The Life and Writings of Sylvia Plath After reading and discussing many poets and their written work‚ I have realized that not only pain‚ but any emotion that the poet is feeling‚ plays a large part in how the poems express themselves through their writing. I have chosen to explore Sylvia Plath and the poems she has written and how her pain and personal experiences have influenced her poetry. Similar to many other authors of the twentieth century‚ Sylvia Plath’s writing was influenced largely
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Francis Scott key Fitzgerald was a popular american storyteller. Born September 24th‚ 1896 and died in December 21st‚ 1940‚ Fitzgerald lived the prime of his life in the "Roaring-Twenties". The values and morals were declining in favor of materialistic and careless attitudes following the world war. Social prestige no longer came to how hardworking and knowledgeable you were but how much property and goods you had. People began to think that instead of earning a place in society you could purchase
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Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 2 ‘The Great Gatsby’‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925 demonstrates Fitzgerald’s mixed opinions of the 1920’s‚ otherwise known as the ‘Golden 20’s’‚ the realisation of the ‘American Dream’. Fitzgerald uses a number of techniques to tell the story in chapter 2. Chapter 2 opens with a detailed and very graphic description of ‘The Valley of Ashes’ delivered by Nick Carraway‚ an extremely poor and ash ridden area
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Both authors are similar yet different. They each have different characteristics‚ one is a vlogger on YouTube and the other formerly a teacher‚ but there are related features. The individualities are they are authors and both write books for young adults and preteens. The authors have various audiences despite working in a certain genre for kids and young adults‚ readers vary in ages. Both of these authors appeal to me because the characters face genuine problems that are in reality also. Even though
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place in the 1920’s and follows the lives of Nick our narrator and the extravagant neighbor Gatsby. It addresses how the world was changing in the 20’s but the themes explored in this novel are still relevant today. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald utilises characters symbols and motifs to illustrate the themes of the social decline of america‚ the dangers of self creation‚ and the blindness created by love. During the 1920’s people’s morals seemed to go out the window‚ and were replaced
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Johnny is a brave hero. From his brave demeanour to his humble actions and extreme loyalty he was definitely gallant. Hero is defined as "a person who is idolized or admired for his/her actions. Johnny was known as a hero after and shortly before his death. He had his hardships but still stayed brave. Once Johnny saw the Church engulfed in flames‚ he didn’t think twice about going in to save the kids. Some believe it was out of guilt considering it was possible that Ponyboy’s and his cigarette
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It was another early morning in the Cabin for Greg‚ he can feel the light glittering upon his face and sees the bright glow through his eyelids. He slowly opens his eyes to the bright world that he was in. He hears the sound of a car starting up out the front of the Cabin‚ he knows what day today is‚ Sunday. The smell of the fresh country air drifts him downstairs and toward the kitchen as if he was thinking with his nose. The cupboard glides open and he helps himself to his daily bowl of Honey and
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Although he was highly critical of the post-independence Congress party establishment‚ he was more sympathetic to the right-wing Hindu nationalist movement in India. He refused to criticise the destruction of mosques: "“Muslims do not have the slightest right to complain about the desecration of one mosque in Ayodhya. From 1000 AD every temple from Kathiawar to Bihar‚ from the Himalayas to the Vindhyas has been sacked and ruined. Not one temple was left standing all over northern India. They escaped
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Through elementary school‚ Donald impressed classmates with his athleticism‚ and crazy personality. He attended a military academy for behavioral purposes in high school and got taller and tougher. Having a broomstick in a fight‚ he tried to push a cadet out a second-floor window‚ however was stopped by his friends. He was Trump in a miniature‚ who has dominated the presidential election‚ more than a dozen of his childhood friends‚ and neighbors said in interviews. Even Trump has noticed the
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The Great Gatsby Paper The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is told from the perspective of one of the main characters‚ Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby‚ who is his neighbor in the West Egg. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a man who everyone wants to know and copy but deep down are very envious of him. Gatsby trusts few people and those whom he trusts know his life story. To everyone else‚ he is a mystery. Everyone seems obsessed with Jay Gatsby. For this reason
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