So This Was Adolescence, By Annie Dillard: Author Writing Style
.... my own path, and
...a live wire...shooting out sparks.., the reader can visualize her as
the boulder or the live wire out of control. This style makes the story
easier to follow and lets you feel as the character does, like you were
there with them. When Dillard describes herself --whipping the bed with a
belt, like a creature demented!! you almost become afraid, like there was
a monster in the room with you. Visualization lets you live the story, not
just read it.
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A Violent Illumination Of Salvation
.... seen in: "A Good Man is Hard to Find,"
"Revelation," "The River," and "The Lame Shall Enter First."
Walters reasons, "The instruction of pride through lessons of humility is,
in each story, the means by which the soul is prepared for its necessary
illumination by the Holy Spirit" (73). The grandmother in "A Good Man is
Hard to Find" and Rudy Turpin in "Revelation" is each convinced that she is
a lady of elevated status. When threatened by superior beings, their self-
imposed facades fall. Inherent human weaknesses are not tolerated and the
faulty soul is damned or violently returned to reality (Walters 72). In
The Habit of Being .....
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"A White Heron" And "The Beast In The Jungle": A Comparison And Contrast Essay
.... hunter offered money in
exchange for help in finding the heron's nest. Not only was his offer
tempting and attractive, but a curiosity awakened in her as he was most
attractive as well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each
moment and each step one at a time, carefully, slowly. Sylvy seems to come
to her senses in the twelfth hour when she climbs high into the trees early
one morning to see the white heron fly in ever so close. It was as though
their was a kinship between the two, an understanding. Because of this
special feeling for the bird, Sylvy could not succumb to the hunter's
desire for knowledge of the ne .....
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Bless Me Ultima: The Growing Up Of A Young Boy
.... thought of before this event. Almost every child
Tony's age was preoccupied with activities, such as playing and horsing
around, and certainly not thinking what the future could pertain. This
proves Tony understood the aknowledgement of reality, unlike most of his
peers. When Florence, his freind, questions God, it made Tony gain
skeptisicm. Before, Tony's parents, especially his mother, forced the
religion of Christianity upon him. Tony believed it, since his parents did
and he thought they were always right. Tony's parents did not him to
question Catholisicm, but Florence made him realize you must question all
beliefs .....
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Morrison's Beloved: A Review
.... - in - law, and is
an important character in the story in that she brings about many aspects
of self-pride and versatility. Suggs lived through the "slavery" and came
out of the ordeal with strength of her character alone. Slavery at the
time broke down the slaves making them have low self- esteem and low worth.
But Suggs brings about the part of resiliency that was needed to beat the
"system." Her faith in God and self makes her the prominent legacy. As she
rose above slavery so have other individual rose above persecution and
hardship across the years. For instance, World Wars, Holocaust, and the
depression to name a few.
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"Beware Of The Fish" By Gordan Korman: A Review
.... if the guys tried to terrorize
them,they'd beat them to a pulp.) And poor Mr. Sturgeon has no idea whats
goingon. If you think that's weird, wait'll you see what Bruno does next.
I think that this book is a really crazy book with really funny
characters. A few other books are also written about Bruno and Boots , BUT
I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD BE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE! those crazy, crazy
teenagers
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Biblical Allusions And Imagery In Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
.... awards, his book was banned in many schools and libraries.
However, critics never attacked The Grapes of Wrath on the artistic level
and they still consider it a beautifully mastered work of art. More than
any other American novel, it successfully embodies a contemporary social
problem of national scope in an artistically viable expression.1 In The
Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck utilizes Biblical imagery and allusions to
illustrate the struggle of the Joad family as a direct parallel with that
of the Hebrew people.
Steinbeck bolsters the strength of structure and character
development in the book through Biblical allusions a .....
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Billy Budd
.... he [is] the champion, afloat
the spokesman; on every suitable occasion always foremost"(9).
Despite his popularity among the crew and his hardworking attitude,
Billy is transferred to another British ship, the Indomitable. And while
he is accepted for his looks and happy personality, "
hardly here [is] he
that cynosure he had previously been among those minor ship's companies of
the merchant marine"(14). It is here, on the Indomitable that Billy says
good-bye to his rights. It is here, also, that Billy meets John Claggart,
the master-at-arms. A man "in whom was the mania of an evil nature, not
engendered by vicious training or .....
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Racism In Wright's Black Boy
.... that this was not true, and that the boy
was beaten because of his race, he was un able to rationalize it. Even as
he got older he didn't see the color of people. In one instance Richard and
a friend are standing outside a shop when some white people pass by,
Richard doesn't move to accomodate the white people because he simple
didn't notice that they were white.
As a child, Wright ultimately learned to fear white people.
However, he still did not understand the social differences between the
races. Wright's uncle was killed by white people, and Wright's aunt and
another uncle were forced to flee from the whites.
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Wright's "Black Boy": An Oppressionist Impression
.... as though he were a youth
leader telling a story to a group of boyscouts outside by a campfire. His
spellbounding words chant the reader into his world and produce a map
through which the reader follows his life in the shadows of others. I
mingled with the boys, hoping to pass unnoticed , but knowing that sooner
or later I would be spotted for a newcomer. And trouble came quickly- a
bloabk boy came bounding past me, thumping my hat to the ground and
yelling. To keep his audience from dazily drifting into a state of semi-
consiousness, Wright interjects into his prayer with action in an excited
and staggering tone.
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Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons For A Person's Actions
.... place anything above it would be asinine.
More's behavior was bizarre even to his own time period. His daughter,
Margaret, pleaded for him to sign the oath, "Then say the words of the
oath and in your heart think otherwise"(81). Her father could not morally
be satisfied by this. More believed that when an oath is taken, one is
placing his pledging his self and soul. " When a man takes an oath, Meg,
he's holding his own self in his own hands. And if he opens his fingers
then- he needn't hope to find himself again"(81).
On the other hand, Richard Rich's actions were not based upon
conscience or morality. He would sacrifice .....
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Around The World In Eighty Days: Summary
.... He followed Fogg
around the globe, he missed arresting him in India and Hong Kong through
incompetence, and as soon as they arrived back in London, he did arrest
Fogg but erroneously.
The main conflict of the novel was time. Time caused a lot of
pressure on Fogg; he had to get back to London on time or he would lose the
money he wagered. Mr.Fogg and Passepartout were confronted many times with
the problem of lost time; when time was lost extra effort and work had to
be put in so as to make up for the lost time.
The incident that made me happy was when the real bank thief was
caught and Fogg was let out of jail .....
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