Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Offensive Language in Literature In Mark Twain’s classic 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ regional and time-specific language is used in a way that offends some 21st century readers. Particular words are so disturbing that individuals across the country are still‚ to this day‚ attempting to have the book banned in schools and libraries. The idea that any book should be tucked away in a vault‚ let alone an example of a beloved American classic such
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster In Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Red-Headed League‚" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson both observe Jabez Wilson carefully‚ yet their differing interpretations of the same details reveal the difference between a "Good Reader" and a "Bad Reader." Watson can only describe what he sees; Holmes has the knowledge to interpret what he sees‚ to draw conclusions‚ and to solve the mystery
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stories. And yet‚ as Miss Sadie says‚ everyone hopes that this mythical home will somehow be real. It is apparent that the myth of home is what distinguishes children’s literature from adult novels (Wolf 18). Nodelman and Reimer write that while “the home/away/home pattern is the most common story line in children’s literature‚ adult fiction that deals with young people who leave home usually ends with the child choosing to stay away” (197). A pattern observed‚ called a postmodern metaplot‚ starts
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“Byronic hero“ and his evolution within the Victorian literature Lord Byron is one of the most famous and influential writers of the Romantic period and literature overall‚ which is largely due to his evermore interesting type of hero. Inspired by Milton ’s Satan‚ Byron took over the figure of heroic character and perfected it in his poem Childe Harold into a figure which has thereafter become known as the “Byronic hero“. Many critics agree that Byron ’s inspiration for this character lies largely
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Just a couple decades ago‚ the idea of Young Adult literature (YA) was almost completely non-existent. In a short period of time‚ this genre has not only come into being‚ but caused a whirlwind of controversy. I realized several years ago that I had to jump on this YA train if I wanted to keep up with what everyone was talking about. The first book I read due to this “peer pressure” was Twilight. After ripping through the four-book series in a weekend‚ I was left to wonder‚ is this really the substance
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Beyond Despair: The Drowned Woman in Victorian Literature and Art The death of a beautiful woman is‚ unquestionably‚ the most poetical topic in the world ―Poe‚ “The Philosophy of Composition” Suicide is often portrayed as the ultimate form of despair; an action relinquishing all hope of reconciliation or salvation. Yet it was a subject that fascinated Victorians. Indeed‚ Philippe Aires notes that the staging of death as an aesthetic event was a nineteenth-century invention (466). Often mentioned
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The Value of Young Adult Literature In this scholarly piece of writing it informs all of the different types of readers about the nature and the evolution of young adult literature. Michael Cart is the author of this White Paper‚ where he explains the differences between YAL and other pieces of writing to young teens between the ages of 12-19. YAL is so important is because it can help young teens overcome life’s challenges as the characters in the books did. Such as life lessons‚ they help make
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The Camera Doesn’t Lie... Or Does It? An Essay Analysing the Techniques Used In A Current Affair Program Sixty Minutes. A Current Affair. Today Tonight. We like to see people’s lives. That’s why these shows succeed. They show us the good times and the bad. They bring people’s lives into our living rooms. But are these shows bringing us the honest truth? For example‚ the segment reported by Sixty Minutes‚ titled "The Lost Children"‚ tells the story of children who were sent to Australia for the
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Studying Literature in Grade 12 Graduating students in Ontario should only study Canadian literature in a Grade 12 English course. While good writers exist in all cultures‚ Ontario students should only study Canadian writers because we need to become more familiar with our literature. The reasons for this are the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures‚ the need to promote and establish our own writers‚ and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors
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Technology can be very helpful‚ it can also be a distraction. A Lot of the youth today use technology for School ‚ and to help improve our daily lives. It has also caused the youth of this generation to become lazy because technology encourages laziness. This has caused the minds of the youth to become weaker because they do not have to use their brains as Much. The increasing technology has made individuals become less creative and more dependent on the computer to supply them with information
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