Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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dumb “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein; a quote that really hit home when thinking back on “Maricela” a story from the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleishman. Maricela’s outlook on life went from being negative to positive‚ although it took time for her to realize the bigger picture her tone took a drastic turn from being suicidal and irrational to honored‚ during her pregnancy. In
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NOVELS BY FILIPINO AUTHORS IN ENGLISH Updated on 14 June 2011 Alanguilan‚ Gerry. Elmer. SLG Publishing‚ 2010. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Humanis Rex! Fudge‚ 2005. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Wasted. Alamat‚ 2002. [ACTION/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alanguilan‚ Gerry and Arlan Esmeña. Where Bold Stars Go to Die. Komikero‚ 2009. [EROTICA/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alfar‚ Dean Francis. Salamanca. Ateneo‚ 2007. [FANTASY] Alumit‚ Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. MacAdam/Cage‚ 2002. [LITERARY FICTION] __________
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Betrayal‚ to deceive and become disloyal. In the novel betrayal can be observed as a prevalent motif. The author used three events and ideas throughout the reading. First being a girl turning in her parents for harboring two colored boys. Second being Fiona snitching on Martin and Ethel. Third is the ideas of society. Firstly‚ “A mob strung up a husband and wife who hid two colored boys in their barn. Their daughter turned them in‚ jealous of the attention. Despite their youth‚” Whitehead 362. I
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style that Bama‚ a Tamil‚ Dalit writer adapts to tell the stories‚ secondly the legends and songs that she has woven into her text and thirdly using the food trope to narrate an alternate "her story". Though this article focuses on Sangati‚ her second novel‚ I will also refer to Karrukku‚ Bama’s seminal first work. Born as Fatima in 1958 in Puthupatti village in Viruthungar district in Southern Tamilnadu‚ Bama wrote Karukku in 1992 which brought with it the force of whirlwind to whip the literary
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1 Anabel Gonzalez Mr. Helle English p.2 7 September 2009 Thematic Effects on Novel without a Name Novel without a name by Duong Thu Huong provided a real insight on war from the Vietnamese point of view. Readers are able to contemplate with the themes that reoccur‚ what the war truly is like‚ and the effects it causes on the people‚ society‚ and the individual. Three main reoccurring themes of this novel were disillusionment of the war‚ betrayal‚ and the loss of innocence that the war causes
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$2.95 The Novels of William Golding The Novels of William Golding The Ohio State University Press Howard S. Babb The Novels of William Golding All quotations from LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding are reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber‚ Ltd.‚ and Coward-McCann‚ Inc. Copyright © 1954 by William Gerald Golding. All quotations from William Golding’s THE INHERITORS‚ PINCHER MARTIN (original American title: THE TWO DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER MARTIN) ‚ FREE
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evolved into something far beyond strips in the Sunday paper. Graphic novels‚ as these materials are most often referred to today‚ have become their own genre (even though they are a format‚ not a genre) in bookstores and libraries alike. Popularity for them has skyrocketed in the past ten years or so‚ and graphic novels now compete as literary heavyweights for young readers and adults. There are different branches of graphic novels‚ including manga‚ which have an age appropriate stamp on their back
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"Paul ’s Case": A Narcissistic Personality Disorder By Rob Saari Willa Cather ’s title "Paul ’s Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question‚ "What exactly is Paul ’s Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul ’s case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son ’s behavior‚ and the school faculty‚ who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension‚ speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrievedness" that it is obvious that Paul ’s is "not a usual case" (221). At first‚ it
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Such type of conflict is proposed in the novel “The Nest” written by a famous Australian author Paul Jennings. Conflict can be thoroughly portrayed in the novel through the characters Robin (protagonist)‚ Charlie‚ Verushka and Robin’s Dad‚ Alan. In ‘The Nest’ conflict can be better expressed through various themes including man vs. self‚ man vs. man and man vs. nature. The first theme to be discussed is man vs. self which is widely present throughout the novel ‘The Nest.’ Man vs. self can also be referred
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