power to both destroy and save lives. Examine how characters in the novel (for example‚ Liesel‚ Max‚ Ilsa Hermann‚ Hitler‚ Rosa and/or Hans) use words to destroy and to save. What are some of the effects of their words? Discuss at least two characters’ relationships with the power of language. Another option: The Book Thief is‚ on one level‚ the story of Liesel Meminger’s relationship with books. At the beginning of Zusak’s novel‚ Death advises the reader‚ “All told‚ she owned fourteen books‚
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Everyone experiences something that’s effects their life in some way; In the novel The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien uses flashbacks as well as imagery to help the readers understand what he went through and the impact it had on his life. While in The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd uses symbolism and some imagery to let the reader know how the experiences the main character had experienced impacted her life. In The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien flashes back to his experiences in the war
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In the novel “1984” by George Orwell he shows readers what a negative utopia is. Winston Smith is the main character and the plot revolves around how Winston feels frustrated by the control of the party. The party has a strong control over its citizens and the use telescreens‚ the thought police‚ and the youth league to maintain their control through psychological manipulation. The party maintains their control over citizens by using telescreen to have around-the-clock surveillance. They use the
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Attitudes on Science and Technology in Novels Three novels that were written in three completely different times all were able to contribute to different views and attitudes towards science and technology. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ The Time Machine‚ and Fahrenheit 451 are all accurate portrayals of the effect that science and technology have had on this world even as far back as 1886 when The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was first published. Although each book was
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Fifty-seven-year-old Landon Carter narrates the novel‚ reflecting on events from 40 years in the past. The novel opens with a Prologue‚ in which the older Landon‚ living in the same North Carolina town as he did at the age of 17‚ stands near the Baptist church that figures prominently in the novel and gets himself in the mindset of his 17-year-old self. The story begins in 1958 and is‚ Landon tells us‚ both joyful and sad. Seventeen-year-old Landon is a senior at Beaufort High School‚ which collaborates
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Diane has eight proclaimed novels and have many awards including the BCALA Literary Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. “Tumbling” is a Fiction novel and African American Literature. This genre appealed to me because it allowed me to read about a complex problem about an African American family during the Civil Rights era and feel like I could understand the situation fully by the realistic viewpoints included in the novel. The main character Herbie lives South Philly with his wife
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questions‚ comments‚ predictions‚ and ideas while you read. The process helps you develop critical reading skills and encourage you to expand your reflective writing. Your Assignment - Requirements for Dialectical Journals • Choose a novel. Read the novel. As you read‚ keep a Dialectical Journal wherein you record responses/reactions to your book (See Above). o You should respond in your Dialectical Journal approximately every 15 – 20 pages. • The book may be any age and
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highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender‚ race‚ class‚ or creed. Choose a novel or a play in which such a character plays a significant role and show how that character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions or moral values. In the novel Frankenstein‚ the character Frankenstein “the monster” created by Victor is an example of alienation from society or culture. The monster was rejected and neglected
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King‚ Jr. One of the most significant figures in the rise of the novel in the Restoration period(or The Long Eighteenth Century period) is Aphra Behn and her novella Oroonoko or the Royal slave. Although it is impossible to satisfactorily date the beginning of the novel in English‚ long fiction and fictional biographies began to distinguish themselves from other forms in England during this period(1). It is the first English novel to show Black Africans in a sympathetic manner. Oroonoko has been
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Independent Novel Study This independent novel study will discuss and explain why this is a good book for young pregnant girls‚ Waiting For June by Joyce Sweeney‚ it’s a non-fiction biography. This novel explained that Sophie lived a normal life with her mother and wasn’t rich because in the book Acadia asked her to go shopping and she couldn’t spend much money‚ it took place in Florida‚ from between her mother’s house‚ school‚ Joshua’s house‚ Mikes house‚ outside and the hospital‚ the
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