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    “The Hungry Stone” is a short story written by Rabindranath Tagore Which is a translation of the Bengali version “Khudhito Pashan” that was published in his book of short stories “Galpoguchcha”. Rabinndranath(1867-1941) and his many-sided achievements are incredible. He is a writer, a great thinker,an artist,a great musician and an orator of extraordinary power. With his god-gifted genius his leviathan bulk of writing and his universal appeal make him global. He got Nobel Prize for his book…

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    to the work of H.G. Wells, who published The Time Machine in 1895. Since The Time Machine, hundreds of thousands of dystopian fiction works have been published, making it one of the most popular genres in works with young adult audiences, be it literature or movies. The movie The Hunger Games, based on a book published in 2008 by Suzanne Collins, is one of these works of dystopian fiction. The dystopian genre has several common themes; there are defining characteristics of the dystopian genre…

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    44100% generalous and race less”. FurthermoreWriting for Naylor is a way of defining identity as Naylor relateswith her 1985 “Conversation” with Tony Morrison, in her creativewriting class she learned that in order to write good literature,one had to read good literature .She is the first black Afro-American writer to read her predecessors .The list included Tillie Olson, Henry Jones and Toni Morrison but it wasMorrison’s The bluest Eye …

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    well to this novel was because I had just started to get into the feminist movement and was still trying to find my way. The last book I read in high school was The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The novel focuses on a father and son surviving in a post-apocalyptic America. It is the bleakest book I have ever read, and the desolation throughout the novel is far superior than the beauty that is also present in the…

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    This past semester in English 215: Introduction to American Literature, we focused on four pieces of literature, as well as other short literary texts and a handful of context sources. The themes of these novels were violence, death, and human suffrage. Each piece also provided a unique perspective, whether it was from the narrator or from the characters that we were introduced to, and the settings all varied in time periods of history. However, while reading all these pieces of work, I found…

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    ENG 301 20th Century English Literatures Student name: Dechen Choden Student number: 101497 Symbolism in Yeats’ “The Second Coming” Final Draft Symbolism in Yeats’ “The Second Coming” Yeats is accounted for his brilliancy in writing poems that have symbolism either in the form of sounds, colours or forms because of their preordained energies or because of long association, that evoke indefinable and yet precise emotions. One of the most captivating things about W.B. Yeats' poetry in…

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    Science Fiction Definition

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    What comes to mind when people think science fiction? In reality, this depends on what literature the person has had experience with. I think you could accurately guess that the first thing a lot of people might come up with would be Hunger Games. However, some people might bring out more classic literature like War of the Worlds. You can confuse yourself more by asking someone what science fiction is. Everyone seems to have their own opinions on this subject and you might even start a…

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    Literature is an important aspect in a child’s development. Fantasy helps a child’s imagination blossom, letting them diminish fear in their minds. In the article “Why the British Tell Better Children’s Stories,” author Colleen Gillard explores the psychological and physical aspects as to why the British tell better children’s stories than Americans do. Gillard believes children’s stories can help shape the hope kids need to face their beliefs of adulthood. The British do have better children’s…

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    In the beginning of this screenplay, Mac is viewed as a person with a drinking disorder. In other words, he was an alcoholic. He would drink continuously, being unaware of the hurt he caused to his loved ones. He drank more and more as he tried to run away from his problems; he believed that drinking was the only factor that solved his problems. As he continued to drink on a regular basis, he lost everything from his wife and daughter to his career as a…

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    Ready Player One had swept the world by surprise and has all the gamers and non-gamers hooked with his unique writing style. The book was only released four years ago and has remained popular ever since. Ernest Cline, the author of “Ready Player One” has incorporated many unique aspects that separates a good book from a great book. The time and effort that he had put into creating the book was astonishing, since this was the only book that integrated many old references. Such as, “Star Trek”,…

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