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    To start this journal‚ I would just like to say "Genre Fiction" should not be compared‚ honestly with "Literary Fiction." After reading the short story by Benjamin Percy‚ "Refresh‚ Refresh‚" I became very depressed. After reading the "Literary Revolution in the Supermarket Aisle: Genre Fiction is Disruptive Technology‚" I discovered why. "Refresh‚ Refresh" is what I would call a piece of Literary Fiction. It has merit and depth‚ and yet so does Genre Fiction. "Refresh‚ Refresh" is also "Genre Fiction

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    The Lottery Jackson

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    “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ initially comes off as a happy and light-hearted story‚ with imagery showing kids playing in a yard and mothers gossipping with each other. An annual ritual called the lottery. Jackson keeps the reader in the dark as to what takes place in the lottery until the very end of the story. The story suddenly gains a very serious and solemn tone. The head of each household draws a slip of paper‚ and when Bill Hutchinson draws the paper with the black dot‚ his wife Tessie

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    Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ˈpɜrsi ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛli/;[2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is regarded by critics as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as his political and social views‚ Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime‚ but recognition for his poetry grew steadily following his death. Shelley was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron; Leigh Hunt; Thomas

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    The Book Thief Movie

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    Nazi regime come to an end. The Allied powers were Great Britian‚ France‚ and the Soviet Union. The Nazi Party killed over 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Also‚ members of the communists and socialists were also murdered. “The Book Thief” is a portrayal of life during the Holocaust. The movie is set in 1938 by a girl with the name of Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nelisse) who is traveling on a train with her communist mother and her little brother. On the trip her little brother passes away

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    there it tells the story of her life‚ the difficulties that are encountered in Nazi Germany‚ especially when her family takes on the challenging task of hiding a Jew in their basement. The novel also tells the story of Liesel’s journey as the Book Thief‚ stealing and obtaining books and adding to her collection. The story goes on to tell about Liesel’s life growing up in Molching‚ Germany; from Liesel meeting her best friend Rudy‚ to Max Vandenburg‚ a Jew in hiding‚ moving into her basement‚ to Liesel

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    routine would be drastically different if I woke up in Herman Melville’s world of "The Lightning-Rod Man." Gone is the comfort and predictability of modern weather forecasting. Thunderstorms are not an occasional inconvenience‚ but potentially life-threatening events. Every rumble and flash would be met with a heightened sense of anxiety‚ especially with the ever-present reminder from the likes of the Lightning-Rod Man. My mornings would not begin with a quick glance at the weather app to decide

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    Similes In The Book Thief

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    Award winning novelist‚ Mark Zusak‚ in his novella The Book Thief (2005)‚ explains that fear in Nazi Germany was widespread World War II. His explanation is illustrating through allusions‚ highlighting the fact that fear was rampant through similes‚ and displaying fear through oxymorons. The purpose of this novella is to exhibit fear in order to reveal the life of Germans in the 1940’s. Zusak’s somber‚ yet comedic‚ informal novella to young readers shows the angle of German citizens during World

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    hurriedly and in a careless manner. Again‚ when some work is delayed‚ the time which would have been profitably used is wasted. Time wasted is time lost forever. Hence procrastination‚ that is the habit of postponing things‚ is rightly called the thief of time. Sometimes a very heavy price has to be paid for delaying things. The person who delays insuring his house will regret it when the house is gutted by a sudden fire. Delay in the treatment of a disease may make it worse‚ and may even result

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    A convenience most people have in their homes. But this wasn’t the original purpose of the invention. The original purpose was to make better radar equipment. In “Accidental Genius” it states “Percy Spencer was working on research to make better radar equipment for the United States during World War II. While standing near one of his radar sets‚ the candy bar in his pocket started to melt. Spencer wondered about the heat coming from the radar

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    The Book Thief Thesis

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    because he takes lives‚ but in this book he does take lives ‚but he is really nice. He is the opposite of what you think of him. Death is caring just like humans ‚and one cool thing about death is he believes in afterlife. This book named The Book Thief written by Markus Zusak which takes place in Germany is very interesting because in this book characters are capable with great compassion and great evil. For example‚ Liesel ( the protagonist) has great compassion towards everyone‚ but on the other

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