Being a lonely child while living in Salem, Massachusetts Hawthorne devoted a lot of his time to writing and he eventually graduated from Bowdoin College. Writing being the one thing he knew he wanted to do, Hawthorne secluded himself for 12 years to learn to write fiction. ... It's been known that, "Hawthorne was influenced chiefly by authors in the great tradition - Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton, and Bunyan- ( Baym.16). ... As Owen attempts this challenge, "he is forced to do battle with the mass of his society, which not only misunderstands him but even actively condemns his purposes" (...

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The purpose of John's action is to make Ann happy. ... John's purpose in setting them up was to make Ann happy and his reason was to show Ann his devotion though sacrifice. ... This author's style of writing is unique in that her work is comparable to the bible. ... Also, the ways this author describes snowdrifts are like that of snakes. ...

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The next author to give me an insight on Italy was Dante". ... It is actually more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante Alighieri's eyes. ... Written originally as a long poem separated into cantos or songs, he basically wrote with the personal purpose of recording where all of the people he came in contact within his life, will go when they die. ... Due to the fact that Dante poured his heart and soul into his writing there are many symbols that relate to his personal life. ... The authors gave me a view of the people while the lectures provided more of a...

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The Relationship between Stories and Their Sources Most authors use some type of source when writing a story. ... The source can be used for many different purposes. A certain author may use a source to show different parallels between two stories or to show similarities between events or characters. ... Whatever the authors reason for picking a certain source it seems to give the story completion and significance. ...

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Due to the largely proimperialistic audience Conrad was writing for, he had to carefully conceal his criticism so that only the right kind of eye could discover his true meaning. ... To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate