Scarlet Letter defines Pearl as the symbol of Hesther’s crime. In other words, Pearl is considered Hester’s curse. She is the one who was blamed for all the trouble that our main characters came across. Readers tend to put down Pearl’s role in the novel. Actually, as contradicting as it may sound, I was one of those readers. However, now I believe that she deserves more credit than she gets. Though her imagination and her determination offer both as a gift and a curse
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myth they represent, even if it’s not encouraged by the creators of these fictions. In Malcolm Gladwell’s inspiring novel Outlier illustrates the many ways in which society’s most successful people benefit from hidden advantages, and offers some compelling thoughts on how to level the playing field. Gladwell’s central argument, that no one rises to the pinnacle of their profession without many advantages, seems at first hardly controversial.
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Henry James As most people start to grow up and pay attention to their surroundings, they start to see different points of views. Making the right or wrong decision could affect lives for better or for worse. Some people make the best of their lives and some don’t. Born on April 15th, 1843 Henry James, a great author had one of the longest and productive careers. Henry James wrote with a lot of passion and emotions, he expressed an inspirational way to look at life. Henry James’ family was always
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natives into confined reservations. It is against this background that Erdrich, in her novel 'Tracks' explicitly illustrates the political and historical experiences of the Native American as shown by the troubles of Chippewa Tribe. The novel ‘Tracks’ dramatically presents the struggle and survival of the Native Americans due to historical injustice, dispossession, and deprivation through colonization. In her novel, Tracks, Erdrich deals not only with individual American
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Niccolo Machiavelli played certain roles during the Renaissance Era. Machiavelli was known for his novel titled, The Prince. The novel explained the regulations and actions of how a prince should become a good ruler. Machiavelli’s novel concentrated it attention on knowing when to use your morals and when they should be put aside so you can keep your position intact. As Machiavelli had the mindset of what a ruler should be like, one particular ruler that comes to mind such as Joseph Stalin. Joseph
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ANALYZING NOVELS & SHORT STORy Good feedback is kind, thorough and timely. It’s professional and focused. It leaves the writer feeling challenged to do better but great about their strengths. Even if that just means the location they chose was cool. Give your feedback relative to the skill set of the writer. Never lie or obfuscate. Just serve it up gently. An upset writer isn’t going to hear your points anyway. But an encouraged one will. Trust me on this. — Julie Gray PRINTER FRIENDLY PAGE
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Roman Catholicism, as a playwright, and as a novelist.The novel The Woman Who Had Two Navels (1961) examines his country’s various heritages. A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1966), a celebrated play, attempts to reconcile historical events with dynamic change. The Aquinos of Tarlac: An Essay on History as Three Generations (1983) presents a biography of Benigno Aquino, the assassinated presidential candidate. The action of the novel Cave and Shadows (1983) occurs in the period of martial law
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The Novel Project Your name: Giselle Gonzalez Your Novel: 1984 – George Orwell 1. Explain how the novel represents two or more concerns of its historical time period; these concerns may be economic, political, cultural, social, or moral concerns. Clarify the author’s view on one of the following as s/he presents the concerns: right vs wrong; conservative vs radical, or elite vs commonplace. Orwell published “1984” in 1948 just after the end of World War II. Although at this time, Hitler’s reign
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the Rye, a novel written by J.D Salinger, is about a sixteen-year-old boy named Holden Caulfield who is troubled and misunderstood. He is critical and skeptical about the world he lives in, and only respects his deceased brother, Allie, and his younger sister, Phoebe, because of their innocence. Phoebe isn't “phony” like everybody else is to Holden, and because of this he truly admires and trusts her with his inner thoughts. In a way, Holden and Phoebe are each other's heroes without even knowing
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NAME : CHOW MENG HONG STUDENT ID : GEC 0000 OD1 UNIT CODE : VU21323 TASK 1 1. I’LL COMPLETE THE EAL CERTIFICATE III AND IV HERE IN MELBOURNE AND AFTER THAT I’LL GO BACK TO MALAYSIA TO WORK AT A HIGHER POSITION IN MY WORK. 2. I WANT TO IMPROVE MY SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS IN THIS CAREER 3. I CAN MOSTLY COMPLETE READING AND WRITING, BUT MY SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS STILL NEED TO BE IMPROVED. 4. I HAVE COMPLETED A SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND LCCI LEVEL IN MY COUNTRY, MALAYSIA. 5. I NEED TO TAKE
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