William Gerald Golding published his first book in 1954 at the age of forty-three. He had a late start‚ but that did not hinder his writing ability. Golding grew up in Cornwall‚ England and joined the British Royal Navy at the age of thirty-nine. Consequently‚ he was in World War II and witnessed the D-Day invasion at Normandy‚ which destroyed his optimism and scarred him for life. William Golding was a well achieved and admired person in British literature‚ and his life experiences‚ including
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Good Night‚ and Good Luck covers the McCarthy era‚ the severe anti-red period in the 1950’s and takes place within CBS studios. The main character of the film is Edward R. Murrow who reports for CBS news. Upon the events of harsh McCarthyism‚ Murrow chose to use his public power to challenge senator McCarthy and his strong anti-communist ideology. The reporter argues on behalf of a person in the United states Military who is somehow connected with communist people. In a following broadcast‚ he makes
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was born on September 25‚ 1897‚ in New Albany‚ Mississippi. In the article “William Faulkner” it states he was‚ “regarded as one of America’s greatest and most prolific novelists” (“William Faulkner”). Faulkner came from an influential southern family. His grandfather‚ William Clark Falkner‚ served in the confederate army‚ wrote the novel The White Rose of Memphis‚ and owned First National Bank. Faulkner started out as a strong student‚ but as he aged his attention waned
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Bible in question was the official Bible of the State of Tennessee‚ and that this was the King James Version. The defense attorney‚ Clarence Darrow‚ asked where were they to find an expert on the Bible who was acceptable to the court; Prosecutor William Jennings Bryan interjected “I am an expert on the Bible.” This was unheard of‚ a counsel for the prosecution offering to be a witness for the defense! After 8 days of trial‚ in which the jury heard no defense and nothing from neither the defendant
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Mapping the Soul -------With the freedom of poetic language‚ William Blake expressed his abhorrence of the Church’s deep-rooted stance on faith; such a stance on Christianity was considered blasphemous‚ but he could not be charged with a crime. He believed that with true spirituality‚ the individual could fully engage in their faith and attain eternal salvation without the intrusion of organized religion—for the Church is solely concerned with subduing Christians with an orthodox emphasis
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WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake was born in 1757‚ the third son of a London tradesman who sold knitwear. Blake lived in London which dominated much of his work. He was a British poet‚ painter‚ and engraver‚ who illustrated and printed his own books. He spent most of his life in relative poverty. He was very influenced by his brother’s death which he claimed he saw "ascend heavenward clapping its hands for joy" who died of consumption at the age of 20. He uses the illustrations and engravings in his
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things that may affect themselves and focus more on others and their problems. This can make the conversations between parent and child become scarce. Even without the difficulty of language in the way like with the mothers and the daughters of “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan; we still have difficulty communicating with our parents. My mother and I do not speak all the time‚ yet in our tame relationship we still know of each other’s unconditional love. Even though‚ we could be called distant‚
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She uses the daughters to reflect herself throughout her own novels. Therefore‚ all the daughters are composed to show little to no interest in men belonging to Chinese descent. For instance‚ in The Joy Luck Club‚ Waverly Jong states “I wasn’t too much afraid as I was for my mother‚ as I was for Rich. I already knew what she would do‚ she would attack him‚ how she would criticize him (191).” The remaining bits and pieces that Waverly has of her culture
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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British poet‚ who spent his life in the Lake District of Northern England. William Wordsworth started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic movement with their collection LYRICAL BALLADS in 1798. When many poets still wrote about ancient heroes in grandiloquent style‚ Wordsworth focused on the nature‚ children‚ the poor‚ common people‚ and used ordinary words to express his personal feelings. His definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings arising from "emotion
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