of Literature." World & I 11.5 (May 1996): 282 Gillespie‚ Tim. "Why literature matters." Education Digest 61.1 (Sep. 1995): 61. Meyer‚ Bruce. The Golden Thread: A Reader ’s Through the Great Books. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd‚ 2000. Ozick‚ Cynthia. Art & Arder. New York: Random House‚ 1983.
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Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov: A Comparative Analysis Ms. Sangita L. Patil Research Scholar‚ Shivaji University‚ Kolhapur (India) The comparative analysis of the stories of two famous contemporary writers Alice Munro and Anton Chekhov gives an opportunity to follow the development of the genre of short stories in Canadian and in Russian literature. Both are stalwarts of their respective literature. Commenting on the greatness of A. Chekhov‚ E. B. Tager writes: As
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"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." -Cynthia Ozick In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we sometimes take things for granted. We’re so busy getting ready for work‚ getting the kids ready for school‚ making dinner‚ making plans‚ paying the bills‚ looking for money to pay the bills‚ working all day and doing this and that and everything else that’s on our "To Do" list just to get through the days‚ weeks and months. Unless you excel in time management
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conference held in Germany on “German- Jewish relations.” Ozick addresses her audience‚ a professor who extended an invitation to the aforementioned conference‚ in a formal manner‚ at first politely‚ with extended gratitude to the good nature of both his and his college’s pure intentions. Ozick effectively communicates her somber refusal to attend the German conference by efficiently utilizing appeals to ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos. Ozick opens her argument by vaguely claiming a connection to the
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Some people think that having multiple languages in monolingual countries will help to embrace country’s identity‚ uniqueness and prevent it from a loss of culture. Others think language is dividing religions just as much as land or blood are and could possibly arise challenging conflicts among different ethnic groups. There have been mixed opinions and fundamental questions being raised on the organization of languages and dialects among one country‚ the one that attracts the most attention being
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personal experience‚ filled with morals and parables‚ or a informative text filled with educational terms. Educational terms could mean the usage of complicated and elevated words or simply information you would get in schools. Some authors‚ such as Cynthia Ozick‚ claim that an essay has no educational‚ polemical‚ or socio-political use. Others‚ such as Kathleen Norris‚ contend that an essay is like story-telling‚ and that the writer attempts to breathe life into the words on a page. “Breathing life” into
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’insufficient funds. (Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ “I Have a Dream‚” Aug. 28‚ 1963) Metaphor: A comparison of two unlike things using any form of the verb “to be” (am‚ are‚ is‚ was‚ were). The streets were a furnace‚ the sun an executioner. (Cynthia Ozick‚ "Rosa") But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill. (William Sharp‚ "The Lonely Hunter") Simile: Comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Saying one thing is similar to another. Life is like an onion:
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setting is like the foundation of the story‚ and without one the story seems merely lost. Quite often the setting will build up the story and affect the characters‚ and the characters behaviors. Against the backdrop of a Holocaust concentration camp‚ Ozick produces two static characters whose lack of development throughout the story emphasizes the theme of overwhelming hopelessness. In The Shawl Rosa‚ her infant daughter Magda‚ and her fourteen year old companion Stella are Jews interned in a concentration
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Psychological Analysis of Rashomon Psychological Analysis of Rashomon Rashomon‚ by Ryunosaki Akutaguya provides great insight into the psychological discord that the Japanese culture was undergoing in the early part of the twentieth century. Japan was in the throes of a societal transformation‚ from a traditional‚ religious-based society‚ to a newly adopted weternized culture. Japan was rapidly assimilating industrial and scientific techniques and philosophies that were in conflict with‚ and
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1995 to 1998 (McCauley‚ 1E). And although Chaim Potok enjoyed teaching‚ his true passion was what he did best-writing novels. Over 34 years of his life‚ he wrote fourteen novels‚ four plays‚ and a few children’s books (McCauley‚ 1E). A novelist‚ Cynthia Ozick‚ stated “Chaim Potok wrote directly from the interior of the Jewish theological experience‚ rather than from the social experience. And they were best sellers.” Chaim Potok was a great universal writer who appealed to everyone. He lived in Pennsylvania
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