fictional. Irving helped established an American identity with his writing style. Irving is best known for his short stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. In the short story‚ “Rip Van Winkle” the main character Rip Van Winkle sleeps for twenty years. Winkle wakes up to a greatly changed world as Irving eloquently describes in this excerpt from “Rip Van Winkle” ‚ “…through thickets of birch‚ sassafras‚ and witch hazel‚ and sometimes tipped up or entangled by the wild grapevines
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Vincent Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work highly impacted 20th century art. His works had a distinct stylistic theme that had a sort of melting effect within them. Many of them also included his iconic swirls that provided as a base for backgrounds. Out of his 900 paintings‚ only a few incorporated solid shapes and lines. Looking at his works‚ I tried to imagine dancing them. I found that the swirls could serve as a trajectory for different body parts or pathways‚ and the almost
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Moorman American Literature 304A October 24‚ 2011 “Rip Van Winkle” America’s peaceful myth Myths have engaged the human race for centuries. By definition‚ mythology consists of bizarre characters‚ remote locations‚ and fantastic events. “Rip Van Winkle”‚ the story of a man who ran to the peaceful refuge of the forest‚ fell asleep‚ and woke up 20 years later‚ is part of America’s own mythology. The reader is drawn into a peaceful setting surrounding Rip’s rather fantastical story. The author
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Ichabod Crane and Brom Van Brunt were both similar and dissimilar. They both were in love with Katrina Van Tassel‚ they were both loved or wanted by the townspeople‚ and they didn’t have affection for each other. That is where the similarities stop‚ however. Ichabod is lanky and skinny‚ he is intelligent‚ and he is somewhat lazy. Brom is stout and strong‚ he is smart in trickery and mischievous acts‚ and is always looking for something to do or an individual to prank. Their jobs were different
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Readers connect with characters through the challenges that they face in everyday life. In the realistic fiction novel‚ Flipped‚ by Wendelin Van Draanen‚ many characters face brand new challenges in their lives that they have to solve. In the novel‚ Bryce Loski faces a challenge of being embarrassed as a Basket Boy‚ just like I face a challenge of performing at dance competitions. Bryce Loski felt self conscious and embarrassed when he was chosen and auctioned off as a Basket Boy. Bryce didn’t
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Adam Stansell Intro to Fiction Dr. Archer Rip Van Winkle and Young Goodman Brown: A story of runaway husbands and there similarities and differences. These two stories by Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne respectively‚ illustrate different examples of men wandering away from home‚ for somewhat different reasons‚ with somewhat the same results with the exception of the overall outcome upon the men. Careful analysis of the two stories can reveal both the similarities and the differences between
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INTRODUCTION In Malaysia‚ the Income Tax Act 1967 Section 3 sets the scope of income tax provided that income accrued in or derived from Malaysia would be tax. However‚ S3B of the Act specifically provides that income derived by an offshore company in respect of offshore business activity is not chargeable to income tax. The law governing the tax for such offshore business activity is the Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990 and not the Income Tax Act 1967. The Act imposes income tax
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different aspects of today’s society. However‚ this is completely the opposite. Faith is shown in our actions and what we do in the world. It can be seen in the government all the way to economics. It’s everywhere‚ sometimes we just miss it. Jeff Van Duzer and George N. Monsma Jr. looked deep into how faith is related to economics. They found that economics is mentioned many times in different places in the Bible. It actually is one of the bigger themes talked about throughout the Bible. If it
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2. The two authors in this historical document experienced differing yet unexpected hardships. In Reverend Andrew Eliot’s letter to his brother he describes “a season which promised the greatest plenty that has been known for many years” (242). Eliot wrote this as a reminder of how life was prior to the invasion. The change in tone from the beginning of his letter gives a clear indication that Eliot was not expecting to be robbed of the pleasures of harvest time by invading forces. In addition Eliot
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encounters were not only brief but unforgettable. Captured in his story‚ Jan Burres and Ronald Franz were so enticed and emotionally connected with Chris. Exploring his relationships with these two individuals brings some explanation. Jan Burres and Bob were one of the first characters introduced into the story when they found Alex 60 miles south of Oregon . Quite a cheerful and lively couple in the beginning‚ later to realize Jan was struggling with the disconnection of her son‚ Alex filled a void in
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