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Even after his death, Truman Capote is still impacting the world with his literary style and techniques. Numerous examples of such can be found throughout his novel In Cold Blood. For instance, his nonfiction novel is composed as if it were in fiction. An example of this is how Capote introduces his characters. In Capote’s novel, real characters are gradually introduced. Slight details of a character, Mr. Clutter, are found in page five: “The master of river valley farm, Herbert William Clutter,…

“That’s the night the rains stopped. The night spring came to Mistlethwaite. My poor uncle fled from it – as if he were escaping this spring.” that was a quote from the book Secret Garden. In this film, a young girl named Mary moves to her uncle's house in England, after her parents die in an earth quake. At her new home, she uncovers many unknown secrets of her family. The theme in Frances Hodgson’s Secret Garden is, in order to receive love, you must open your heart. The theme applies to…

Poland, a nation know for a history of invasions and occupation by foreign governments and ideologies, is also home to a unique culture. One of the main elements of this culture is literature, specifically poetry, and the poets behind these amazing works of literature are extremely well know. Wislawa Szymborska, one of the most well known of these poets wrote hundreds of poems that reflect the ideals and culture of the country she grew up in. Her poems are also a derivative of events in her own…

Many things may have led up to Ichabod Crane’s disappearance or death. The question that still remain today from a speculative fiction story, written in 1820 from the author Washington Irving, is “Who is really responsible for the disappearance of Ichabod Crane?”. Although, there are many indications from who or what is held accountable for the disappearance, the one that rises from the above is Ichabod Crane’s ego. His ego had led him to seek “eye to eye” with the Headless Horseman and have…

Have you ever tried to hide your emotion by using humor? Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was published in 2012 and was written by Jesse Andrews. Andrews was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is about Greg, a senior in high school, and Earl, his best friend and how they meet and befriend Rachel, a girl that is diagnosed with leukemia. Greg’s plan of blending in with everybody in high school quickly fades as he becomes closer with Rachel. Andrews uses…

Jackson’s mother was able to get her two sons released from prison. However, when she proceeded to take her children home, they were clinging on to life by a thread. Robert, Andrew’s only remaining brother, could not stand nor sit straight on horseback without support from his mother. Andrew was in better condition than his brother and had to walk forty-five miles without a jacket or shoes to reach home. A few days after reaching the Jackson’s home Robert passed away. He was the third Jackson…

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706, in Boston in what used to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father Josiah Franklin was a soap and candle maker, he was the father of 17 children. He had 7 children with his first wife Anne Child, and 10 with his second wife Abiah Folger. Benjamin went to the Boston Latin School for roughly 2 years (1714-1716). Although he was doing well he was pulled out at age 10 to work with his father in candle making, but…

the human condition, manifesting itself in various ways depending on the person. This sense of hopelessness is delved into constantly within literature, although most poignantly though the works of Bobbi Sykes, Edgar Allan Poe, Wilfred Owen, and Seamus Heaney. Both Sykes and Poe utilise the poetic device of symbolism as to generate a persistent feeling of futility throughout their works. Through the emphasis of both the magnificence and devastation of nature by Owen and Seaney, the mood of…

Walt Whitman was an American poet, teacher, and journalist that lived from 1819 to 1892 (PBS). The themes of his work were heavily influenced by social and political events as well as experiences from his own life. Individualism and American idealism were two of the major themes that Whitman used in his poems. Events like the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and the migration of pioneer families to the newly acquired Western portion of the United States also influenced his work (Poets).…

Problems continued to grow for Garvey starting in 1919 when on October 14 he was shot in an assassination attempt in Harlem, New York. In addition internal critiques within the UNIA of Garvey began to arise noting his intolerance of dissent, poor management skills, and ineptitude in directing the organization's finances which he had increasingly used to support his own lifestyle. Even his first marriage to journalist Amy Ashwood (1897-1969) during this period was short lived and ended in…