BOOK REVIEW Novel : The Shadow Lines AUTHOR : Amitav Ghosh Awards : winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1989). Bibliography : The Shadow Lines(novel)‚ Wikipedia(Internet). Main Characters : Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this
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The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh Such moments are rare indeed these days when one takes a book in the hand and is completely captivated by it after reading the first few pages. That happened to me recently when I started reading "The Shadow Lines" by Amitav Ghosh. "The Shadow Lines‚" Ghosh’s second novel‚ was published in 1988‚ four years after the sectarian violence that shook New Delhi in the aftermath of the Prime minister‚ Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Written when the homes of the Sikhs were
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Robert Burke Theatre Appreciation Play “ Doubt” My first reaction to this play was restricted because of the lack of my open mindedness. This would happen to be my first and only play I have ever seen or even thought of seeing. I didn’t expect much but as it started it began to catch my attention and make me actually want to listen and take in the purpose and meaning of this particular act. Having not knowing what other plays are like‚ I thought this one was pretty cool because the stage was
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and the sooner we accept it the better chance we have of finding truth. Doubt‚ as writer Patrick Shanley describes it‚ is a “wordless Being [that] moves just as the instant moves; it presses upward without explanation... until the resisting consciousness has no choice but to give way” (p.5). Are we giving enough consideration to this part of ourselves? There is a voice that will question what you will not. We will never escape this feeling of doubt. Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt: A Parable is about accepting this feeling
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Secrets In the Shadows By Anne Schraff “Secrets In the Shadows is without a doubt a page turner throughout the book and will have you on the edge of your seat wanting more.” Exposition- “Secrets In the Shadows” takes place in a small city in the projects‚ and at Bluford High School. A seventeen year old boy named Roylin Bailey has had a rough life so far; poor family‚ small‚ broken down apartment‚ an abusive father‚ and he works at Golden Grill Restaurant so that he can help his Mom pay
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Introduction: Inky Shadows Movie Actors Scribbling Letters Very Fast in Crucial Scenes The velocity with which they write – Don’t you know it? It’s from the heart! They are acting the whole part out. Love! Has taken them up – Like writing to god in the night. Meet me! I’m dying! Come at once! The crisis is on them‚ the shock Drives from the nerve to the pen‚ Pours from the blood into ink.
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Doubt Reflection The short play Doubt builds on many of the theme and central ideas of our class. One thing in particular that I noticed throughout the reading was the use of symbolism. John Patrick Shanley’s literary masterpiece unveils huge controversy that has surrounded the Catholic Church for many years. Most notable in his work is his outstanding use of symbolism. As defined by the dictionary symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic
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After reading many novels throughout my life I would place‚ The Shadow Lines‚ by Amitav Ghosh‚ in my top 10 list. The novel is based on the narrator who was English educated but Indian born. The narrator illustrates and shares his views of foreign countries which he has never been to with other characters in the novel. Even though the narrator is English educated his values‚ ethics‚ and culture is more Indian than an American. Many of us now notice that when a person migrates from one country
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Juliet Mengaziol 410 Paper #3 (Outline) Micah Ling INTRODUCTION: Doubt can be an embodying and overbaring emotion when it adulterates and infects one’s confidence. In John Patrick Shanley’s play “Doubt: A Parable”‚ a small misunderstanding between staff members spreads a plague of doubt at such a malicious pace that everyone ends up questioning the truth of the matter: Did Father Flynn really made advances towards student Donald Miller? An initial suspicion originating from princip
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1. I was most worried about what might happen to Omovo when he ran after the lady through the forest and got to the river. It seemed like he was going to run into a lot of trouble by following the lady all the way to her cave with the rest of the people she was with. 2. I think Omovo’s feelings towards the solders were more of fear and hate than anything else‚ it seemed from the beginning that he didn’t like them. After he saw them at the bar and they spit in his face‚ I think he got the feeling
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