Victoria Triana Dr. Liana Andreasen English 1301 P55 11/16/2014 Lessons learned from life After reading both “Willi” by E. L. Doctorow and “Redemption” by John Gardner I found that both stories have similar experiences. Both Willi and Jack from Redemption both are faced with difficult experience that changed their lives forever. In the story of “Willi” E. L. Doctorow Willi is a young thirteen year old who is torn by the actions of his parents. He loves both of his parents deeply‚ but after his
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written by John Gardner is a very well‚ thought out story. Gardner does a great job placing the reader into Grendel’s mind and being able to see his views on the world. Born in Batavia‚ New York in 1933‚ author John Gardner‚ also know for writing various books for children‚ inserts great detail into Grendel’s thoughts and feelings which is what is really intriguing about the book. Grendel is a great read because of the great detail Gardner places into the story. In Grendel‚ John Gardner places each
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Gardner: The Letter In‚ "A Letter from John Gardner: ’Dear Susie West and Students’"‚ Gardner discusses several topics including; his opinions about‚ Beowulf the epic‚ Beowulf the hero‚ what a good author does‚ what a good reader does‚ and Grendel. John Gardner starts out his letter speaking very highly of the epic poem Beowulf. Going as far as to call it‚ " the greatest single work in (loosely) English." (Gardner 1) Gardner then moves into his opinions of the epic. He believes that Beowulf is
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The short story‚ “Dragon‚ Dragon”‚ by John Gardner‚ shows readers that when you listen to your elders‚ you will have a better chance of succeeding than not listening to your elders and failing. For example‚ when the eldest son goes to slay the dragon and asks for his father’s advice‚ he says‚ “How curious! The old man is not as wise as I thought. If I say something like that to the dragon‚ he will eat me up in an instant” (209). Also‚ when the middle son goes to slay the dragon and asks for his father’s
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Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ is a retelling of his own side of the story from the famous epic‚ Beowulf. Grendel is a powerful yet terrifying monster who is able to produce thoughts just like humans. Although he is very similar to mankind‚ he has a strong hatred towards them. Grendel deconstructs Anglo-Saxon heroism during the fight between Unferth and Beowulf‚ as well as his talk with the dragon‚ he After being terrorized for many years‚ Unferth decides to fight the “shepherd of evil.” Grendel
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Elliptical Accident In the book “Knots in my Yo-Yo String” they were knots in Jerry Spinelli’s yo-yo string. Jerry Spinelli was the author of “Knots in my Yo-Yo String.”When Jerry came home from school there were a lot of knots in his yo-yo. What that means is that the yo-yo string is his life and the knots in the yo-yo represent the problems in his life. He must be having problems at home because he said he came home to knots in his yo-yo string. My knot took me some time to recover from. The knot
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Personally‚ my life experiences‚ both the ups and the downs‚ have shaped me into the leader that I am and want to further become. Leaders such as John W. Gardner and Coach John Wooden books titled‚ On Leadership and Wooden On Leadership‚ respectively have opened my eyes to realize that the path to becoming a leader is not a monolithic journey. However‚ both Gardner and Wooden stresses that what makes a leader out of those journeys are the characteristics that they acquire to change their lives and the lives
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John Gardner delicately places humor into the incredible twisted setting. “Dragon‚ Dragon”. Gardner includes humor while adding modern day technology into medieval times; he also creates hilarious scenes through the characters while teaching a lesson. Last‚ he uses humor through the setting. In addition to this humor‚ there is also an important theme. Readers will be hooked with the incredible medieval twist. Gardner doesn’t disappoint his audience. John Gardner delivers a setting with modern
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John Gardner’s novel‚ Grendel‚ takes place in the fourth century A.D. in Denmark. The novel is about Grendel‚ a monster that lives in a cave with his mother who is unable to communicate with him due to her lack of ability to speak‚ and fails to fit in among humans‚ causing him to live a secluded life. Grendel was written in order to help people understand the very nature of mankind. Summary: In the very first chapter of the novel‚ Grendel is being introduced as any ordinary monster you could imagine
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Compare and Contrast Essay With the two stories about the Grendels one from Beowulf and the other one from the book Grendel by John Gardner. They are both very similar but also they are very different. Here are something that make them different the Grendel from Beowulf is alone and murderous. He is also very confident in his strength and power. It is said that he was‚ “shut away from men” (line 25). Throughout the story they talk about how he was a murderous creatures banished by God and also
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