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    Author William Faulkner creates a story of intrigue‚ betrayal‚ mystery‚ and compassion in his short story “A Rose for Emily”. The story begins with the death of Miss Emily‚ the towns legacy of times gone by. The towns people have gathered at her funeral to pay their respects‚ “the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument‚ and the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house.” (78) Miss Emily does not have to pay taxes‚ thanks to a deal that her father and

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    everyday without question as breaking them would surely cause some sort of punishment if caught. But what if there are no penalties for doing what is considered wrong? Will everyone naturally give in to their darkest desires? In Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ two of the oldest boys by the names of Ralph and Jack fight for power as they try to lead a group of boys after crash landing on a stray island. Due to major disagreements between the two‚ Jack‚ who is violent and obsessed with hunting‚ creates

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    Humankind urges to suppress their savage instincts‚ but no matter how structured a civilization they may be a part of‚ one cannot escape something that is born in them and all those that surround them. The book Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ portrays a group of school boys who are stranded on an island when their plane crashes. As they struggle to survive‚ they progressively lose their innocence. In chapter nine‚ Jack and his tribe throw a party with all the boys on the island except for

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    BIOGRAPHY William Faulkner (September 25‚ 1897 – July 6‚ 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century‚ his reputation is based on his novels‚ novellas and short stories. However‚ he was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi‚ and he is considered one of the most important Southern writers‚ along with Mark Twain‚ Robert Penn Warren‚ Flannery O’Connor

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    In this short story‚ "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner‚ one major theme is the evolution in the course of the story of the young boy’s sense of loyalty. He starts out with a forced on family loyalty and slowly evolves throughout the narration to a high sense of horror and justice. There is a persistent conflict of personality between the two main characters; the father‚ Abner Snopes‚ who values only his self-interest and the boy‚ his youngest son named Colonel Sartoris but called Sarty‚ who values

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    Neuromancer is a novel written by William Gibson. It is a science fiction novel that impacted on the cyberpunk genre significantly. It broadened the ideas of the roles played by the computer in the science fiction. As technology develops‚ there is an increase in the fear that humans’ dependence on it increases and the fear of post-humanity. This fear can‚ for example‚ be seen in the idea that body and mind invasion will destroy the human sense of self hence make human something different. The fundamental

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    “Othello‚ the Moor of Venice‚” is a play written by William Shakespeare sometime during the beginning of the 1600s. Typical of plays at the time‚ it was written in a dramatic style and tells the tragic story of Othello‚ a general in the Venetian army‚ and his marriage to Desdemona‚ the daughter of a politician in Venice. Influenced by the jealous Iago‚ a man who has multiple ulterior motives throughout the play‚ Othello becomes transfixed on the idea that his wife is having an affair with his recently

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    PAGE �3� "Lord of the Flies": A Human Psyche Allegory By: Mookie Schnaper English Period 4 Mrs.Dunlap April 15‚2013 Mookie Schnaper Mrs.Dunlap English 15 April 2013 "Lord of the Flies": A Human Psyche Allegory In Lord of the Flies William Golding uses allegories to illustrate the human psyche. Different characters are used to represent different parts of an individual ’s mental structure: the impulses of the Id‚ the rationality of the Ego‚ and the moral understanding of the Superego

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    In 1954 William Golding wrote his first published book “Lord Of The Flies.” The book became popular almost overnight as well as creating controversy in the psychological community. Golding used experiences from his life to write the book. Both from his childhood and time in the war. Golding was born September 19‚ 1911 in the rural area of Cornwall England. During a time where there wasn’t much to do. Where radio was non-existent and gramophones were few and far between. Reading and watching his

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    In “A Rose for Emily‚” William Faulkner skillfully depicts the changes of Emily‚ who becomes a victim of the transitional period from the old pre-war society to the new post-war society. The author depicts the process of how an aristocratic lady becomes a killer. The story revolves around the life of a troubled and stubborn woman named Emily. After the death of her father and the disappearance of her lover‚ Emily becomes increasingly isolated from the society. She persistently lives in her self-made

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