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    social John Grierson – movimiento británico Toma la narrativa de flaherty y el montaje de vertov Búsqueda estética y política – denuncia social. Educativo/informativo Encargos Obra escogida: Drifters Contexto en el que fueron realizadas: Todo comenzó con la iniciativa de “El productor”. John Grierson‚ un escocés emprendedor formado en sociología‚ había comenzado a estudiar al cine de lo real a través de la obra del pionero: Robert Flaherty. Para un cine sin nombre fue Grierson quien en

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    Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” The story “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner focuses on the impact Abner Snope’s behavior has towards his family and to multiple farm owners. Abner Snopes tries to make a living by crop sharing‚ and out of the resentment of wealthy farm owners he burns down their barns. As a result‚ Abner blames society for his actions and feels free to disobey common laws. Abner’s actions indicate him to be a thoughtless force of violence‚ cold-hearted‚ and lawless man. Abner

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    Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Calixta in “The Storm” may have their differences‚ but I am here to show you that people from different eras‚ places‚ or cultures can still have plenty of things in common. Miss Emily was this main character in the story “A Rose for Emily” who was very selfish and very resistant to time and change. Calixta is the main character in the story “The Storm” who is the mother and a wife‚ who choice was to have an affair with a former lover. .Miss Emily is the type

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    background of Sarty’s struggle with issues of morality. The Snopes family lives in a post-Civil War South. They are sharecroppers‚ which puts them at the bottom of socio-economic totem pole‚ since they do not own land‚ and can only rent it. The only group of people positioned lower than them are the blacks‚ and after they were freed from slavery‚ by necessity they had to compete for work with the white sharecroppers - a fact that Abner Snopes resented with passion. The Snopeses are very poor. We see

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    Children forced to make adult decisions is a major theme in Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron‚” and William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning.” Sylvia and Sarty are the children in their respective stories‚ and they behave accordingly. However‚ when forced to make a choice‚ both are faced with a fork in the road. On one side of the fork is the path towards family happiness‚ and minimal repercussion upon themselves; the other path is that of the righteous‚ the good‚ and the caring. Children are not usually

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    Barn Burning Question 1. Sarty is the protagonist. 2. The basis of his predicament is that Snopes is being tried in an alleged barn burning. But his son lies and says that his father didn’t burn the barn. 3. The most important conflicts in this story is the violence towards his son‚ and his various bosses that he has. This is important because there can be escalation of this violence and we see this when Snopes decides to burn the barn of his current employer‚ but doesn’t get the change‚ because

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    5 Abner Snopes work for‚ it is depicted that the family “eat the cold food remaining from the mid- afternoon meal” (Faulkner‚ 1939‚ p.6). Once again Abner Snopes lacks the ability to provide steaming hot food for his family so as to keep them warm and satisfied. These two examples reflect Abner Snopes’ failure to provide a comfortable life for his family. An other basic need that Abner Snopes fails to fulfil is to provide a permanent home for his family. Colonel Sartoris Snopes is overwhelmed by

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    Many writers during this time wrote realistically‚ writing stories that represented their own lives with minor changes or of their surroundings. Both‚ D.H. Lawrence‚ author of “Odour of Chrysanthemums” and William Faulkner‚ author of “A Rose for Emily”‚ are products of their time with accurately representing their social‚ economic and historical realities of alienation through their works. The

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    Hunter Taylor Dr. William Bedford English 1102-011 10 September 2013 Comparing and Contrasting “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” In William Faulkner’s short stories “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” the characters are both guilty of committing terrible crimes. However‚ Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” are both portrayed very differently from each other. A few things to consider while reading these short stories is how each of these characters is characterized

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    Professor Madigan English 1C 3 April 2010 Yellow Roses William Faulkner’s “A rose for Emily” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” are two short stories both incorporate qualities of similarities and differences. Both of the short stories are about how and why a woman changed from loneliness to craziness. Also‚ these two short stories both are the product of male influences‚ oftentimes negative ones and much of their rage is intermixed with occasional feelings of love. These

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