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    The novel‚ ‘The Sky So Heavy’ by Claire Zorn surrounds the lives of four young teenagers who have to fend for themselves in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear warfare. Throughout this novel‚ it demonstrates in a clear and ongoing extent the various ways in which conflict is generated by power. This is evident especially since the number of resources‚ including food‚ are limited‚ which causes people to go to any means in order to feed their loved ones. Furthermore‚ the aspect of conflict

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    residents of a river town in Colombia. The novel embarks on an exploration into an unsettling crime to arrive at a solution in order to explain a murder. Many years after the death of protagonist‚ Santiago Nasar‚ his close friend returns “twentyseven years later” (Marquez 1981:1) to question the residents present on the day of the murder. Through analysing into the past‚ the story turns investigative and portrays elements of a detective novel. A typical crime novel usually portrays the author opening the

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    Akeem Wynn September 23‚ 2010 English 1A In the novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ the Breedlove family were the most frowned upon and talked about family due in part to Cholly‚ the patriarch’s‚ violence toward his family. He quarreled and physically fought his wife habitually‚ successfully burned down their house and even fathered a stillborn with his own daughter. Some characters in the novel say that Cholly is just a crazy old drunk who doesn’t care about anyone and‚ since he is the only one causing

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    CONGUGAL CACAPHONY IN ANITA DESAI’S NOVELS Suneeta Upadhyay‚ Research Scholar M.M.H. college‚ Ghaziabad‚ C.C.S. University‚ Meerut Indian novelist and short story writer‚ Anita Desai is specially noted for her insightful depiction of the inner life of the female characters in her writings. In most of her novels Anita Desai dwells on the themes incongruity‚ incertitude and hazards of human relationship particularly the man-woman relationship. D.H. Lawrence points out: The great relationship

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    The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ both adhere to the Shakespearean view of tragedy. They contain elements of the supernatural and use literary devices like Nemesis & Pathos. We see the passion & ambition of characters‚ ultimately leading to their tragic flaw. But in both cases‚ not every character is deserving of his/her fate. Frankenstein and Macbeth‚ both contain elements of the supernatural. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft

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    This paper discusses the ending of Jane Eyre‚ discussing whether it is a "good" ending. The paper draws on three criticisms of both the novel and Romantic literature in general to conclude that‚ yes‚ it is indeed a good ending because it both fits the prevailing realism of the main character’s worldview‚ and conforms to the predominant literary trends of the period. The climate in which Charlotte Bronte wrote her magnum opus was one that had almost fully recovered from the rationalist excesses

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    suppress his inner thoughts that may conflict the the ideology of the party. At the beginning of the novel Winston is forced to participate in an activity called the Two Minutes Hate where all members of the party are riled into a frenzy of hatred towards a figure named Goldstein who is accused of betraying the party; however‚ during this period of

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    The Mediator Marooned on a deserted tropical island in the mid 1940’ a challenge faces a group of British schoolboys. While fleeing England the group’s plane was shot down killing all adults and authority with it. This forces the boys to rely fully on each other. The character of piggy helps to teach them how to survive in an uncivilized society until the day he dies. To understand the Lord of the Flies‚ one must understand Piggy‚ his adult characteristics‚ and several goals. Throughout the entire

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    Music plays an important role in every film‚ but especially novel to film adaptations. Film Composers must take extra care in scoring these movies because the music fills in the gaps and gives us more insight into the plot. In film adaptations‚ music is often used to fill us in on what we may have missed from reading the novel. Music adds overall cohesion in these films that would otherwise seem like they were missing something. The music can be used as an insight into characters thoughts‚ emotions

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    book around Perth‚ Western Australia‚ around the time of the second end of the Second World War over a span of twenty years. From reading other Winton novels it’s easy to see that his part of the country has had a big impact on him and he has a strong affinity with his country and me being from the West makes it easy for me to relate to the novel. Winton uses words that only someone who has had the experience of growing up or living in country Western Australia would understand‚ for example he uses

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