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    Charles Bukowski

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    Henry Charles Bukowski writing was influenced by the social‚ cultural‚ and economic ambience of Los Angeles. He left home after his father read some of his stories and went berserk‚ destroying his output and throwing his possessions out onto the lawn‚ a lawn that the young Bukowski had to mow weekly and would be beaten for if the grass wasn’t perfectly cut. Bukowski was born in 1920 in Andernach‚ Germany. He died on March 9‚ 1994 in San Pedro‚ California. He was a German American poet‚ novelist‚

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    Charles Bukowski

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    Charles Bukowski "I photograph and record what I see and what happens to me. I am not a guru or leader of any sort. I am not a man who looks for solutions in God or politics. If somebody else wants to do the dirty work and create a better world for us and he can do it‚ I will accept it. In Europe where my work is having much luck‚ various groups have put a claim on me‚ revolutionaries‚ anarchists‚ so forth‚ because I have written of the common man of the streets‚ but in interviews over there

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    Charles Bukowski

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    The writer Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach‚ Germany in 1920. His family moved to Los Angeles when Bukowski was three years old. Charles Bukowski Senior was a bullying parent who used to violently punish the young Bukowski for trivial mistakes. Bukowski published his first story at the age of 24 and began publishing for profit in his 50’s. Charles Bukowski lived a life which some would describe as seedy. For two years of his life‚ he roamed around America working at manual jobs. Most of the

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    Spark by Charles Bukowski

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    Spark By Charles Bukowski Charles Bukowski is a deceased German aspired writer. His poem ‘Spark’ tells the story of a working man who feels like he’s been restricted by society’s boundaries. Falling in deep depression the man contemplates suicide; however a ‘spark’ inside of him potentially saves his life giving him hope to continue living. The poem ‘Spark’ is a reflection of Bukowski’s life as it tells of the same experiences the persona of the poem goes through compared to Bukowski. The man

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    Charles Bukowski Quotes

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    - Tennessee Williams "You have to die a few times before you can really live." — Charles Bukowski "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming." — Pablo Neruda "great writers are indecent people they live unfairly saving the best part for paper. - Charles Bukowski "to fight for each minute is to fight for what is possible within yourself - Charles Bukowski The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that

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    Charles Bukowski is an interesting man; he is a brilliant writer‚ choosing to write about the impoverished and desperate over the rich and powerful. Is poetry is what captivating me‚ the depression‚the meek hopeless of his characters and their situation‚ it’s amazing. In an interview with Interview Magazine in September 1987 when asked about interview Charles Bukowski said‚ “ I don’t always tell the total truth. I like to play around and just a bit‚ so I do give out some misinformation just for the

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    Charles Bukowski was a hero to some while a degenerate to others. He found beauty in the ugliest aspects of life. He spoke of violence and drunkenness‚ and did it with pride. In "My Madness" Bukowski has created an opinion on life that’s raw‚ vulgar‚ and to the point. He had a non-sympathetic attitude in this passage and a non-sympathetic attitude in his life. Bukowski employs no purpose to create a purpose in his literature that inspires the reader with his loud and outspoken style. He tells

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    Analysis A smile to remember Charles Bukowski The poem is really a short story about an ordinary family with tragic problems. The child of the mother and the father‚ who are mentioned in the poem‚ is the narrator. The likely scenario is that the child in the poem represents Charles Bukowski’s childhood. In the first lines of the story‚ it is mentioned that the family has goldfish. We hear about a boy‚ whose mother keeps telling him to be happy‚ even though she has a miserable life because

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    Bukowski

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    Written for the lower class         Written in California in 1968 for a weekly column in the Open City newspaper‚ Charles Bukowski ’s “Non Horseshit Horse Advice” was intended to give advice to people going to horse races. Bukowski begins by describing the people you may or may not see at the Hollywood Park horse races. In the next paragraph he starts to explain how the track makes money off of the people betting on the horses‚ and how it is rigged.  Then he says that he knows the way to win‚ but

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    Charles Bukowski wrote a poem on what it takes to be a writer‚ it was titled “so you want to be a writer?”. It seemed like it was meant to discourage people from pursuing a career in writing. Bukowski’s work really reflects his life. The poem “so you want to be a writer?” is one of his many real-life opinions on a subject that he turns into a poem. Charles Bukowski writes pessimistic poems‚ because he is a pessimistic man. Bukowski was an underground writer; his poem was based on a depraved metropolitan

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