which may not be someone else’s reality. Amitav Ghosh in his book The Shadow Lines (1988) dwells on reality as a construction‚ that is‚ reality as an individual creates it for him/herself. This paper will look at the construction of reality for us by the Author‚ narrator and the various other characters in the story and thus giving the reader the reality effect or realism. One of the ways in which reality is constructed in The Shadow Lines (1988) is by the use of detail. For one Amitav Ghosh naturalizes
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The Shadow Throne The Shadow Throne‚ by Jennifer A. Nielsen‚ is the third and final book in the Ascendance trilogy. It is an action and adventure fantasy story about a young King. The story mainly takes place in a country called Carthya‚ in the middle ages when Kings and Queens ruled the land. King Jargon has many adventures while trying to protect his country‚ his people‚ and his friends in the fight for Carthya’s future. King Jargon is a young King‚ who has brown‚ rough-looking hair‚ green eyes
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Moon Shadow‚ a young chinese boy‚ is brainwashed by his mother and grandmother that all people in San Francisco in America are “Demons.” Moon Shadow’s father lives in America‚ but whenever he asks his mother or grandmother about him‚ they always find an excuse to try to not to talk about it. Moon Shadow then tells them that he wants to go to America to see his father. When Moon Shadow arrives to America‚ he is introduced to all of his father’s friends including his uncle. His father’s nickname is
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Review Shadow Spinner By: Susan Fletcher “She had offered to marry the Sultan when he was killing all his wives”. Shahrazad did‚ of course. In order to keep the Sultan content‚ Shahrazad‚ one of his many wives‚ must continuously tell the Sultan stories‚ or else she will also be killed. Shadow Spinner is a story set in Persia‚ about a young crippled‚ 14 year old girl‚ Marjan‚ and a beautiful princess‚ Shahrazad‚ both trying to save themselves from the Sultan. Though it was no harm to Marjan
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Reflecting Shadows The memoir by Uwe Timm is an interesting insight to life post WWII‚ with an emphasis on comparing two generations in Germany at that time. Uwe’s writing consist of his personal memories from childhood – the memories are unclear and seem to be nothing more than fragments of what he can recollect. The memories are in no chronological order‚ including the letters from his older brother Karl-Heinz‚ who was a member of the Waffen SS Death’s Head Division and away at war. Timm
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By: Mohammad A The First Stone “The First Stone” is written by Don Aker and this book is based on two teenagers who have suffered very painful past. They both have lost one of their loved ones in their past. The main character is Reef’s whose parents and grandparents die when he was young. He was left to many foster homes because of his past. He got anger issues since his parents and grandparents died. He made very inappropriate decision that leads him to court and then
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caution. I got closer and closer to the shimmering light and when I got to the source of the light‚ there was a stone fountain with a ruby in the center of it‚ with some hieroglyphics carved on the edges of the circle shaped stone. “What do these ancient letters mean? The colour of the ruby was the same colour as the Blood Mo...” I said out before I got disturbed by a voice from the shadows. “Yes laddie well spotted son the colour of the ruby is exactly the same as Blood Moon!” Said a Scottish accent
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Terrible’ (total range 1.714 - 4.875 ) (Table 2). The expected heterozygosity (He)‚ in average‚ was higher than the mean observed heterozygosity (Ho) for ‘Big Sister’ populations‚ and Ho higher than He for ‘Enfant Terrible’ (Table 3). Departure from Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium were significant at a 5% level (P<0.001) for only 3 populations (BANA‚ CAMP and ITAR). Based on the estimates of the inbreeding coefficient over all loci‚ the significant deviations were due to an excess of heterozygotes (negative
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Indian Shadow Puppets Puppetry‚ which is a real challenge to the imagination and the creative ability of the individual‚ is one of the most ancient forms of entertainment. Besides entertainment‚ puppetry serves as an applied art‚ conveying meaningful messages. Of all art forms‚ it is probably the least restricted in form‚ design‚ colour and movement. It is also the least expensive of all animated visual art forms. Traditional Indian shadow puppets are two-dimensional and are made of animal skin
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that arose while reading the book. Specifically‚ I was intrigued by the questions regarding Japanese culture‚ as Japanese culture plays a fundamental role in Mikage’s life. Having finished both Kitchen and Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s essay In Praise of Shadows‚ I completely understood why Tanizaki emphasized the importance of preserving traditional Japanese culture. As time progressed‚ modernized Western ideas began to integrate to Japan‚ causing Japan to alter from a traditional culture to a new modernized
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