In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, Richard Selzer addresses some aspects of our own mortality and vulnerability that are not "pretty" to think about. ... Most of Selzer's essays in this book are cases he has had or advice he has for young surgeons. ... He ends with the line, "For I have heard the siren song of the slug, and I shall hold that garden in my arms until I die, and thereafter" (130). ... This lesson is applicable to many aspects of life. ... Every generation is marked by different styles, views, and experiences than the one before it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

James never married, he said in the tale"The Lesson Of The Master" (1888), he considered to be an artist you should be free of all the obligations of a family. ... In 1915 he became a British citizen or a British subject just a few months before he died in London on February 28, 1916. ... James wrote 3 novels about politics and art: The Bostonians (1886), The Princess Casamassima (1886) which was a very good book in my opinion the characters again were outstanding. ... Isabel Archer is a young American girl brought to Europe after her father has died in America. ... In conclusion, I ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(a National Book Award nominee in 1977), was followed by What We Talk When Talk About Love, Cathedral (nominated for the Pulitzer Price in 1984), and Where I"m Calling From in 1988, when he was introduced into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died in August of that year. ... The story was all about this man's experience before and during the blind man visit, perhaps the most interesting part of the story was how well elaborated and full of details it was. ... At the end of the story, Carver left us a great lesson in where the narrator moving out if himself so he was able...

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• Grade Level: High School

She was separated from her kids and one died shortly after. ... In 1678 her husband passed away and she wrote her narrative right before she died. ... All her stories seemed to have a lesson that would be taught by the end. ... It is stated in the prologue section of the book that Mary Rowlandson's narrative was the "first book written by a woman to be published in the English colonies in North America" (Bedford 192). ... Who would not shed a tear when their child was brutally murdered right before their eyes? ...

• Word Count: 1999
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• Grade Level: High School