The life of Edgar Allan Poe‚ as the lives of many other authors‚ was filled with tragedies that all influenced his writings. From the very beginning of his writing career‚ he loved writing poems for the loves of his life. Later‚ when he reached adulthood and realized the harsh realities of life‚ his writing became darker and more disturbing‚ perhaps due to his excessive alcohol intake. His horror stories remain some of the scariest stories ever written‚ and‚ because of this‚ some have speculated
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Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope can be dangerous. In “Unbroken‚” a novel by Laura Hillenbrand‚ hope is the only thing that doesn’t leave this novel for the main character‚ Louie Zamperini. Every ounce of human strength is tested and the audience sees what makes a human unbreakable. For miles and miles‚ all the American Military airman could see was water. Tangled in fear‚ he was only surviving off of hope. His name was Louie. When Louie was a
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The first time I had my heartbroken‚ I was nine years old. Tears welled up in my eyes as the world I knew crumbled beneath my feet. I remember my cheeks wet with tears and uncontrollable sobs racking my little body. My mother held me close to her as I cried. I heaved my sorrows into her chest as she kept me safe in her arms. I remember the words barely escaping her lips; they were barely audible but every syllable felt like it cut my skin. “We are getting a divorce.” tumbles off her tongue
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Comparing Authors William Shakespeare and W.H. Auden are widely known for their great poems. Shakespeare’s “My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” is a love unlike any poem from the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare does not use false comparisons to describe his lover like most love poem do‚ which is refreshing. W.H. Auden’s “Funeral Blues” is another love poem that is little gloomier. However it shows how much death can affect an individual’s life. Together Shakespeare and Auden use similar and
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A PORTFOLIO: THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR JOHN GREEN SUBMITTED BY: Daniella S. Regala SUMBITTED TO: Ms. Justine Mae Acuna AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GREEN John Michael Green (born August 24‚ 1977) is an American writer of young adult fiction and a YouTube vlogger and educator. He won the 2006 PrintzHYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printz_Award" Award for his debut novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in
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Of mice and men John Steinbeck was born in Salinas‚ California in 1902. Although his family was wealthy‚ he was interested in the lives of the farm labourers and spent time working with them. He used his experiences as material for his writing. He dropped out of college and worked as labourer before achieving success as a writer. He wrote a number of novels about poor people who worked on the land and dreamed of a better life‚ including The Grapes of Wrath‚ which is the heart-rending story of
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Maya Angelou Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri (poets.org). Maya Angelou later changed her name to promote her writing. Maya- represents the childhood name her brother Bailey gave her and Angelou is a variation of her married last name. At the age of three her parents sent her and her younger brother Bailey to live with their paternal grandmother in Stamps‚ Arkansas. When she was seven years old she moved to Chicago to live with her mother and encountered
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The Writing Styles of 2 Prominent British Science Fiction Authors "Science fiction is one of the more secluded parade grounds where private fantasy and public event meet. They call it entertainment". (Aldiss Billion 1) This quote is interpreted to mean that‚ in the genre of science fiction there is a fusion of fantasy and reality. It is this combination of two opposites that produces the novel categorized today as science fiction. There is one aspect of science fiction that separates it
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Another way China responded to Buddhism was conciliation (Doc 5). In this time people accepted nor rejected Buddhism. Zong Mi‚ a Buddhist scholar favored by the Tang imperial household‚ wrote about Confucius‚ Loazi‚ and the Buddha and their many writings and teachings. He explains that all three philosophers had good ideas and had different points of views on many aspects of life. Through this time of disunity and unity most people could relate to all views. It tells that any religion is to be accepted
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Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones to George Frederic Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander in New York City on January 24‚ 1862. She belonged to an aristocratic New York family with ancestry dating back three centuries. As a daughter of society‚ her role was to learn the mannerisms and rituals expected of well-bred young women in those days. Later she would rebel against this role but as a child she was schooled at home and had the privilege of use of her father’s extensive library. She
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