...that segregates men from women that is their choices. When it comes to choosing novels it is assumed in most cases that women prefer thrillers and romantic genre while men prefer more mystery genre but through my research I have come to conclusions with the fact that the novel choices of men are less emotional when compared to women but there are a few cases of exceptions. The purpose of this research paper was to find out whether females still read more emotional centered novels than males using survey techniques. Key Terms: Emotions, Gender, Novels This research was conducted for the purpose of understanding human behaviors and gender stereotypes within those behaviors. Emotions are an important aspect for humans to make judgments and choices (Huebner, Dwyer, & Hauser, 2009) hence my research will be based on the choices we make and whether gender plays a role in it or not. Objectives Primary Objective: * To find out whether there are male students who choose emotional novels as compared to females in Manipal University, Dubai. Also, whether females do not choose to read emotional novels regardless of the general stereotype of their emotional behavior. Secondary Objective: * To find out what genres of novels the students of Manipal University prefer * To find out their favorite novelists * To find out which sex reads the most number of novels Literature Review A novel is a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing...
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...Ironbark Hill by Jennie Linnane is a novel about a girl named Natalie Chapman who has to protect her mother and mentally challenged brother from her abusive and alcoholic stepfather. She has several dreams in life, but she knows that she will do anything, including abandoning her dreams, to keep them safe. It is not easy to keep them safe, but she will do so. At the same time, she wants to avenge the death of her part-aboriginal father, which is why she needs to find out the truth about how he died. When she turns seventeen, she falls for her boss who is a married man, and her life gets even more complicated. This novel truly delves into the psychological portions of domestic abuse. Natalie hates her stepfather, but she doesn't know how to...
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...My favorite character in the novel, "Took", written by Mary Downings Hahn, was Daniel. He was brave, persistent, determined, and family oriented. This novel was one of the best ghost stories that I have ever read! It also turned out to be one of my favorites. Daniel and his family moved to West Virginia because, under the circumstances, his parents felt that was the most logical move to make at the time. They moved into a house that reminded them of the Amityville house (at least to Daniel it did). The windows looked like eyes to anyone looking from the outside. Erica and Daniel would be attending a new school, which look like the one room school house. Daniel could accept the jeers and laughing when he walked past a crowd of students. He...
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...WTM essay Have you ever had a place that was so special to you but that special place was haunted by all these memories about someone? Well sal loved the farm but when her mom left,sal and her dad had to move because her mother's spirits where in that farm. In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech,the farm was an important setting to sal because she has a tree that sings,her mom is haunting the farm, and sals mom has a chicken that she loved. The singing tree is a important setting to sal because it reminds her of her mom.In the novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech,”The sound was coming from somewhere in the top of one of those trees,and I thought,instantly,of the singing tree in Bybanks.”This is important to sal because the singing...
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...Coleman Grand Canyon University RGD 545 Professor Karen Foster February 27, 2008 Teaching Middle and High School Student Using Literature Outline: I. Short Stories a) Activating Prior Knowledge b) Responding to the Selection c) Short Story Selections 1. Suggested Activities to use with Various Groups II. Oral Tradition Literature – Tall Tales and Folktales a) Analyze characteristics and plots of Folktales and Tall Tales b) Understanding Hyperbole c) Writing a Tall Tale d) Selections of Oral Tradition Literature III. Novel Studies a) Previewing the novel b) Defining and Understanding Elements of c) Character Analysis d) Problems and Solutions of the story IV. Historical Fiction a) Activating background/prior knowledge b) Setting a purpose for reading c) Writing about historical fiction V. Realistic Fiction a) Evaluating Realistic Fiction b) Responding to the selection c) Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion d) Summarizing the Story Chapter 1 – Short Stories: A short story is, like the name says, a short literary composition. The action is compact and every single event is...
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...In the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio, a kid named Auggie gets sent to school for the first time by his parents. Auggie had never gone to school before because he had a deformed face, which he constantly needed surgery for, which also caused him to get sick a lot. Auggie’s parents made the correct decision of sending Auggie to Beecher Prep. Auggie learned to be independent, made friends, and learned to be way more confident since he went to school. One reason that I believed that Auggie’s parents made the correct decision of sending Auggie to Beecher Prep was that Auggie learned to be independent. Near the middle of the novel, Auggie was going on a trip away from home for the first time. Auggie never slept away from home, other than when he spent nights at the hospital. At first, Auggie wanted to take his favorite stuffed animal named Baboo on the trip with him so that sleeping away from home wouldn’t be so bad. Later, Auggie left Baboo at home for his mother....
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...This novel is a tragic story and I say tragic because the Polio disease isn’t exactly rainbows and butterflies. David Oshinsky, the author of this grasping novel explains to the readers on how scary Polio actually is and that it’s not very easy to find a cure. Oshinsky provides a very wide amount of imagery when he discusses on finding the cure, he also says that looking for the cure was definitely a race for humanity. I say it’s a race because two very significant researchers had their eye on the prize and which in this case is the cure. The two researchers were Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, I must say that the two were quite the rivals. The author also tells us about another researcher, Isabel Morgan. Morgan would have found the vaccination, but she stopped her...
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...The authors main point or plot in “Theo and a Horse Named Rocket” was to teach about living and even possibly life's lessons by teaching them through Theo and Rocket. Theo was presented with bumps in the road and still conquered them through getting assistance from others that may have been unsuspected when presented with these hard times through trying to find his passions in life. The author was very good in carrying out the purpose of the publication by the authors great writing style that included imagery and made me feel like I was a serious part of Theo's life. She did very well in carrying out the purpose of the publication and writes great. The book is generally for young adults age 13 up as it presents good life experiences and shows...
