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    to discuss how the character affects action‚ theme‚ or the development of other characters. Avoid plot summary. 2. Some might categorize The Catcher in the Rye as a bildungsroman‚ a novel concerned with the maturation of a young protagonist. In an essay‚ show how Holden Caulfield perhaps counteracts the typical bildungsroman protagonist. Avoid plot summary. 3. Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye wrestles with accepting the responsibilities that often accompany adolescence. Write

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    The Daughters of King Lear

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    The Daughters of King Lear In 1898 Edwin Austin Abbey painted a beautiful depiction of a scene in Shakespeare’s King Lear. The scene is of Cordelia leaving her sisters and all of court after her father‚ King Lear‚ divides his kingdom to her two elder sisters‚ Regan and Goneril‚ leaving her with nothing. This painting has been named many different names such as Cordelia’s Farewell‚ Scene from King Lear‚ and the most fitting‚ The Daughters of King Lear‚ so called in the Yale University organized

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    essay in which you analyze Yann Martel’s use of both Pi’s and the narrator’s voices in the telling of Pi’s story. Prompt 2 A popular form of novels and films is the bildungsroman‚ the story of a character’s emotional or psychological coming of age. Write a well-organized essay in which you examine the life of Pi as a bildungsroman. Prompt 3 A narrative technique often employed by novelists and playwrights is to present multiple versions‚ told by multiple sources‚ of the same event. Write a

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    Edward Abbey‚ lives in a little house close to the city Tucson‚ Arizona with his wife and daughter. Abbey portrays his place of living and the surroundings in a very distinct manner. Despite being surrounded by wild animals‚ Abbey describes the place as nice. Although‚ he would like to stay here for a while‚ but he probably will not. However‚ before leaving Abbey wants to plant a tree so someone or something can enjoy its shade‚ or birds‚ or witness the pale gold of its autumn leaves. Abbey and his

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    Consequences from the Need of Education Richard Rodriguez’s “The Achievement of Desire” could easily be categorized as a bildungsroman. The author uses literary devices to elaborate on his bicultural hardship as a Mexican American boy seeking higher education. In the essay‚ the author contributes literary elements of satire‚ flashbacks‚ and deductive reasoning to lure the reader into further in-depth thinking. As a child Rodriguez was the exception to the stereotypical student coming from a low-income

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    is the work for which Abbey is best known and by which he is most frequently defined. It contains his views on a variety of subjects‚ from the problems of the United States Park Service to an angry indictment of the evils of technology masquerading under the guise of progress. No voice is more eloquent in the praise of America’s remaining wilderness nor more vitriolic in attacking those who would exploit and destroy it for profit. In the introduction to Desert Solitaire‚ Abbey informs his readers

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    Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness Edward Abbey The author of the book Desert Solitaire‚ Edward Abbey‚ talked frequently throughout the book about the beauty of nature and ways that human beings are destroying the natural beauty of the world we live in. The way abbey views nature is in a way that is best experienced by actually being out in nature‚ taking a hike‚ horseback riding‚ or bicycling. He believes that people who use the luxury of their cars on camping trip will not get to

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    Fifth Business Template 1: Analyzing Characterization through the genre of the Bildungsroman Oxford’s Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms defines a bildungsroman as‚ “a kind of novel that follows the development of the hero or heroine from childhood or adolescence into adulthood‚ through a troubled quest for identity” (Baldick 27). Analyzing Dunstan Ramsay’s characterization and development throughout the text‚ complete the character development map; consider that he is on a quest for his own

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    Into the World examines how various texts represent stages of growing up and maturation. transitional phase‚ marked by new challenges‚ opportunities and relationships described as a ‘rite of passage’‚ a time of change and adaption from one world of experience into another. offers knowledge‚ understanding and insight as well as more arduous and difficult consequences.

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    Edward Abbey uses his non-fiction Desert Solitaire as a sort-of sounding board for his “philosophical pretensions” (Abbey‚ 51). He shoehorns all manner of (sometimes divergent) ideas into his prose about the landscape and history of the southwest. It’s a wonderful thing‚ really‚ to be wrapped up into some story of his then‚ in a single paragraph‚ he reveals something about his soul before continuing on with the story as if nothing happened at all. Occasionally though‚ the seemingly tangental is in

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