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    Literature can be written in numerous ways; some people prefer novels and some may prefer comics. The question is‚ what makes that piece of literature good? The answer to this question is entirely subjective. Think about some of your favorite books and why you love them so much. By comparing your favorite books‚ there may be some similarities coming up again and again as you think about what you loved about them. These similarities involve realism; no matter if you are reading fantasy or paranormal

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    Gang Violence 12/02/13 Here in the United States alone has about 1.4 million active gangs and this includes the gangs in the prisons which comprising of more than 33‚000 members. From what I have read the researchers are saying that there is an increase in gang members every year. They are saying 48%of the violent crime is up to 90% in other states. In the suburban areas you are seeing the top gangs with more experience with the violence. The most aggressive gang members are the

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    Literature: Reading‚ Reacting‚ Writing‚ 5th Edition Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell Table of Contents Preface 1. Understanding Literature Imaginative Literature Conventional Themes The Literary Canon Luisa Valenzuela‚ “All about Suicide” Wole Soyinka‚ “Telephone Conversation” Thinking Critically Interpreting Literature Evaluating Literature The Function of Literary Criticism Checklist: Evaluating Literary Criticism 2. Reading and Writing About Literature

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    African Literature: What Tradition? by Es’kia Mphahlele It all started when Africa was shanghaied into the history of the West in the late nineteenth century. What were we coming into? ----- a long line of continuity going back some 9‚000 years since the civilizations of the great river valleys of the Nile‚ the Tigris and Euphrates‚ the Indus‚ and the Hwang-ho had launched man on a long intellectual quest. We had been discovered by an aggressive Western Culture which was never going to let us be

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    The Differences Between Domestic Violence and Family Violence Ema Reynoso Humphreys College The legal definitions of domestic violence and family violence vary from state to state. To better understand the difference between domestic violence and family violence‚ we must determine the context in which the phrase is used. Equally important‚ it is necessary to define the individual forms of abuse associated with domestic violence and family violence. Common forms of abuse include physical abuse

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    What is Tolstoy’s opinion of violence? Is he repelled by it‚ or does he admire it? In Hadji Murat‚ does he glamorize violence or criticize it? Does the novel moralize about violence or does it take an objective approach? Tolstoy definitely is repelled by violence‚ in every opportunity he has to expose a battle or a conflict he does it in a very anticlimactic approach‚ very much so like real life. There is nothing heroic about violence and the destruction it leaves behind. According to Bayley

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    The story “Two Kinds‚” written by Amy Tan‚ has a plot that many people can relate to while growing up as a child. The theme of the story is that there are two kinds of people: the one the mother wants her to be and the one Jing-mei (the protagonist and narrator of the story) strives to be. Both mother and daughter in the story have a very complicated relationship. The mother believes that you could become anything you wanted in America. The author emphasizes that Jing-mei’s mother tries to dominate

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    it tells. The Bible was produced as a way to reach television audiences of people‚ who likely know little about these stories. As to be expected there is some violence in The Bible. It is based on the actual bible‚ so it isn’t really a surprise. Some of it is fairly bloody‚ but I would consider it tame in comparison to most of the violence on TV and the movies today. Overall I feel

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    According to Dictionary.com‚ the definition of classic is “an author or literary work of the first rank‚ especially one of demonstrably enduring quality”. There are many characteristics that make up what we consider as classic to literatures that we still read today. Classic literature does not necessarily mean that it has to be about the old Greek or Roman myths from long ago because it can be just about a few hundred years old such as the plays that William Shakespeare has written some 400 years

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