F. Scott Fitzgerald said of The Great Gatsby that it ‘contains no important woman character’. How are women presented in The Great Gatsby‚ and how can this be compared with the presentation of women in Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men? Initially‚ it appears that the women characters are seen as inferior and are significant only in the relationship to male characters. A distorted view could be shown as both texts are written by male narrators. F.Kerr said that Fitzgerald felt “women are
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WHEN I WAS TWENTY years of age I went through an evening with Howard Nemerov. He was the main "renowned" writer I had ever met‚ however I would later discover that he was profoundly disillusioned by what he saw to be an absence of admiration from commentators and different artists. (I once heard Thom Gunn call him a "zombie.") My main recollections are of his awesome avidness to nail down the time and place for his late morning martini‚ him recounting "Animula" when I let him know I cherished Eliot
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At some point in anyone’s educational track‚ they will confront the literature aspect of symbolism and the importance that it creates in any novel. Throughout history authors have been using symbolism to communicate their feelings through ordinary scenarios. They might use symbolism in people‚ places‚ and even objects that the character will connect with at some point in the literature. An example of this might be a childhood stuffed animal all the way to a favorite sandwich. In the novel Catcher
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Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Outside Reading Books (ORBs) & Summer Reading Instructions- 2010-2011 Patrice Norris- Instructor Email: elwyn.norris@mnps.org READ THIS HANDOUT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE QUITE SPECIFIC Part I. All AP Literature students are required to read How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. You will refer to this book throughout the year. The book is very entertaining and very informative as an introduction to
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The Road Analysis Complete with desolate‚ dreary imagery and a sense of nihilistic depression‚ Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel “The Road” demands into question the true significance of being alive in the world and whether two individuals‚ despite their opposite backgrounds‚ can ban together and survive against all odds. The two protagonists headed south in this novel are highly contrasting from one another in terms of their outlook on life and more or less means of continued existence
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Literary Analysis Research Paper by David A. James The type of research paper required in most sophomore literature courses is generally referred to as a literary analysis research paper because its focus must be on an element of the literary work‟s construction as a piece of literature—for example‚ an element such as the work‟s characters or conflict or symbolism or theme‚ or perhaps two or more related literary elements [such as the interrelated elements of conflict development and theme
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McCarthyism: An Explanation Of How the Media Created and Then Destroyed Joseph McCarthy. INTRODUCTION The U.S. Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy‚ was born in Grand Chute‚ Wisconsin‚ Nov.14‚ 1908‚ and died May 2‚ 1957‚ (Grolier‚ 1996) was best known for his attacks on alleged Communist subversion most notably within the administrations of the Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The activities of McCarthy and his followers gave birth to the term McCarthyism. This term is used in reference
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Complete chaos is not defined by the insane morality shared by many antagonists in novels‚ pure chaos is revealed in the lack of consciousness of an antagonist who feels no remorse for their misdeeds. Chigurh in Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men is an example of this agent of chaos. Chigurh is an atheist character who has one goal in the novel and seemingly no morals to stop him from achieving this goal. As a character in the novel‚ Chigurh is viewed as the main antagonist who serves as an
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through with their campaign promises. Gene McCarthy was an American politician‚ who served on the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms and the U.S. senate for three more terms. McCarthy was very similar to McKay in the sense that he was the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Lyndon Baines Johnson. However‚ this was different to the movie in the sense that the election between McCarthy and Johnson was for Presidency and that McCarthy failed to win the election. In the case of Bill
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Can you recall anyone in history who had extreme beliefs? In Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible‚” which talks about the Salem witch trials‚ there are parallels to the McCarthy era because‚ they were both very tense times. People were being accused of conspiring and had to face consequences for actions they might have not even done. People were being falsely accused of conspiring against God. In Salem the people were very avid about their religion‚ therefor being accused of witchcraft was as to be conspiring
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