However, nowadays much of literature deals with them and modern sciences try to investigate them. ... Geoghegan Regardless of definitions, all religions have certain elements in common. These include common rituals to perform, prayers to recite, places to visit or avoid, holy days to keep, means by which to predict the future, a body of literature to read and study, truths to affirm, charismatic leaders to follow, and ordinances to obey. ...

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Fantastic and breathtaking, Cold Sassy Tree is a great piece of American literature. ... It would take too much time to write all of these elements, here is a breif synopsis on setting, conflict, and titles and names. ... All of these elements of the conflict help give the reader . ...

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Through this theory of Deconstructionism, critics apply the theory to critiquing a peace of literature. ... When a Deconstructive critic approaches a piece of literature he/she has to "disguise underlying tensions, with elements in a precarious unstable balance. ... Proctor's describes to me how a deconstructive critic approaches a piece of literature: First, accept that language is slippery-what I mean by blue may not be blue to you. ... A Deconstructive critic can display his attitude towards his case and support his ideas through the textual meaning of a piece of literature. ...

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Despite this common thread throughout contemporary fiction, both Virginia Woolf and Michael Cunningham choose to add a twist to this common theme in modern literature. ... It is a very strange twist that both authors have added to modern literature, because suicide is generally seen as a negative thing, while in these two novels it is seen as a positive thing; an escape from the tortures of everyday life. Western society teaches us, through religion and custom, that suicide is a negative thing, while in these two novels the protagonists" suicides are positive for them themselves and for read...

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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 Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistib...

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• Grade Level: High School