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    A supernatural author

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    Coleridge: A Supernatural Author All literary freedom started with two men. These two are known all around the world. One of them was literally a genius because of his approach to literature but his real reputation comes from his ability to break chains of conservative customs and to create a new movement. The other one was actually more eccentric than the founding father of a new movement and era which is called Romanticism. I underlined the word eccentric because he believed an idea which had

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    Alcoholic Authors

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    prominence of alcoholism in American literature‚ at least in the first half of the twentieth century‚ and the relationship between great authors and alcoholism has become somewhat of a literary cliché. Icons such as Ernest Hemingway‚ William Faulkner‚ Tennessee Williams‚ and Jack Kerouac are as famous for their work as they are infamous for their drinking habits. These authors have created a legend out of themselves just from their notorious habits of drinking. Of the seven native-born Americans awarded

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    Budding Authors

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    How to: Advise for a Budding Author It is any authors dream to be published. They have written their work‚ and think that it is the best they can do. However‚ when it comes time for them to publish what they have done‚ many authors find that publishers do not print everything that comes across their desks. Most of what an author tries to get into print is rejected‚ especially new authors. This group has an even more difficult time getting work laid out onto paper because they as writers are unknown

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    The Great Gatsby Illusion

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    The Vain Gatsby The American Dream is pursued in vain by the characters in The Great Gatsby‚ while the novel serves as a prophecy for The Great Depression. Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness appear to be for sale to Tom and Gatsby‚ yet this only is an illusion. They end up destroying everything in their path to reach their goal. In this way‚ the novel predicts the looming Great Depression‚ through the waste of money and unsupportable lifestyles of Americans. Gatsby wastes all his money

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    Computer systems analysts use computers and information technology (IT) in a variety of ways. They design and develop computer systems‚ find new ways to apply IT resources‚ and organize hardware and software to work more efficiently. Often analysts work with a particular type of system‚ specializing in the hardware and software that are most relevant to the business or entity for which they’re employed. Because analysts work in a variety of fields and industries‚ this can mean specializing in anything

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    Palace of Illusions Review

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    Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni is a beautiful book which gives a woman’s perspective on a story that deals mainly with male characters i.e. the great epic‚ Mahabharata. The book has been written from Draupadi’s‚ who was the wife of the 5 Pandava heroes in this epic‚ point of view. It throws light on her innermost thoughts and feelings‚ traced right from her childhood to her demise in the lap of the Himalayan mountains. It talks about her feelings about the strange in which

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    Women’s roles 1950 Women’s roles were greatly changed in the 1950s‚ with the men coming back from war and taking their jobs back. Women had‚ during World War II‚ taken men’s jobs while they had been away at war. After the war‚ many women wanted to keep their jobs. Many of them became wives and mothers as the men came back from the war. In 1957‚ 70% of working women held clerical positions‚ assembly lines or service jobs. 12 % held a profession and 6% held management positions. Those that held professional

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    Childhood: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on February 5‚ 1985‚ in Madeira‚ Portugal to Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro and José Diniz Aveiro. Cristiano has an elder brother‚ Hugo and two elder sisters‚ Elma and Liliana Cátia. His name was inspired by the former US-president‚ Ronald Reagan‚ whom his father was influenced by. Early life: Ronaldo was born in Santo António‚ a neighbourhood of Funchal‚ Madeira‚ the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro‚ a cook‚ and José

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    Empire of Illusion and the Lies of the Life Throughout the ages‚ we have been constantly deluded by our society. Moreover‚ even love‚ relationship‚ wisdom or happiness could all be just an illusion. The way that people perceive things can be heavily influenced by many outside factors such as the media‚ entertainment‚ literature‚ and so on. In Empire of Illusion‚ the author Hedges uncovers the truth of how humans’ points of views about media‚ entertainment‚ love‚ relationship‚ and wisdom has been

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    A Mirrored Image of Reality Realism is a realm of art that focuses on an individual’s perspective of the real world through the use of varying mediums. In historical times artist have always and everywhere sought to expand the subject matter of their work as well as the media in which they work. It would be accurate to say that the history of political suppression of the arts from Egyptian times to Byzantium to Nazism and Zhdanovism is a manifestation of attempts to limit or abolish expansion

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