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    Nature vs. nurture

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    Cited: Staples‚ Brent. Black Men and Public Space. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. Print Cunningham‚ Amy. Why Women Smile. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. Print Theroux‚ Paul. Being a Man. The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. Print

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    The Coming of Age Stories

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    Stories about youth and the transition from that stage of life into adulthood form a very solidly populated segment of literature. In three such stories‚ John Updike’s "A & P‚" Richard Wright’s "The Man Who Was Almost a Man‚" and James Joyce’s "Araby"‚ young men face their transitions into adulthood. Each of these boys faces a different element of youth that requires a fundamental shift in their attitudes. Sammy‚ in "A&P"‚ must make a moral decision about his associations with adult institutions

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    “Cat in the Rain.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt. Vol. 2. Boston: Norton‚ 2007. Print. • Sample parenthetical reference: (Eliot 187)‚ where “187” is the PAGE number Journal Article: Keary‚ Anne. “Dancing with Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact.” Canadian

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    Why 'Beowulf?'

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    when he retired in 1994. | | |Not so. In the mid-1980s‚ W.W. Norton & Company asked Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney to | | |replace the prose translation of Beowulf in the Norton Anthology of English Literature with a new | | |translation from the Old English. | | |IU’s David‚ who edits the Middle Ages section for the Norton Anthology‚ agreed to act as a consultant | | |to Heaney‚ whose translation

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    ENGL To Compromise Integrity In both The Miller’s Tale and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight there are a lot of similarities among many of the characters‚ and in a way both stories share the ability to teach us some very important life lesions. For example the way Absolom and Sir Gawain over react in times when they didn’t need to. There are also a lot of similarities between The Lady of the Castle and Alison with the way they handled having another man in their house and in this essay I will

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    Thomas Paine's Beliefs

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    land. “When the Indians took their leave of us they said they would do so as we commanded and rebuild their towns‚ if the Christians let them. And I solemnly swear that if they have not done so it is the fault of the Christians” (De Vaca The Norton Anthology American Lit.

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    The Thousand and One Analysis The first volume of the ninth edition of The Norton Anthology of Western Literature was created to "provide a generous collection of the Western literary tradition in a format that will suit the needs of instructors and students encountering it for the first time." Included are classical pieces‚ such as the Iliad and Odyssey; the work of Christian and other religious sects‚ like The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost; and basic Western literature that has had a global impact

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    “The Romantic Period.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 7th ed. M.H. Abrams. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2001. 1313-1332. Wordsworth‚ William. “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey‚ on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour‚ July 13‚ 1798.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 7th ed. M.H. Abrams. New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 2001. 1432-1435. Wordsworth‚ William. “Preface to Lyrical Ballads.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 7th

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    Cited: Poe‚ Edgar Allan. “Annabel Lee.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th edition. Nina Baym‚ Robert S. Levine‚ Julia Reidhead‚ Carly Frasier Doria. Crawfordsville‚ IL: W. W. Norton and Company‚ Inc‚ 2012. Print. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. “Ligeia.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 8th edition. Nina Baym‚ Robert S. Levine‚ Julia Reidhead‚ Carly Frasier Doria. Crawfordsville‚ IL: W. W. Norton and Company‚ Inc‚ 2012. Print.

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    One common theme that has been pulled from a good amount of readings of this course is that woman have an important role throughout stories. In some stories‚ they may not be one of the main characters‚ yet they still have a great impact on the main character. In this week’s and last week’s readings‚ there have been two woman in both texts who have been important and considered one of the main characters. One is Sita from Ramayana and the other is Scheherazade. Both of these woman play a big role

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