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    George Orwell Satire

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    was Eric Arthur Blair but Orwell was his pen name he was the son of British colonial servant. He was well-educated and wrote many novels such as Burmese Days, Down And Out in Paris, Animal Farm and Nineteen- Eighty Four. He is famous for writing satires on totalitarianism his satirical novel Animal Farm is persuasive however satire has its roots in ancient Greece. English literature has a tradition for writing satirical literature when Astrophanes in his plays ridiculed the political leaders…

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    and individual thinking, which was the main cause of his disappointment with schools and libraries for removing the use of books in favor of television. He took the idea of televisions taking over daily life, then expanded and exaggerated it. In the novel, people have giant TV screens that cover entire walls, broadcasting government-approved news and entertainment 24/7; Montag’s wife wishes to one day have screens on all four walls of her parlor, so she can be completely enveloped in television.…

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    before moving to the New York and Los Angeles in the States. So far, she has more than thirteen novels in the I Heart series, two e-novellas, A Girl series and several freestanding novels. Her novels have been so popular that they have been published in more than twenty language all across the globe and gone on to sol more than a million copies. She spends much of her tome researching and writing her novels. Given that she still loves to write nonfiction she still writes movie tie-ins, ghost…

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    Brideshead Revisited is a commercially well received novel written by Evelyn Waugh, and was loosely based on his experiences as a young man. The novel is a Künstlerroman, meaning "artist's novel" in English- a narrative about an artist's growth to maturity. Originally published in 1945, it has since been made into an eleven-part television series, numerous plays, and a film- which was released in 2008. The novel recalls the years post World War One but before World War Two; known by many as the…

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    The in-depth study of the novel reveals the fact that the miseries and trails are the same as a woman in a patriarchal society whether she is a peasant or a princess. The novel Raj under the veil of historical events it represents a woman’s – constant struggle to live with dignity. The novel revolves around the central character Jaya and her transformation from a mute observer to an active individual. Her struggle begins with her birth. It is a time of Indian renaissance. In her childhood, she…

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    exploring the local Indian area surrounding Chandrapore and discovering ruins of a native temple. While no words are uttered during this scene, it is crucial for understanding the full scope of the cultural conflict between the native Indians and the English colonisers. It is also worth noting that parallels and comparisons can be formed between the imperialism found in this film and that which can be seen within Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. More specifically, both of these texts focus on…

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    Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    Lord of the Flies is a fictional novel by William Golding about British school boys who get stranded on a tropical island after the bombing of World War II. These boys have to survive on the island with all of its dangers and beasts with no adults. Jack is a tall, thin, bony boy who leads all of the other choir boys. He has red hair, his face is crumpled and freckled and has light blue eyes. Jack is a cruel person as well as a cruel leader. The boys on the island become afraid of him and do…

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    ‘’reception studies’’ which means the study of the reuse and reconfiguration of classical literature, art and ideas by later artists and thinkers through generations) “Canons and Classics in Literature” . Such as King Lear it is written in 1608 while the novel A Thousand Acres by Jane wrote in 1991. Canon have the weight of public scholarship and have educational authority behind it, the industry of canon come through knowledge and interpretations, canon have in general many characteristic…

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    It's Yr Life Analysis

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    young adult novel written by Tristan Bancks and Tempany Deckert. The novel started off as a writing exercise, where the authors took the roles of two teenagers, Sim and Milla. Soon a story began unravelling itself and 'It's Yr Life' was created. The novel is focused on the lives of the two protagonists, Milla, a rich American kid who is the child of a well known Hollywood producer and model mother and Sim, an Australian living in foster care that has to dumpster dive for food. They are first…

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    the same way, Naipaul does not believe that the nations of the Western world and the Eastern territories occupy totally disconnected spheres in which human beings act in compliance with predetermined essentials and roles, so the characters in his novels, like himself, can be best identified with being in a position of non-belonging, placeless and rootless (Singh 4). One of the most critical features of Naipaul is that, as King puts it, “He is part of a generation that had to face the problems…

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