Teresa Towner in her book "The Cambridge Introduction to William Faulkner" states that Faulkner's great grandfather, called for many people as "the Colonel" had a great influence on Faulkner's imagination and perception of the South, she also states: "in his fiction, subconsciously and on purpose, Faulkner used the materials of his life in very subtle, often tertiary ways" which is something it could be noticed in the short story "A Rose for Emily". A Rose for Emily was published in 1931; according to the text, this story takes place in a town ...

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Edith Wharton's short story, "The Debt" from her book "Tales of Men and Ghosts", does a great job proving the moral through the title of the story. ... A young man by the name of Archie Lanfear brings home his friend Galen Dredge for a visit during the summer. One day Archie took Galen by Buzzard's Bay, a place where Archie's father, Professor Lanfear worked at in an attempt to introduce him to his father. Galen admired the place by the look of astonishment on his face especially with the fact that there was a biological station nearby that interested Galen. ... Although the tit...

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For a debut novel, it brought the author rare attention, first as a winner of the Governor-General's Award of Canada and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. ... It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she ...

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For a debut novel, it brought the author rare attention, first as a winner of the Governor-General's Award of Canada and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, then as an entry on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. ... It again reached the shortlist for the Booker Prize and received various awards. ... A Fine Balance, which had just received the Commonwealth Writers Best Book prize, had made the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize; but that did not impress Greer, who grimaced and said: "I hate this book. ... It's a Canadian book about India. ... If she wanted to make the case that she ...

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By the end, I found the spirit of my nation in roadside tents, modest homes and gifts of food. ... I arrived in Iskandiriyah just after sunset and heard the Sunni and Shiite calls to prayer. ... A seven-year-old boy named Saif approached and offered me a place to stay. ... Abu Saif, a Shiite man in his forties, opened his home to me and 14 other men. ... That night I couldn't find a hotel room; Iranian and Pakistani pilgrims had booked nearly every one. ...

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Fitzgerald first called it The Flight of the Rocket and later renamed it The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy. ... In the first book, the couple (Anthony and Gloria) meet and fall in love. ... Anthony is broke, drunk, and is returning home from the war. ... War is merely a place to leave. ... When she married Anthony, she hated staying home in the evenings. ...

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When reading about the castle, it easy to discount the physical improbability of General Zeroffs having produced such a massive home. ... Near the beginning of the book, Rainsford and Whitney talk about this island. Whitney tells Rainsford that, "the place has a reputation---a bad one" (Connell, 10). ... Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place. ... Dick Prosser calls all the boys by respective titles: "He called us "Mister" except Randy, and Randy was always "Cap"n Shepperton"-(Wolfe, 724).This showed that Dick Prosser felt not only beneath the adult ...

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The entire family ignores her except for the little girl, June Star, who easily reads the grandmother like an open book. ... Her suggestions come supported however, as she adds, "Here this fellow calls himself the Misfit is a loose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida..." giving thereader the first clue the family will meet their doom before the end of the story (Baumgaerther 94). ... "She wouldn't stay at home for a million bucks," June Star said. ... When the family resists, she gives the house an element of excitement, telling the children about a secret hiding pl...

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The entire family ignores her except for the little girl, June Star, who easily reads the grandmother like an open book. ... Her suggestions come supported however, as she adds, "Here this fellow calls himself the Misfit is a loose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida..." giving the reader the first clue the family will meet their doom before the end of the story (Baumgaerther 94). ... "She wouldn't stay at home for a million bucks," June Star said. ... When the family resists, she gives the house an element of excitement, telling the children about a s...

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Fed up with how he is being treated at home (or the colonists tired of the British rule), Van Winkle decides enough is enough. ... Quite soon after he starts to walk home, a dwarf-like creature dressed in his towns clothing (Dutch clothing) approaches Rip and politely asks him if he could him carry a large keg of liquor to an unknown destination. ... The last half of the book speaks true to the American tradition, even today. ... One of the Old Inn's which once had a picture of King George, had a flag in its place with stars and stripes. ... The villagers are so upset with this statemen...

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Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp. ...

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