Sam Shepard‚ Neil Simon‚ Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams are all famous playwrights of the twentieth century. There are many different types of plays‚ all of which are written as entertainment for the public. This quote says exactly that “… persons who are apt to be fond of such entertainment…” (Seilhamer‚ 2). These men primarily wrote Broadway plays. Some went as far as screenplay writers‚ directors and actors. Most of these playwrights used their life experiences to influence their plays.
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to Mobile (Grau 12). The story follows three generations of the Howland family living in a community that ultimately turns on them. Grau takes inspiration from the time period along with having multiple themes to craft an interesting and impactful Pulitzer Prize novel. The Howland’s were a family that lived in the same area for many years. William Howland‚ the fifth‚ lost his wife‚ leaving him to take care of his young daughter Abigail and a son William who dies shortly after. Abigail then marries
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Introducing an East World to a West World On June 26‚ 1982‚ Pearl Sydenstricker was born in Hillsboro West Virginia‚ to two American Presbyterian missionaries who primarily served in China (“Buck‚ Pearl S.”). At the age of two‚ Buck and her family moved back to China where she spent the next 6 years of her life adapting the Chinese culture while integrating aspects of her American heritage as well. Buck’s childhood in China stimulated the bicultural traits that she infused into her writing by
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It has won the Pulitzer prize and American book award for fiction in 1983. Celie (Whoopi Goldberg) was sold to her husband Albert (Danny Glover) who was a sharecropper and also very hurtful to Celie. He hid letters that were responses to Celie from her sister Nettie (Akousa
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’To Kill a Mockingbird’‚ written by Harper Lee‚ depicts a tenacious sense of maturity that is perceptible throughout the novel. Maturity‚ that word has a different meaning for every individual. Maturity can be seen as an understanding that comes with experience rather than age though the two usually seem to go together but not always. Set in the 1930’s in the deep south of America during the era of the Great Depression‚ Jem and Scout Finch learn the real life in Maycomb County as a result of certain
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English 1 Honors 17 September 2013 There is no doubt that To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which has accomplished an incredible success and has won the Pulitzer Prize‚ has attracted constant‚ expanding attention worldwide. This novel displays a history making role in literature‚ and although it has been published for over fifty years‚ it still has a great influence on present day readers. Unfortunately‚ readers have been conflicting with the epic novel’s main idea. Some people disagree with Harper Lee
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graduated from her segregated high school in 1965 as valedictorian. After graduating she worked as a social worker and continued to write stories and having a few published‚ but her break came with the publication of "The Color Purple" which won her a pulitzer prize and a national book award for fiction. Although Walker enjoys writing she claims for her real purpose to be activism. Alice met and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for civil rights in the 1960s. In 2003 she was arrested with
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Walker is most known for her novel‚ The Color Purple. This novel has won many awards including the Pulitzer Prize‚ and it has also became a film. Although she is known for her works of fictions‚ Walker strived in writing poetry as well. Her poetry ranges from many topics. Many of the themes relate to successes and failures‚ social and political issues
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Alice Walker February 9th 1944 in Eatonton Georgia a great author was born‚ who is Known by the name Alice Walker . Alice Walker Is a African American who is the eighth and youngest child of Minnie Talulah and Willie Lee. In Alice years of being a child she became blind in her right eye from being scarred with a BB gun by her brother Bill. Getting teased by her classmates and the misunderstood from her family made Alice Shy. Six years later Alice got her scar removed and this helped
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Most minors start having conversations and talking fluently at age four. Pearl S. Buck not only could speak fluently at age four but she could speak two languages‚ which were English and Chinese. English and Chinese are the most complicated languages to speak and write. Pearl S. Buck wrote numerous influential books and used her extraordinary education to ultimately lead to her success as a writer. Pearl Sydenstricker was born in Hillsboro‚ West Virginia‚ on June 26‚ 1892 (Pearl Buck Biography)
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