The factual nature of his first book and the relatively conventional narrative methods of his second give way to a much more imaginative account of Vietnam in Going After Cacciato (1978), the book that launched him to stardom. ... These same concerns are evident in his award-winning short-story cycle The Things They Carried (1990), powerful tales so much like memoirs that O'Brien feels compelled to emphasize in a prefatory note that what follows is "a work of fiction." ... This book suggests that stories often communicate a more accurate notion of the truth than even experience can, which...

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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. ... In Little Women, Alcott accepts this inevitable changeover with the four March sisters maturing as the book progresses. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situations and conflicts, Barrie writes to escape from reality (class notes, 4/3/03). ... I would argue that he did not have this guide, as his relationships with the other childr...

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Note, however, that at the same time he is also effectively illustrating his general thesis. ... When Lawrence says that the "novel is the one bright book of life," he deliberately does nol say that the novel is like life (a simile) or that it is full of life (a description) but that it is the "book of life." ... But the novel as a tremulation can make the whole man alive tremble" This supplement, rather than clarifying the first statement, simply introduces new terms into the original mix, placing in different metaphorical proximity and new combinations word-concepts - "life", "book", "tremul...

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It is worthwhile to note that the style of the two stories was presented in different ways. In the book, the characters were more spirited, in the Victorian sense, lacking that exuberant, while the characters in the movie were just the opposite, as they were far more energetic and spirited in their portrayals of the character. ... The director of the movie though, maintains the comedic nature of the film as a way of allowing the adaptation to address the same themes as the book: class, culture and gender (Wilson 2006: 323-4). The movie has no choice but to be different from the book because i...

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Many individuals fail to notice other factors that are neglected by some due to the believe that these factors do not reveal essential details about characters that could help the reader grasp the main themes that are trying to be conveyed in the book. ... Starched clothing is known for making clothing look more formal, which is interesting to note because Santiago is the one who wears unstarched white linen clothing and José Dias, a dependant, is the one who wears starched white trousers. ... At one point in the book, Capitu sees a picture of Dona Gloria and her husband on the wall and...

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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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I hope we"re being true to the spirit of the book if not to the letter of it." ... One critic, Jane Marcus responds to Potter's statements about the changes made in her version of Orlando saying: "I can't believe anyone who helped with the making of this mockery of genius has ever read the book They were not familiar with the contested meanings critics have seen in Orlando, because it is not even a minor "classic" in England, or they would not have dared to desecrate it." ... It is important to note also that the film lasts a mere ninety-three minutes, which not only suggests numero...

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Eco's Postscript is also a manifesto proclaiming the authority of serious historical fiction: the characters in a historical novel may not appear in encyclopedias, he notes, but everything they do could only occur in that time and place. ... Their success seems to have surprised Eco, who puzzled for "two years" after the publication of his first novel, "trying to figure out why the book was being read by people who surely could not like such 'cultivated' books" (Eco, 1983). ...

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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. ... People innately do judge a book by its cover, but are they singlehandedly the ones to blame?...

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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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Throughout the ages, literature has revolved around the personal relationships between people. The relationships between women have evolved throughout the ages possibly as a result of the transformations of society as these texts explore; The Shakespearean era where only men were allowed to act, the...

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