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    Traditions. 1st ed. Boston: Beacon‚ 1986. Bennett‚ Robert. Answers.com. 18 Nov. 2009. www.answers.com/topic/ceremony-novel-6. Huffstetler‚ Edward W. ""Leslie Marmon Silko ’s Ceremony: The Recovery of Tradition." American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 33.1. (2009): 160-161. Letcher‚ Bettina Havens. "Diss." In the Belly of This Story: The Role of Fantasy in Four American Women ’s Novels of the 1980 ’s. U of Rhode Island‚ 1991. Mitchell‚ Carol. ""Ceremony" as Ritual." American Indian Quarterly Vol

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    The important event in the novel “ Smile” is when Raina trips and falls. Consequently‚ Raina and her friends were playing tag and Raina trips and breaks her 2 front teeth. Raina’s classmates make fun of her when she does not have her 2 front teeth. Raina is so angry and sad because they make fun of her. Rainas friends are saying that it is disgusting. They keep saying “ew“ to her teeth at school. The important event in the novel ” Smile” is when Raina trips and falls when she plays tag

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    Lord of the Flies Tribe Review Make a list of the characters in the book. Then‚ try to match the character with the correct description. A character can match more than one description. Who’s who? 1. Jack’s chief assistant- 2. Predicts rescue to Piggy- 3. Offers food to Piggy- 4. Says he is the chief when the boys are rescued- 5. Boy who is killed when he crawls out of the jungle- 6. Boy who pretends to be a pig and is almost hurt- 7. Boy who is killed at Castle Rock- 8. Boy

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    adventure novel‚ Treasure island‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson and a Canadian novel‚ Life of Pi‚ written by Yann Marte both talk about transformation of young teenagers through adventures. In Life of Pi‚ The adventure of the protagonist – Pi – is seeking for survival on Pacific Ocean‚ but in Treasure Island‚ the adventure of the protagonist – Jims Hawkins – is looking for treasure on a mysterious island. Although Life of Pi and Treasure Island have different types of adventures‚ both novels develop

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    “Chains is a novel all about people breaking free of their chains” ‘Chains’ is a novel about people breaking free of their chains in many different ways. However are these people actually breaking free because the slaves will always be slaves; wherever they go. Many people in this novel are chained; for example Isabel (the main character) is chained because she is a slave‚ Lady Seymour is chained because she is paralysed and Old Ben is chained because he is also a slave. But when they have ‘broken

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    The Advantages and Disadvantages of Graphic Novels Graphic novels are to be defined as novels in comic-strip format. They are usually shown to us either in series and have a continuous plot or it can be presented in shorter stories. One popular form of a “comic book” is called a manga (漫画). The Chinese character that is used to write manga translates into “whimsical drawings”. Mangas are different from most of the books out there in multiple ways. The beginning of the book for instance starts

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    Transition and Transformation: One could be forgiven for believing that the words ‘fiction’ and ‘novel’ mean one and the same thing. The main reason for this confusion is that both of them have a common denominator; they both tell a story. In the novel‚ we have the theatre of life and for over two centuries it has been the most effective agent of the moral imagination. Though it has never really achieved perfection in form and its shortcomings are numerable‚ nevertheless one experiences from it

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    Bildungsroman is a novel genre that narrates a hero or heroine’s process of psychological maturation and focuses on experiences and changes that accompanies the growth of the character from youth to adulthood. "The term "Bildungsroman" was introduced to the critical vocabulary by the German philosopher and sociologist Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1941)‚ who first employed it in an 1870 biography of Friedrich Schleiermacher and then popularized it with the success of his 1906 study Poetry and Experience"

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    Introduction: A realist novel is a multi-voiced prose fiction portraying individualized characters undergoing changes while interacting with social‚ political‚ and moral factors dominating their world. A realist novel is a mimesis of reality depicting struggles of the society it is representing and the limitations and conflicts found within this society (Realist Novel‚ p.20). This stimulates a moral struggle within the character and acts as a catalyst of change and guides the novel ’s action. A moral

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    The novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ has a variety of judgements made by different critics. This novel has some positive aspects and some negative drawbacks. However‚ every reader perceives a novel in a different manner. 1984 had a strong and weak impact in three specific yardsticks of evaluation: reflection of real life‚ escape‚ and significant insight. This novel did not depict a reflection of real life in the United States. In today’s world‚ a government does exist where they want their inhabitants

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