Robert Cormier "It takes an act of faith to live today" -Robert Cormier This was the attitude that Robert Cormier had when he was writing. He believed that people were living in terrifying times that would leave individuals powerless and fending for themselves (Stines 107). Robert Cormier f...
Richard Wright Throughout history, many talented authors writings have reflected the time period in which they lived in. ... Richard Wright is an African-American author whose writings greatly reflected the time period in which he lived in. ... Black Boy also reveals it's 'author hero' as a man controlled by an absolute certainty of his own virtues. ... Wright's life, especially his childhood apparently had a great impact on him, otherwise he would not have written a book about. ... Black Boy, Wright's autobiography is the perfect embodi...
Sometimes authors feel the same way and reflect how they feel or their life story through fictional characters and events throughout their novels. ... Since Buck is a reflection of Jack London himself it is apparent that London felt he had finally reached greatness. ... He went from an "ally cat" to a successful author. ... Finally one can see that since London was becoming one of the nation's favorite authors, he made his main character the favorite dog by the end of the amazing story. ... London has inspired many through his novel and will be remembered as a quality author and an im...
They had two children: Beau Dearborn and Angelique Gabrielle (Contemporary Authors, 25). ... A book of natural history followed, which he tried unsuccessfully to locate years later for his children (Contemporary Authors, 25). ... His maternal great-grandfather was scalped by the Sioux while a member of the Sibley Expedition, following the Little Crow Massacre in Minnesota. ... Today, over eighty million copies of his novels are now in print, and according to Bantam Books, after the publication of The Man from the Broken Hills, L"Amour is their best selling author, edging out John Steinbec...
It would be difficult to try and clarify the meaning of this book - the author's meaning - but the superficial nature of its story certainly puts it in a category of post-modernist writing. ... The color, the pattern, and the soul of his piece comes from "a self-reflexivity prompted by the author's awareness of the theory underlying the construction of fictional works" (Waugh 2). ... The characters of the book each have their own parallels with Rushdie the author, but Rashid (the father of Haroun) most closely follows the strife of Rushdie as he is silenced by the lack of 'story...
In Great Expectations there is a very big difference between the working man and the gentleman. In Great Expectations the working men don't even interact with the gentlemen. ... For the gentlemen in Great Expectations to talk to or be friends with the working men was not normal. ... He thinks that Charles Dickens (the author of the novel) did a poor job of developing the characters throughout the novel. "Great Expectations is one of Dickens dark novels," Says Stevenson who finds Great Expectations to be a somewhat comical and grotesque. ...
The author of All Quiet on the Western Front ,Erich Maria Remarque, and the poet of "Dulce Et Decorum Est", Wilfred Owen, have similar opinions on war. ... Both authors wrote about the ugliness of war and how its not all you do is fight but you are out there for other things. ... This novel gives great description on how young people go to war and witness it and in the poem it shows how one person witness" it. War is not only what you hear but it has great meaning to the soldiers that fight in it. The author and poet do a great job of showing there feelings of war. ...
Authors create stories for a number of reasons. ... According to Christopher Isherwood, the author of "The Grapes of Wrath as Propaganda,"" he believes just that, The Grapes of Wrath was a form of political propaganda. ... The author believes Steinbeck still owes the public a great novel. ... The Grapes of Wrath in Isherwood's mind is a "milestone in American fiction, but [he does] not believe that it represents the height of the author's [Steinbeck's] powers (Bloom's 29)."" Even though the Isherwood review seems not to be satisfied with Steinbeck's work becaus...
Characterization is a literary element used by the author to present qualities of characters in a literary piece, the purpose of characterization is to make characters credible and make them suitable for the role they play in the work. Authors present various characters possessing dissimilar qualities, to emphasize different aspects of the work. In the novel "The Scarlet Letter", the author Nathaneil Hawthorn's depiction of the two male characters, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth, emphasizes the moral problems of the seventeenth century puritan society. ... Dimmesdale was put in...
Many English departments are victims of a literary pretentiousness, whereby anything that the great unwashed masses read and enjoy must inherently have no scholarly value. ... Why, therefore, is JRR Tolkien or Terry Pratchett not the world's bestselling author? ... This is a great source of comfort, for who among us has not sometimes wondered if he or she is on the "right" side? Reading a King novel, we know we are on the "right" side, because we are on the side of the author. ... In a way it is a form of that other great popular cultural facet: the soap opera. ...
Pearl is very curious of the letter and sees it as a great mystery. ... Symbolism shows the greatness of an author's ability to supply meaning to his work. It also shows the pride an author takes in his work. Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows his greatness to produce a novel of the highest possible caliber. ...
"Great literature, if we read it well, opens us up to the world. ... This quote written by an unknown author is very true. If you read literature and really soak it up, you can learn a great deal from it. ... The protagonist is Elie Weisel who is also the author of the book, which makes the novel told in first person point of view. ... The author uses a lot of imagery to show how horrible the conditions at this camp truly were. ...
