Nobel Prize in Literature

The Civil War: Introduction to Slavery in Literature Albert Camus, a Nobel Prize winner in Literature, once said, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” This quote accurately demonstrates what I wish to reveal about novels and how incorporating them into all aspects of learning can better enhance student learning. A good realistic fiction novel has the ability to pull some readers in more than a lesson ever could. However, literature does much more than just drawing the reader in…

immobility was replaced by progress, and a zeal for reform of proved abuses over powered age-long apathy and inertia, and a complacent acquiescence in whatever was current in society.” The conflict between rational and irrational ideologies is seen in literature and films of Bengal. Satyajit Ray’s Devi…

In William Faulkner’s acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he discusses how it is a writer's duty to include the things that can be seen as negative, or quite simply bad. There is a disagreement whether it is a writer's duty to include all parts of a story whether they be good or bad. Some believe that these writers should not include all details of a story, the bad in particular, because it may promote misbehavior, while others believe they should include these details because…

The study of Psychology allows many opportunities to further investigate theories which can help facilitate understanding the way the human mind works. One aspect within psychological research, we would like to propose today is the way young children learn through Classical Conditioning. “Classical conditioning is a form of learning that has a powerful effect on attitude” (Wood & Wood, 1999, p. 133). As noted by Wood & Wood (1999), “psychologists cannot observe learning directly, but must…

Ernest Hemingway is referred to as one of the most influential writer of prose. Hemingway also was awarded the Nobel peace prize for literature in 1954. Even though some of his novels may have been considered elementary, they became the best novels ever written. Two of his most famous novels are A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls. The two novels compare in many different ways. For instance the theme of both novels is setting, the characterization, and the imagery Hemingway uses of…

speech. “‘I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character’” (The Noble Prize). The Nobel Prize is an award that is earned for exceeding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. Rosa Parks is another individual who had the courage to fight for equality. Rosa Parks refused to give her seat up to a Caucasian individual in…

Kiki Hsieh Ms. Marniel Botha English Literature 11M4 7 January 2016 Word Count: 1004 I have a dream---Martin Luther King Martin Luther King (1929-1968) was the leader of the Civil Right Movement in United States during the sixties. From his earlier ages, he was inspired by Mohandas Gandhi’s nonviolence campaign and he held Christian beliefs. He frequently cited the Old and New Testaments of the Bible in his several speeches. His dream was to establish equal rights and to end the segregation for…

A lot of astonishing writers of the past and present can all agree that there are allot of amazing writers in this world. Ernest Hemingway once said “For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed” - Hemingway. This quote means that some writers make up stories while others use…

writers are able to surpass first stage as “writing grows out of experience” (211). Mark Twain and a few others, however, successfully observe the “flaw” in society. With that being said, the most important element of being a great contributor to literature…

Britain was severely affected through the three most memorable stages of its history: the pre-industrial revolution, the Industrial revolution and the World Wars. Deep within these eras grew artists – poets – who showed us the vagaries of their lives during those times. The works of three poets, namely; William Wordsworth, William Butler Yeats and Seamus Heaney shall be used to represent the transition in form of behavior and life of individuals and society in these eras. Out of this…