"Stranger in the Village" In the essay "Stranger in the Village" the author tells about his experience in a small Swiss mountain village where he visited from America. In this very small secluded town populated by all white people the author is the only black person that the people of the village have ever seen. "From all available evidence no black man had ever set foot in this tiny Swiss village before I came‚" (93). The author would stay in the village for a short stay and then go back to
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Personal history as well as the backdrop of events surrounding that personal history are both significant to many works of prose other than fiction. In at least two works you have studied‚ discuss the use made of the interplay between personal history and the background within which that personal history occurred. In the texts The Great Gatsby by F. S. Fitzgerald and The Outsider by Albert Camus‚ the backdrop of events during the writing of the novels as well as the personal histories of the authors
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The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is an existentialist novel about a man who struggles to understand his free will. Camus’ personal philosophy is portrayed throughout the entire novel through the actions of the main character‚ Monsieur Meursault. For the entire book‚ Meursault does not conform well into normal society. For example‚ he does not mourn his mother’s death. He also does not feel any regret after murdering a man who did not deserve to be murdered. However‚ at the end of the novel
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The significant role of a narrator in literary works often goes unnoticed by many readers. The type and tone of the narrator in a story plays a big part in declaring the theme of the story. Moreover‚ the way the narrator portrays the story and its theme has a strong effect on the way readers perceive the story. The role of a narrator includes deciding how a reader might be involved in regards to the story’s events. In William Faulkner’s short story titled A Rose for Emily and Ghassan Kanafani’s narrative
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Fan fiction is something has been around as long as people have been telling stories. Ancient people would retell old stories or explore minor characters’ roles‚ which are both things people still do today. But there seems to be an unwritten rule between writer and audience that each should respect the other. In other words‚ authors shouldn’t ridicule their readers‚ and fans shouldn’t belittle the author. When either side breaks this mutual respect‚ we begin to see problems in a work of art. One
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In the song‚ "Over the Rainbow"‚ by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg‚ the narrative voice sings of yearning to be in a better place. In order to embark in such a joyous place where anything is possible and dreams come true‚ one must experience an odyssey in order to get there. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ an odyssey is “a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune” and/or “an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest”. The destination in the song may be described
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messages‚ characters and storylines involved in the novels and plays they wrote. For instance‚ Harold Pinter uses his theatre of absurd writing style to demonstrate part of his life story through two of his plays‚ The Homecoming and The Caretaker. In these plays the characters are confined to one room as a way to face what society expects everyone to act like. Even like the characters in his plays‚ Harold Pinter had to seclude himself from society in order for him to understand the unrealistic‚ pointless
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EPICAC List some items from the story that can be found now. List some items from the story that can be found in the future. Some items that can be found now are computers. Some things that can be found in the future are super computers‚ like EPICAC. Do you think that the author accurately describes scientific principles in the novel? Why or why not? I think the author did a good job on describing the scientific principles because the story had advanced technology. Explain the characters involvement
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The Fiction that written by Edward Branigan have a deep discussion about what define a fiction and characters it obtains. At the beginning of the essay‚ the fiction is not conceived by lies. The fictions are created by imaginary and association which could be narrative or nonnarrative. The fiction have references related to real world‚ while lies are words that created deliberately for deceiving. The reader of the fictions would have connected the contents with the real world on the basis of the
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History of Detective Fiction When I came to your class I had little knowledge of what detective fiction was‚ I knew it dealt with mystery‚ but never knew the real meaning of it. Thanks to you and your assignment‚ now I know. According to Wikipedia.org detective fiction is‚ "A branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime‚ usually by murder‚ by a detective‚ either professional or amateur". It is closely related to mystery fiction‚ but it is more of puzzle that must be
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