5/7/13 Download Document Title: (William) Tim(othy) O ’Brien Known As: O ’Brien‚ William Timothy; O ’Brien‚ Tim (American writer) American Writer ( 1946 - ) Author(s): Thomas Myers (Saint Norbert College) Source: American Novelists Since World War II: Fourth Series. Ed. James R. Giles and Wanda H. Giles. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 152. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 1995. From Literature Resource Center. Document Type: Biography‚ Critical essay Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1995 Gale Research
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Tom is angry because he gradually realizes that Gatsby and Daisy are having an affair. With this knowledge‚ Tom verbally attacks Gatsby after he tells him to leave Daisy alone. As a result‚ Gatsby changes his tone by having a quiet response to a loud‚ feverish response and is prompted to reveal the ongoing affair between him and Daisy. Gatsby affirms to Tom that Daisy never loved him and the only reason their marriage existed was because of his infirm financial state at the time and she was tired
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Elements of Maggie (the first two chapters) Stephen Crane’s first novel Maggie (girl of the streets) is a tale of uncompromising realism. The story chronicles the titular Maggie‚ a girl who lives in the Bowery with her emotionally abusive parents and brothers Jimmie and Tommy. The novel revolves around the trials and tribulations of Maggie and her family in the Bowery. Highlights of the story include the death of Maggie’s father and brother Tommie which drive Pete to turn into a cold and hard
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THE STORY OF TOM BRENNAN. PLOT SUMMARY - Story opens with prologue - Its early morning and the Brennan’s are silently leaving town. They are forced to go‚ as most of the town is quite hostile towards them - They move from Mumbilli to Coghill - Slowly‚ it is revealed to us that they left because of something Daniel had done (he was drink driving‚ and met with an accident‚ killing Luke and Nicole‚ and Fin became paralyzed) - Brenan’s move in with Carmel - All struggle to cope with the consequences
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Extended response - The Story of Tom Brannan is a typical teen genre novel‚ discuss. The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C Burke is a typical teen genre novel. This is depicted through the concept of characters coming of age‚ themes such as drink driving and relationships and romance which teenagers understand and relate to as well as language techniques such as colloquial language in which the responders use. Burke uses a number of different themes in her novel The Story of Tom Brannan to explore the concept
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finding intolerable. Gran is devoutly religious and Tom and Kylie resent her interference in their lives. Moreover‚ because Gran has had to overcome family problems in the past‚ she has little time for the way Tom’s mother‚ Theresa or Tess‚ is behaving – Tess has withdrawn from her family and prefers to stay in bed. Gran is also a dreadful cook and the food is difficult to consume. The family is eating an Australia Day lunch. Gran makes Tom say grace and she invites Father Vincent to join them
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The similarities and differences between Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are two novels that focus on the lives of two different young men living in the same town. Both young men are the main characters of each novel. Tom’s character was based much on the life of the author Mark Twain. Both lost their mother at a young age and both were too smart for their own good. The novels are similar
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Maggie: A Girl On the Streets The problems that were faced by Maggie‚ and many other women in the lower social-economic levels during the Gilded Age‚ are almost unbearable to imagine. She faced discrimination‚ attachment issues‚ and grew up with a dysfunctional family that failed to show affection. Fortunately for Maggie‚ she wasn’t like the people she lived around. As Stephen Crane put it‚ “None of the dirt of Rum Alley seemed to be in her veins” (Maggie 16). This unique feature acquired by Maggie
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Maggie: a Girl of the Streets‚ by Stephen Crane‚ uses the conflict of romantic and realist views to show the reader why people living in slums acted with such intense violence. The main character‚ Maggie‚ lives her life through rose-colored glasses; she sees the beauty in her grim situation. While life in the slums causes most people to become hardened and cold‚ Maggie instead becomes distant‚ almost aloof‚ lost in her own vision. Maggie’s brother Jimmie is her polar opposite‚ a hardened. He
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