The Great Gatsby The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby are two prestigious novels that have made a tremendous impact on the literary world. ... The different time periods mandate that the punishment for committing adultery, as is done in each story, is drastically different. ... The different time spans between these two novels prove that as time changes, so do the moral standards of the world and expectations of the people. ... First person is most affective for The Great Gatsby because then a person that is actually in the story can tell things as they happen from his or her po...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many people saw the triumph of American independence as a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness. Greatness came with a strong nation and thousands of poems and stories that shaped our nation. ... "To my dear and loving husband") Bradstreet was a feminist ahead of her time, limited by the male-dominated Puritan traditions and expectations; for her it was merely common sense. ... (The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe) As a short-story writer, Poe was a fascinating man of imagination. ... He was the first author in American literature to make the neu...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I enjoy reading poetry and prose where the author draws the reader into the story with good imagery. ... Because of the mismatch between my expectations of the course and the actual classes, the year seemed to pass slowly and disjointedly. ... I like writing descriptive passages rather than plot-driven action stories. ... I don't see myself as ever making a great impact on society at large, but I am a victim of famous "trend-setters". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Not all authors" lives are reflected in their writing but Kate Chopin's life influenced and paralleled events in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," featured in Michael Meyer's The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. ... She was taught to be submissive and was unsure of how to act following this feeling of great loss and sudden freedom. ... Her family doctor "encouraged her to write short stories as a form of therapy" (Classic Lit). ... She just did not love the cultural expectations put on her from society to be a good wife and submissive woman. ... Throughout th...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nearly every film is based upon a different written story world; however, the events, sequence of events and use of narrative discourse in a certain story may not resemble the resulting movie. The author of the story and the director of the movie have different thoughts and expectations; therefore, their works may be interpreted and understood differently. ... Despite the fact that the movie adaptation of Ghost World is based on the graphic novel, there are various events and factors that affect the underlying concept of the story in both forms. ... Zwigoff is not interested in focusing on En...

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