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- 2841: Writing with Mechanics
- ... impact on the story and the effect that it will have on the reader(s). A piece of literature serves its purpose when it leaves the readers with a new impression or insight. In the short story, The Storm, the author, McKnight Malmar, uses various writing mechanics in order to provide readers with a suspenseful setting. With the use of imagery, literature can achieve a greater purpose by leaving a person ... escape might be. As a writer creates a story, he/she must keep in mind various things, such as diction, imagery and syntax. Malmar uses techniques that help create a suspenseful feeling while reading her short story. While her story may not have a particular angle that one can analyze, it serves its purpose as being entertaining.
- 2842: Politics: Has The Media Gone Too Far?
- ... Active Journalism", digging up a story, instead of waiting for it to "land in your lap" is the most detrimental effect to the bloated media. The problem with "Active Journalism" is that it will reveal stories that perhaps should have stayed private. The need for the public to know these stories, is really a matter of opinion, of which mine is obviously against the large "news organizations" Therefore, do we just flat out kill our television, or perhaps, not so much our end, but perhaps the ...
- 2843: Comparing Edgar Allan Poe and Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... but escaped death in one form of agony, to be delivered unto worse than death in some other." Tormented throughout his life by painful loss, bitterness, and depression, Edgar Allan Poe found escspe in writing stories and poems, in which he portrayed haunted lives even darker than his own. There were differences in views on religion, nature, and philosophy between Edgar Allan Poe, who was an Anti-Transcendentalist, and Ralph Waldo ... also had extremly Anti-Transcendentalist philosophical views. When he examined the human nature he found evil, darkness and greed,a nd felt that all humans were naturally bad. He illustrates this in many of his stories and poems, like "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Raven," by showing the psychological effects of terror, evil and greif on the human soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson, however, had a somewhat different outlook. He ...
- 2844: Silent Dancing: Memories of Childhood
- ... hidden deep in the mind. A sight, a sound, perhaps a smell
all of these things can trigger a deluge of retrospection. We have a home movie of this party
it is grainy and of short duration, but it's a great visual aid to my memory of life at that time. And it is in color - the only complete scene in color I can recall from those years. -Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Silent Dancing" In her essay "Silent Dancing," Cofer recounts the memories of her childhood induced while watching this short piece of film. Each scene brought about more memories, as colors and scents of the past were relived through it. Because the film was silent, however, those parts of the past had to be made ...
- 2845: Edgar Allen Poe's: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
- Edgar Allen Poe's: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" In Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", a classic detective story is played out in a seedy Paris suburb. The story begins as the narrator meets Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin, a poor but well-read ... in the Gazette for a found orangutan. The owner comes right to him, and the mystery is solved. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a showcase of Poe's amazing writing style, and the short story is full of rhetorical devices. Two literary devices that are evident are Poe's creative use of point of view and gothic setting. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is told in the first ...
- 2846: Similarities and Variations in the Writings of Dickinson and Lawrence
- ... the grass, Occasionally rides;, exhibits this form of rhythm. Lawrence's free verse style is also a characteristic of many of his works. His poem contains no conventional style of meter, only alternating long and short lines which can also be witnessed in the structure of the poem. The rhythm and the structure of these two poems directly influence one another. Lawrence and his free verse style are reflected in the long and short lines in his poem, whereas Dickinson's structure is more of a conventional structure. Lawrence has no set number of lines per line or stanza. Dickinson, on the other hand, has four lines per stanza ...
- 2847: Comparison of the Characters in "A Doll's House" and "The Stranger"
- ... Torvald to Italy. Together they play a type of guessing game or cat and mouse.. "There are all sorts of ways I might have got it [money]"(160) says Nora during this guessing game. A short while later, Nora reveals herself by telling Mrs. Linde that she "earned"(162) the money. "[She was] sitting there working and earning money. It was almost like being a man."(162) This finally revealed Nora ... from others as well because it was not proper or socially acceptable for a woman to work. Another obvious mask in The Stranger is very evident in Raymond Sintes. He is" a little on the short side, with broad shoulders and a nose like a boxer's"(28). At the beginning of the novel when speaking with Meursault, Raymond tells the story of him running into his mistress's brother and ...
- 2848: The Beginnings of a National Literary Tradition
- ... it is here in the 19th Century that our nations true poetic history begins. In early Canadian poetry the most influential and universal poet is undoubtedly Archibald Lampman. While his career, like his life, were short- lived his poetry remains as a reminder to the origins of Canadian literary thought. Lampman was one of our first major literary figures to try and identify a "national" literature. He realized the importance of ... Lampman's work. Scott must have seen the influence and potential of Lampman's work. Lampman's career cannot be described in terms of development from apprenticeship to maturity as his career was influential but short- lived. Although there is an absence of human elements to Lampman's poetry he makes us aware of our human relation and tie to nature. Lampman makes us feel as though it was nature that ...
- 2849: An Analysis of British Literature
- ... Donne even suggested death may bring pleasure because sleep and rest bring pleasure, and they are images of death. "Holly Sonnet 16" also stated that death should not be feared because it is only a short phase which leads into the afterlife, and one we are in the afterlife death is no longer a concern. This idea was expressed in line 13, "One short sleep past, we wake eternally and death shall be no more."This concept was also in "Corinthians I" which this sonnet was based on. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Listen to this secret: we shall ...
- 2850: Literature: Tool For The Masses to Grasp and Form Opinions on A Subject
- ... our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are at present misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom. In this short letter, King not only protested the unjust laws of a society which refused to accept him as an equal, he also argued the case of Negroes as a race, and pleaded with President Kennedy for ... the formation of a joint black-white committee to discuss problems in the city. Nationally, King gained thousands of supporters, and on June 18 President Kennedy presented to Congress a sweeping civil rights bill. The short and emotionally-charged letter which King wrote did much to motivate people to accomplish these goals. As we have seen, literature is a very potent and influential tool for protesting groups. Literature is a medium ...
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