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    Good Readers Good Writers

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    Nabokov: Providing a Flood and Lifeboat In Nabokov’s 1948 “Good Readers and Good Writers‚” the reader has the opportunity to view the possibilities of a beautiful collision of a major reader and a major writer. This piece discusses reading and writing: skills that have become standardized and slightly devalued as education has advanced. Literacy has become so expected that little thought is put into what defines a good reader or writer; Nabokov tackles this idea head on. Nabokov’s intention

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    Generational Perspectives on the War in The Reader             In the book The Reader by Bernhard Schlink‚ the main character Michael Berg encounters several characters that lived in Germany during the Nazi regime. Through these encounters Bernhard Schlink depicts the differences in perspective between the generation born after the war and those who lived through it. These differences lead to awkwardness and conflict and show the difficulty of these two generations to reach a resolution.     The

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    The relationship between reader and writer is intertwined. Of course‚ a writer can write without a reader‚ but if their words remain unread and unexplored‚ then do the words really mean anything? On the other side‚ a reader cannot exist without a writer. Therefore the relationship is one of symbiosis – a relationship of mutual benefit or dependence. I view the writer as someone who is writing for my pleasure‚ and hopefully for theirs as well. To pick up a book and be transported to another

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    Analysis Against Work

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    show what his opinions about “against work” are‚ readers are able to identify the introduction‚ body and the conclusion in the text. In the beginning‚ Clausen gains readers ’ attention by telling him/her that he used to have different dreams in his youth. At this time‚ he never intended to work at all. Following the introduction‚ he addresses a question "what is the use of having money if you have to work for it?" (Clausen120). This urges readers to think about the real reason that people work is

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    Reader Response Theory

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    Readers have been responding to what they have read and experienced since the dawn of literature. For example‚ we have Plate and Aristotle who were concerned about audience responses and how plays generated pity and fear on them. Still‚ the audience or readers were passive. After the appearance of reader response theory‚ readers are activated. They involve themselves to elaborate the text‚ fill in the gaps and enact their experiences with the text. Most reader response critics can be divided into

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    Good writing is never merely about following a set of directions. Like all artists of any form‚ essay writers occasionally find themselves breaking away from tradition or common practice in search of a fresh approach. Rules‚ as they say‚ are meant to be broken. But even groundbreakers learn by observing what has worked before. If you are not already in the habit of reading other writers with an analytical eye‚ start forming that habit now. When you run across a moment in someone else’s writing

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    describing her and her children’s experience while living in poverty. Some believe she was a sympathetic writer who wanted the rest of the world to realize what poverty is really like. In the beginning of “What is Poverty” Jo Goodwin Parker first asks the reader to listen to her story of what poverty is like. Parker then talks about the different aspects of what poverty is and what parts make it a dangerous reality. She discusses the horrible health conditions that her and her children had to go through.

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    Most readers of Benito Cereno will be surprised when the African conspiracy is finally revealed. Although Melville begins the novella with ominous imagery‚ the text is designed to lead the reader away from the true events of the San Dominick. The point of view of Benito Cereno is the major tool Melville uses to trick the reader. The story is written in the third person‚ but expresses Delano’s thoughts and observations. Most readers will trust Delano’s judgement‚ and his observations of Don Benito

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    is not a sure-fire way to write the country’s next bestseller—but rather that the best way to write is to do so without seeking out reader response while still drafting. In the words of his mentor‚ “when you write a story‚ you’re telling yourself the story” (King 57). How is someone supposed to tell themselves their story when‚ by sharing and critiquing‚ the readers are constantly influencing it? Most writers aren’t looking to indirectly sabotage their motivation though‚ when they show others their

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    David Carson

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    Primary Sources- Highlighted Primary Sources- Highlighted Bibliography- Springbok Tour 1981 BOOKS: -Bowen. George ’Defending New Zealand ’‚ 1945-1985‚ Longman Publishing 1997. -Childs. Roger‚ ’Divide and Rule- Race Relations in South Africa 1938-1977 ’‚ Macmillan Publishing 1990 -Juliet. Morris ’With All Our Strength ’ Black Cat‚ Christchurch‚ 1982 -Thompson. Richard ’Retreat from apartheid ’‚ Oxford University Press‚ 1975 OPINION POLL: -The New Zealand Herald‚ July 15th‚ 1981 PHOTOS:

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