The story follows Paul and other soldiers through battles in trenches‚ military hospitals‚ and many other locations. Paul observes and experiences the effect war has on individuals as well as the horrors of war. Remarque uses realism and different literary devices to communicate his message and story‚ and the harsh reality of the day to day experience of war. There are many different authority figures in Pauls life such as his teacher Kantorek and his father all seem to have failed him in different
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Njabulo S. Ndebele is known principally for his collection of short stories Fools and Other Stories (1983)‚ which won the 1984 Noma Award‚ and for his seminal contribution to literary debate in South Africa in the 1980s. Although his contribution has been relatively slight in volume‚ his influence on South African literature has been significant. This influence is due in large measure to his work’s divergence from much of the politicized black fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. In many ways Ndebele’s
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empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays. Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible. She has a very masculine way of speaking‚ it’s very to the point. She also uses colloquial words like “c’mon” On the first page she refers to the person in her bed as “the blond” which is very
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for more money. This is one of the main reasons why most of the women are employed nowadays. After sometimes people become greedy of money‚ and will work harder and harder day and night without a rest‚ and will finally lose the self satisfaction. They will be trapped in their hectic lives‚ with the hunger for more money. You would have seen many people spending their days in a living hell‚ with no freedom or self satisfaction. Women in the developing countries tend to migrate to developed countries
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Mary Shelley is an esteemed author known for her works in the horror genre. One of her techniques that she uses in her most famous novel Frankenstein‚ is parallelism. The point of view in which this story is told is first person from the character Victor Frankenstein. She goes into detail about his childhood his family early on in the book‚ and it is evident that she uses the same diction to describe both his mother‚ Caroline Beaufort‚ and his adopted cousin‚ Elizabeth Lavenza; this reveals to the
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Destiny Venters Ms. J. Watson English 12 (Semester 2) The life and literary works of Emily Bronte Emily Jane Bronte was a silent and reserved English novelist. Bronte was novel “Wuthering Heights”‚ a book based upon passion and hate. Her novel was considered as a classic of English Literature. Wuthering heights violence and passion led to the Victorian public and as many early reviews started to think the novel was written by a man.
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The Dress - by Julia Darling The dress is a short story written by the British writer Julia Darling in 2006. The story starts in a Medias res and deals with the relationship between the two sisters Flora and Rachel and their parents. An important dress is the key point of the dispute in the family‚ which ends up having serious consequences for the future of the family. I will in the following part analyze and interpret the story by giving a characterization of the mother and the relationship between
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The literary and historical influences on George Eliot’s work. George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans‚ a leading author of the 19th Century. She used a male pen name‚ she said‚ to ensure her works would be taken seriously. Female authors were published under their own names during Eliot’s life‚ but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing lighthearted romances. Mary was an inquirer; she often questioned her faith and her religion. Mary was schooled in literature‚ languages
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Beginning characters): It was a stormy‚ gloomy and cold night. It’s been months since Sam‚ well to be specific Sam Elkantrez been sailing. He was one of a kind he dreamed the un-dreamable‚ thought the unthinkable. Growing up It was hard being a JR trying to surpass his dad’s legacy wasn’t always easy. Spending his childhood in a noble family‚ he had everything and anything he wanted. Yet one thing‚ was not accomplished‚ he wanted to discover new lands under his name. On the 12th of July 1922 Sam
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Civil Disobedience Julia Nadeane Savage 12.11.12 AP English Language Ms. Walker 5B As long as there is structured society‚ there will always be conformity. Failure to comply to this conformity could mean nothing more than getting a funny look‚ but sometimes it has more drastic consequences. There is a certain mob mentality that contributes to the concept of morals. In the past‚ people have said black people shouldn’t be able to go to school. Before that‚ it was understood by most that
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