...Do you like to read books with a genre of non-fiction or autobiography? The novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel was about a young boy who was born in Sighet, Transylvania, he was a teenager and in 1944 his family and him were taken from their home and were transported to a concentration camp in Auschwitz. There were two different ethnicity groups the Jews and the Germans, each had different rights because they believed that the Germans were more powerful and higher class than the Jews. Elie Wiesel shows three overlying themes throughout the novel those themes are hope, fear, and faith. These themes help create the images, and the details that Elie provides it helps us better understand what he is trying to tell us by providing us with more knowledge that allows us to realize each of the three themes and how those themes are represented throughout the novel. In the book “Night” there are several overlying themes and one of those themes is hope. Hope is a feeling of expectation and a desire for something to happen. In the novel it states “every bomb that hit filled us with joy.” When Elie and the others heard all of those bombs they were glad to hear that sound because it made them think that everything would be back to normal again and...
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...O’Neill drew their characters for their graphic novel, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, my interpretation of the characters did not change as the Victorian texts provided a backstory that helped me understand both the original characters and Moore and O’Neill’s characters to a larger context. The original texts also helped me realize why Moore and O’Neill portrayed the characters the way they did as after reading the original texts I gained a new insight on the characters and this helped me understand the contrast between the old characters and the new ones as well as some similarities and differences. Since I had never read any of the Victorian texts previously I did not understand many of the...
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...MY REACTION PAPER TO NOLI ME TANGERE The title of this novel "Noli Me Tangere" is a Latin words meaning in tagalong “Huwag Mo Akong Salingin”. Jose Rizal, our national hero is the writer of this novel, where in, this novel was written during his time, where in, the exact year was 1884, he was in Madrid taking up medicine when he write this novel. When he finished his course (Medicine), he went to Paris and continues writing this novel. In Berlin, Jose Rizal finished the last part of this novel. This novel was written to remind us the bad things that Jose Rizal experienced during his time by the Spanish. From the very start of this novel, the first plan of our national hero is, to write this novel with the help of his countryman that is also suffering to the hands of the Spanish, but suddenly he failed to do it with the help of his countryman, because his countryman lose their hope in fulfilling their dreams to have freedom in the hands of the Spanish colonies. Jose Rizal did not give up, because he continue write this novel without the help of his countryman, and he decided to write it by himself only. The first chapter of this novel was entitled µ¶the paging¶¶, where in, in this chapter stated the lifestyle of Don Santiago de los Santos also known as Capitan Tiago, he was from Binondo and he was the step father of Maria Clara according to this chapter. In this chapter, the other characters was Padre sibyla, Padre Damaso, and Tangent Guevarra.According to this chapter, Capitan...
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...the interesting pamphlet lately published under this name by Mr. Walter Besant. Mr. Besant's lecture at the Royal Institution--the original form of his pamphlet--appears to indicate that many persons are interested in the art of fiction and are not indifferent to such remarks as those who practise it may attempt to make about it. I am therefore anxious not to lose the benefit of this favourable association, and to edge in a few words under cover of the attention which Mr. Besant is sure to have excited. There is something very encouraging in his having put into form certain of his ideas on the mystery of story-telling. It is a proof of life and curiosity--curiosity on the part of the brotherhood of novelists, as well as on the part of their readers. Only a short time ago it might have been supposed that the English novel was not what the French call discutable. It had no air of having a theory, a conviction, a consciousness of itself behind it-of being the expression of an artistic faith, the result of choice and comparison. I do not say it was necessarily the worse for that; it would take much more courage than I possess to intimate that the form of the novel, as Dickens and Thackeray (for instance) saw it had any taint of incompleteness. It was, however, naïf (if I may help myself out with another French word); and, evidently, if it is destined to suffer in any way for having lost its naïveté it has now an idea of...
