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    In Stephen King’s raw and fascinating novel Carrie‚ the author exercises vivid details‚ creates striking characters‚ and includes a suspenseful plot. This is what keeps the reader interested and horror-struck. An example of vivid details is on page 123 where the author describes Carrie’s prom dress. “The dress itself was nearly floor length. The skirt was loose‚ but the waist was snug‚ the material rich and unfamiliar against her skin‚ which was used to only cotton and wool.” This excerpt is significant

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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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    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 King’s ’Ars Poetica’ on Horror In Stephen King’s non-fictional book‚ Danse Macabre‚ he views Lovecraft as a major impact in the field of dark horror fiction writing and also acknowledges the fact that King himself considered him as a major source of inspiration‚ which was embedded in his style of writing. When he reminisces about how he got introduced to the genre‚ he states that his first pick of the countless texts happened to be one of Lovecraft’s short stories. King mentions‚ that although

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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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    Effect of the Past in the Present in Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of being a Wallflower L.Lakshmi M.Phil. Research Scholar Department of English Alagappa University Karaikudi Literature is an amalgam of social issues which always highlight the problem of identity crisis‚ gender discrimination‚ child sexual abuse‚ familial struggles‚ alienation and so on. The prevailing crisis in contemporary period is the problems of adolescence which affect the progress of adults and humankind. It is a preventable

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