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    Edith Hahn Beer‚ born in 1914‚ wrote The Nazi Officer’s Wife‚ a memoir about her life and struggles for survival during the rein of Adolf Hitler. Edith goes chronologically through her life and tells the truths about the constant fear she lived in. Throughout her entire ordeal‚ perhaps her biggest fear was that her identity would be revealed and lost at the same time. Yet despite the risk it posed to her life‚ Edith Hahn created a remarkable collective record of survival: She saved every set of

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    The era of Realism began during America’s post-Civil War time during which the country was trying to reconstruct the South from its now non-slavery state. The use of Realism allowed authors to showcase the true light of America’s problems that dealt with segregation‚ remaining discrimination‚ and feminism. Segregation was a serious problem in America‚ as not only were blacks segregated still‚ but races from all over the world who immigrated to America were segregated just as much. In “The Jungle”

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    Direct realism is the theory argues that direct object of perception is the object itself in the external world‚ in other words‚ people perceive the physical objects themselves; in contrast to direct realism‚ indirect realism claims that direct object of perception is a mental image‚ it is a representation which exists in our minds represents the physical objects. I think direct realism is more plausible than indirect realism. Direct realism claims that the physical objects‚ the environment‚ the

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    Realism in literature is a writing style that describes life without idealization or romantic subjectivity. It can be seen both in the works of Laura Esquivel and Leo Tolstoy. However‚ their styles differ in a variety of different ways. Realism is truthfulness to individual experiences. It is a movement that started in the 19th century with authors such as Balzac and Flaubert. Realism is a style that often describes lives of lower class or poor people. However‚ not all writers followed this exact

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    One of the ways naturalism relates itself with realism is in concern of the nature of inevitability in reality. In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce the nature of reality is highly subjective‚ placing the subjective reality experienced by Farquhar‚ as he is to be hanged by the Federal army‚ against the broader reality of the events and Farquhar’s inescapable death. At the beginning of the story the careful and immutable description of how Farquhar and the soldiers are positioned

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    Magic Realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The story explains these magical elements as real occurrences‚ presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same

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    political‚ cultural‚ and temporal environment including everything that characters know‚ own‚ and otherwise experience. The setting throughout the story‚ “The Shawl” enhances the realism and credibility‚ the atmosphere and mood‚ and the story’s use of symbolism throughout the story. First‚ “The Shawl” enhances the realism and credibility by using or describing the detail‚ location or objects

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    Anne had conflict with her mother Edith sometimes‚ for example‚ the prayer incident. One night‚ when Anne was waiting for her Daddy to come and said her prayers with her‚ Edith told her that Otto would not come yet and suggested that she will replace the role of Otto one night as to pray with Anne together. However‚ Anne refused to praying with her mother‚ Edith was heartbroken by this‚ she said “ I don’t want to be cross‚ love cannot be forced.” with her tears in her eyes. Anne’s rejection also

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    This substitution serves to fan the flames of conflict. Throughout the unfolding of the plot we see the character Tita fight the battle of duty to tradition versus her own individual happiness. These events are in part told through mystical realism. Mystical realism exaggerates real events so as

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    away from fantasy both in his career and his mind‚ the use of magical realism in the movie suggest that these fantasies are a way for Riggan to ease his frustrations

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