Experiencing loss and grief is an unavoidable part of human life. After analysing the texts ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ and ‘Love‚ Ghosts and Nose Hair’‚ it is evident that people cope with loss and grief in many different ways. The protagonists from both of the texts experienced some form of loss or grief. Both Josie and Jack lost someone who meant a great deal to them; at different ages and in different circumstances. This meant the way in which they grieved and how long they coped for‚ was different
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In the life we live in and the stories that have been written about life‚ the cruel truth has been hidden by the humorous words authors of the genre‚ magical realism. The stories can be perceived in whatever way but they don’t just put in the humor and irony for no reason‚ they are wanting us to take a personal lesson from the stories and learn from them. The lessons we learn can be about ourselves in the way we treat others and how we treat ourselves. Also‚ life situations that happen everyday and
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Meanings and Indeterminacy in Gogol’s "The Overcoat" Author(s): Victor Brombert Reviewed work(s): Source: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society‚ Vol. 135‚ No. 4 (Dec.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 569-575 Published by: American Philosophical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/986817 . Accessed: 25/01/2012 04:09 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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The Characters of Hermann‚ Akaky Akakyevich‚ and the Underground Man and their conflict with the world around them In the present paper I plan to analyze the characters of Hermann from Alexander Pushkin’s "Queen of Spades"‚ Akaky Akakyevich from Nocolai Gogol’s "The Overcoat"‚ and the Underground Man from Dostoevsky’s "Notes From the Underground". The characters will be looked at from the perspective of a conflict each of them has with their surrounding reality. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
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Lu Xun incorporates Gogol’s ideas into his work‚ we first examine the contacts between Lu Xun and Gogol. Lu Xun’s writing career began from his indignation and poignancy toward China’s underdevelopment and her corrupting tradition. Therefore‚ he advocated people to learn from foreign countries. He also read many foreign authors’ works and introduced them to Chinese readers. Among these authors‚ Gogol was the one whom he admired most. Starting from February of 1935‚ he spent almost a year to translate
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Postmodernism - Don’t worry about years‚ but know the order above for the different movements. - know quotes and what literary movements they pair with‚ knowing what story it is from will help decide what literary term it is from. - “The Nose” is not categorized as any; hard to classify - “The Lady With the Dog” is Realism*** Historicism – A mode of thinking in literary criticism that assigns a central importance to a specific context‚ such as historical period‚ geographical location
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A Yurodivy‚ or holy fool‚ is a person who purposefully “appears unintelligent and unsophisticated” in order to portray injustices going on around them‚ according to Oxford Dictionary Online. This word comes from Soviet Russia‚ and represents Shostakovich well. When Shostakovich lived‚ he seemed to represent the communist party and everything it stood for. After he died‚ his official obituary in Soviet newspapers showed him as a “faithful son of the Communist Party” (Pravda‚ 1975). However‚ his
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ISBN 0-618-48522-8 (pbk.) ISBN 0-395-92721-8 1. Young men—Fiction. 2. Massachusetts—Fiction. 3. East Indian Americans—Fiction. 4. Children of immigrants —Fiction. 5. Assimilation (Sociology)—Fiction. 6. Alienation (Social psychology) —Fiction. 7. Gogol‚ Nikolai Vasilievich‚ 1809-1852—Appreciation— Fiction. 1. Title. ps3562.a3i6n36 2003 813’.54—dc2i 2003041718 Printed in the United States of America Book design by Melissa Lotfy DOC 40 39 38 37 36 35 A portion of this book appeared in slightly
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Throughout the story Gogol feels pressured by his parents to follow the Bengali culture‚ to marry a Bengali girl‚ to eat Bengali food and to live the Bengali lifestyle. Myself being of the South Asian decent‚ I can relate to Gogol as well. My parents expect me to marry a Sri Lankan boy because they believe a Sri Lankan boy can make me happy. They also want to continue to pass down our culture to newer generations. This quote foreshadows the breakup that is going to happen between Gogol and Moushumi because
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their adopted home. Gogol‚ their son‚ however‚ was born in the United States and is somewhat embarrassed by his parents Bengalese practices. Gogol is also uncomfortable with his name. It is neither a Bengalese nor an American name. No one he knows has a name like his. In school‚ kids make fun of it. But the conflict goes deeper than that. The Namesake 1 Gogol’s father tries to explain why he gave that name to his first-born child‚ but Gogol could not care less. Gogol‚ in his attempts to
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