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    The novel “The Reader” is narrated in first person by one of the main characters‚ Michael Berg. It is told in the style of an autobiography therefore includes his memories of certain events intermingled with current events. Consequently‚ these events are told from only one point of view and are reliant on one person’s memory‚ but also provide insights into Michael’s character and personality. There will be a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of having this style of narration in this

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    n part II‚ chapter eight of Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader‚ the first-person narrator Michael describes reading the account written by a concentration camp who had survived along with her mother‚ the soul survivors in a large group of women who were being marched away from the camp. He says‚ "the book...creates distance. It does not invite one to identify with it and makes no one sympathetic..." The same could be said of The Reader. The book is written in such a way as to distance one from the characters

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    individual undergoes a traumatic situation‚ the ramifications of these actions seep into an individualfs psyche unknowingly. In effect this passes through memory and becomes sub-consciously buried within a personfs behavioural patterns generally. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink explores the concept of a young mans subconscious desire for a woman whom he gcanft remember to forgeth (1Memento) as she is so deeply inlaid within his soul. Critically acclaimed as gA formally beautiful‚ disturbing‚ and

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    In the story The Reader‚ the main characters Hanna and Michael are faced with several moral dilemmas‚ which challenges them into making changes that lead simultaneously growth as well as their demise. Hanna faces the challenge of deciding if her pride is worth more then her own freedom. It is in this fear‚ the loss of her dignity‚ which ultimately shapes the character she becomes in the end. Michael‚ the other main character‚ falls deeply in love with Hanna. He is forced to make a decision on whether

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    Percy: The Common Reader and the Complex Reader Walker Percy ’s "The Loss of the Creature" is a work to be read … and read again. He questions language and understanding or belief. He writes "piling example upon example" (qtd. in Percy 462). He speaks of the rare sovereign knower and the unique sovereign experience. One will never fully recover an entity into the understanding of the primary founder ’s‚ as try he might. There will only be one sovereign experience. There are many opportunities

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    the professor had us critically read The Eater Reader by James Miller and then develop our essays on each chapter. The essays each requires each class member to write an analytical essay on the text in the chapter. The essays then go through a process to make them better. The professor would write down his or her thoughts on the essay and students would read each other’s essays to critique them. That allows the author of the essay to develop the essay into a meaningful piece of work. After that process

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    FOA Martijn Outline: 1: Introduction: Structure and content/part Task division Learning outcome 2: Body (2): Compare writers Writers; Background Age Stature and credibility Conclusion writers How do age‚ background and nationality of writers influence language and meaning? What are the consequences of this influence? 3: Conclusion: Effects Noor‚ Martijn‚ Joos and Nadine on language and meaning Compare gravity of different aspects’ effect Introduction: [Slide 1.] Sociologists

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    Essay An act of self-mortification or devotion performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a sin or other wrongdoing. This act can be seen through both the novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink and the film Atonement directed by Joe Wright. Guilt is a prevailing theme in both Atonement and The Reader. In The Reader‚ guilt is persistently explored as a reoccurring theme. ‘and when I feel guilty‚ the feelings of guilt return; if I yearn for something today‚ or feel homesick‚ I feel the yearnings and

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    Hitler’s command and his cruel‚ racist‚ immoral Jewish holocaust. Ethics and moral never existed in that country by that time‚ thus Germans only lived under the “law”. One special case of this atrocity was the one of Hanna Schmitz‚ in the movie The Reader. Some people would say that Hanna Schmitz was a right person based on the fact that she helped Michael Berg during his youth and also the fact that she was a disciplined worker. However‚ she manipulated Michael Berg‚ killed around three hundred people

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    Friday‚ February 22‚ 2013 Critical Analysis of Nora Ephron “The Boston Photographs” Nora Ephron author of “The Boston Photographs” reaches out to her readers by touching their emotions by some gripping photographs. She claims “Photojournalism is often more powerful than written journalism‚” this theory is proven in her writing. In Ephron essay‚ she discusses the photographs that Stanley Foreman took of an attempted rescue that turned to a devastating event and how the public responded to the controversial

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