Response Paper 2 “The Guest” Albert Camus a French Algerian writer who is best known for his political journals. As an individual and politician he was against the French colonization and wanted and independent Algeria (Playwright). “The Guest” story is an example of his struggle against colonization and war. As he describes the situation in the story‚ “Now shiploads of wheat were arriving from France and the worst was over. But it would be hard to forget that poverty”. It means that Camus does
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Readers response The Mortal Immortal was quite different than past assigned readings for several reasons. First‚ it was a short story rather than a long-winded‚ descriptive novel. This appealed to me because that‚ in itself‚ shows a turn to the modern side of literature. Gone are the days of praising the sublime and merely hinting at characters emotions. More presently‚ audiences want to be quickly brought into the action‚ and to experience a high level of energy and enjoyment throughout the entire
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HOW TO TELL A STORY (A) From an instant to eternity‚ from the intracranial to the intergalactic‚ the life story of each and every character offers encyclopedic possibilities. The mark of a master is to select only a few moments but give us a lifetime. —Robert McKee1 Stories are all around us. Stories move us‚ make us feel alive‚ inspire us to be more than we would be otherwise. As famed screenwriting coach and author of the screenwriting bible‚ Story‚ McKee says: “Story is not only our
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Agamemnon-Final Response The main theme in Agamemnon is revenge. It is clearly shown throughout the play and it is even seen in other works unrelated to the story. In order to get to war‚ Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter‚ Iphigenia. Clytemnestra‚ wants revenge‚ in the form of death‚ on Agamemnon after this event. In addition‚ she wants Agamemnon to die because he has had a mistress during the time he is at war‚ and because she wants to continue to have her affair with Aegisthus‚ Agamemnon’s
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T.S. Eliot Response In T.S. Eliot’s essay‚ “Tradition and the Individual Talent‚” he consistently mitigates the importance of an artist (poet or author) and the artist’s originality. Eliot believes that that the artist should simply be viewed as a medium to the development of a work rather than the work being a representation of the artist. He defines his impersonal theory as a “continual surrender” by the author that values tradition‚ rather than personal emotions‚ to create greatness. This
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Finding the Source of the Power of the Gaze In almost all of literature‚ women are represented as objects of desire. They are supposed to be submissive and their male counterparts are supposed to possess the power. This power structure is ever-present in books‚ photographs‚ and advertisements‚ but especially in film. In the film Gilda (Charles Vidor‚ 1946)‚ the main character and her male counterparts exemplify that women are mean to be recipients of the male gaze‚ and it becomes problematic if
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to leave much of the interpretation up to the reader. Shelley illustrates the aspect of monstrosity with its many forms in the two opposing forces‚ Victor Frankenstein and his creature; it is however‚ in Frankenstein where the true monster of the story lies. Throughout the entire novel‚ the human Frankenstein thinks only of himself‚ while the supposed monster is capable of caring for others. Several times throughout the book‚ through Frankenstein’s self absorbed‚ self centered nature he works himself
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“Finding Your Roots” We‚ people are related species that have lot of things in common. We all originated from a same ancestor Homo sapiens who were mutual parents in the past. When we compare one another genetically‚ we both possess 99.9% of genome sequence identical. It depicts that we all originated from a same blood and entirely related to one another. If we track our ancestors‚ long way behind we will find the same parents in our genome identity. Miraculously‚ the remaining one tenth of the
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sense of communication in their relationships‚ there are few in his stories which do not even have any communication anymore. Interesting – so you’ll talk about which kinds of communication still exist … even if habitual or dysfunctional In Carver’s character’s relationships communication is lacking which continues to break down the connection and cause one of them saying ‘please be quiet please’. Carver’s short stories depict many relationships without communication; most of these just need
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ECE 205 Introduction to Child Development Sharon L Johnson Katherine Palichuk March 8‚ 2013 School Searching Introduction Hello Kim‚ I would like to help you find a quality‚ affordable childcare program that would ease your concern with your son development with vocabulary‚ social‚ and motor skills. In this letter‚ I plan to address‚ three things you should look for in a childcare environment that supports your
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