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...essayist. By eavesdropping on these discussions, I can find out what’s going on in the world of “great literature” so that when people ask me what I’ve read lately I can pretend that I, too, am devoted to highbrow literature. I’m ashamed to admit my secret vice, but, because we’re friends, I can tell you…I love “trash.” I’m embarrassed about it, and I know that my intellectual friends would ridicule me if they found out. Still, I have very good reasons for enjoying light literature. I find it educates, relaxes, and entertains in a way that more cerebral reading doesn’t –at least, not for me. The educational nature of popular or junk literature is often overlooked. From reading countless police novels, I know the workings of the Los Angeles and New York police departments inside out. I have a thorough grounding in the operations of the CIA, the KGB, MI5 and any number of less illustrious spy agencies. I’ eagerly awaiting the first novel about a hero from Canada’s CSIS. Science-fiction books have detailed for me the ways of life, war, travel, and even agriculture in outer space. My education even includes the laws of nature in alternative universes: I know about the society of Gor, the politics of Fionavar, and the nature of good and evil in a hundred other worlds. Acquiring all this knowledge may sound tiring, but light novels are actually extremely relaxing. The way I read this kind of literature is slouched in my favourite chair with my feet up and a comforting...
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...Goal “The goal” was a good novel to read because it relates to the real world. The novel talks about all aspects of a manager’s daily life. People in management could relate Alex’s problems to their own problems. The novel showed two parts of a manager’s daily life. The first part of the book showed how work problems could affect their personal life. The second part of the book showed me how mangers have to work hard to keep their jobs even if their personal life is not going well. If I had any management experience, I would not bring work problems at home because it could break the family. Those students who are studying management should read this novel before entering the real world of management because it will help them to deal with the problems at work and at home. The novel “The goal” starts when Mr. Peach, Alex’s boss came for a surprise visit because the plant was not delivery the order on time. Mr. Peach start yelling at Alex because one of the company favorite customer complained about his late order (41427). This is a lesson that I will not forget because it happened to me. My experience was not in a management position but as an employee. I worked at an A Dollar Mart Store over the weekend and the management always comes for a surprise visit .The manager never let me say a word like Alex. My manager always tells me that I am putting the inventory in the wrong place when his wife told me to put the inventory in a certain...
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...And to say that the transition is smooth would definitely be nowhere near the truth. With the multitude of new situations it seems you have to worry about, as well as overcome, your teenage years can seem like the lowest time of your life. In the graphic novel, “Smile”, by Raina Telgemeier, Raina’s own struggle with self-confidence during her teenage years taught me lessons during my own transition, about just how important it is to realize my own self-worth. The first lesson that the novel taught me was that I shouldn’t change myself for other people. During the beginning of Raina’s transition into a young adult, she had still worn her...
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...sense where either I could predict exactly what was to happen based off of what he fed me, I could not predict anything and simply let him lead me through the plot, or I thought I was getting ahead of him but he had just led me to a dead end to potentially mask another plot twist. The Wins On multiple occasions, I was able to predict the way in which the Cline would eventually take his plot. Right from Cline’s introductions and depictions in the third chapter of the novel, I easily identified that Aech would be a major ally for Wade throughout the book while I-r0k would take an antagonist role in the novel. Consequently, it came to me as no surprise when I-r0k finally turned on them and attempted to blackmail Wade in the thirteenth chapter. In between those two points in the story, I also succeeded in predicting how Morrow and Halliday had a falling out, as Cline disclosed on page 121. Back on page 55, Cline had portrayed Morrow and Halliday’s relationship as if they had...
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...Marisa Tobias Dr. Romo EN7317 3 April 2017 Bless Me, Ultima: Women and Power Rudolfo Anaya’s novel, Bless Me Ultima is a coming of age story of a young boy, Antonio, growing up in New Mexico in the 1940s around the end of World War II, although it is a story of self-identity, it contains feminist tones particularly in regards to the title character, Ultima and the boy’s mother, Maria. Throughout the novel, Antonio is deeply torn between his mother’s dream of him becoming a priest and his father’s desire for him to live the life of a vaquero. However, he realizes, as a result of Ultima’s guidance and lessons about his culture, that he must make his own decisions and possibly create a way of life that might not be either one of his parents’ wish. Bless Me, Ultima, in the long run, shows the importance of Chicana women as mother figures and as leaders, Ultima and Maria are important and powerful women that break free from the traditional roles that women were expected to play during that moment in history and within that patriarchal society. Anaya is “hailed for helping the Latino way of life, traditions, and values become nationally recognized with his first novel, Bless Me Ultima (1971). Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Anaya was known as the premier voice...
