The best cars are those designed to suit a purpose. If the purpose of a vehicle is to haul hay‚ it would make no sense to build a Mustang GT with over 500 horsepower beneath the hood and no truck bed for the purpose of hauling hay. So it is with literature. Looking at the function of the story and the form it takes can help us understand its content. In 1819‚ Washington Irving published the first American short story called “A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker” published in The Sketch
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Censorship of Mark Twain Mark Twain’s most famous work‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ has been banned in classrooms and libraries since its first year of American publication‚ 1885. At the constant prodding of Louisa May Alcott‚ the public library of Concord‚ Massachusetts‚ banned the book; Louisa charged that it was unsuitable for impressionable young people. This criticism died down until the racially charged environment of the 1960’s‚ when African Americans began calling the novel “racist trash
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was announced; wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine‚ Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a check to another square. Page 11 Gatsby produced a mysterious aura in the room when his name was brought up. From the beginning Nick Carraway heard of the popular man from strangers‚ which added to his curiosity. Daisy’s urgent demand of more information foreshadowed the reveal of their relationship. Also in this phrase‚ Tom Buchanan’s need to change the subject away
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Annotation on David Abram David Abram wrote an essay Animism and the Alphabet‚ which is about how alphabets have affected human society. He talks about how alphabets have worked as a differentiation between human and nature. Socrates and Plato are used as his supporting points. I made annotations as I read this piece‚ and there are two lines that captured my interest. They are annotations on “ Without writing‚ knowledge of the diverse properties of particular animals‚ plants and places can be preserved
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Have you ever woken up sleep-deprived after a long night of reading an intriguing story? I definitely have. The reason these stories are such page-turners is because of the author’s excellent use of literary devices. Writers often use literary devices in their work in order to make a story more alluring and thought-provoking rather than languid and mundane. In W.W Jacob’s short story “The Monkey’s Paw‚” there are many instances of foreshadowing in order to keep readers engaged and on the edge
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serious way. From the beginning of A rose for Emily‚ I was so curious about Miss Emily’s life that I couldn’t stop reading. Why did she live like that? What caused the smell of her house? What did she do with Homer Barron? What happened in that mysterious house? Then‚ I was frightened after finishing the story. I couldn’t believe a woman could lie beside a corpse for years like that. I admit that at first I didn’t appreciate this story very much‚ because I supposed it just told readers a ridiculous
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It is a fact that there are several stages in a man’s life and human development shows the growth process in every individual. In this case study‚ personality development will be explained in Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development and in Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development‚ human growth is shown in eight stages throughout the life span. Using the character of ‘Bruce Wayne’ from the movie ‘Batman Begins’‚ it shows that the character of Bruce Wayne as a child as he developed
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is forced to be her lab partner in science‚ her life turns upside down. With his extremely attractive features‚ chocolate abs‚ blue eyes and heavenly hair‚ Patch not only grabs the attention of Nora‚ but he also annoys her tremendously. With his mysterious yet alluring aura‚ Nora not wanting to have anything to do with Patch gets unintentionally attracted to him making her wonder why. But Patch holds a dark secret. He’s a fallen angel. When Nora meets Elliot‚ a student from King-horn Preparatory
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The knocking… Horror Story One day‚ a massacre occurred at 6 Lauren St. The massacre happened in a house located in East Texas‚ a place that is known for it’s low popularity‚ and it’s unnatural episodes. Rumours were spread all over the entire city‚ one telling that children was brutally murdered‚ and another telling that they got tortured but no suspects were chosen‚ neither found. The day started. Tommy was at school waiting for the lesson to be over. He didn’t make any homework for the
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Discuss how Charlotte Bronte employs narrative techniques in the novel Jane Eyre Throughout Jane Eyre‚ Bronte incorporates narrative techniques to emphasise certain points and to keep the reader’s attention. In the first few chapters of the novel we are introduced into the world she is surrounded by‚ with the use of very descriptive imagery‚ with a gothic element also incorporated for the audience to obtain a grasp of Jane’s situation. As the nature of the book develops and unravels‚ frequently
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