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    a recurring subject‚ theme or idea found in a literary‚ artistic or musical work. These are structures or literary devices that can help to develop a major theme within a work. In One Hundred Years of Solitude there are several motifs that contribute to conveying the theme of a cycle of solitude that the characters are unable to escape from. In his novel‚ Gabriel Garcia Marquez creates an imaginary town called Macondo where the inseparability of the past‚ present and future becomes clearly evident

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    in One Hundred Years of Solitude Literature has been used to question our everyday lives‚ a history or a culture. More specifically‚ an appearance of magical elements in a novel combines the real and the imaginary and creates a fantastical but believable story. The use of symbol‚ emotions of characters or dilemmas characters face has a capability of letting the reader connect the unrealistic world in a literature with a real world. In the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude‚ author Garcia Marquez

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    all determined by how they are raised‚ whether it is telling them to believe in god‚ or telling them they are the queen. How one is raised regulates how he/she will be like in the world for the rest of their life. In the novel‚ One Hundred Years of Solitude written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez‚ one sees the impact of the ways of being raised. This story is about a series of events also known as the beginning of the end for the Buendia family. The Buendia family is the family that founded the confined town

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    The Influence of Solitude Robert Frost’s poems‚ Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening are about similar settings in nature. The setting in each poem is a cold night with nothing surrounding the speakers but nature. Through the use of basic stanzas and simplistic diction‚ Frost is able to reveal more than the just the characteristics of nature By comparing each speaker to their surrounding Frost is able to express a sense of solitude within the natural environment as well as within

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    India Demographics Profile 2013 Home > Factbook > Countries > India Population | 1‚205‚073‚612 (July 2012 est.) | Age structure | 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 187‚386‚162/female 165‚345‚284)  15-24 years: 18.2% (male 116‚019‚042/female 103‚660‚359)  25-54 years: 40.2% (male 249‚017‚538/female 235‚042‚251)  55-64 years: 6.8% (male 41‚035‚270/female 40‚449‚880)  65 years and over: 5.6% (male 31‚892‚823/female 35‚225‚003) (2012 est.) | Median age | total: 26.5 years  male: 25.9 years 

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    There are several differences and similarities between the representation of life in both Solitude‚ by Ella Wheeler Wilcox‚ and To Kill a Mockingbird. First and foremost‚ a similarity between To Kill a Mockingbird’s representation of life and Solitude’s representation is how everyone will die alone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes‚ “But one by one we must all file on through the narrow aisles of pain”. This symbolically represents that we must all eventually die alone. This is very similar to‚ To Kill

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    In the book 1984 by George Orwell the concept of solitude is destroyed by the Party. In every person‚ there is a part that is kept hidden‚ a part of you that no one else knows. A part of you that can make your own decisions and can do this without the influence of others. This quintessential part is stripped away within this book‚ leaving the characters as mindless robots who only do what they are told‚ and have no opinions of their own. The party ensures that this occurs in a variety of ways‚ one

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    Essay One “Solitude” by Henry David Thoreau demonstrates the need for humanity to connect with nature. He also goes in-depth about what is means to be lonely and how one can be alone while being surrounded by others as well as how one can achieve to be not be lonely in isolation. Thoreau explores the surroundings of his home and Walden Pond while giving the reader a sense of bliss over the simplicities of nature for a spiritual experience. “The Call of the Wild” by Gary Snyder emphasizes on how

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    BSBAA 3 October 15‚ 2007 Solidarity of Emotion towards fulfilled Solitude INTRODUCTION “A wonderful reflection existing in alternative nature about the queries of self about his/her being and everyone in its society; whether the truth resides on this option or in the conventional justifications is not a big deal.”

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    The light appeared out of the darkness. Neon lights from Tony´s diner across the street were flickering. It was a freezing winter night in the suburbs of New York and every now and again you could hear the homeless wondering about singing Christmas jingles with a troubled voice. Robert Pierce was sitting in his old‚ dull apartment. He stood glaring out of his only window in front of his desk. He was stuck with his endless writing. Writing was a skill Robert picked up after World War Two‚ from having

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