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- 571: Metaphors that Justify War
- ... the knowledge because there is no discernible contradictions and seldom question its relevancy, focus or content. Then later, a contradictory report erupts in the media and we begin to question even what we see. The short footage shown by the media concerning the beating of Rodney King was out of context. Who is responsible for the disparity? The media. They decide what we hear and see. They manipulate to dramatize for ... provide us with a view that is not foreign to our understanding and way of life. They assign meaning to our everyday lifestyle by forming together clustered amounts of information and their systems into a short title. For example: when the word rape is mentioned many things come to mind and an emotional response probably accompanies it. When speaking about a war, metaphors are often hurled around like popcorn at a ... balance is restored. The enemy-as-[a]-demon metaphor arises as a consequence of the fact that we understand what a just war is in terms of a fairy tale (Lakoff, 1991). From our youth stories like this have brought about the intense feeling of justice- good always wins. These stories capture the imagination and paint a picture of those who employ it as the heroes no doubt. This was ...
- 572: Essay Comparing James Joyce To
- ... the story, where the story reaches a climax and ends almost abruptly. James Joyce's writing style is evidently different from most writers. After reading "The Dead", it became apparent that Gabriel Conroy from the short story had a few similarities to that of James Joyce. Could it be that the beginning of the story in "The Dead" was for James Joyce to develop his characters? Or was it just to ... were highly intelligent as well. James Joyce wrote a book at the age of twenty-six and by the age of thirty-two, Joyce had his first major work published. It was a collection of short stories entitled "Dubliners." Gabriel Conroy is also highly intelligent man. When Conroy had to give a speech, " he was undecided about the lines from Robert Browning for he feared they would be above the head ...
- 573: The Life and Work of Nemerov
- ... our time: vivid intelligence, an irreverent sense of humor, a mastery of formal verse, an awareness of mystery" ("Books" 3). Although known primarily as a poet, Howard Nemerov has also distinguished himself as a critic, short story writer, and novelist. With nearly four dozen published works, Howard Nemerov has become one of America's most distinguished men of writing. His subjects range from all parts of the human mind, from war ... Occasions (1973), The Western Approaches (1975), and Collected Poems (1977). Besides books of poetry, Nemerov has published three works of fiction (The Melodramatics; Federigo, or, The Power of Love; The Homecoming Game), two collections of short stories (A Commodity of Dreams; Stories, Fables, and Other Diversions), two plays (Cain, Endor), two collections of essays and criticism (Poetry and Fiction: Essays; Reflections on Poetry and Poetics), and "the unclassified literary- psychoanalytical" Journal ...
- 574: The Handmaids Tale
- ... depict s are likely to take place, but whether the attitudes and values it conveys are present in today's society. Atwood's strong point is satire, often hilarious, often very pointed. Humor is in short supply in this novel, but it is a satire nonetheless. Atwood's love for language play (apparent in the anagram of her name she uses for her private business "O. W. Toad") is a major ... relevance does this memory have to her present situation? The next passage is too fragmented to make much sense now, though more context will be provided later. What can you guess about its meaning now? Stories are rarely told in the present tense, as this one is. If a narrator speaks in the past tense, we can be fairly confident that she knows the end of her own story, and that ... months the pattern of change was not clear to Offred, the revolution which established Gilead must have been quite recent. It is difficult to believe that such a thorough transformation of society in such a short time, but it is important to remember that this is not a realistic novel, but a satirical dystopia. What associations are aroused by the tattoo on Offred's ankle? She is remembering scenes from ...
- 575: Derek
- ... some klutz who couldn't seem to understand what dancing was all about. So Derek, enjoying himself, stayed in the kitchen and worked for a couple of extra hours for free until the manager, a short, squat, young guy named C.D. (the cooks all called him Compact Dip--behind his back of course) told Derek that he had better leave the kitchen since he didn't have on his uniform ... Mexico where you could have a hut on the Pacific for about ten bucks a month. And you meet all these great people!" Her enthusiasm infected him. He had heard a lot of Andrea's stories before, and he had listened with a kind of wistfulness, as if he knew that those things would never happen to him, though he would like them to. But this time he didn't feel like listening to any more stories. He interrupted her again. "So how much would it cost me to get there and back by the cheapest way?" She blinked. "Really? You wanna go?" He nodded. "I have managed to put some ...
- 576: James Cameron
- ... with movies. He was mezmerized when he saw Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he drew himself crazy trying to figure out how they had shot that film. Cameron also wrote sci-fi stories and fantasized a lot instead of doing his school work. It was actually during one boring biology class that Cameron wrote a short story which would later become the movie The Abyss. When Cameron was 17, his family moved to Orange County, California because of his fathers job. When Cameron moved to Orange County he learned that getting ... went, but Cameron decided to do something of his own. It would be the toughest movie shot in history. Camerons adventure movie The Abyss. As we mentioned before The Abyss was based on a short story that Cameron wrote during a boring biology class. It features a great story, very difficult shots, and it had effects written that were almost impossible to accomplish. But Cameron did not get afraid, ...
- 577: Biography Of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... received little public recognition, however, and Hawthorne attempted to destroy all copies of his first novel, Fanshawe, which he had published at his own expense in 1828. During this period he also contributed articles and short stories to various periodicals. Several of the stories were published in Twice-Told Tales in 1837, which, although not a financial success, established Hawthorne as a leading writer. These early works are largely historical sketches and symbolic and allegorical tales dealing with ...
- 578: Landfills: A Growing Menace
- ... 4]. JFK's introduction to the book provides this foreboding passage: "Each generation must deal anew with the raiders, with the scramble to use public resources for private profit, and with the tendency to prefer short-run profits to long-run necessities. The crisis may be quiet, but it is urgent" [Udall xii]. It is these long term effects that the developers of landfills often fail to consider. Oddly, the subject ... fresh air.[Rathje 113] In today's landfills decomposition is negligible. While the total tonnage of garbage decreases over years, due mostly to decay, the volume varies less than ten percent. Most of the actual short-term rotting is from scraps of prepared food. Plastics present in landfills will most likely be there forever. Even the most unstable plastic requires intense sunlight to decompose, and sunlight is denied in a sanitary ... shipping garbage to Third World countries who are strapped for cash and eager for the money that comes along with the trash. This, of course, only transfers the problem from one population to the other. Stories of wandering garbage barges and orphaned garbage trains have appeared in American newspapers. Covert garbage disposal has become a lucrative business, as the plethora of medical waste washed up along the New Jersey shoreline ...
- 579: Biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- ... he could concentrate on his writing. For the next seven years Vonnegut worked on novel titled "Upstairs and Downstairs." He never did finish this novel. He received income by starting a Saab dealership and writing short stories. In 1957, his father died of lung cancer. His sister and her husband soon died which would one day lead him to write the novel Slapstick. Kurt Vonnegut's writing style is exemplified in the ... best novel. Next, Vonnegut signed a two-book contract with Fawcett. This contract was supposed to cover Canary in a Cat House and Mother Night. Canary in a Cat House was a series of twelve short stories that were published by other magazines. Mother Night emerged in 1962. This is one of few novels that does not involve any science-fiction or technology. Cat's Cradle was his next novel. ...
- 580: Stephen King
- ... was three years old; he went out for cigarettes and never came back. But young Stephen did not let that stop him. By the time he was seven years old, he had written his first short-story. He had also become a fan of 50s horror movies. While a teenager, he did things like other teens; he joined the football team, played in a rock band, but he also had two of his short-stories published. King attended the University of Maine at Orono and earned a Bachelor's degree for English in 1970. He married Tabitha, also a writer, the same year. After graduation, he worked as an ...
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