event from his childhood. The novel‚ told as a flashback from the perspective of an adult Gene‚ looks back on his friendship with a private school classmate and Gene’s destructive feelings of jealousy‚ fear‚ and anger. Assignment Write a 3-5 page literary analysis that explores one of the attached essay topics. Structure You might want to think of a five-paragraph structure‚ but because of the length requirements‚ you may need to expand on that to adequately explore your topic. Intro: This should
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Shakeem O’connor Mrs.jones Language arts; period #2 Week ending: (8/31/12) Dialectical Journal Entry # 2 Catcher and the rye ENTRY 1: pp.52-74 LITERARY ANALYSIS: How does this section either add to or detract from the Characters’ development and the central theme of the novel? This section of catcher and the rye from Holden Caulfield development change a little for example he still has a layback I don’t
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Survival”‚ about Sapphire’s Push‚ Paula L. Woods explores the impact that the novel will leave on the readers. One of her first comments was‚ “The opening line of Sapphire’s first novel hits the reader like a Mack truck‚ and it clearly signals that the literary ride ahead won’t be in your father’s Oldsmobile” (Woods 86) I find this interesting because Woods explains how right from the first sentence you’re captivated‚ you don’t have time to get bored and to me that’s a very important detail that many books
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things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representations. In other words‚ discussing or explaining a broader‚ more general topic by linking it symbolically with a specific event in a literary work. The superb use of symbolism in the book is one of the contributing factors to the profoundness of Lord of the Flies. This book is peppered with examples of symbolism‚ but the ones that stand out the most are: The breaking of Piggy’s spectacles
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Writing Task 2—questions Note: Literary texts used can be any of the texts studied in the course and may be from the prescribed literature in translation (PLT) list. Reader‚ culture and text 1. How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers? The following are examples of texts that may be studied for student responses to question 1. Suggestion for The Reader: How would a Jewish teenaged reader react to this text‚ particularly the scenes in the church and the
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Symbolism is a technique often used in literature to deepen the reader’s understanding of different concepts. Sometimes‚ it is to reflect the mood of the passage‚ and sometimes as an omen. The Book Thief by Mark Zusak employs this strategy to give the reader a glimpse of the novel’s future. In The Book Thief‚ the author uses the accordion as a foreboding symbol of survival. This is shown during the events in which Hans Hubermann acquires the accordion‚ when Max Vandenburg arrives at 33 Himmel Street
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1. Work represents the product itself. It is called an artefact. 2. Most important thing is artificer (artist) 3. Taken to have a subject derived from something 4. Lastly this comprehensive quality is absorbed by people. -There are varying literary schools of thought but they exclusively choose one. Artist - If the focus is on the artist‚ we read Hamlet but we look at Shakespeare‚ the creator. Biographical criticism‚ the perspective that the biographical criticism reflects the
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The Alexander Archipelago Rain Forest stories is a book of twelve tranche de vie meta-genre Chapters. I’ll confess that in writing these stories to being influenced by such writers as Nase Yamato‚ Oscar Wilde‚ Touko Kamai‚ Stefan Zweig and other in their use of the tranche de vie concept to cut across the grain of time. Because some readers may find my use of the slice of life narrative treatment unfamiliar‚ it’s my hope that their exposure to this genre will be enjoyable. So . . . what then constitutes
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Horace Engdahl‚ who select the winner of Nobel literature award every year‚ said that “We talk in the same way about everything which is published‚ and literary criticism is poorer for it. Literary criticism and teaching were limited today.”[ Flood Alison “Nobel judge fears for the future of western literature” theguardian.com‚ 7 Oct 2014 ] Both of them considered the limitation of criticism. Therefore‚ Said claimed that
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THE GLOBAL STATEMENT: What is it and where to use it? Aside from courtesy details‚ a thesis statement (a more direct statement about the topic/text than the examples below; a simple equation which may help is thesis = topic +opinion) and your road map‚ an introduction may also offer (usually in the opening sentence) a general or global statement about the nature of texts/ characters/conflicts/ideas/identity/ conventions/responses etc… on all the usual topics you are asked to discuss in essay writing
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