While the content and structure vary, the overlying concept of modernism is always present in these writers' stories. ... Therefore, there are circumstances when a writer's personal experience can influence the story told in their novel, with changing the narrative and characters to transform a personal experiences into a realistic fictional story. Stephen Crane is a prime example of this approach in his short story "The Open Boat". This story was inspired from his personal experience of his survival of in a shipwreck tragedy he experienced while he was traveling for w...

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Paranormal Activity (2007) is a recent example of poor story development. ... It tells the story of an elderly man stricken with cancer who makes it his sole purpose to teach others the value of their lives. ...

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Cesare Lombroso was an Italian criminologist born in Venice, Italy on November 18, 1836 to parents of Jewish decent. He wrote several books which were published including a book on antisemitism. Blaming Jewish people for their conditions and proposed assimilation as the answer for problem of preju...

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At age seven - after spending 12 weeks in a one room schoolhouse with 39 other students of all ages - Tom's overworked short tempered teacher lost his patience with the child's persistent questioning and relatively self centered behavior. ... Most interestingly, because this paper was the first ever to be typeset, printed, and sold on a train, an English journal gave him his first international notoriety when it featured a story on it in 1860. ... His mother was showing evidence of insanity that was aggravated by the ups and downs of a difficult life. ...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use...

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However, according to Johnson, 1965 this definition was problematic for Durkheim as it does not differentiate between a mentally ill person who cannot comprehend the consequences of their actions and jumps from an upper story window; and the lucid individual who does the same thing knowing that it will lead to his death. ...

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