Nature's Puppet- "Ethan Frome" Its arguable, Edith Wharton, in Ethan Frome, uses the environment of Starkfield to act as a reflection of the characters souls, most notably Ethan's, but even more so, she uses it to reflect the perpetual failure that comes to be Ethan's life. In order to do this she painstakingly devotes much time in her short novel to the description of the nature and environment that comprises the novel. As the story progresses, chapter by chapter, the ties between the environment and to the representation of the characters in the novel become more apparent. ...

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The Red Pony The Red Pony is a short novel that consists of four chapters. ... In each story Jody learns an important moral lesson. ... Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature: sometimes, through death, comes life. ... He also learned respect for nature and animals from his father. ... I think that is one of the fascinating things about this story: it is a simple story, with an important message. ...

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"Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely"; and this is clearly proved in Orwell's short novel. ... Either way, it tells a good story that tries to prove that human nature and diversity prevent people from being equal and happy. "Animal Farm" tells the tragic story of what happens when the oppressed farm animals rebel, drive out Mr. ... Orwell's brains lies in his presentation of the fear of totalitarian regimes, and his analysis of communism societies shown through simple story-telling. ...

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It is through his letters to his sister Margaret Saville, that the story is unravelled. At the beginning of both Volume 1 and the novel, we are introduced to a series of short letters written by Captain Walton. ... Walton hopes, that in embarking on such an expedition, he will help all mankind:- "You cannot contest the inestimable benefit that I shall confer on all mankind" Walton believes, that, by discovering the North Pole, he will be able to provide shorter journey routes for people all over the world. ... Although he is surrounded by seamen and shipworkers, he is Romantic in his d...

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Satire can be defined in literature as a verse that employs wit in the form of irony, innuendo, or outright derision to expose human wickedness and folly. The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses satire throughout many of his novels and short stories. Two examples of his use of satire are in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold as well as the short story Monteil's Widow. ... The nature of this transformation, makes his works masterpieces which can be appreciated for many generations to come. ... These are just a few examples of how Marquez's stories can relate to us today....

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Everybody goes to horror films and on rollercoasters at theme parks, part of the human condition is a desire to be terrified, as if we are trying to preview the end. King's novels expertly tap into the human collective conscious regarding this morbid fascination. ... In Stephen King's novels and short stories (excepting the "Dark Tower" series) we are faced with extremely unusual, often even supernatural events, but they happen in a familiar situation to familiar people. ... Even if we are not completely aware of it, there is a likelihood that most people in the English speaking wo...

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When first reading the story seemed as if it were contradicting itself. Jane Austen stood up for the novel when she says, "Yes, novels- for I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performance, to the number of which they are themselves adding- in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best...

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He wrote short stories, essays, poetry and editorials for the school newspaper. Baldwin also received a prize for a short story which he wrote for the church newspaper. ... This novel was set in Paris and is the story of a disastrous affair between a white American student and an Italian bartender. ...

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