) Paul felt completely betrayed. We will make ourselves comfortable and sleep, and eat as much as we can stuff into our bellies, and drink and smoke so that hours are not wasted. Life is short. (P 139) Views of death and becoming more comfortable with their destiny in the war became more apparent throughout the novel. Paul loses faith in the war in each and every passing day. Throughout the ...
- 2026: Animal Farm
- ... abolished and replaced with All animals are created equal, but some are more equal then others (Orwell p. 133). In Russia, the Bolsheviks carried out propaganda on the people by passing out leaflets and putting stories in the papers that where not true but would make them feel good about their situation. One of the important themes of this book is the lack of awareness and what it can cause (Smyer ... reduced to an automaton, incapable of thought or disloyalty . In the story we did see how Napoleon changed history many times. We see this when he changed the Seven Commandments and when he would change stories around to convince the animals that he was actually better than Snowball. For example when he told the other animals that when Snowball bravely defended the farm against Farmer Jones Snowball was actually trying to ...
- 2027: An Essay On Ben Mikaelsens Cou
- ... redeem himself of their honor. Elliott s first communication was with Sambeke, Vincent s close friend and teacher, communication could only be established while the shuttle flew over Africa so their talk would only be short. Vincent has been sitting next to Sambeke when this happened and asked if he could speak with the shuttle. This started another important event in this story. Vincent and Elliott spoke about how life is ... for both of them and in this they learned some similarities and differences that they shared. On Earth, recorded tapes of their talk had been sold and people all over the world had made this short daily talk about life between the two boys a daily event. Soon after, Houston declared an in-flight emergency when the shuttle s cooling system was deemed unrepairable in space and required the mission to ...
- 2028: All Around The Town By Mary Hi
- Mary Higgins Clark started her writing career writing suspense stories and she hasn't changed very much since then. All her books are very interesting to read and they will always keep your attention to the end. All Around the Town was one of the stories written by Mary Higgins Clark. This book was a suspenseful, interesting, intriguing book. It held my interest until the end. The plot was twisty and unpredictable which meant that I would never get bored. The ...
- 2029: Daddy By Danielle Steele And A
- The two books Daddy by Danielle Steele and A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean are both stories where the main characters are male. The books deal with how a man reacts when he is presented with different situations. Oliver, the main character from Daddy, and Norman the main character from A River ... values of the time. The time that the two men lived in shaped their personalities and the way that they handled situations. The time periods also provided an opportunity for the authors of these two stories to set up the certain situations that were presented to the two characters. This is because of different values that people are held to in these two time periods. There is also the fact that ...
- 2030: Canterbury Tales - The Wife Of
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, which was published in March 1981 by Bantam Books in New York, New York is a funny piece of work about twenty- nine characters and their stories while on their way to Canterbury. The twenty-nine characters have to tell two stories on their trip to Canterbury. In the Wife of Bath tale, the wife of bath tells of a tale of a young knight, the central character in the story. After he raped a woman, he ...
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