Because of this, he has become one the Canada's most recognized and respected authors. ... After he attempted writing his second book on the great themes of Europe and United States (that was rejected by publishers), he decided to write a story relating to the 1917 explosion in Halifax - his home town. ... When MacLennan began writing novels as a career, he was one of the first great Canadian authors, since 98% of the books sold in Canada were imported and only 2% were produced by Canadian authors. ... This shows that he was a very versatile writer and may have influenced a wider var...
All Quiet On the Western Front is a great book for several reasons. ... Foreshadowing is when the author indicates beforehand that an event will occur through clues. ... Meissner 2 Another great thing about this book is the imagery. Imagery is when the author uses descriptive words to make the story come alive. ... This great novel not only shows how gruesome is but also shows how destructive it can be. ...
The situations that the characters encountered had shown clearly the lesson that the author wanted to say to the readers. ... Perhaps, the author had been careless to overlook the harsh way of life nowadays. ... The use of contrasting situations that bring about certain emotions is a rare skill that the author possesses. ... In fact, it's great. It may happen far from real life, but still through the incredible skills of the author, everybody, even the moronic, would love the novel. ...
The author reveals the characters by scenes, gradually. ... It shows a great deal of how faith can lead to friendship. ... While reading, you could actually feel what the characters were going through, which is a huge contributor to why this book was so great. ... Children in the third to fifth grade-level would understand what the author was trying to convey. ... Illustrations help children to envision what the author is trying to get across. ...
A novel, story, drama, or poem is the expression of an author's imagination. ... The sentiment may be real, but the characters and incidents are the fruits of the author's imagination. And author and directors "as in the movies referred to above "often use "dramatic license" to distort history for dramatic effect. ... The Antagonist must have great power or status. Only by competing for the same goal, whether it is for the love of a man/woman or power, in the story do the Protagonist and Antagonist drive each other to great heights. ...
Educated at the university of Cambridge he is depicted as a master of languages such as Greek and Latin, and according to Henry Fielding, has a " great Share of Knowledge in the Oriental Tongues." ... He profusely quotes from ancient authors like Theocrats, Virgil, or Horace in support of his ideas and arguments. ... Aeschylus is his favorite author, whose tragedies he has transcribed a copy of with his own hand, which he carries around for more than thirty years. ... Although he has a great deal of knowledge of classical works, Adams shows a lack of interest in modern writings. ...
Leaving Las Vegas: A Great Work of Art? ... This is not enough to support this novel as being a great work of art. ... The language that an author chooses to use in a novel plays an important role in providing the reader with a clear picture. ... While still with Gamal, the author spoke of Sera, "as with many times in the past, pushed her needs into a little bubble." ... Leaving Las Vegas is not a great work of art because the offensive language distracts the reader from the story. ...
The author is again showing another aspect of gothic literature by showing the damsel in distress, Victor worried that the monster will come and try to take his life away is taken by surprise when he hears his wife scream. ... The author is demonstrating another eery and mysterious action by Victor, Victor fits the profile of a gothic character, because he goes off on his own to some creepy secluded islands to make another monster. ... The author is showing a part of romanticism by embracing nature and admiring its majestic allure. ... The author is showing the reader how Victor has always had...
Chillingworth becomes the Reverend's "leech" that uses his intuition to sense a great burden in Dimmesdale's soul. ... Hawthorne goes into great depth to describe the change in character of Roger Chillingworth, visible in his appearance and sinister in his descriptions. ... As evidenced throughout the novel, the symbolism used with light is used by the author to give negative and positive connotations and attributes to the characters and their actions. ... The relation the author establishes between Chillingworth and "Satan's emissary", with ominous eyes and the glimmering of ...
Over a hundred years book have caught our attention long before television the radio or the Internet. Bram Stoker was one of the first great authors that truly knew how to write a classic novel. Through many years almost one hundred and fifty to be almost exact the test of time truly showed...
(Daisy Miller by Henry James pg.3).With great character descriptions like this no wonder he was one of the greatest writers in his time. In his 50- year writing career he was the one kids looked up too, and other authors looked up too to. ... James brother became a great philosopher and psychologist. ... Henry James was a lot favorites to people like example, Author James Thurbers favorite author was Henry James. ... The thing that made him so great of a writer were his characters he made his characters as real as possible and he had a unique style with them. ...
Another way of defining literature is to limit it to 'great books', books which, whatever their subject, and is 'notable for literary form or expression'. ... The treatment of these authors, though usually much briefer than that of poets, playwrights, and novelists, are rarely limited to their strictly aesthetic merits. In practice, we get automatic and unprofessional accounts of these authors in terms of their specialty. ... He becomes simply a compiler, a self-conscious intruder or someone who is writing more on personal grounds than by the works of pervious authors or hi...
The writer who summed up an era Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He grew up with an alcoholic father and an adoring, intensely ambitious mother. Dissipate all Francis would grow up to be the writer who would sum up the Jazz Era with n...