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...Reading Jane Eyre definitely proved to me that it is called a classic for a reason. It had profound techniques in conveying her points of view, which seems very personal. Although it was a long read, it had such quality and expertise, and the mystery of it all had kept me with it all. I try to stay positive before reading my book, but my feelings were a little mixed in the beginning; this novel has a monumental amount of prestige, but it does have some years behind it. I am so glad to have had the opportunity to give it a chance and experience the rhythmic tune this novel had. Jane Eyre made me think about our society as a whole; many of the issues considered in the text are very true now. The world still has class issues, as well as gender inequality and the fact that two centuries have gone by...
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...Figurative language in the novel Frankenstein is consistent throughout the book except for the beginning. Robert Walton was writing letters to his sister which made the beginning of the story first person Personification appears in chapter 24 for example “I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure; it molded my feeling, and allowed me to be calculating and calm, at periods when otherwise delirium or death would have been my potion” Metaphor, “my present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost” Metaphor “I cannot doubt it, yet I am lost in surprise and admiration” Ironic Devices This novel is highly ironic, in the novel situational, dramatic and verbal irony all appear...
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...The next element that Shaw uses throughout her novels is suspenseful mood, which she uses to make the reader think about what the novel is about, and to keep the reader interested. According to an academic journal on gale databases written by Rebecca Hachmyer, “Readers will find themselves deep within Liza’s shell-shocked mind as she and her father enroll themselves in the witness protection program” (“Shaw, Susan: Tunnel Vision”). Shaw makes sure the readers stay interested in the novel by creating such suspense and mystery with Liza having to be on the run the whole time. This suspenseful mood is seen in Tunnel Vision. Liza states in the book, “Life felt so unreal. Mom was dead, someone had attacked me with a knife, and now we were living in Kansas” (Tunnel Vision 101)....
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...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Classic American Bildungsroman Mark Twain’s famous novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is much more than a story about a boy and an escaped slave adventuring along the Mississippi River; it is a bildungsroman, a coming of age tale. Huckleberry has the mindset of a child in the beginning of the story. Over the course of the novel, Huckleberry gains a more mature outlook on things such as racism. He also becomes a more morally aware individual as a result of his adventures. Although Huckleberry regresses near the conclusion of the novel, it easy to see that he is far more mature than he is in the beginning of the novel and therefore a better person, Huckleberry has come of age. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is difinetly bildungsroman. In the beginning of the novel it is clear that Huckleberry is not mature in the least bit. He has a poor understanding of morals which is to be expected due to his lower class upbringing and lack of education, neither academic nor religious. Huckleberry addresses the fact that he has been living with the Widow Douglas: “she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn’t stand it no longer I lit out” (1). Although Huckleberry ends up not running away, it is clear to the reader that he is not happy trying to be civilized. He is a typical teenager...
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...1. Would you read another novel by this author? Why? Why not? a. Yes, George Orwell has impressed me thoroughly. Through both the complexity of his writing and his use of vocabulary, I felt a wide range of emotion including sadness, anger, surprise, happiness, curiosity, and fear. Orwell has proved to be a proficient user of the English language, as well as a creative visionary with a depth to his writing. It appears as though his novel 1984 is non-linear entirely. Although it has a general plot, given the characters names and possibly a brief description; one could pick the novel up at any point and capture its meaning. The clarity of his objective in writing as well as his upfront attitude about delicate subjects is precisely the style of...
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...This is an essay about the novel, Theories of Relativity, by Barbara Haworth-Attard, where the main protagonist, sixteen year old Dylan, is kicked out of his home and has to live on the streets where he meets several “interesting” characters such as Jenna, the naive runaway, and Amber, the belligerent prostitute. Dylan throughout the novel fights against the black hole that is the dark world of homelessness which commonly includes drugs, alcohol, and mental issues, along the way coming up with theories as to why things are the way they are, and how as a coping mechanism. Many of our characters (such as Dylan, Amber and Jenna) if taken from just a vague, stereotypical title of why they ran away, you don’t truly understand more as to why and therefore, judge them for their stereotypical title. First assumptions of Dylan, Amber and Jenna were by just the title of why that I gave them were most likely ones such as “Dylan must have not listened to his parents much.” “Jenna probably did it for a guy.” “Amber probably is a sex addict.” Most of them, are false. They can be true in certain, ironic...
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