Major Works Data Sheet: “The Things They Carried” Title: “The Things They Carried” | Author: “Tim O’Brien” | Genre: Fiction | Date Published: 1990 | Plot summary: First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is in love with a junior in college named Martha while he is in the middle of a war in Vietnam. While he travels around‚ he and Martha write letters to each other‚ in which he writes with love and she just writes back as a friend. Throughout the story‚ O’Brien lists all of the supplies they all carry
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Title of Work: Frankenstein Author: Mary Shelley Date of Publication: January 1‚ 1818 Genre: Gothic Biographical information about the author: Born as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft on August 30‚ 1789‚ Mary was the only child of her father and mother. Hardly more than a week after having Mary‚ Wollstonecraft died‚ leaving William to raise Mary and her half-sister‚ Fanny‚ whom William chose to adopt. When Mary was four‚ her father remarried but resentment
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The Amazons History Extension Major Work 2013 Emily Hegarty Duval High School Armidale Student Number: 24815854 Word Count: 2496 Throughout the Homeric to late Byzantine Period the Greek legend of the Amazon tribe pervaded Asia Minor culture. This legendary misandristic society‚ consisting purely of fierce warrior women‚ is a tantalizing amalgamation of fact and fiction‚ giving rise to persistent historical debate over the legend’s plausible realism. Ancient historians often
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Major Works Data Sheet by Yerim Jee‚ Shaleen Singha‚ Judith Suzuki (Band 8) Title: Lord of the Flies Author: William Golding Date of Publication: 1954 Genre: Adventure; allegory; social criticism Historical information about the period of publications: When this novel was published in 1954‚ it was about 9 years after World War II had ended. Therefore‚ during this period of time‚ Americans were getting used to the times after the war‚ which had increases in industries and population. When
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about the Author: Daphne du Maurier was born on May 13‚ 1907‚ in London‚ England‚ the daughter of actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier. She was a popular novelist known for her suspenseful‚ romantic and sometimes supernatural plots. Her best known works are Rebecca and The Birds‚ both adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock. Du Maurier was made a Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire in 1969. She died in 1981 in Par‚ Cornwall‚ England. Historical Information about the period of Publication:
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Title/Author: The OdysseyBy: HomerDate of Publication/Genre: unknown; epic poem | Biographical information about the author: Next to nothing is known about Homer. He probably lived in the late eighth and early seventh centuries. He was blind and he also composed Iliad. | Historical information on the period of publication: The time was very influential to the story. During this time‚ all stories were passed on by word of mouth. People who were gifted with a silver tongue were held in high regard
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Fahreneit 451 is an excellent dystopian novel that teaches people about what the future is like without books. In Fahrenheit 451‚ the setting is a universe that does not read books because they are considered bad. It is a parallel universe in which firefighters actually start fires and burn books. All of the citizens agree with everything the chief firefighter says and the citizens just watch television all day and let their brains rot. Nobody ever thinks maybe books are good until a girl comes
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With the use of symbolism‚ Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 explains how a book burning and conformed society leads to soulless individuals who are obsessed with being dependent upon technology. After a reader of Fahrenheit 451 finishes the book‚ they either have a strong opinion about the comparison between Montag’s society‚ and today’s society‚ or they are simply a Mildred‚ having not a care in the world‚ and such. Ray Bradbury uses symbolism to create an outline for themes recurring throughout the
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The Life‚ Major Works‚ and Accomplishments of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway is acknowledged as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Although Hemingway’s literature is praised‚ his novels and short stories provoke high amounts of critical response. His most recognizable works include The Sun Also Rises‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ and The Old Man and the Sea. Hemingway’s characters and themes were based on ideas of violence and masculinity. This has led critics to respond
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Major Works Data Sheet Details of the setting (include changes in setting) Significance of setting to the meaning of the work The Scarlet Letter is set in Boston in the mid-1600’s. There are a number of different settings inside this‚ including Dimmesdale and Chillingworth’s quarters‚ the scaffold at night and day‚ Hester’s cottage‚ the Governor’s home‚ and the forest. The setting of Boston in the mid-1600s is important to the work mainly because of the people. If it was
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