Reader Response Criticism: William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” “A Rose for Emily” was written in first person point of view. The narrator is never given a name‚ but it is apparent to the reader that the narrator is one of the townspeople. This is evident in the opening of the story when the narrator exposits that‚ “our whole town went to her funeral” (Faulkner‚ “Rose” 90). This story tells the tale of Miss Emily Grierson in psychological order‚ beginning with her funeral (as a flashback) and
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Title: The Book Thief Author: Marcus Zusak Text type: Novel The Book Thief is a book about having the courage to stand up for what you believe in and do what you believe to be the right thing. I was extremely impressed at how the actions of Liesel and her foster parents reflected these themes of bravery and morality. I think these themes are relevant in today’s society because people often copy what everyone else is doing even when they know it is not right
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an attempt to elicit a desired response from the reader‚ for there are two types of readers an author must consider: the implied reader and the actual reader. The implied reader is “assumed and created by the work itself” whereas‚ the actual reader brings his/her own experiences to the text and thus each reader takes away a different message from a text (MacMannus‚ para 1). Du Bois’s narrative‚ “A Mild Suggestion”‚ attempts to ensure a certain response‚ from the reader‚ by including a description of
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Title: The book thief Author: Markus Zusak Date completed: 24/3/12 Genre: Novel In the novel The book thief by Markus Zusak thief their is a recurrent idea of prejudice. Mostly towards the Jewish the book is set in world war 2 it adds an exciting feeling of danger during the novel. The idea of prejudice‚ in this book can also be linked to the fat boy story where the blame
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Reader Response Essay “What ’s to become of boys like this? What man will take interest in them? I can only think of one kind-a judge” (Dear Dads: Save Your Sons 11). This quote was said by Christopher N. Bacorn in his essay about father figures. It is interesting to see how how people see fathers‚ and what they think of them. He wrote about the need teenagers and children have to have a father and how it effects them to not have one. He also says how having a substitute father figure can help
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Two different persons read a piece about Hanna Schmitz‚ a woman who joined the SS voluntarily in 1943 and became one of the guards at a concentration camp. She is trialed years later in Germany and is accused of deliberate murder of their prisoners. It is denounced by the daughter of one of the survivors that Hanna and the other guards locked the prisoners up in a church. Shortly afterwards the church was bombed and caught fire. The guards‚ however‚ did not open the doors and most women burned to
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a very powerful novel. Before opening this book‚ I had no idea how it was written or what it was about‚ I chose it solely by recommendation. I soon noticed that the whole story was to be told through letters written by the protagonist and addressed to God. I was actually very pleased to be reading something formatted different; I thought it would be more interesting. I did not know what I was in store for. Alice Walker wastes no time to shock the reader right off of the bat. The very first letter
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About This Book "When Mrs. Frederick C. Little’s second son arrived‚ everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse. The truth of the matter was‚ the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way." So begins E.B. White’s tale of a sensitive‚ erudite mouse that is somehow born to a family of humans. Mr. and Mrs. Little name him Stuart and make him a tiny bed out of four clothespins and a cigarette box. He is a welcome addition to their pleasant New York City home. He can do things
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Nurliyah Eka N. A03210014 Response paper about the lecture During this half semester to studies about theory I have known about the kind of theory in Literature. There are at least nine kind of theory which I have done studied. The first theory is Russian Formalism which special to use for the language which tend to the text which attempted to discriminate systematically between art and non-art and one of the most famous dichotomies introduced by the mechanistic formalist is distinction between
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E-readers and e-books may have seemed like a fad‚ but clearly they are not going anywhere. There are a number of styles and types to pick from; the Nook and Kindle each have various versions and options‚ for example‚ based on your budget and your needs. Debate rages about which is the best e-reader‚ but this is about the advantages and disadvantages of an e-reader regardless of the one you buy. Advantages For starters‚ we will look at the benefits of e-readers. Do you travel a lot? If so‚ an e-reader
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