Analyse how a writer used language to develop the theme(s) of the written text. The cyberpunk novel‚ Feed‚ is a book which explores the dangers of overpowering consumerism. Author MT Anderson uses language to develop the theme of a failing futuristic society as an outcome of constant consumerist influence. Anderson uses character dialogue‚ descriptions of environmental degradation and internally received ‘banners’ or advertising inside the characters’ heads to explore the problems encountered when
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In the book Speak by Laurie Anderson‚ the author uses a combination of flashbacks and suspense to create the text of the story. Melinda‚ the main character of the book‚ is dealing with both man vs. self and man vs. man. After the summer kickoff party‚ she was ostracized by her former friends because of her act of calling the cops. Anderson uses flashbacks to build suspense of the story: “The moon looked closer back in august. Rachel got us into the end of the year party‚ a cheerleader party‚ with
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On Tuesday‚ 01/03/207‚ at 1442 hours‚ I‚ Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to take a telephone report for a theft. I spoke to the victim‚ Philip B. Royster (M/W‚ DOB: 05/04/1961). Royster stated someone stole numerous tools from his shop trailers parked on Boat Dock Rd. I requested to meet Royster in person at the location to take the report‚ he agreed. I left the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and drove to Boat Dock Rd‚ Pomona‚ Jackson County‚ Illinois. I located Royster at the Abbey
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In the novel " The Big Sleep "‚ there’s a character by the name of Philip Marlowe. Philip Marlowe is a private investigator who is hired to work for a wealthy man named General Strenwood‚ in the month of october. General Sternwood wants Marlowe to deal with a blackmail on his wild young daughter Carmen . Carmen is being blackmailed by a book seller named Arthur Geiger she was also previously blackmailed by Joe Brody. Carmen is clearly the femme fatal who killed her brother in law Rusty because he
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The Chess Game of 1930’s America in The Big Sleep In Raymond Chandler’s novel The Big Sleep‚ Philip Marlowe represents the shred of chivalry that remains in a world of corruption. Set and written in 1930’s America‚ the economic devastation of the Great Depression has a significant influence on the book’s plot that revolves around profit-seeking crime and organized corruption. Marlowe’s work as a private detective brings him face to face with seedy criminals of every sort‚ and each corresponds
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Draft) Mystery and suspense captured the audience or readers who set out on an endeavor to find out who is blackmailing General Sternwood and better yet‚ where is Regan? Though‚ despite any anticipation brought upon by the story‚ the protagonist Philip Marlowe ironically lacked mystery or intrigue. A seemingly boring man‚ he fights off temptation of women and sets forth to solve the task at hand. Silver Wig‚ the alias of Mona Mars adopted by protagonist Phillip Marlowe in Raymond Chandler’s The
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Imagine a flightless bird‚ injured and alone in the forest‚ watching their flock fly away without them. This is what Melinda’s‚ the main character in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson‚ life is like. Melinda was raped the summer before freshman year and no one knew‚ she then panicked and called the cops causing her peers to believe she ruined the party‚ and because of this Melinda isolated herself and became stuck in a void of depression‚ which caused her to be incredibly quiet and melancholy. Her friends
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In Philip Roth ’s The Human Stain‚ Roth utilizes multiple conflicts and allusions within the story to explore human nature and the reasons that people choose the paths to settle conflicts. In the opening and closing scenes‚ many conflicts are being discovered as well as resolved. The conflicts include white versus black‚ right versus wrong‚ ideology versus ambition‚ and loyalty versus betrayal. Roth uses the Berkshire community and the small Athena College in 1998 as a microcosm of the world in which
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THE ZIMBARDO’S STANDFORD PRISON STUDY The Zimbardo Stanford Prison Study was conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo in 1971‚ at Stanford University. The experiment was to last two weeks and be conducted in the basement of the Stanford University basement. The 24 chosen participants‚ Students from Canada and US‚ would be randomly selected to either be a guard or a prisoner‚ with Zimbardo being the warden. The pay was 15 dollars a day; the study was to see how the effects of confinement‚ in prison life
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Forge by Laurie Anderson Literary Analysis Forge is Laurie Halse Anderson’s second installment to the Chains series following up her previous novel‚ Chains. The escapades of the young African American slaves‚ Isabel and Curzon‚ continue in this sequel to Chains. Young Curzon and Isabel are forced to endure the hardships of maturing during the demanding time of the American Revolution. Curzon and Isabel are runaway slaves who have a high risk of getting captured with their past catching up
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