Stephen King holds the position that reading a bad novel can be just as useful for a writer as a “good writing school.” Being able to recognize “bad” writing in itself has many merits. He believes this because reading poor quality literature can teach someone what not to do in their own writing. This information can be used to craft more novel stories that don’t make use of tired tropes or trite concepts. A book that does many things wrong can be infinitely more helpful to a writer’s technique than
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In this response‚ I intend to discuss Australian artist‚ Stephen Bush’s Hawkweed‚ an oil and enamel on linen painting that depicts a centrally aligned wooden cabin amidst a flat‚ abstract backdrop. This work features a cabin composed of wooden panels that is in the very center of the picture plane‚ surrounded by a spontaneous mixture of white‚ green and red‚ contrasting with the photorealistic gradients of the cabin and offering a stylized‚ psychedelic sort of aesthetic. Bush created this work to
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Stephen Fuller Austin: A Texas Hero (1793-1836) It was November 3rd‚ 1793 in Wythe County‚ Virginia when Stephen Fuller Austin‚ son of Moses Austin‚ known as "The Father of Texas" was born. Austin attended school in Connecticut as a child and graduated from Transylvania University in Kentucky. In 1813‚ Austin was elected to the Legislature of Missouri and was reelected to that same position for three years until he moved to Arkansas. He was chosen
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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 gave her the ability to improve her chance‚ even by a slim chance. Maggie grew up with a family who would have been classified
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Stephen Lewis starts the part with a personal synopsis and how he came to love Africa. In the wake of leaving school in 1960‚ and the upbeat shot excursion to an adolescent meeting‚ he could work through a wide scope of occupations and nations for a long time in Africa. At that point he was requested that by Tommy Douglas come back to Canada to help with the new NDP party. He returned there commonly amid his discretionary vocation. It was in the 60’s when pre-AIDS Africa was "a mainland of essentialness
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The path to the truth isn’t always well traveled. Finding the truth is a different journey for all those who put in the effort to do so. “The Wayfarer” by Stephen Crane‚ analyzes a person’s path to truth‚ and the limits they will stretch to discover it. Judging by his emotions revealed‚ the wayfarer is on the never-ending path to find truth in life. While in the midst of traveling‚ he was “struck with astonishment” that he had “perceive[ed] the pathway to truth‚” only to realize that it was “thickly
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The Blue Hotel written by Stephen Crane describes an extremely unfortunate circumstance in which an individual meets a gruesome end. However‚ a meaning behind this story can be found under the lines of the events that preceded and occurred after the character died. From these events we can find a theme which is the ultimate cause for this person dying‚ The theme being described is that‚ when individuals assume‚ or when individuals either act too quickly or fail to act at all bad things can happen
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Poetry Essay In the poem‚ Poem for People That Are Understandably Too Busy to Read Poetry‚ the diction‚ or mood‚ set author Stephen Dunn is one of humor. He puts the reader in a jokingly fun mindset so that the poem is easy to read. The poem is such an easy read; it also begs the question of whether or not it is a real poem. At the same time‚ it has something for every type of reader to be interested in and enjoy. In the first line of the poem‚ the reader can already tell how light-hearted this
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In the book "Overthrow"‚ by Stephen Kinzer writes about an American being involved in the first overthrowing of a foreign government. He also writes about 250 American sailors died when the Unites States used "forcible intervention" in what was then to become the conquering of three territories involving several islands in opposite sides of the world. "Some argued that the Unites States had to take new territories in order to prevent European power‚ or perhaps even Japan‚ from taking them" (Kinzer
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One reason the main character died is because he did not follow the trait of perception. In his crisis‚ he did not realize the severity of his situation. First‚ he does not realize the implications of how cold it is. The bitter cold meant nothing more to him than fifty degrees below zero (London 78). He never realized until body parts were numb that the cold was dangerous. Also‚ he had ignored the advice from an old-timer he had met at Sulfur Creek: “No man must travel alone in the Klondike after
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