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    Intro to Fiction

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    “Where are you going where have you been” Oates Psychology Hawthorne’s romanticism Poe’s Gothicism Music Inspired by a Bob Dylan song- “It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue” Connie- is she dynamic character? Why or why not? Connie at Home- mom always comparing her to her older sister‚ say mom and sister are just jealous of her‚ resentful of the family but in the end she sacrifices herself for them Connie when out with friends Why does she go with Arnold Friend? Real- real people and real situation

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    Talking to Strangers Online

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    Talking to Strangers Online In recent years‚ the Internet has proved itself to be a niche of ever-growing clientele‚ offering its users a multitude of venues of entertainment‚ education and other beneficial uses; but other venues of mischief it provides as well. It has been a matter of public discord and a concern of parents and educationalists that millions of teen patrons are now ’online.’ A lot of them use the internet regularly‚ interacting with all sorts of content and technologies‚ and yet

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    Pulp Fiction

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    I based my movie project on the film‚ Pulp Fiction‚ by Quentin Tarantino. This film stars such names as John Travolta‚ Samuel L. Jackson‚ Uma Thurman‚ and Bruce Willis. The movie has a few different aspect that takes form thoughout the plot. One of which is about John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson’s characters‚ who play a couple of deadly‚ cold hearted hit-men. Another is about an over the hill boxer‚ played by Bruce Willis‚ who scams the head boss of a mafia-like cartel for some big time money

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    Albert Camus The Stranger

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    THE STRANGER "What is it‚ indeed‚ the absurd man? The one who‚ without denying it‚ does not make anything for the eternal. It is not that the nostalgia is strange to him‚ but rather he prefers his anger and his reasoning. The first one teaches him to live without appeal and to be satisfied with what he has; the second teaches his limits. Sure of his freedom to term‚ of his rebellion without future and of his perishable conscience‚ his adventure continues in the time of its life. The field is

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    fiction essay

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    Fictional writing is any type of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an authors point in view or simply to entertain. The outcome of this may be a short story‚ novel‚ or drama. Fiction has different types of characteristics that make up the fictional writing‚ like character‚ plot‚ and setting. These characteristics are what make the imagery of fictional writing so astonishing and magical. Character is a figure in the story that can

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    IB SL English 2 Commentary on The Comfort of Strangers In one part of the novel‚ The Comfort of Strangers‚ the English writer Ian McEwan describes the admiration with which his male character‚ Robert‚ contemplates his sisters playing dress up. Though the speaker’s age is never divulged‚ we readily jump to the conclusion that he is around ten years old because of the childish and rudimentary language. The structure of the sentences is also very reflective of the child’s young age‚ as well as

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    Stranger Attachment Study

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    The Stranger Situation study was used by Ainsworth and Bell (1970) to measuring attachment. The aim was to see how infant act under conditions of mild stress. Three participants were mothers‚ infant and stranger. A child is placed in 8 different situations and combining mothers and stranger connects with an infant. Mother and child put into a room alone and the child explore the toys. A stranger enters the room and

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    Georg Simmels’‚ The Stranger‚ gives us an in depth view of who strangers are and how they affect the community they are apart of. It combines the seemingly contradictory qualities of nearness and farness and how they connect to the broader social communities. The behavior of a normal or "inside" group within a society is standard‚ thus causing every other behavior that is different to this norm to be negative. The stranger is valued for his or her objectivity‚ for being able to take a distanced

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    Pulp Fiction

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    Pulp Fiction is like boot camp for the Marines. You come into it from your civilized life‚ they subject you to violent language until you’re numb‚ they abuse you verbally and physically until all of your normal feelings and values are reduced to dust. Leaving you aware that you have changed‚ and able to describe the change‚ you find yourself questioning the person you were previously. First thing you know you’re saluting. This story is a cleverly disorienting journey through a landscape of danger

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    Fiction Essay

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    Fiction Essay Thiago De Souza Liberty University Abstract In this essay‚ “The Rocking Horse Winner” and “The Lottery” are compared and contrasted. Their different themes and different characters have some similarities. The things the characters do and want ultimately brings them to their very own downfall. Throughout this essay‚ I talk about how these characters are just like every ordinary person and how our society is well represented by the different themes in each of these stories. One

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