CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Of The Study Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material. Broadly speaking‚ "literature" is used to describe anything from creative writing to more technical or scientific works‚ but the term is most commonly used to refer to works of the creative imagination‚ including works of prose‚ poetry‚ drama‚ fiction‚ and nonfiction. Prose is one of part in the literature that means a form of language which applies ordinary grammatical structure
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Trumpet is a novel which explores the nuances of identity and love. The characters are effected by the death of Joss Moody and subsequent revelation that he was born a girl‚ this forces them to examine their own sense of self. Kay’s reflection on the construction of individual‚ cultural and social selves and the impact of being a person drifting in the boundary spaces is a complex examination of the sum of a person’s parts‚ how they are defined and effected by changes in the way they are perceived
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and yells at Elizabeth. Later that night‚ Elizabeth feels that someone has sat in her bed‚ and that makes her very scared. The narrative is expressed through Elizabeth‚ and therefore it is an explicit first person point of view and narration. It is a non-omniscient narrator‚ because the narrator only knows her own thoughts. She is also the main character‚ and it is almost like a diary of her. The narrative language in the text is informal and very childish‚ with various infantile words like “Mammy”
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maintain his public façade‚ Nick’s unbiased narration reveals his true nature and his belief that wealth can buy happiness. Later‚ after Gatsby learns that Daisy did‚ in fact‚ love Tom‚ Nick remarks‚ “He left‚ feeling that if he had searched harder‚ he might have found her” (152). It was not enough that Daisy professed her love for Gatsby‚ she needed to “annul” her love for Tom. Nick’s deep understanding of his friend makes him an almost omniscient narrator. He communicates not only Gatsby’s
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John Steinbeck Archie Parks HUM/266 June 17‚ 2011 Lauren Holmes John Steinbeck John Steinbeck (1902-1968)‚ born in Salinas‚ California‚ came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York‚ where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer‚ but he failed and returned to California (Nobelprize.org‚ 2011). Steinbeck did not have success with his early writings. Tortilla
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Manlove defines fantasy as ‘a literary genre in which non-rational or magical phenomena play a significant part’ (Manlove‚ 1975‚ 1). Following this definition‚ The Cuckoo clock would be classified as a fantasy by several elements in the story. To begin with‚ the story is based on the classic idea of a child communicating with animals or objects. In this case‚ that object would be the wooden cuckoo coming out of the clock. This idea itself is quite a common subject matter for children’s literature
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The Giver and Holes The Giver of Lois Lowry and Holes by Louis Sachar are both based on certain societies and how the main characters on each book made decisions to solve the main problem. The two stories contain a lot of dillemas for the main characters to decide on. They both also contain great adventure and inspiring stories for the reader to enjoy. These two John Newberry Awarded books will definitely prove themselves why they deserved their award. THEME The two books gave the
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Toba Tek Singh is a satire on partition and its repercussions. The narration is reliable but not omniscient as the narrator is unaware of the motives and unspoken thoughts of various characters in the story. The story is set up in a time frame of two or three years after partition. The language is simple and deliberately repetitive. Toba Tek Singh is one of the most famous stories by Manto on partition and is among his last ones. It was published in Maktab-e-Jadid in Lahore in 1955. Toba Tek Singh
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a memoir in graphic narrative form‚ and its organization‚ portrayal of different things such as narrative voice‚ and drawings all come together to form the narrative structure. These different areas give the reader the ability to perceive the memoir in a variety of different ways‚ through the use of the passage of time‚ and style in which different areas such as historical context are emphasized. In addition‚ the manner in which the memoir is structured into panels
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American short stories Joyce Carol Oates: "Capital punishment" (1992) 1. Analyse the father and the daughter relationship in this story in terms of their feelings for one another. How do these feelings illustrate their differences or similarities? The relationship between the father and the daughter is quite tense even though they love each other. We can see proof from the text on page 267 "She thinks of Mr. Brunty‚ whom she loves‚ as a "big lug." A "big dumb lug." A "big dumb ox."" There is
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