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    Crime Fiction‚ more than any other genre‚ engages the reader through the art of suspense. The short stories “The Red Headed League” written by Arthur Conan Doyle and “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dhal‚ along with the T.V. episode “Third Floor Flat” directed by Christopher Gunning all use suspense to engage their audiences. Dhal uses both creativeness and clever use of manipulation of plot structure to intrigue the reader and build suspense. Similarly‚ Gunning misleads the audience’s interpretations

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    A Stranger is Watching is a terrific book. I enjoyed reading this book very much. The non-stop action kept me reading for hours. One of the best features of the book is how it was written.The point of view changes every chapter.For example Chapter 1 is written in the point of view of the infamous Foxy character.Chapter 2 is written in the point if view of our protagonist‚ Steve; and so on.I also liked how the author built the relationship of the characters up‚so you care about what happens to them

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    Why to Read Fiction Books

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    Fiction Books Reading fiction is fun and also necessary. It opens your mind to a new place where everything is different from your daily routine. Fiction books can actually make you feel like you already lived that situation‚ like you felt the good and the bad‚ the sorrow‚ the happiness‚ the people and places. It makes you fly away from your stressing routine and get into a magic world. An example of a series of fiction books is Harry Potter‚ written by J.K Rowling. It is a series of seven fantasy

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    Close Reading: “The Stranger” By Albert Camus The opening of “The Stranger” Meursault is informed of his mother’s death. Meursault tells us: “I got a telegram from the home: “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” That doesn’t mean anything.” (page 3); a very strong statement to set the mood of this chapter. When he finished reading the telegram his first thought is: “That doesn’t mean anything.” this can give the reader the idea that Meursault is disconnected‚ cold‚ and perhaps

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    Image Analysis Pulp Fiction Introduction to Study Higher Education Fashion Retail Branding and Visual Merchandising Maria Emilia Aguilar Lopez / AGU13395725   2   DESCRIPTION The poster shown above corresponds to the Pulp Fiction film released in 1994. The image shows a dark haired and blue-eyed woman lying on a bed wearing red lipstick and a black outfit. She is wearing a black top‚ a pair of black trousers‚ a pair of black-heeled shoes and a necklace similar to a locket. She has a

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    pockets. Her hand darted inside of her left pocket and retrieved one of the ballpoint pens she’d pocketed in the grocery. It’s not much‚ her fingertips pushed the cap off before she walked the pen body down to hold it like a dagger‚ but it’s better than nothing.

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    The stranger Chapter one commentary Meng Hua In chapter one of the stranger Camus have used special techniques and skills to portrait Meursault’s inner character without direct reference. Camus has achieved this using different diction‚ sentence structure‚ metaphors‚ contrasts and other types of literature techniques. Each line is carefully done so that readers can quickly grasp the unique character of “the stranger”. At the beginning of chapter one Meursault immediately reveals himself

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    Themes of Pulp Fiction 1

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    Themes of Pulp Fiction Wesley Donald ENG225 There are arguably many themes within the film ‘Pulp Fiction’‚ but one theme sticks out above all of the others. No matter how far down the rabbit hole you may venture‚ redemption is still attainable if only you are willing to reach out and take it. Quention Terantino has a unique way of storytelling. He has a way of taking people that are outcasts‚ living on the very fringe of society and somehow making his audience like them. He can take

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    individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one ’s acts. This philosophy is essentially the crux of the novel The Stranger and not only serves as one of the themes but probably the main reason Albert Camus wrote the book altogether. Presented in first person narration through the eyes of Meursault‚ the indifferent and apathetic main character‚ the novel serves to evoke

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    Race... Real or Fiction?

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    the notion of race is a cultural construct; that it is based on the views and differences in human beings that come from culture not biology. There are studies that show genetic differences among members of the same race are far greater in number than those of different races. This creates a very unstable data pool. If we took into account other not so visible factors such as blood types or even the adult’s ability to digest lactose then there would be even more classifications. These types of

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