writer for HarperCollins publishing company. The Texas native composes stories for lovers of Young Adult fantasy and sci-fi literature. Within her first couple of years of writing‚ this burgeoning author has accomplished a completed duology series‚ The Murder Complex‚ and started an epic Middle Grade trilogy known as the Balance Keepers. Cummings’ passion for literature originated from her deep love of modern classic YA series like‚ Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. In fact‚ this appreciation can be easily
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The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story in which the narrator remains unnamed throughout the entire novel. What we know about the narrator is that she is female‚ married to a man named John who is also her doctor‚ she is also suffering from either nervous depression or post-partum depression. The thing that is special about this novel is that the narrator is secretly writing all of this in her journal to express herself‚ since she is belittled to little to no activity
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The Warbler The creator of any diary may say he or she is only recording day-to-day life; but in many cases‚ the writings have more than one purpose. In The Kagero Diary‚ the unnamed narrator begins her story differently than most diarists. Not only is she speaking to an audience she presumes would be listening‚ her outlook on the life she leads is quickly placed into a negative category. Occurring in the third part of her diary‚ a poem is written that I believe significantly portrays her inner
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Murder as a Fine Art: Basic Connections between Poe’s Aesthetics‚ Psychology‚ and Moral Vision Author(s): Joseph J. Moldenhauer Source: PMLA‚ Vol. 83‚ No. 2 (May‚ 1968)‚ pp. 284-297 Published by: Modern Language Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1261183 . Accessed: 02/06/2011 19:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of
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entertainment and the general public have been fascinated with the “unreliable narrator” story arc in movies and books. Films such as Fight Club and The Usual Suspects have wowed audiences with the realization that everything up to the moment of clarity has been a lie. Modern day books have also capitalized on this trend with The Girl on the Train being the most modern example. Countless hours and personal experiences tell the audience that the narrator is always right in his account of the events; however‚ when
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The second-person narrative is a narrative mode in which the protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person personal pronouns and other kinds of addressing forms‚ for example the English second-person pronoun "you"or "your". Example: You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are‚ and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar‚ although the details are fuzzy. —Opening lines of Jay McInerney’s
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The use of setting by the narrator in “A Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Tell-Tale Heart” is about a man‚ driven by madness‚ who murders an old man in order to escape his fear. I believe that the narrator chose the time and place of his crime intentionally‚ for the following reasons: The deed was committed in the dark‚ which also describes his thoughts. The murderous act was in the old man’s bedroom‚ with the bed being the murder weapon‚ in order to achieve redemption. Also‚ the crime was
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Carl Rogers and Person Centered Counseling Cheri Burns Theories of Personality‚ Psy 330 Brandy Goldston August 17‚ 2009 Introduction Carl Rogers‚ (1902-1987)‚ was an American psychologist who developed person-centered therapy. This type of humanistic counseling deals with the ways in which people perceive themselves consciously rather than having a counselor try to interpret unconscious thoughts or ideas. There are many different components and tools used in person-centered counseling‚
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drafted by Carl Rogers between 1951 and 1961. The book is deeply insightful and almost meditative in its explanation of how Rogers arrived at his person-centred approach to psychotherapy. Candid personal revelations of Roger’s experience and insights on human relationships are provided‚ as is an exploration of psychotherapy as a helping ‘relationship’ between the therapist and client in modern terms. The gut felling the message will stays with you after reading the book. Rogers’s idea that ‘becoming
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”Dancing to Nat King Cole” by James Wall Title: “Dancing to Nat King Cole” by James Wall Plot The story is about a couple‚ Charles and Katherine Simpson. They are having lunch with their grown up daughter‚ Rebecca‚ at their usual restaurant The Angel. Rebecca asks her mother how Charles is doing because Rebecca thinks he is doing worse than last time. Katherine says that he is fine. But actually he is doing weird things in the house like clears unfinished plates away or cleaning kitchen surfaces
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