28 June 2015 Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time” Analysis Fairy tales have specific elements that the reader can catch on to when reading a story. When reading a fairy tale‚ we think of princesses‚ princes‚ happily ever after ’s and once upon a time. In "Once Upon a Time" the story has many of the elements of a fairy tale such as good vs. evil and a problem that needs to be solved. One element is the special beginning and endings. A fairy tale begins with "Once upon a time...". We see the special
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Riza De Asis Jenn Kepka WR 121: TR 1:00 p.m. April 23‚ 2013 Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience A young plain Jane‚ who is cheerful but sometimes sensitive‚ who loves smiling with chubby cheeks‚ had a dream to fulfill. Since I was twelve‚ I had been dreaming to travel around the world especially to the Western parts in the world map. When my parents happily told the whole family that my one and only brother‚ Robert – who is 4 years older than me - would be going to Seattle‚ United States of America
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Reader Response Theory - can be traced back to Aristotle and Plato - literature’s effect on the reader - sources in the writings of the French structuralists (who stress the role of the perceiver as a maker of reality) - reader criticism became recognized as a distinct critical movement only in the 1970s - less a unified critical school than a vague collection of disparate critics with a common point of departure - “Reader Theory” “audience theory” neutral terms
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Greasy Lake Essay In the short story Greasy Lake written by T.C. Boyle‚ the story is about three friends who believe they are “bad”. On a particular night they go out looking for trouble‚ and trouble is what they find. The tone of this story is serious‚ dark‚ and very graphic. This story is full of literary devices. Metaphors and similes come thick and fast on the shores of Greasy Lake‚ and Boyle never contents himself with one when he can offer two or three. The comparisons for their abundance
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Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ where fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is involved in a secretive‚ intense‚ and passionate relationship with thirty-six-year-old Hanna Schmitz. Hanna is leading the relationship so much so that when they fight‚ regardless of who is right or wrong‚ Michael always gives in and apologizes in fear of loosing her. He never stands up for himself. As time progresses‚ Michael takes it upon himself to be present and involve himself in Hanna’s trail. Once Michael figures out the
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lifestyle where to others it is seen as nothing more than a waste of time and yet to others still it opens the door to numerous opportunities for a better life. On the most part though‚ our society as a whole seems to agree that education is the pathway to success. Not coincidentally‚ this is also the stance taken by most authors in modern day literature. This theme of education is clearly presented within two completely different texts: Mary Lawson’s Crow Lake‚ and David Auburn’s Proof‚ though not necessarily
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Readers have been responding to what they have read and experienced since the dawn of literature. For example‚ we have Plate and Aristotle who were concerned about audience responses and how plays generated pity and fear on them. Still‚ the audience or readers were passive. After the appearance of reader response theory‚ readers are activated. They involve themselves to elaborate the text‚ fill in the gaps and enact their experiences with the text. Most reader response critics can be divided into
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wake up thinking I am in our old farmhouse. The sun streams through the window and a calm wind blows on my face. I feel almost content until I remember I will have to endure another long day of spinning cotton. When the machines came‚ we moved to Bedford‚ Massachusetts‚ and started working in a factory. We tend machines all day long until we can finally hurry to sleep. Seemingly minutes after we fall asleep‚ the bells ring before the roosters back at our farm would have crowed. My mother works in
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At Bedford Hills Elementary School‚ in Mr. Conway’s class I observed that there is a “day treatment” teacher sometimes in class when it is well known that the at risk students within the class is having a bad day. The day treatment teacher‚ Mrs. Smith has a fairly good relationship with the at risk students‚ similar to relationships that friends tend to have with each other. Mrs. Smith uses this in order to convince the students to cooperate within the classroom. Another tactic that Mr. Conway sometimes
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what is expected out of an individual‚ but as readers read into the poem and start analyzing it‚ the central theme becomes a little bit different. As a reader of this poem‚ I started to realize that individuals in today’s society no longer act as they did in the past. To me‚ the central theme of this poem becomes simply realizing that even though society has changed‚ there are still ones out there that care. In the opening stanza of the poem readers of "Manners" are promptly hit with images.
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