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- 241: The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe Jessica Hales Edgar Allan Poe was and still is an important figure in literature. He is known as the father of the short story. Poe’s works deal with the mind, as well as the bizarre. His terror stories express moral and psychological realities (Vol. 15 591-592 World Book 1990). The way that he uses setting evokes atmosphere and brings out the qualities of the human character. Poe’s most popular stories have a strange, horrible, bizarre setting (Vol. 15 591-592 World Book 1990). He writes Gothic tales that count on atmosphere for their effects. Poe also makes use of the supernatural. In “The Fall ...
- 242: Harper Lee: Introduction to Harper Lee
- ... York and worked as an airline reservation clerk. Character It is said that Miss Lee personally resembles the tomboy she describes in the character of Scout. Her dark straight hair is worn cut in a short style. Her main interests, she says, are "collecting the memoirs of nineteenth century clergymen, golf, crime, and music." She is a Whig in political thought and believes in "Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the ... writing career: they promote logical thinking, and legal cases are an excellent source of story ideas. After she came to New York, she approached a literary agent with a manuscript of two essays and three short stories. Miss Lee followed his suggestion that she expand one of the stories into a novel. This eventually became To Kill A Mockingbird. After the success of her first novel, Miss Lee returned to Monroeville ...
- 243: American Indian Stories
- ... of dark vans entered the reservation. These vehicles served the purpose of furnishing transportation for about 30 members of a Cleveland area youth group, whose mission was to bring good news to the badlands . In short, the group was ministering to the Indian children of the Pine Ridge Reservation, which was in close vicinity to the natural wonder found in the foothills of the badlands . The trip became a tradition for ... in, our vehicles were bombarded with fireworks. I could never really grasp why we were so despised. After all, our intentions were commendable. The matter became clearer after I read Zitkala-sa s American Indian Stories . Within this text, a Native American expresses her beliefs that actions similar to ours serve merely in altering culture. The main character s civilization had religious beliefs long before the white man presented his ideas ...
- 244: A Comparison Of Racism In Of M
- ... age and disability. The Withered Arm by Thomas Hardy is another book which examines prejudice in the particular era in which it was wrote. The Withered Arm was wrote in the mid 1800s. Within the short story it shows the dependency on men from women. The short story also shows the importance of age. So the short story demonstrates the sexism and ageism present in the 1800s society. The authorial purpose of Rhoda Brook and Gertrude is to show the discrimination against women in the 1800s society. Rhoda Brook is a ...
- 245: Haroun And The Sea Of Stories
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories Haroun and the Sea of Stories is Salman Rushdie's gentlest book, a fairy-tale like story that continues the tradition of Orwell's "Animal Farm". The book is about the land where stories are made, Rashid who is "the Shah of Blah, with oceans of notions and the Gift of the Gab" and his son Haroun. When Rashid loses his gift, his son embarks on an quest ...
- 246: Yukon Jack: The Life of Jack London
- Yukon Jack: The Life of Jack London The short lived life of Jack London is a direct reflection of his literary works major theme, the struggle for survival of strong men driven by primitive emotions. “To Build A Fire” and White Fang are two ... Party and crusade for worker’s rights” (Kennedy 118). Even though London claimed to be a socialist, he contradicted his belief in socialism with his individualistic notion of the survival of the fittest. In the short story “To Build A Fire,” London shows us what happens to the weak. The man freezes to death and the dog survives. London maybe using this story to expand on his survival of the fittest ... regret or pity for the man, the same way London treats life. London began writing in early adulthood. He found it was the easiest way for him to make money. His literary apprenticeship was comparatively short. He started by writing for a local newspaper in San Francisco, and before long the entire country took a liking to his work. London had published his first book, The Son of the Wolf, ...
- 247: Analysis of Children's Fairy Tales
- ... tales, especially the ones by the Brothers Grimm. By analyzing them according to the protagonists, settings , themes, and occurrences I have noticed many similarities in the fairy tales. I found the protagonists of all the stories to be mystical and mysterious. Many of the protagonists tended to be characters such as Kings and Queens and other authority figures. Perhaps this was so the children could look up to them. Second of ... no money and three wicked step sisters. How was she to get the prince to notice her. In Snow white, her beauty was the problem as the wicked witch grew jealous. In some of the stories by Grimm such as "Thousandfurs", the king had to marry someone as beautiful as his deceased wife. The only one beautiful enough was his only daughter. This posed a problem for his daughter. The journeys ... as this. Many of the journey's that I read about were quite out of the ordinary. I also wanted to note that I found that there was a lot of violence in these childrens stories. In the " Darling Roland" the wicked witch "...gripped the axe in both hands and chopped her own child's head off." A fairy tale is a simple narrative that usually deals with supernatural beings, ...
- 248: Carver’s Characters
- ... things would happen" (Gentry 123). Somewhere in the middle of this life he realized, very much like one of his characters, that things would not change. What Carver deals with in almost all of his stories is the daily responsibilities of life weighing down on one's shoulders. "Almost all the characters in my stories come to the point where they realize that compromise, giving in, plays a major role in their lives," Carver said. "Then one single moment of revelation disrupts the pattern of their daily lives. It's ... wife, all at the same time. When he was asked how alcohol worked for or against his work, he recognized his relationship to alcohol as only destructive: “Obviously my drinking experiences helped me write several stories that have to do with alcoholism. But the fact that I went through that and was able to write those stories was nothing short of a miracle. No, I don't see anything coming ...
- 249: Ambushed Tradition
- ... was a major influence. Customs began to change for the Indians. Pushed westward, as their number decreased, the Indians began to loose their land and their spirit. The tribe began to doubt their God. The stories that helped individuals retain their wealth ceased to be told, because the wealth of the tribe was gone. The warriors stopped fighting against the oppressing white man, because the Indians were nearing extinction. Eventually, for ... of America today, are in a constant battle with the duality of their lives. This duality is a struggle between their traditional culture and the modern day society that surrounds them. In the collection of short stories The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, Sherman Alexie expresses the dual sides of reservation life, where the Indians' desire to succeed is often ambushed by fear. This fear, one that is universal, ...
- 250: The Adventures Of Sherlock Hol
- ... characters of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes are Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes. They are both complex characters in their own ways, though Holmes is more mysterious. This may be because Watson narrates the stories, so we can see what he thinks and feels. About Holmes we only see what Watson thinks of him, and what he says. It could be difficult to see why two so very different people ... also enjoys having his own chronicler, thinks Watson is a good listener, and remarks a few times, whimsically, that without the doctor he would be lost. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories. These stories are fictional. Each is an account of a case that Sherlock Holmes, alongside Dr. Watson, has worked on. They are mysteries, usually starting with a client coming to see Holmes in his ...
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