(First Signet Classic Printing, November 1960) Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was written in the early 1900's when industry was becoming a big thing. Though the reader can expect to find some shocking, yet interesting facts about the meat packing industry in this time period (early 1900's), Sinclair may have had reasons other than displaying the truth behind meat packing for writing the novel. ... Sinclair also ties to make the reader understand that the problems faced by Jurgis are not faced alone, but by the working class as a whole, and still, Jurgis and the working class ...

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The first method he refers to as "classic ethnography,"" which, as Riesman says, "seeks to record the life of a society by fitting its practices, artifacts, and beliefs into a set of rubrics (e.g., "kinship,"" "religion,"" "economy-) established in the traditions of the discipline- (Reisman, 1). ... I perceive the classic ethnologic method to be more of a historian's concerns with a specific culture, comprised almost entirely of fact and accompanied by very little voice of the researcher/author. ... Now that the reader has been properly oriented to this foreign land and foreign people,...

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" To address the protests that the book has stirred up, the publisher New South Books followed with a new edition of Twain's classic, substituting, "nigger," with, "slave", as well as, "Indian," for, "injun.... It came from his belief that, "the pervasive use of the n-word makes it difficult for the reader to understand or absorb the book.... However, even the substation is not pleasing for those who support the original format, and view substitution as an action avoiding American history, and unfairly modifying classic American literature. .....

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Her face wears a flirtatious look giving the male reader a sense of sexual interest. ... followed by, "Read her mind", leaving the reader with a sense of curiosity. ... The masculine text bluntly informs the male reader of what the tool does. Her left silver shoe points to the classic, white, Gillette logo, with the slogan, "The best a man can get"". ... Men's magazines' advertisements indicate their readers' interests are simpler: food, fast cars and sports. ...

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The other features of the magazine's front cover support this to create ideologies of power and pushes the magazine to act as a role model for its readers. Lily Allen's pose with her hands on her cheeks and hips slightly posed to the side portray the notions of independence and strength, reminiscent of the classic 'Marilyn Monroe' look most women would know of. ... The overlaying of this title on Lily Allen's body and its relation to the other headings on the page continue to push the importance of looks, beauty and fashion onto the readers. ... This serves to rein...

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How can we think of Frankenstein and ignore the film classic of 1931? ... The reader discovers the dangers inherent in defying the natural order, while the movie audience watches an ugly thing lumbering about the countryside. ... In the novel the reader's sympathy shifts for the monster when he confronts Victor with a demand for reasons for his abandonment and hatred. ... The articulate figure challenges his maker: both reader and Frankenstein recognize the justice of the creature's demands. Slowly, reader! ...

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This way of writing creates a sense of intimacy between the writer and the reader, as in many cases, the texts used to show the story are private documents, such as diaries and telegrams, and makes it seems more believable. ... This character draws the reader in, wanting to find out more of what he has to say, which again enhances the success of the novel. ... Leaving the reader feeling satisfied at the end of the novel, and so will recommend the novel to their friends, increasing the story's popularity even more. The Gothic elements of Dracula add to the success of the novel, even thoug...

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The narrator apparently sees and lets the readers see what Miss Emily is oblivious to. ... This timepiece symbolizes how time has been hidden from her all of these years as opposed to the fully aware narrator, and this hidden time results in her stubborn unchanging ways which are presented to the readers through this evident narration. ... This intentional point of view holds strong to its duty at presenting this theme to be obtained and analyzed by the reader. ... The point of view in a story usually can shed light on the theme to a story, and it is evident of that in Faulkner's cl...

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Lawrence's representation of women in his work has been admired by many readers for it's insight, women among them, and has been strongly attacked by others for its prejudiced male perspective. Classic psychoanalytic criticism applied the theories either to the author, or his or her characters, which were seen as internalised images that have come from the author's unconscious. ... Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex and of its frequent effect of psychical impotence, of which Paul is a classic victim, offers a valuable key to a coherent understanding of the novel and ...

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Shakespeare enhances this classic stance by challenging this hegemonic view and introducing the element of a woman being neither. ... Shakespeare's depiction of each woman allows the reader to see the hegemonic view that society has of women, and challenges this perception. ...

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The miracle cure that I am referring to is Emily Bronte's classic novel, Wuthering Heights. ... To worsen the blow so callously administered to generations of innocent students, Bronte decided that in the second half of her novel, the part where she subjects the reader to an equally bland retelling of the first half of her novel, that she would not change the characters names. ...

