Crudely Human Defoe’s book Moll Flanders offers an interesting glimpse into the ancestry of the works that we call novels today. While much of the work holds characteristics that today’s reader would recognize as those of a novel‚ there are also many moments where Defoe’s technique is obviously outdated. A timeless quality to Defoe’s novel‚ however‚ is the way in which he constructs realistic characters through informal structure‚ a lowered register‚ and an organization of ideas that creates
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and complete. Structural framework‚ on which the details of the text are hung‚ develops the sense the reader regarding how complex details fit into a shaped whole‚ and so tells you more about the meaning and purpose of the work. BASIC STRUCTURE IN NOVELS AND PLAYS • EXPOSITION: This is the beginning‚ where the world of the text is introduced. The reader‚ or audience‚ meets the characters and past events that may assist understanding of the situation are explained. Here too‚ themes are announced as
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A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 British film adapted from Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange novel written in 1962. The film is about a mischievous and troubled young man named Alex de Large. Alex and his gang of friends enjoy causing harm and watching others suffer. They run around London at night and commit random acts of robbery and rape. Alex‚ as the ringleader of all the madness‚ gets caught by the police and is sent to prison. While Alex is in prison‚ scientists study his violent behavior. The
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power to both destroy and save lives. Examine how characters in the novel (for example‚ Liesel‚ Max‚ Ilsa Hermann‚ Hitler‚ Rosa and/or Hans) use words to destroy and to save. What are some of the effects of their words? Discuss at least two characters’ relationships with the power of language. Another option: The Book Thief is‚ on one level‚ the story of Liesel Meminger’s relationship with books. At the beginning of Zusak’s novel‚ Death advises the reader‚ “All told‚ she owned fourteen books‚
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Toundi’s diary in the time of French colonization of Cameroon‚ explores this mis-identity within the cruel system of colonization. Although being a coming-of-age novel‚ Oyono sharply criticizes the ironies of colonial societies through the relationship between the oppressor and oppressed. Houseboy is a great example of an anti-colonialist novel that focuses on mis-identity within colonial societies. Oyono could not have summarized it better when he said "What are we Blackmen who are called French?".
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In the novel “1984” by George Orwell he shows readers what a negative utopia is. Winston Smith is the main character and the plot revolves around how Winston feels frustrated by the control of the party. The party has a strong control over its citizens and the use telescreens‚ the thought police‚ and the youth league to maintain their control through psychological manipulation. The party maintains their control over citizens by using telescreen to have around-the-clock surveillance. They use the
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In Macbeth‚ there is a common underlying theme of “things are not always as they seem” and this is especially noted in the subtext behind Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ where Banquo and Macbeth are talking as if nothing is wrong‚ but they are actually having an underlying conversation about Macbeth potentially murdering Duncan. In Act 1 Scene 3‚ the three witches prophesize to Macbeth and Banquo that not only would Macbeth‚ at that time thane of Glamis‚ become thane of Cawdor‚ but would also eventually become king
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Steinbeck uses the sea to make his readers aware that things are not always what the seem. "Although the morning was young‚ the hazy mirage was up. The uncertain air that magnified some things and blotted out others hung over the whole Gulf so that all sights were unreal and vision could not be trusted....There was no certainty in seeing‚ no proof that what you saw was there or not there [emphases added]. The novel I have chosen is ’The Pearl’. I will discuss the setting from three aspects
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The theme that drives most of the action in Green Grass‚ Running Water is the conflict between Native American culture and White culture. King establishes this most potently in the fantastical back stories of the four old Native American men. In each story‚ a character from the Native American tradition interacts with a Biblical figure and then a character from White literature or film. Tellingly‚ each of the four old Native Americans eventually adopts a name from these White works. The four characters
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"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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