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...having a conversation with the author. One of my favorite books (by my favorite contemporary novelist) is Looking for Alaska by John Green it sparks those feelings every time I open it. The ambiguous nature of it allows me to discover something new all the time, like I am uncovering a new layer of a dear friend with the turn of a page. The novel is told from the perspective of Miles Halter (known in the story as Pudge) as he starts attending an out-of-state boarding school in search of a great, life-defining adventure. He finds his adventure in Alaska Young, a headstrong, impulsive, messed-up girl that is best friends...
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...in Translation Historian, Robert Shickel, says; "A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration". Highly acclaimed dystopian novels are constantly being adapted into movies. Fans of these novels are excited that they will finally get to see their favorite dystopian worlds brought to life, but then they are disappointed when the films do not adhere to the books. It is understandable when the film varies slightly from the original novel, because directors are not expected to fit a three hundred to five hundred page story into a two hour film. However, when a book is converted into a movie, the filmmakers neglect to include essential parts of the novel in the film. Elements such as character development, narration, and point of view are lost in translation. The underlying themes in dystopian novels are lost when adapted to the big screen, because filmmakers are more concerned with the entertainment value, such as the romance and action, more than the message and actual story the novel originally presents. A major problem that filmmakers face when adapting a novel is the limit that the camera has to present literary points of view. The point of view— or narration— in the novel can offer insight into a characters mind as well as a characters...
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...a modern, realistic novel that is about two women, brought into each others’ lives based on a tragedy. In the novel, there are two main characters. This is because the point of view changes between the two characters. The first person is Valerie Anderson. She is a single mother and a lawyer, recently settles into the area. I really liked Valerie because she initially came off as an independent and successful single woman. The other character is Tessa Russo. She recently quit her job as an English professor and is the mother of two children. She is also the wife of a plastic surgeon. Tessa was a very reserved character and I could instantly tell of the frustrations she had being a stay at home mother with prestigious friends. A supporting character in the novel was Tessa’s doctor husband, Nick. He is a man all about his profession, as a plastic surgeon for burn victims at Shriner’s Hospital. He is connected with Valerie as well. When her son got into an accident at a sleepover, Nick became involved in her life in more ways than imaginable. Valerie’s son, Charlie, is also an important, supporting character in the novel. He is the reason his mother met Dr. Russo. Also, Nick Russo became somewhat of a father figure to Charlie during his recovery and surgeries. Throughout the book, Valerie and Charlie start to struggle with the idea that he does not have a father. The problem in the novel is different for both Tessa and Valerie. Throughout the novel, Tessa must learn to...
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...Because of her traveling, she has been to 64 countries, India being her favorite and Tonga being her least favorite, and she has also learned 3 different foreign languages, french not being one of them (“13 Things”). Some other things also influence her books, specifically characters. In Gayle’s book, If I Stay, one of the main characters, Adam, was influenced by her husband, and in her book series Just One Day and Just One Year, the character Willem, was influenced by one of her ex boyfriends that broke up with her (“13 Things”). Gayle has written many books and novels such as I Was Here, If I Stay, Where She Went, Just One Day/ Year/ Night, Sisters In Sanity, and You Can’t Get Here From There (“13 Things”). However, her most popular book is If I Stay (“Q&A With Gayle”). Gayle’s inspiration for writing the book If I Stay was the state of Oregon, her love for music, people she has loved in the past, and mainly, a real-life tragedy that she came across a few years ago (“Q & A With...
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...Paper #1 I ask a simple question, why do you like to read Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems? You are going to give a simple answer along the lines of, “I like dark stories” or “he is my favorite writer”. That however, doesn’t truly answer my question of why. We all have a personal literary aesthetic, what we enjoy reading and what we don’t. What makes for a good read? A bad read? We all as readers have differing opinions on these concepts. I would like to discuss my personal literary aesthetic, addressing what’s of literary quality and what isn’t, what I consider good and what I consider bad, and what’s worth reading and what isn’t. There are many characteristics of what I consider good work. There are the basics such as grammar, good plot, good characters, language, etc. Then there are the particular things about the stories that I read that either enticed me or deterred me from reading further, which I will mention as I go through the different types of reading materials. The first thing I would like to discuss is what I consider of literary quality and a pleasure to read. Edgar Allan Poe's work is something I find pleasurable and it has great literary quality. I find his work pleasurable because it delves into the psychologically dark recesses of our minds and forces us to think about the dark side of humanity. I find this interesting because we all would like to think we would never do the things the characters in Poe’s work would do, but when you...
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...Big Nate: Game On is a novel that is written by Lincoln Peirce. It is about 3 little friends who are playing every sport with each other. Most of the story takes place on every sports property. Nate and the two of his friends are holding, carrying each other to be successful. Nate is trying to be the best at every sport. This story is told in 3rd person. The book doesn’t tell the age of any of the boys. But, Nate is a very ignorant, funny, and a jock. His skills in any sport are somewhat not that good. In basketball he isn’t anything without his trash talking. Trash talking is his best thing. On the other hand he can shoot....
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...after reading the first eighteen chapters, I had to read all of it. I’m not one to put a book down, without finishing it. I felt like I had to know what happened to the characters, because they became part of a story in my head. Over all I think this novel was wonderfully written, due to the fact that the author is a journal writer. I did not like the journalistic way of reading a huge story like this, but with layout of the chapters it worked out well. When most people think of war, they think of only the blood and the death of soldiers. They normally do not think about the Homefront, and the Vietnam war is no different. The Vietnam War was not only fought on the battle field, but also in the cities and on the college campuses of The United States of America. The author, David Maraniss describes...
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