Patricia Smiley is an American author best known for writing the Tucker Sinclair series of novels. The Tucker Sinclair series features Tucker Sinclair a management consultant who finds herself embroiled in murder mysteries necessitating that she become an amateur sleuth. Her other series of novels is the Pacific Homicide series of novels that is still ongoing. Smiley was born in a Washington‚ in a small agricultural town where her mother taught her to love books. It was during her childhood that
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University : DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY Broad Field of Research : Fiction (Indian English Literature) Title : The Theme of Alienation in the Novels of Arun Joshi. Name of the Supervisor: Dr. R. Gandhi Subramanian. M.A.‚ M. Phil.‚ Ph.D.‚ THE THEME OF ALIENATION IN THE NOVELS OF ARUN JOSHI INDIAN ENGLISH LITERATURE: AN INTRODUCTION Literature has said something always fascinating. It is to man’s advantage that he has always
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The Great Gatsby: Film and Novel Comparison The Great Gatsby is a novel which critically discusses the ideals of the American Dream and recapturing the past. In the film adaptation‚ producer Jack Clayton stays very closely to the plot and even quotes the novel verbatim but fails to capture the essence of the themes portrayed in the novel. The text did not translate well into film; some facts are distorted‚ the depiction of the characters are different‚ the general ambience of certain settings
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Fade is an interesting novel‚ and can be quite confusing at times. The book starts off with the main character‚ Paul Moreaux living in his hometown "Frenchtown" he always called it‚ in Massachusetts. The book takes place somewhere in the 1920’s. Paul lives a normal but poor life‚ when he finds out that he has the ability to "fade"‚ which is the ability to disappear or become invisible. The ability is passed on from an uncle in the family to a nephew‚ and Paul’s uncle Abelard teaches it to him. Once
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live. How is this explored in William Golding’s novel “The Lord of the Flies”? Refer also to at least ONE piece of related material. Through the response of the challenges presented‚ physical journeys can reveal aspects of the human nature that allow a better understanding of the human experience and the world. Through the experiences of characters the responder gains an insight into aspects of human nature. The Experiences of the boys in the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’‚ by William Golding‚ highlights
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There are many themes in 1984 by George Orwell like love‚ sexuality‚ totalitarism and pyschologic control.the three that stand out to me and that I can relate to now a days are propaganda individuality and disier. Today we may not realize that they play a huge role in our lives but in the book it shows one sided these themes can be. The one most people recognize is propaganda. Propaganda was used as a powerful weapon against the citizens to keep them in line by the party. Propaganda is when you
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One of the greatest works of the 20th century‚ Lolita shocked and intrigued audience everywhere. This story is about the European intellectual Humbert Humbert‚ and his doomed relationship with the nymphet‚ “Lolita.” The book can stand alone as one of the most interesting on the AP Booklist. However‚ after watching the movie‚ Lolita’s story has a special place in my heart alongside many of my favorite‚ “love” stories. Jeremy Iron’s voice enthralled me and made me feel real compassion for the trials
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Racism in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird affects all of the characters and events in the novel in different ways. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Depression when blacks were still highly segregated and second-class members of society. Blacks were not permitted to commingle with whites in public settings‚ as shown in the courthouse seating (the black balcony) as well as in the very clear black and white areas of town. Blacks and whites who intermarried were rare and were shunned by
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A Separate Peace Movie and Novel Comparison The first noted difference between the movie and book is that and the novel‚ before the flashback while Gene is revisiting Devon he remarks that he wants to visit two places‚ the tree and the marble stairs. This is a fairly important scene and gets the reader interested through foreshadowing early on in the story but was left out of the film. The book was told in first-person from Gene’s point of view in the novel while the movie was told by a third-person
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How does Silas Marner change throughout the novel? Silas Marner was written by George Elliot in 1861 this was the time of the industrial revolution. When there was industrial revolution Britain and its people had money because of big businesses. Silas Marner reflects in that because it could be said that the moral of this book is that money is not the only thing that matters because in most cases money only brings more grief’s and problems and it can ruin a life‚ no matter how much money a person
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