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A perfect example of the American shining through is the constant references to Huck Finn, a classic American novel. ... From his point of view the reader receives a good indication of the difference between war life and civilian life. ...

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The Journal of Biology article "Differences in the way mammalian cells and yeast cells coordinate cell growth and cell-cycle progression" by Ian Conlon and Martin Ruff can be interpreted as the classic comparison of plants cells and animals cells between the way that they grow and replicate. ... As a reader of this article, I found it slightly unorganized compared to the few other research articles I have read. ...

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The co-authors provide the reader with an approach to combating racism in the classroom -- with theoretical background as well as practical strategies for achieving this end. ... Much of the theory used in the beginning of this text is reminiscent of a classic text on racism called The Nature of Prejudice, written some fifty years ago. ...

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He now lives in New York.In its structure, The Boys from Brazil is a classic thriller,the story of one good man who is pitted against apowerful, evil organisation. ... And, as isusual in this genre, the reader is kept in the dark about theplan until well into the story. ... Levin knows that the idea of another Hitler appearing in our midst one that would terrify most of his readers, and the need tostop the clones is the driving force behind the story.A biological clone is not enough, in itself, to create anexact copy of a human being. ...

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An Evil Cradling Sample Essay Autobiography, written retrospectively, presents the reader with a number of difficulties. ... On the other hand, Keenan's confessional tone and willingness to play the role of 'voyeur' encourages the reader to accept his recollections as perfectly trustworthy. ... Small wonder then that Keenan resorted to classic nurturing images: 'Womb of light' and 'I am in a cocoon which enfolds me like a mother cradling a child.' ...

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Fleming uses research from neurologists and psychologists to persuade the reader to accept his ideas. ... The author reaches out to the readers with logos by exploring the widely held belief that video games are not beneficial and attempts to persuade the reader to believe otherwise. ... In addition, in Fleming's argument he also makes an appeal to the readers' ethos and morals by explaining that you aren't wasting time playing video games; with testing it was found that individuals who played action video games focused on environmental cues, improved much more than those that p...

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Romantic literature departed from the traditional materials, form and style of preceding Neo-Classic literature, embracing innovation in these areas. Instead of the serious genres, high subjects, and elevated style and decorum of the Neo-Classic period, Romanticism heralded an era of social, political and literary revolution, new beginnings and "high possibilities". ... Both "The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. ...

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The effect of this is that the reader is able to discern that Baudelaire has far more doubt about Religion than Shelley and other pre-modernist composers. ... The effect of this is that the reader is left without a morsel of doubt in the fact that women are undervalued in Frankenstein's society, and this allows Shelley to express her view that women should be valued members of the public. ... Both the nautical metaphor and judicial simile demonstrates Duval's power over Baudelaire, and so we as the reader are able to recognise that Baudelaire shares the opinion of Shelley in that wo...

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Nathan's purpose was to inform the readers on the amount of cheating that goes on around in every college campus. ... According to Nathan, "Cheating was an active part of the classic college culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and remains so in the twenty- first" (2005, p. 28). ...

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Although somewhat unappreciated by the general public, this work is held to be a classic work of literature despite its taboo themes and figurative language for its time period. The novel will leave a long lasting impression of Angelou that will evermore be embedded into the readers mind. ...

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Because books impact the reader on a more personal level by way of imagination, a movie based on a book serves only the director's interpretation. ... Just as West Side Story was derived from the classic Romeo and Juliet, Coppola's interpretation of Conrad's novel is not without distinction or differences. ...

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Spenc Swift's Perception of Mankind In Gulliver's Travel's, a classic work of high adventure and political satire first published in 1726, author Jonathan Swift contemplates both the fanciful imaginings of world travel and the oftentimes governmental structures of 18th century Europe. ... Gulliver's Travels leaves the reader with the strong impression that Swift was disappointed with mankind in general, as is evidenced by his critiques of the human species. ... Some readers might consider Gulliver's Travel's depressing; it paints not only a bleak picture of hum...

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The novel, which was published April 10th of 1925, is now considered a piece of classic American literature and is seen as valued by many. ... It also raises many moral question and has the reader questioning right and wrong as well as whether it's okay to ignore the conscience which differs the two as long as you reach and fulfil your own goals and dreams, like some of the characters do anything as long to get what they want. ...

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It is unfortunate what the films using the name Frankenstein have done to prejudice readers against this novel. ... Romanticism, The Industrial Revolution, and science and technology, of the time period in which the novel was written, all intertwine to produce this mind-boggling classic novel. ...

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