American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater‚ see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history‚ America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore‚ its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However‚ unique American characteristics
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The Devil and Tom Walker A few miles from Boston‚ in Massachusetts‚ there is a deep inlet winding several miles into the interior of the country from Charles Bay‚ and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp‚ or morass. On one side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water’s edge‚ into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size. Under one of these gigantic trees‚ according to old stories‚ there was a great
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2008 In a literary work‚ a minor character‚ often known as foil‚ possesses traits that emphasize‚ by contrast or comparison‚ the distinctive characteristics and qualities of the main character. For example‚ the ideas or behavior of the minor character might be used to highlight the weaknesses or strengths of the main character. Choose a novel or play in which a minor character serves as a foil to a main character. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the relation between the minor
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Introduction To some‚ it is a story of judgment and condemnation. Others see it as a story of grace‚ restoration‚ and hope. For those willing to admit their sin and accept God’s judgment‚ grace‚ and restoration‚ it is both. For those of us who have experienced moral failure‚ divorce‚ or other such life experience‚ it is a message of hope‚ healing‚ and restoration that reminds us that God’s agenda is not to crush sinners under his feet‚ but to heal them and restore their relationship with Him. For
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Copyright Notice ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/secret-life/copyright eNotes: Table of Contents 1. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Introduction 2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: James Thurber Biography 3. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Summary
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* 2. The Land Located in Europe in the A egean Sea * The first great civilization in Greece and Crete3. Brief History of Greece Around 1400It lasted roughly from 2000 BCE until 1400 BCE. was the Minoan. BCE‚ the Mycenaean civilization supplanted the Minoan‚ and dominated Greece until about 1100 BCE‚ when barbarians known as Durians invaded. * 4. EXTEND EARLY BEGINING OF POLIS * 490 750-550 Age of Colonization c. 700 Homer 5. Greek Polis Time Line 479 Spartans 480 Xerxes invades
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------------------------------------------------- List of One Piece characters From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The protagonists of the One Piece series. Clockwise from top: Franky‚ Usopp (in his Sogeking alias)‚ Nico Robin‚ Sanji‚ Monkey D. Luffy‚ Roronoa Zoro‚ Nami‚ Brook and Tony Tony Chopper. The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates‚ soldiers‚ revolutionaries
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Nur Misuari Introduction Nurallaji (Nur) Misuari was born on March 3‚ 1942 in Jolo‚ the fourth son in a family of 10 children. His parents were simple Tau Sug and Sama fisherfolks from Kabinga-an‚ Tapul Island. According to friends‚ Nur was so poor that he could never have gone to college were it not for a kindly teacher in Jolo who recognized his potentials and pulled off a scholarship for him as a Commission on National Integration (CNI) scholar at the University of the Philippines (UP) in Manila
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Historiographic Metafiction Parody and the Intertextuality of History LINDA HUTCHEON Il y a plus affaire à interpreter les interpretations qu’a interpreter les choses‚ et plus de livres sur les livres que sur autre sujet: nous ne faisons que nous entregloser. -Montaigne The frontiers of a book are never clear-cut: beyond the title‚ the first lines‚ and the last full-stop‚ beyond its internal configuration and its autonomous form‚ it is caught up in a system of references to other books‚ other
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CliffsNotes on BROWN’S MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND www.cliffs.com BROWN’S MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND Notes including • • • • • • • Life and Background of the Author List of Characters Critical Commentaries Character Analyses Critical Essay Essay Topics and Review Questions Selected Bibliography by William M. Washington‚ Jr. Detroit Public School System LINCOLN‚ NEBRASKA 68501 1-800-228-4078 www.CLIFFS.com ISBN 0-8220-7274-2 © Copyright 1971 by Cliffs Notes‚ Inc. All Rights
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