Pleasure or Bliss: Reader Reaction to Christie ’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd In The Pleasure of the Text printed in 1975‚ Roland Barthes defines two kinds of text. According to Barthes‚ the "text of pleasure" is "text that contents . . . that comes from culture and does not break with it‚ is linked to a comfortable practice of reading" (14). The "text of bliss" is text "that discomforts . . . unsettles the reader ’s historical‚ cultural‚ psychological assumptions‚ the consistency of his tastes
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terrible violence in Mexico. Since President Felipe Calderón announced his war on the drug cartels‚ over 28‚000 people have been killed in a civil war that shows no sign of easing. I got a spirited‚ angry reaction on my blog and in e-mails from Mexican readers who objected to my “desecration of the sacred Mexican flag.” My cartoon appeared at the same time as Calderón‘s state of the union address to Mexico’s Congress in which Calderón claimed to be making progress in the worsening drug war. Mexico’s
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The concept of power almost automatically denotes the idea of undeniable strength and might. In societal terms‚ it results from the fear of force‚ in which the ruler (or state) possesses a high level of strength‚ and thus the individual behaves based on concern for the penalties of noncompliance. According to Socrates‚ however‚ true power involves more than mere physical force‚ and this philosophical argument becomes the main focus of "Gorgias‚" his dialogue with Greek philosopher Callicles. Basically
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Edgar Allen Poe creates the disturbed character of an unnamed narrator through indirect characterization. Using the components of madness‚ fear‚ and guilt‚ Poe unravels a story about a guilty conscience and reveals the burden of guilt that a human heart must face‚ especially in the case of murder. Poe uses these components to try and reveal to the reader the true sanity of this narrator/murderer‚ however‚ it is revealed in the end when faced with the reality of his crime. “I went down to open it with
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twenty-first century reader is always on the side of the outsider. By comparing and contrasting appropriately selected parts of the two novels you have studied for this question‚ show how far you would agree with the ciew expresed above. Your argument should include relelvant comments on each writer’s methods and relevant contextual material on the twenty-first century reader. Reader reactions vary enormously with personality‚ society and morals. The personality of the reader will dictate the extent
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How does George Orwell convey his thoughts and feelings to the reader? In your answer‚ refer to the language he use and the tone created. At the beginning of the text‚ we can see that Orwell is expressing his feelings by contrasting himself to the crowd. They are excited by the events that they hope will unfold whereas he lacks enthusiasm as highlighted in the phrase “It made me vaguely uneasy.” It is clear that Orwell is conveying his reluctance to shoot the elephant even though the gathering
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My experience with Accelerated Reader (AR) is not long‚ but I started doing ARs when I got to Leilehua in my freshman year. At first‚ it was difficult for me because I did not understand much English; therefore‚ when I took my first STAR test‚ I got a low reading level and I felt disappointed and dumb. The first time I took an AR I failed with a 60%‚ I was afraid that I would not meet my deadline and it would affect my grade. But somehow Leilehua’s AR system got me into reading culture. With the
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What makes a someone a good reader? This might be something a teacher has asked their students before giving out a 5 page paper on it‚ but really think about the question. Being creative and understanding how the author of a story tries to convey their audience to feel a specific way after reading the piece of literature they worked so hard on can help make someone a good reader. It is important to understand what the author wants to convey in his story‚ and what an author is trying to get his audience
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Sula came back accompanied by “plague of robin” in Medallion. She dressed in the manner of a movie star. When Eva saw Sula it was like when she saw worthless BoyBoy return‚ and being judgmental‚ why she didn’t get married. She was furious the way Eva was criticizing her‚ she had to tell her to shut her her mouth. As a result‚ of that she told her‚ bad enough you cut off your own leg to collect insurance money. That doesn’t give you the right to control other people life. Eva told Sula God is
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To what extent is Lord of the flies a warning to its readers? William Golding fought in world war two as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy‚ when he returned from war he said that he was disgusted by “What one man can do to another”. Some people say that lord of the flies is a warning to its readers as shows them how the ‘innocent children’ changed into savage animals. It shows that even the most kind hearted of people have the ability to kill if they in a certain environment or put under certain
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