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    drastic decision to get revenge on his son’s assassin after he is murdered. In Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” we see similar themes of violence‚ vengeance‚ and injustice told with the choices of different characters. The conflict changes with the different actions and motivations of the protagonists‚ showing different intensities and motives through the stories. Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction takes revenge on rapist Zeth for purely selfish reasons; where Matt Fowler in Killings takes revenge

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    one‚ teens can often relate to dystopian fiction. In the passage “Breaking Down the ‘System’” it states “The system is asking a lot from teens and not giving them much respect in return so it’s no wonder that stories about that system exploding‚ breaking down under it’s own contradictions‚ or simply being overrun by zombies are also beloved of teenagers”. This quote is explaining how the “system” is not showing respect to teens like how in dystopian fiction there is not much respect shown to the characters

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    http://www.slideshare.net/kbbandrowski/introduction­to­a­detective­story­2007  http://holmesismyfriend.blogspot.ca/2015/01/the­six­elements­of­detective­fiction.html  http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/vandine.htm      1. The detective must be memorable    1. The detective must be memorable.  Fictional detectives have to be both clever and a bit out of the ordinary that sets them apart  from the crowd.    2. The crime must be significant.  Detective novels are constructed around crimes that are worth the detective’s and the 

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    She met the requirements for having a proper building‚ which her husband built‚ and having six children of school age‚ the sixth turning six a month after school started. The analysis is based on the theory of David Lodge and his work “The art of fiction”‚ chapters one‚ which is about the beginning in novels; chapter six‚ which is about the writer’s and characters’ point of view and reader’s perspective; and finally chapter twelve‚ which is called “The sense of place”. Development of the topics

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    Joe thought he heard a mysterious sound.MMMMMMMMMM‚though Joe just thought it was just the heater.However there was a strange smell of rot flowing through the house as it soon started to sicken Him.All of the sudden‚the humming stopped all at once‚however the smell got closer. “What is that?” Joe thought. Soon joe Started to get frightened‚and he remembered that old movie “the grudge” and got up from his bed.Joe Stared and walked slowly and quietly towards the door.Scared‚Joe Creaked open the door

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    Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window continues and expands on traditional themes of the Detective Fiction Genre. In 1841‚ Murder in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe broke the traditional character constraints of the Crime Fiction Genre‚ by introducing a new type of lead detective figure. The ideal detective figure encompassed traits of superiority‚ intelligence‚ wit and a keen sense for observation. The lead detective figure is a sophisticated character that is not bound to the constrictions and limitations

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    Lucas Amorim dos Santos N° USP: 7193600 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is undoubtedly Joyce’s attempt at creating a novel which could convey his ideas on a new kind of realism for prose fiction. This 1916 novel challenges some conventions of the Nineteenth century realism in Literature‚ specially by rejecting the exaggerated emphasis on external details‚ discarding the old all-seeing and all-knowing narrator and cutting loose the principle

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    Speculative Fiction Essay Poems: In the new landscape- Bruce Dawe Your attention please- Peter Porter Word count: 863 Both “In the new landscape” by Bruce Dawe and “Your Attention Please” by Peter Porter are fine examples of Speculative Fiction worthy of being in a Year Nine anthology for 2012. The poems are in-depth hypotheses of what society will eventuate too‚ allowing the reader to ponder

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    Feminism in crime fictions – Agatha Christie as a feminist writer From the late nineteenth century‚ different movements started to work all around the world‚ protesting for the equality of women in the political and social life. The thesis of the feminism covered every aspect of life within a short period of time‚ so it had a great influence on literature as well. The feminist theories penetrated most of the genres and sub-genres; consequently‚ they also affected the genre of crime fiction which had been

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    Has not one wondered what would happen if one had three wishes that came with a frightening and tragic twist? William Wymark Jacobs‚ the author of the Monkey’s Paw‚ wrote stories about tales of distant strange lands‚ told by passing sailors. The story‚ the Monkey’s Paw‚ is about the strange lands and having a frightening and tragic twist. The main characters in the story‚ the Monkey’s Paw‚ is the White family. The White family is given a monkey’s paw which will give them three wishes. They make

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