stories that easily relate to the reader as well. Both stories caused a personal reaction as the writer used certain strategies to detail the idea‚ theme‚ and purpose behind each of the writings. It is also important to know the difference between a fiction and nonfiction story. The author has to intrigue the reader’s imagination to make the story interesting. Reactions and Strategies Salvation Salvation was written by Langston Hughes in 1940. This is a nonfictional story based on a childhood experience
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The Lone Stranger To some a life has a purpose‚ but to others a life is only a life. In The Stranger by Albert Camus is not a typical romance novel. It is about a man named Meursault‚ who endures the sudden loss of his mother but feels no pain or remorse in her passing because he lives for the sensual pleasures of the present moment‚ free of any system of values. The next day he reunites with a long lost love and they reconnect with each other. Meursault later kills an Arab and is convicted of premeditated
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lives‚ but we can not accomplish it. There are many kinds of thoughts or philosophies of life; some think that life is already determined by God or destiny when they were born‚ while others think that they decide what they do by themselves. In "the stranger"‚ Albert Camus creates Meursault as a protagonist‚ who does not think about anything deeply. Because of that‚ he can not really enjoy his life. However‚ finally‚ he thinks about his life when he faces death; he truly realized how to face to the absurd
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Ever since the virus got out‚ our town has be quarantined for months. The virus is deadly; If you catch it you won’t notice it at first‚ but you’ll slowly start to catch a fever. Your skin will be hot as fire. Welts will begin to form all over your body and you’ll begin to bleed from every pore. It’s sickening to watch and it’s a sight you’ll never forget for as long as you live; however long that may be. My mother and sister have contracted it. I can tell from their high fever and even though they’re
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country to a world empire.” While they came over with full hearts and hope for an overall better life‚ the labor and feminist politics of the era was a great burden on the shoulders of the new incomers. Hilda Satt Polacheck’s memoir‚ I Came a Stranger:
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Literary analysis: How Meursault is indifferent in The Stranger‚ by Albert Camus Although Meursault is the title character and narrator of Albert Camus’ short novel The Stranger‚ he is also a somewhat flat character. His apparent indifferent demeanor may be a convenience to Camus‚ who mainly wanted to display his ideas of absurdism. And as a flat character‚ Meursault is not fully delineated: he lacks deep thought and significant change. His purpose is that of a first-person narrator whose actions
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Historical Fiction Narrative My name is Elizabeth‚ I’m 15 and I’m moving to the West with my family. We are going there for something called the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act is when you get 160 acres of land for free for 5 years. During the 5 years‚ you must grow crops. But my father is going to the West for mining gold. It’s May 8th‚ 1861. Tomorrow my family and I leave for the West. We are going by railroad. It will be my first time going on the railroad. I’m so excited yet nervous. I
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still rages on over whether Moses wrote the book and the growing debate between creation and evolution appears to suggests it will be a very long time before this issue is put to rest. So‚ what it is that I believe? Is the book of Genesis fact or fiction? I believe‚ Genesis was written by Moses through the intercession of God and the holy Spirit. The bible itself gives us evidence of this when in many of the books following Genesis it gives a clear authorship of Moses. Not only that‚ but for one to
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why is a social group represented in a particular way? Social groups are always represented with a stereotype. This could include their physical appearance‚ their language‚ style‚ or manners that will define this certain social group. In “Master Harold”… and the boys‚ written by Athol Fugard ‚ social groups are represented in a particular way. In this case‚ Fugard represents South Africans creating a stereotype‚ creating characters like Willie that represents the cultural context of the play which
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With I Confess‚ Hitchcock broke his professional lull after The Strangers on a Train (1951). Setting the film in Quebec‚ Canada‚ with a strong French heritage & a city steeped in Catholicsm and its striking church architecture served well for the story. Father Michael Logan (Montgomery Clift) acted as a true Catholic priest‚ friend and employer who hasn’t disclosed the confessional secret of Otto Keller (O.E. Hasse)‚ the caretaker of local catholic church and thus putting his own life in jeopardy
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