“Babylon Revisited” F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of “Babylon Revisited” (1931)‚ is regarded by many as “the spokesman of the post—World War I ‘jazz age’ generation” CITATION rob \p 365 \l 1033 (DiYanni 365). Of his many short stories‚ several embodied a loosely based self-reflection of his own personal life experiences leading up to the Stock Market crash of 1929 and the depression that followed CITATION Lin \l 1033 (Goldberg). In “Babylon Revisited‚” he writes a sentimental short story highlighting
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1. What is diction? (5 points) an author’s word choice words that are inverted connotation in dialect formal language in poetry 2. Which of the following lines from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" shows an example of dialect? (10 points) "I wish you would write me‚ say once a year‚" I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy. How long I sat beside Calypso I don’t know. "What were ye doin’ there?" 3. Read the following paragraph from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" and
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22197 A Hopeless Tone is Created from Personal Experiences Established and weathered authors use certain literary techniques to further enhance the reader’s experience. Tone is one of these techniques‚ and is easily described as the general character or attitude of a piece of writing. Tim O’Brien’s combat experience in Vietnam led him to suffer from PTSD‚ and this condition led him to establish a hopeless tone in the first chapter of The Things They Carried. The author’s interview introduces
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Literary Analysis In the narrative “Salvation” Langston Hughes vividly paints a picture of himself as a little boy in a charismatic scene of a church where he takes us into his feelings of pressure‚ confusion‚ and disappointment in himself during his “saving” from sin by Jesus. He uses literary devices ‚to build up and develop detail of his experience‚ such as his use of dialogue‚ compression‚ and he writes in the mind of a young boy. Langston Hughes brings emotion and drama to his childhood
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If the Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ is a morality tale‚ then its lesson is beyond comprehension. As noted on the blurb on the back cover‚ the book does take place at the height of the 1920s‚ a time when ‘gin was the national drink‚ and sex the national obsession”. And yet‚ for the purposes of the novel‚ this is a superficial assessment of the Jazz Age‚ or else what Fitzgerald really meant to say about the Jazz Age. While much can be said of Gatsby’s decadence‚ and his gaudiness‚ and the
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Orson Scott Card Biography The author of this book and many others‚ lead and interesting and fun life(at least for a mormon). Orson Card was born in Richland‚ Washington. He was born in 1951 which makes him about 54years old now. He grew up in many states such as California‚ Arizona‚ and Utah. His great grandfather was the founder of a mormon colony in Cardston‚ Canada. Scott Orson Card was named after his grandfather Orson Rega Card the 2nd generation of the mormon community in Cardston‚ Canada
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The two gladly welcomed their second son to the family‚ Steven Mark Baird‚ on March 27‚ 1957. Scott Alan‚ Steve’s two-year-old older brother‚ realized with the arrival of Steve he was no longer the star of attention. The family then continued to grow with the arrival of Andrew David three years later. The family of five lived in a house on Oak Street in Saginaw‚ Michigan. Steve shared a room with Scott. There was a twin bed on either side of the room‚ with a window facing their backyard. From the
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age are still portrayed in art in the nude. Mostly in nude magazines. Some people would consider these magazines to be vulgar and raw however men still look at these magazines for enjoyment making them a form of art. In "Looking at Women"‚ by Scott Russell Sanders‚ he looks into his experiences with women throughout his life and asks many questions about the use of their bodies. Whether it I used as art or not and why? He starts the essay out by telling a story from when he was eleven. It was
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already have attained. The American author F. Scott Fitzgerald has had an unprecedented impact on America. His novels contain recurring themes that establish the facets of modern American society with which he avidly disagrees. His characters Jay Gatsby and Armory Blaine both portray men in American society who have through various ways acquired wealth‚ but their wealth has not brought them happiness‚ which is what they had truly longed for. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels‚ The Great Gatsby‚ and This
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Will Be “We Are Still Only Human” by Verlyn Klinkenborg is an analysis of expectations and human nature in which there is too much of a positive outlook for the future of society. Klinkenborg uses a serious tone that makes his essay fit for a speech. He also uses many techniques to show tone including diction‚ imagery‚ details‚ language‚ and sentence structure. “The politeness that afflicts me is not civility‚ which is an urbane quality compatible even with cynicism”(ll.5-7). Klinkenborg’s choice
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