Yiddish literature

“I can’t make anything out of your chicken scratch,” my primary teacher would upbraid me for my handwriting which visually did not fit into the guidelines and measures of a ‘perfect’ handwriting. Being the youngest in the class — which I was constantly reminded about — combined with my handwriting that was labeled ‘displeasing’ converged into a deep sense of insecurity. My C’s could be mistaken for E’s, my T’s looked like M’s, and all Russian words flowed into illegible zigzags. No effort in…

The Medieval period was a time of firsts, the first Crusade, the first census, the first manifestation of the modern-day perception of knights and kings alike. The fourteenth century was also full of literary firsts, the most predominant being the shift from scholarly reading to a more universal style of tales written in Middle English, introduced by Geoffrey Chaucer, a timelessly renowned poet. The Canterbury Tales, considered the most important literary piece of the Medieval period written in…

Ryan Oud Ms. Knoll ENG4UI 10 July 2015 Annotated List of Works Cited Bloom, Harold. Virginia Woolf. New York: Chelsea House, 1986. Print. Bloom’s book is published by a reputable publisher. In the book Bloom offers many critical views of the writings of Virginia Woolf. In the book there is full-length essays by expert literary critics. There is a chronology biography of her life which is easy to read and understand.This will prove to be helpful for both the essay and presentation. Reid,…

Ambrose Bierce: A Strange Writer Ambrose Bierce was born on June 24, 1842 and died in the year of 1914 in Mexico. He was an American writer, poet, and journalist. His death is a mystery. The people in his time period reported that he disappeared without a trace. All investigations were proven wrong and people at that time period came up with many stories that other people found incredible and false. Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, OH. At one point, he lived in San Francisco. Bierce’s…

Brenda English is a mystery writer who has written the Sutton McPhee series and co-authored "The Intuitive Heart" with Henry Reed, PhD (a dream, parapsychology, intuition, and creativity). "The Intuitive Heart" is all about opening the door to inner wisdom, and developing intuition and psychic ability. Intuition in this case is more than just gaining answers to certain questions about what to do; but also becoming closer to everyone and everything around you. She got interested in writing…

Never Cry Wolf Response Journal Rafid Mirza Farley Mowat has often been accused of fabricating statistics and other facts in his novels. Write an entry explaining your thinking on this subject. My opinion of Farley Mowat fabricating statistics and facts is that Mowat tries to tell the truth. However, he still may have “modified” some of the statistics. The reason why he did this was probably to get his point across. As explained in another journal entry, many people “modify” statistics to fit…

One of the many things that our group enjoyed in The Giver, by Lois Lowry, was the intriguing society where it takes place. We liked reading about the customs, laws, and rules, such as their policies on precision of language. It was interesting for us to hear about how it was focused on in lessons.In fact, lessons were interrupted to focus on precision of language. A book is always more interesting when it takes place in an interesting setting. The society in this novel was very intriguing in…

Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939. Her hometown is Ontario Canada. Her parents and siblings are Carl Edmund Atwood, Margaret Dorothy Killam, Ruth Atwood, and Harold Leslie Atwood. She is at age 79. Margaret Atwood is famous because she is an author. She writes famous poet. She is a literary critic. She is a journalist. She is also an award - winning novelist. Interesting facts about Margaret Atwood are she thought of her first poem while walking football field. She wrote a song…

Ladies and gentleman of the jury: The Pigman by Paul Zindel is an exceptional piece of literature that is great for projects. With only a few shortcomings, The Pigman is a great choice for young adult readers looking for a true, raw story and is a favorable pick among schools. To begin, the story is narrated by John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen, two teenagers in the late sixties. Through a difficult series of events, they learn responsibility. This responsibility is a maturity which is portrayed…

Flannery O'Connor writes amazing stories, he's an amazing author. He wrote this story called “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and that is what I am going to talk about. In my opinion I think that O’Connor uses both foreshadowing and flashbacks to create suspense and tension. Others may disagree, but here's my side. I think that O’Connor uses foreshadowing and flashbacks in his story to create tension because he used a lot of them and also because when you read the story that is how the tension is…