Other books in this genre include Gulliver's Travels, The Swiss Family Robinson, Coral Island, Robinson Crusoe, and High Wind in Jamaica. ... Furthermore, he once remarked in an interview: 'What I am saying to myself is "Don't be such a fool: you remember when you were a boy, a small boy , how you lived on that island with Ralph and Jack and Peterkin [the main characters in Coral Island - note the transfer even of names to Lord of the Flies]"...I said to myself finally, "Now you are grown up, you are adult; it's taken you a long time to become adult, but now you'...

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• Grade Level: High School

Apart from her brother Tom's ability to recall memorized information, Maggie's love for books allow her to apply the knowledge she learns. ... The narrator often notes how Maggie's intellect sets her apart from her family. They note that, "her eyes were full of unsatisfied intelligence, and unsatisfied beseeching affection" (178). ...

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Her books received many rewards and honors. ... Both books were selected as Honor Books in the Chicago Tribune Book World's Children's Spring Book Festival. ... A Saturday Review critic expressed a similar view, noting that The Outsider is "written with distinctive style by a teen-ager who is sensitive, honest and observant .""... Most teenage kids don't like books that drag on and have long periods of times where there is no action. ... Censored Books: Critical Viewpoints. ...

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His books are of course filled with evil, malevolent or simply annoying characters, but they are always either secondary or not on the "good" side. The main forces for good in King's books are always nice guys and girls with problems, just like us. ... His marketing department also presumably creates the taglines for his books. ... Slightly less flatteringly, a huge part of his success is due to his readability, the sheer facility with which his books can be read. ... In a way, King's books are literary chewing gum, or as he himself says " the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and ...

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Another important note is that the book is written entirely through soliloquy. ... The Waves is known to be Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, and is one of the most mentally engaging books I have ever read. ...

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Note, however, that at the same time he is also effectively illustrating his general thesis. The thrust of his argument - including the opening metaphor, the discussion of "absolutes," and a concluding list of "whole" books as opposed to "partial" books - does not consist of one logical "whole" but of a collection of incongruous parts. ... "Books are not life," he writes. ...

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George Orwell, a profound literary figure in his own right, said: "the worst books are often the most important because they are usually the ones that are read earliest in life- (Hunt, 1). ... Hunt maintains that children's books should be displaced from the literary canon altogether (7). ... This virtue is just one I will focus on, in consideration of length restrictions, but it's important to note that Little Women deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situ...

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At times the language was a little rough, however, this fact also added to the books authenticity. ... It is important to note that Meursault and his mother did get along, despite his nonchalant attitude toward her death, as he accepts the fact that his own existence, as well as everyone else's, will eventually end. ... It is interesting to note that Salmano and Meursault can get along, despite being so different in the way in which they deal with emotion. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ... It is important to note that the focus of the trial...

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On a more extreme note, Frankenstein's creation is also wrongly accused by the people who see him, mainly because of society's standards for what is meant to be normal. ... While those who live in the more modernized society believe books, religion, and relationships are out of the question, those on the Reservation believe that self-induced punishments and primitive forms of technology are customary. ...

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It is worthwhile to note that the style of the two stories was presented in different ways. ... As such, what occurred was a hybrid, which magnified the problems associated with adaptations of books, at the same time as it blends Hollywood and Bollywood. ...

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Humour is employed in a variety of ways in Catch-22 and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Heller and De Bernieres uses the same background theme; However, though contrasts are apparent in their portrayal of war, their use of humour is employed differently also. In Catch-22, the humour is interwoven t...

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Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ...

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Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate