Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King is a memoir that documents his life experiences that has shaped his as a reader and writer. Not only is it just memoir but it is a guidebook‚ that King relays his advice to aspiring writers. King’s purpose of his book is very clearly stated while at the same time it is vague. He makes it obvious that it is a book about writing‚ yet he never directly tells the readers what is the correct way or the right way to write. This is because Stephen King is trying to help
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I love to dance. I have been part of a lot of things that involve dancing. The one I truly have a passion for is a group called "Danza Santa Cruz.” Being in this group has taught me how to have morals and have more faith in my religion. Danza Santa Cruz isn’t just an ordinary dance group. It’s an ancient Catholic and native tradition from Mexico brought into America. Their dance steps along with the drums and costumes are unique and beautiful. Every other group has their specific saint and church
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Comparison of Jack London and Stephen Crane. Jack London and Stephen Crane were both well-known literary naturalists who died at relatively early ages. Despite having lived such a short life‚ Jack London lived a full life. He has achieved wide popularity abroad‚ with his work being translated into more than fifty languages‚ as well as having written fifty literary works in eighteen years. His stories in the naturalistic mode still continue to influence writers today. Stephen Crane was also an accomplished
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residences often answer the door to a military officer whom bears bad news about their sons. During the reconstruction‚ the sex ratio is off balance and many women do not have a full grasp on why they are lonely. In “War is Kind” by the famous poet Stephen Crane; he adopts sarcastic diction and syntax to display war as a destructive force. The author uses ironic diction to present war as a calamitous machine that of which yields to no one. The first words that arise from the work to the reader is “Do
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controversial in society. I read the book He’s a Stud‚ She’s a Slut‚ and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti. This book was easy to read with Valenti’s short essays and thoughts on modern feminism‚ stereotypes‚ and heightening one’s awareness to pervasive myths about women. Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. None of the information was really unexpected or
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How could war be kind? War cannot be kind. Throughout Stephen Crane’s stories‚ we learn he is opposed to the civil war. Stephen Crane uses sarcasm in “War is Kind” and then gives gruesome details of a soldier’s experience in “A Mystery of Heroism” to prove he is opposed to the war. Sarcasm is meant to provoke thought and to poke fun at the other topic. “War is Kind” uses sarcasm to explain the horrors of war‚ and the effect it has on those related to those in the war. “Great is the battle-god‚ great
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Stephen Coonts’ "Flight of the Intruder": Summary This week I read Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts. I read from page 1 to page 437 for a total of 437 pages. The book is about an A-6A Intruder (a naval bomber) pilot named Jake Grafton. In the first few pages Jake’s best friend and B/N (Bombardier/Navigator) is killed by a Vietnamese soldier’s rifle. In this mission their target was a "suspected truck park." Jake goes into despondency (depression‚ despair) for a days and tries to
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Reflecting on Addiction On the surface‚ “Miracle Polish” mirrors the myth of Narcissus‚ following a man who‚ after discovering the effects of a mysterious polish‚ becomes obsessed with his own reflection. However‚ within the fantasy of Steven Millhauser’s short story lies a very real and morbid subtext. “Miracle Polish” presents an allegory of drug abuse and substance addiction‚ using symbols to control the story’s significance and depth. Millhauser effectively creates an allegory with the use
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Spoken English and Broken English By G. B. Shaw ...If you are learning English because you intend to travel in England and wish to be understood there‚ do not try to speak English perfectly because if you do‚ no one will understand you. ...Though there is no such thing as perfectly correct English‚ there is presentable English which we call ’Good English’‚ but in London nine hundred and ninety nine out of every thousand people not only speak bad English but speak even that very badly.
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Sweetness by Stephan Dunn Just when it has seemed I couldn’t bear one more friend waking with a tumor‚ one more maniac with a perfect reason‚ often a sweetness has come and changed nothing in the world except the way I stumbled through it‚ for a while lost in the ignorance of loving someone or something‚ the world shrunk to mouth-size‚ hand-size‚ and never seeming small. I acknowledge there is no sweetness that doesn’t
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