Also, in chapter 26, Sethe tries to kill Mr. ... The government in Fahrenheit 451 says that all books are bad and they should all be banned and burned. ... However, just because their reason is easier to understand doesn't mean the burning of books has to be agreed with. ... In Fahrenheit 451, the majority of society doesn't like the text they read within books so they burn them. ... In closing, Beloved is a phenomenal reading that was banned by parents who most likely haven't read a chapter of the book. ...

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Cervantes portrays the character of a Don Quixote, a man deeply lost and overcome in his books of chivalry. ... The first of these sections, including the chapter covering Don Quixote's first expedition, functions mainly as a satirical composition of fashionable romance tales. The second section, contains the rest of the first part, is written under the appearance of a history, by going along in a historical detour and breaking up the chapters regularly, carefully reporting every day's events. ... The characters themselves, aware of the books that have been written about them, try to...

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For instance, in the first few chapters, Hardy goes out of his way to describe the very atmosphere of Casterbridge, its Roman ruins, its market place, its inns, its" grizzled church", its High Street with its timber houses, its old gardens full of "bloody warriors" and snapdragons, its disputable Mixen-Lane, its two bridges towards which" gravitated all failures of the town". ... He manages his books in his head, conducts his business by word of mouth, and employs the aid of weather prophet---already obsolete in many parts of the country at that time, in order to determine the success of a ha...

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These books show the cause and effect of utopianism, creating a form of the opposite, a distopia. In all these books, where the situation is ideal, something that everyone wants becomes the root of complete chaos and destruction. The authors of these books, Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) and William Golding (Lord of the Flies) all write detailed stories in which the main character is the only character that is realistic in their thoughts, feelings and beliefs. In "Lord of the Flies", the opening chapter introduces us to the characters and the conflict and pos...

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Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary November night, again this adds to the stereotypical image of the horror genre. ... During chapter 24, Walton takes over telling the story, and again Shelley uses epistolary form for him to do this, as Walton is again writing to his sister. ... These books gave him "extreme delight". ...

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At times the language was a little rough, however, this fact also added to the books authenticity. ... Meursault evaluates the sun in every chapter and it seems to control the tone in the novel. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ...

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The episode I have chosen is the end half of chapter four and chapter five, which is when Ethan and Mattie are left alone together, while Zeena (Ethan's wife) has gone to see a doctor. ... The books most obvious theme is society and morality as obstacles to the fulfilment of desire, since Ethan Frome's plot is concerned with Ethan's desire for a women who is not his wife. ...

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In the late fifties Jose founded the Philippine chapter of PEN, an international organization of poets, playwrights, and novelists. ... This was eventually followed by 5 more novels, five books of short stories and a book of verse. ...

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