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    1. Memory‚ symbol and pattern affect the reading of literature by separating the professional reader from the rest of the crowd. Memory of what happened allows you to enjoy later scenes of a book of a movie‚ yet this does not necessarily improve the experience of popular entertainment. When reading you have to assume everything is a symbol until proven otherwise. Its good to think of things as existing as themselves while simultaneously also representing something else. Patterns are everywhere. While

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    original work of literature. All books borrow situations‚ ideas‚ and themes. -There’s only one story. “When a new work is created‚ it is set among the monuments‚ adding to and altering the order.” –T.S. Eliot -Intertextuality: the ongoing interaction between poems or stories. This link deepens reading‚ adding multiple levels of meaning to a work. Connections: -Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder: Through Sophie’s travels she meets characters from other works of literature‚ such as Alice in

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    CHILDREN WHO KILL 2 Children who Kill: Why and How to Treat Them KILLER… When we see this word what comes to mind… Serial killers who stalk and prey upon women‚ mothers who kill their children as a result of post partum depression‚ jealous spouses who catch their loved one cheating… But what does not come to mind is children killing family‚ friends‚ and strangers. It may not be a topic that comes to mind when thinking about killers‚ but it is a reality

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    Running Head: Sharing Literature Sharing Literature with Young Children Vanessa Rayburn September 4‚ 2011 Sharing Literature Having the opportunity to share wonderful books with children is the single-most important reason I began my career in early childhood. Among my fondest childhood memories is being read to by my father. He instilled in me a love for books of all kinds‚ especially picture books‚ which I found to be magical. Reading was relaxing and enjoyable‚ as well as exciting

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    Running head: CHILDREN WHO KILL Jon Venables and Robert Thompson: Children who kill Letia Bland Tiffin University Assignment #1 Dr. Joyce Hall-Yates The Juvenile justice system has changed over the years. Before the first establishment of this system‚ courts and judges treated juveniles as adults and sometimes received the same punishment as adults. For many years‚ there were debates on if children before the age of 21 were responsible for their actions seeing as they aren’t fully capable

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    There is nothing as Children Literature‚ Jack Zipes discusses in his article about the philosophy of this sentence. Zipes states that children and childhood are social instructions that economic and social situations determine them and it has different meaning in different cultures (Zipes). Writers and critics of the teenage and children’s literature are adults and literary works are evaluated by adults‚ too. Ideology is the predominant part of the adult’s world and it is subdue of the creation.

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    "Literature adds to reality‚ it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect‚ it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." - C.S Lewis‚ a British scholar and novelist. This wise saying is perhaps the most appropriate description of the importance of literature in our lives and especially to children. Literature reminds us of stories‚ epics‚ sacred scriptures and classical works of the ancient and

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    Should fairy tales be read to children? Yes‚ I believe fairy tales should be read to kids. The reason I say this is because reading fairy tales encourage imagination and teaches kids several things. One of the reasons why fairy tales promote imagination are the characters in fairy tales. For instance‚ princesses and heroes. Fairy tales tell stories of daring heroes going to rescue a princess or better yet a princess who goes and protects her kingdom. Magic is also mentioned in fairy tales and what

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    How to Read Literature Like a Professor Essay  By: Naomi Brooks    Introduction        How’d He Do That?  Professors use memorization when reading a new book because they are always  looking for correspondences between new and old books. Everything is a symbol until proven  wrong‚ since symbolism is used when they are reading‚ thinking‚ and asking questions such  as: is this an analogy‚ metaphor‚ or what might it signify? With time professors remember  significant events‚ and patterns in novels 

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    Literature for children in the 19th century Since the view of childhood changes in the nineteenth century‚ the potential of children’s literature becomes evident. With the reference to the sources of children’s literature‚ they can be traced back to alterations in translation and in the literature for adults‚ where a child or childhood are essential concepts; moreover folk literature is concerned to be a wide source for this literary genre. According to Peter Hunt Children before

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