professional educator and award winning writer. She was the 1997 National Teacher of the Year‚ a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award‚ and is a New York Times best selling author. A graduate of Pepperdine University‚ she is best known for her novel‚ Darkness Before Dawn‚ as well as The Battle Of Jericho. Other books include Copper Sun‚ Double Dutch‚ Out of My Mind and the Jericho Trilogy.Her literary recognition began when‚ as a challenge from one of her students‚ she entered and won first prize
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until the ending. In Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey‚ she has produced a commentary on the gothic novel while using Catherine Morland is the inexperienced young heroine who expects the real world to follow the formula of her favorite novels. Ian McEwan uses Briony who is naïve in her own right‚ but much more controlling‚ believing that she is right about everything at only 13 years old. Both of these novels use different tactics to
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In the novel My Ántonia‚ there are two main characters. There are many other characters who are related to one another in some way. The characters connect to the story and tie the novel all together so that the novel makes sense throughout. The main characters are Jim Burden who is the author‚ and Antonia Shimerda. Jim is very interested in academics and spending time on his own rather than playing with other boys his age. Jim is married and works in New York City. Jim developes a very strong friendship
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are explained differently in Kinbote’s reality versus Shade’s reality‚ Gradus represents the same role. He mistakes his intended assassination target and kills Shade. The reader must be aware of the intertextual conversation taking place through the novel‚ whether it be through flipping back and forth between the poem and the text‚ comparing two books side by side‚ or referencing the index after an incredibly careful read through. If the reader understands that Gradus holds one purpose- the murdered
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Upton Sinclair wrote the novel The Jungle along with several other politically-charged novels. Primarily motivated by politics‚ Sinclair wrote novels encouraging socialism and condemning capitalism. The literary period‚ the historical events‚ his family background‚ his job experience‚ and his political opinion inspired Sinclair’s desire to write The Jungle. The bold novel incited bold reactions of both support and criticism. Despite the opinions of the critics‚ Sinclair’s political outcry is
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The conch shell is spotted by Ralph and Piggy at the beginning of the novel‚ and is used to call upon the other boys that are on the island‚ at the recommendation of Piggy. As it is used to call for meetings‚ the conch quickly comes to represent civilization and order in the novel. The conch also play a role in dictating the meetings by giving the boy in possession of it the right to speak. The conch transcends being a symbol and becomes a physical moderator of democracy‚ and adds legitimacy to the
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With close reference to your chosen extract‚ how does McEwan use language and narrative method to create a sense of impending doom? Ian McEwan wrote this novel at a time of modernism. It was a time to experiment how the novels were written. In Atonement‚ Briony is a character trying to reach her “highest point of fulfilment” as a writer. Quite strange she was only a young girl who was entering adolescence‚ while trying to balance this will over control and a life full of secrets. These characteristics
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David Wroblewski a true classic. Within this brilliant novel there are of course many memorable moments that leave the reader filled with shock‚ sympathy and deep sadness. The most intense moment in the novel to me‚ though‚ was the death of Edgar’s father‚ Gar. The strong relationship between father and son as well as Edgar’s muteness makes this moment a pivotal point in the novel‚ and the sympathy felt by the reader brands this part of the novel as the most memorable and influential moment in the book
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enough to enjoy. Legends of the Fall is a great book because Harrison provides the readers with events that are easy to relate to‚ and one may feel like being there with the characters. It is also a great book because it is different than many other novels in a very unique way. Legends of the Fall follows the life of Tristan Ludlow after enlisting in the Great War with his two brothers‚ Samuel and Alfred. Samuel is dealt with a tragic end to his life‚ while Alfred is injured. Physically‚ Tristan is
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