Albert Camus’ The Stranger revolves around an ordinary man‚ Mersault‚ living in French Algiers in the 1940s. Narrated in first person point of view through Mersault’s eyes‚ the novel is about his life and his physical and emotional relationships around him. Beginning with the death of Mersault’s mother‚ the novel offers an existential point of view on life and is an exemplar of Camus’ philosophy of the absurd. Mersault’s character is initially nihilist and this novel is a narrative of how Mersault
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Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Takes us Back into Past‚ Reflects the 80s Classics and Television The Duffer Brothers certainly deserve kudos for creating ‘Stranger Things.’ Viewers are raving about the television series and for many‚ watching it was like taking a trip down memory lane as the science-fiction horror series has multiple cinematic influences from the past. It would not be wrong to call the series an ode to Steven Spielberg’s children movies and 1980s television. This Netflix tale reminds
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I awoke in a dark‚ stale room. The only light was coming from where a strip of cardboard had been torn from the board that covered the window. I saw trees outside‚ so I guessed that I probably wasn’t in my little desert hometown. The next thing I noticed was the fact that one of my hands was chained to a horrible excuse for a bed‚ but I guess that could have been expected‚ considering the circumstances. I exhaled sharply and closed my eyes; the sparse sunlight suddenly felt too bright to my already
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Name: Date: 4/16/2015 Graded Assignment Unit Test: Modern Fiction and Nonfiction Answer the following questions in complete sentences. You must complete it by the due date to receive full credit on this test. (15 points) 1. Do you think that attending the concert in "A Wagner Matinee" is a positive experience for Aunt Georgiana? Why or why not? Be sure to include specific details from the story in your response. Answer: Yes. The defining aspect of Georgiana’s personality‚ however‚ is never in
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Familiarity with literary and cultural texts Flair for expression SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER Time: 2Hours Full Marks: 100 Answers exceeding the stipulated word limit will be penalized 1. Read the following poem and critically evaluate it in not more than 300 words. We die‚ Welcoming Bluebeards to our darkening closets‚ Stranglers to our outstretched necks‚ Stranglers‚ who neither care nor care to know that DEATH IS INTERNAL. We pray‚ Savoring sweet the teethed lies‚ Bellying the grounds before alien
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Week Nine Short Story Assignment What is the symbolic significance of the wheel? The symbolic significance of the wheel is of the man in having control over the wheel‚ thus‚ he has control over his own life and his own death. The wheel represents the man’s destiny and his inability to control it. The narrator states‚ “As the wheel increased its speed it seemed to draw him more and more into its power‚ as though it held his fate – He could not stop it now. So let it be” (231). He refuses to
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Discussion_1_week_2 Chapter Five discusses the importance of point of view in literature and‚ more specifically‚ in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? * Is the point of view consistent
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Lottery” and stunned the world. Both works are now studied as pieces of irony but I believe both to be great works in other‚ with a twist of deaths in the conclusion‚ although‚ worth mentioning‚ the similarities both serve to the other purpose rather than the plane simple. The Destructors and The Lottery‚ both are symbolic society questioner‚ with its many symbols undermines the American and British societies. But both short stories carry within them even more‚ they talk of breaking the norms; they
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Fiction Essay; O’Connor Quotes O’Connor’s quotes/theories: “It is the extreme situation that best reveals who we are essentially” and “The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it” as it relates to the writing‚ “A good Man is Hard to Find” in which the main character‚ Grandmother‚ who lives with her only son and his family and who is domineering at best‚ but believes that she is a good‚ graceful‚ well-reared‚ and a devout Christian. While on a family trip during which the
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3) In what way(s) is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein a Romantic novel? Justify and exemplify. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a Romantic novel in the following aspects: • Subjective point of view Throughout the novel‚ there are three different first-person narrators (Robert Walton‚ Victor Frankenstein and the monster). All of them have a subjective point of view. • Dissatisfaction with the known This aspect is illustrated by Walton’s wish of reaching the North Pole and Frankenstein’s obsession
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