Klajdi Cepa Mrs. Greene English 3 Honors Jan.16th,2018 Hester Prynne Change Irony- “The use of words to express something different from and often opposite of the literal meaning.” -Wordnik Hester Prynne is an extremely dynamic character in the novel, The Scarlett Letter. Her change throughout the story can truly be described as ironic. As a character, she has a very slow and sad star but then reaches her climax throughout the story and stays powerful. Starting off with a bad start her dignity and
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What understandings are desired? • Elements of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval literature include epic heroes, supernatural elements, vivid descriptions, strong use of literary elements (alliteration, assonance, consonance, imagery, etc.), poetry, ballads, and plays. • The only four Anglo-Saxon works include Beowulf, A History of the English Church and People, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and The Exeter Book. • Important Medieval works include Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, Le Morte D’Arthur, Everyman
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Our world is shaped by our actions and views and what we choose to do with our lives and it is ever changing. Literature helps to express different versions of our world and the author’s views on certain inevitable events, which in some cases are still ingrained into society today. Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960, which had a different context to our present time, and due to this context of the novel, it gives us an insight of the events that shaped our world. This fictional novel
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Rainbow Rowell: Carry on Author: Rainbow Rowell is an American author of young adult novels. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and two sons. She was born in 1973 and she has written bestselling novel Fangirl. Carry on is a young adult fantasy novel and it’s published in 2015. It is a story of a boy named Simon Snow who is an orphan “Chosen one” (“Simon Snow is the wort chosen one who’s ever been chosen”), his friends and his roommate Baz (Simon’s enemy). Generic, I know. They are part
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The Best American Magazine Writing is a book introduced by Evan Ratliff and edited by Sid Holt. This books contains numerous articles about certain issues going on today in the world. When reading this book I had difficulty reading some of the articles just because I didn't really understand them. Although, quite a few articles did actually intrigue me for many reasons. My favorite article in the book would probably have to be the article by Jeff Sharlet called Inside the Iron Closet. Sharlet told
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sensation in the reader, not the fact that it’s raining, but the feeling of being rained upon”. ‘Feeling’ in literature is simply how the reader reacts to piece of writing. Some authors are bleak and only write down words to form sentences on paper while other authors write in a way to make their readers react in a certain way by which it evokes ‘feeling’. There is no way to measure ‘feeling’ in literature but assessing the authors writing style will sure help. Tim O’Brien wrote TTTC with more ‘feeling’ to
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Emelie du Chanteu was born on December 17, 1706 in Paris. She was a very well educated woman, which was a rare thing in the 1700s. She was a French mathematician, physicist, and an author during her lifetime. She accomplished many great things during her lifetime. For example, her commentary on Isaac Newton’s work is very well known. In her free time, Emelie also liked to dance; She was a passable performer. Along with dancing, Emelie also took riding classes and fencing classes. Unfortunately, she
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Texts can transcend the time in which they are written and evolve to be applicable to a new time and a new social content by facing everlasting human concerns. Human concerns that transcend the decay of time include the influence of science, the influence of consumerism and what it means to be human. Mary Shelleys’ 1818 epistolary novel, “Frankenstein” show the early 19th century fears of the advances of both science and technology as well as what makes someone human. Ridley Scott also faces these
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In the article, “Superman and Me,” Sherman Alexie learns to read with a Superman comic book. His love for books began when he was thinking about his father having lots of books. Alexie’s father was one of the few Indians that actually went to a Catholic School and knew how to read. As said in the text, “My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well. He read with equal parts joy and desperation,” is a quote that shows he later on loved
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The destinies of some people are chosen for them from the moment they inhale their first breath of fresh air. In this world, there are writers, doctors, mechanics, athletes, teachers and a myriad of possible occupations. For some lucky individuals, they were born with the gift of being able to write poetry. A woman by the name of Ella Wheeler Wilcox was born on November 5, 1850, on a farm in Johnstown Wisconsin. From the beginning, her mother wanted Wilcox to be a successful writer. Her parents influenced
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