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    and Their Works: Hawthorne‚ Poe‚ and Whitman Out of all the great authors and poets we have studied this semester I have chosen the three that I personally enjoyed reading the most; Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman. These three Writers stand out above the rest for each has contributed substantially to bringing forth a newly earned respect for American Writers of Literature. Up until this point in time most literature had come from European writers. Hawthorne‚ Poe and Whitman

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    Criticism Against The Modern Medicalization Today the world in which we live in has faced steady medicalization of daily existence. Critics argue whether this leads to a favorable or a non favorable outcome. The establishment and development in medicine has become a major threat to health. Dependence on efficient health care affects all social relations. In rich countries medical colonization has reached sickening proportions whereas poor countries are quickly following suit. Medicalization‚ that

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    The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about Hester Prynne‚ her husband Roger Chillingworth and the minister that she had an affair with Roger Chillingworth. There are many strong feelings displayed throughout this novel such as revenge and forgiveness. The most prevalent feeling throughout this story is love. All the principal characters love someone and depend on them. All in all‚ The Scarlet Letter belongs in the romance novel genre because all of the characters are primarily influenced

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    Writers often use social criticism in their books to show corruptness or weak points of a group in society. One way of doing this is allegory which is a story in which figures and actions are symbols of general truths. George Orwell is an example of an author who uses allegory to show a social criticism effectively. As in his novel Animal Farm‚ Orwell makes a parody of Soviet Communism as demonstrated by Animal Farm’s brutal totalitarian rule‚ manipulated and exploited working class‚ and the pigs’

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne´s complex and intricate narrative of the Scarlet Letter follows the life of the protagonist within a 17th century Puritan community in Boston. Hester Prynne is introduced before she is to stand trial for her crime of adultery‚ in which she is required to be publicly condemned in the centre of town. The reverend‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ a member of the group of ministers sitting in judgement of Hester‚ encourages her to reveal the man who she was associated with. Hawtorhone´s story

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    rushed‚ leading to an inconsistent message. Consisting of approximately 170 pages‚ The Alchemist is split into two parts; the proper splitting would be seventy five to eighty pages in each part‚ but instead‚ is completely disorganized. In a literary criticism article by David Kelly this is pointed out: “The book is lopsided‚ with part 2 comprising of roughly two and a half pages as Part 1.” The book was not only physically unbalanced‚ but the amount of major events in each part were also varying. The

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    A Dual-Criticism Look at The Birthmark Literature is many things: provoking‚ heartwarming‚ emotional‚ traumatic‚ poetic‚ maybe even life-changing. Literature can also be incredibly ambiguous. While literature can be “simply read”‚ when one takes a step back and looks at a piece through specific lenses‚ the work can take on an incredibly different‚ deeper meaning. Taking the lead of criticisms such as formalist‚ psychoanalytical‚ biological‚ feminist‚ Marxist‚ etc.‚ one can dig deeper into a text

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    quickly. The book‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ emphasizes the harsh justice system of the Puritan lifestyle. The author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ uses his creativity to throw a spotlight on Puritan ideals and political systems. These ideals and political systems have shaped a large portion of our current cultural and moral expectations. For instance‚ the puritan forms of discipline‚ which Hawthorne hopes to detract from‚ including public shame‚ being set apart from the rest of society‚ and the shame that the main

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    Subject: Artistic Criticism Finding Forrester Jamal Wallace is a Black American talented 16-year-old basketball player in Bronx‚ New York whose secret passion is writing. William Forrester is a reclusive Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist who never gave the world a second novel. After an accidental meeting‚ Forrester becomes Jamal’s unlikely mentor‚ providing guidance to help the young man’s exceptional skills. Soon‚ Forrester‘s harsh view of the world begins to change as both men

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    January 11‚ 2013 Literary Criticism “The Shinning Houses” By Alice Munro The short story The Shinning Houses by Alice Munro epitomizes a time of great change‚ showing a conflict between the old and the new. Mary is the main character of the story and is faced with a decision that could potentially change the life of her neighboring friend‚ Mrs. Fullerton. Mrs. Fullerton is the oldest living member of the newly growing community‚ but her fifty year old house is being threatened by the on going

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