Types of fiction 1. Flash fiction: Flash fiction has roots going back to Aesop’s Fables‚ and practitioners have included Bolesław Prus‚ Anton Chekhov‚ O. Henry‚ Franz Kafka‚ H.P.Lovecraft‚ Ray Bradbury and Lydia Davis. New life has been brought to flash fiction by the Internet‚ with its demand for short‚ concise works. A ready market for flash-fiction works is ezines; however‚ flash fiction is also published by many print magazines. Markets specializing in flash fiction include SmokeLong Quarterly
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Many plays‚ whether dramatic or comedic‚ have ties into the social issues and setting of the time they were written. Writers such as Anton Chekhov‚ Tennessee Williams‚ and even Mark Twain have used the society of their time to produce satirical and even tragic works of literature. One of the best examples of a play that gathers meaning from societal values is Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. In 1893 Oscar Wilde began writing his fourth of five works (Tornaritis‚ Nicholas. Shelby‚ C. ed. "An Ideal
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a new name for it. You are a bitch." "Well‚ you’re coward.""All right‚" he said. "What of it?""Nothing as far as I’m concerned. But please let’s not talk‚ darling‚ because I’m very sleepy.""You think that I’ll take anything." "I know you will‚ sweet.""Well‚ I won’t.""Please‚ darling‚ let’s not talk. I’m so very sleepy.". He confronted Mrs. Macomber about this situation and she responded as if she did nothing. She did not want to speak with him and wanted to go to sleep. She did not care if she hurt
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The riots began in Los Angeles‚ amidst a period of rising tensions between American servicemen stationed in southern California and Los Angeles’ Chicano community. Many of the tensions between the Chicano community and the sailors existed because the servicemen walked through a Chicano neighborhood on the way back to their barracks after nights of drinking. The discrimination against the Chicano minority community was compounded by robberies and fights during these drunken interactions. In July 1942
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Washington Irving was born on April 3‚ 1783 in New York City‚ New York. He was born the youngest of 11 children. His parent were Scottish-English immigrant whose names were William Sr. and Sarah Irving. He was named after George Washington who at the time had just completed the American Revolution. He was educated privately and started writing essays under the pen name Jonathan Oldstyle for a publishing company called the Morning Chronicle. The Morning Chronicle was edited by his older brother
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the show was going to start! Suddenly‚ a bright yellow light appeared! I could here sounds like thunder cracking. Sudeep and I didn’t know what was happening! I couldn’t see a single thing. Then I smelled an elegant smell! It made me feel drowsy and sleepy. I didn’t know what happened next………. I woke up to the sound of thunder! When I opened my eyes it was blurry. Then when I rubbed my eyes a little I could see everything. I couldn’t believe my eye! I saw the Bree‚ Chase‚ and Adam. They were the three
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“The Devil and Tom Walker” was an Early Romanticism written by Washington Irving. Irving was a reluctant lawyer who preferred writing and is now mostly known for “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow”. Irving was the first American to achieve international reputation. In 1815 Irving traveled through Europe‚ remaining there for 17 years. Although when “The Devil and Tom Walker” was first published in 1824 it was not well received and even caused Irving to stop writing fiction all together‚ today it is considered
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were talked about and made look bad in propaganda by the whites. That’s why there was so much tension between the whites and the Mexicans‚ latinos. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder‚ created a different view of Mexican youths‚ worst than the previous one. This created problems with police and the media who had a negative view of Mexicans although the Sleepy Lagoon Murder was overturned and showed that it wasn’t the young Mexicans who were guilty. The Zoot Suit riots brought together Mexicans and Black‚ to
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on some fresh clothes. I’m all groggy and sleepy so I look like a zombie walking around the house. I go downstairs and I grab a bowl a spoon and I grabbed some milk and apple jacks. I watched the creamy milk gush out like a waterfall falling upon crisp apple jacks. Then I just sat down and was eating cereal savoring every taste. Then it was time to leave and go to school and my sister had to basically dragged me into the car. I was still a little sleepy until I got to school and go to hangout with
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In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow women are never referred to as being nothing more than housewives. Also Irving’s writing gives the impression that men only value Women for courting reasons; this can be seen through Crane’s attempts to win over Van Tassel. In the other two
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