Literature provided us with a unique type of mirrors. ... Like mirror, literature is reflective. ... At this time, literature stepped out and showed me the reflection of the truth in our world. ... In Secret Daughter, when Sarla recalled the moment when her son Krishnan decided to go aboard and study, saying in the novel, "[s]ixteen family members travelled together, caravan style, in four separate cars to the airport 'Don't worry, papa. ... Literature is like a mirror that allows us to bear witness to our own flaws and imperfections. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His sharp style of writing paved the way for American literature. ... Faulkner initially started out in literature with poetry. His first book, The Marble Faun, a collection of poems, was published after the World War I while he was studying at the University of Mississippi (Scott-Kilvert, 192). ... William Faulkner received many awards for his literature works before his death in 1962. ... Faulkner has managed to transform literature. ...

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After studying at Cambridge he launched his literary career in Berlin and Paris. ... This controversy though is what brought it to the attention of so many critics and the media and probably a relevant part to why we consider it a landmark in literature today. ... If Lolita was as horrible and criminal as people suggested it would not have had this revolutionary reception and placed such a landmark on literature. ... "And Bleak House, that fantastic romance within a fantastic London, can we call it a study of London a hundred years ago? ... Just because one person or one demographic of...

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Many argue that "Beloved" is one of the greatest works of literature from the past 25 years, while others argue that it should be removed from the reading lists and replaced with a more valuable piece of literature such as Shakespeare, F. ... "Beloved," by Toni Morrison should be removed from required reading list around the world because it lacks credibility and students would benefit from reading and studying more historically accurate and reliable novels by classical and treasured authors....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A True Winner On Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea Abstract: Ernest Hemingway, a famous American writer, is considered as one of the most important and outstanding writers of the 20th century in the world. This essay is to deal mainly with the writing techniques of The Old Man and the Sea as wel...

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They ask the DeLillos and the Updikes and the Styrons, but they don't ask popular novelists."1 The above quote aptly illustrates the incredible bias that exists in academia today regarding popular literature. ... Popular literature is usually read for escapism. ... They do not require deep thought or study and while many of them do tackle moral dilemmas and basic philosophies they do so in an "Oprah Winfrey" way. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, Tolstoy has created a wonderful piece of literature with a intricate plot structure. As Sydney Schultze puts it, "the study of the novel's construction is rewarding because the book is so beautifully crated." ...

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• Grade Level: High School