“Early one morning words were missing.” When I first read Short Talks‚ I had difficulty understanding why Anne Carson wrote about what she did‚ and thought that some words must have been missing. I was confused as to how they all fit together and it was only after further consideration that I came to see how the sections unite into one cohesive piece. Anne Carson’s Short Talks is a series of short reflections on different subjects that at first do not seem to be related‚ but through her use of cyclical
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Writing a Literary Analysis What Is Literary Analysis? • • • • • It’s literary. It’s an analysis. It’s An Argument! It may also involve research on and analysis of secondary sources. How Is It “Literary”? • Usually‚ a literary analysis will involve a discussion of a text as writing‚ thus the term literary‚ which means “having to do with letters.” • This will involve the use of certain concepts that are very specifically associated with literature. Important Literary Concepts • The Basics
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confusion‚ these are just a few words to describe what Jews went through during the holocaust. Anne Frank and Elie Weisel were only young‚ yet have been through more agony and hardship than anyone could ever imagine. The two of them wrote about their horrific experiences of the holocaust and their stories have been shared with the world. Their stories are very similar yet different in their own ways. Anne and Elie are both very known for their experiences during the holocaust. During the holocaust
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Anne Frank is often misunderstood by many people throughout the story and considers herself as having no “true” friends. In order to feel that void she humanizes her diary‚ “Kitty‚” to store her deepest thoughts when others would not understand or care to listen. Shortly after receiving the diary for her thirteenth birthday‚ Anne states‚ “Paper has more patience than people‚” (pg.6) confirming her thoughts about the people surrounding her. However‚ the statement could never have been truer for Anne
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Anne Orthwood’s Bastard tells the story of John Kendall and Anne Orthwood and their bastard son‚ Jasper. It began with John and Anne’s meeting and ended when Jasper came of age. This book gave a detailed description of sex and law in early Virginia and how it differed from the law in England at the time. Two of the main themes seemed to be respectability and social mobility. During the 1660’s and 1670’s in Virginia‚ respectability and social mobility were two of the most important aspects people
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How would you feel if you couldn’t go outside to play on the streets with your friends or even call them for around two years? Accordingly‚ Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during World War II. As mentioned above‚ this resulted in exactly what it sounds to be. Anne Frank had to act as if she didn’t exist. In fact‚ her and a few other people all hid in an annex of rooms above her father’s office. Meanwhile‚ she received a gift during this time to write down
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Running head: LITERARY ANALYSIS Literary Analysis Sergio Scott Grand Canyon University ENG-353 American Literature II Susan Crannell September 28‚ 2011 Sergio Scott Susan Crannell ENG 353 September 29‚ 2011 Literary Analysis Naturalism was a literary movement that took place from the 1880s until the 1940s. It used realism as a mechanism to suggest that social conditions‚ heredity‚ and environment had a monumental impact in changing or defining human character. Naturalism exposes
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Anne Hutchinson: An Early Feminist In 1637‚ women were considered servants of their husbands‚ and child bearing creatures of many. There were set rules “enforced by the Puritans” which stated women should only bear as many children as possible‚ raise them‚ take care of their husbands‚ and then remain quiet. They were seen as “morally feeble creatures”‚ who could do no more than “lead men to damnation if [men were to allow them] to form an opinion or express a [belief].” [1] Anne Hutchinson
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people. There is an innocence that is forever lost. An innocence that can never be gained back. Change is inevitable. Change‚ in Mary Anne Bell’s case‚ is here to stay. It has its way of affecting each and every person it encounters. In the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien‚ he incorporates an innocent city girl into the wild jungle of war in Vietnam; Mary Anne Bell. Because Mark Fossie decides to take a drastic measure and fly his girlfriend to Vietnam during one of the most brutal wars‚ she
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An influential theme in “The Diary Of Anne Frank” by‚ Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ is the importance of courage and hope in a negative situation. The reader sees examples of both of these in the thoughts and actions of the characters‚ more specifically: Mr. Frank‚ Mr. Kraler and Miep‚ and Anne Frank. The authors express hope through Mr. Frank when they write‚ “... The air raids are getting worse. They come over day and night. The noise is terrifying. Pim [Mr. Frank] says it should be music
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