He was called a pioneer of his times, even though there are supporters and critics of his unique style. ... His father left him, and he lived with his mother, yet also lived in a foster home for a time. ... Capote is extremely fascinated with a particular character in the book, known as Perry Smith. ... Others say that "such peculiar errors in revision call into question Capote's sense of style" (Hendin 88). ... Some childhood themes that Capote tends to use as foundation, even in his nonfiction novel, are described by Alfred Kazin: "Yet with all these effects of In Cold Blood on C...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Further more his own home life affected his work. ... John Ramsey Campbell, born in 1946, originates from a town called Liverpool. ... The boys took off and Emily and Jack went home. ... The imagery of "unreal- and "stalks of the streetlamps- forces the reader to see the house as an eerie and unsettling place, almost like a nightmare. ... By emphasizing symbolism, the tone and characterization the reader can come to understand the deeper meaning behind the book, and fully understand the plot infrastructure of the short story....

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When reading about the castle, it easy to discount the physical improbability of General Zeroffs having produced such a massive home. ... Near the beginning of the book, Rainsford and Whitney talk about this island. Whitney tells Rainsford that, "the place has a reputation---a bad one" (Connell, 10). ... Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place. ... Dick Prosser calls all the boys by respective titles: "He called us "Mister" except Randy, and Randy was always "Cap"n Shepperton"-(Wolfe, 724).This showed that Dick Prosser felt not only beneath the adult ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In other words, in this kind of work an author writes (this process is called 'outer narrative'") about a narrator who is telling a story ("inner narrative"). ... They walk to the subway and promise to call each other after Christmas. ... He puts her number in his address book. When he gets home, he is exhausted, "his wife said that he was so pale that he looked as if he had seen a ghost." ... The young boy and Rebecca are not only trapped by literary conventions, but also by the time and place in which their love story takes place. ...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School