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Mi Gale Research Detroit Gale Research
1,840 words... The trials and tribulations that Frank had to go through to receive his first Holy Communion was an ordeal in itself. Now on his special day, his grandmother makes a spectacle out of him. But these problems were minor. Every child goes through embarrassing moments in their life, but Frank's problems with the Church continued. Frank never received the same opportunities that other children had. On two different times, the Church slammed the door on Frank's face. We don't have room for him say...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Gale Research Company
1,354 words... hires and forties as the news from Europe grows more and more dreadful into David's budding years as a scholar buds, David learns that curiosity can be a dangerous enemy of faith. Mr. Potok's story cannot be recommended to everyone. Its prose is simple and smooth, but a heavy earnestness pervades it all (New Yorker 193). The book centers on the conflict between the religious life and the life of imagination. What " finally, boils down to be a story in which its hero must eventually confront-...
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Jaws By Peter Benchley
1,980 wordsJaws by Peter Benchley In the novel Jaws written by Peter Benchley, critics are correct when they claim that the novel has a lack of characterization, the book is used as an escape, Benchley is a master of suspense writing, the novel displays the facts of Great Whites and critics claim that the novel also displays formulaic plotting, and is an allusion to classic fish tales such as Herman Melville's Moby Dick, and Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Critics need to loosen up on irritating Bench...
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Asher Lev Chaim Potok
2,672 wordsChaim Potok Chaim Potok, arguably the most powerful writer of modern Judaism, was born on February 17, 1929, in the Bronx of New York to Benjamin and Mollie Potok. At age 8, Chaim Potok showed talent in the realm of drawing and art. His father and teachers of the Talmud, a compilation of Jewish law, greatly discourage him from pursuing art. This was because it was considered nothing more than a waste at best and breaking the commandment? thou shalt not make any graven image? at the worst. Eventu...
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Kurt Vonnegut Blah Blah
1,126 wordsDeadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is one of today s greatest contemporary authors. Vonnegut writes with a very unique and random style, it is like no other author in the world. Deadeye Dick is a prime example of his original style, like many other books from the pen that brought us Jailbird, Slapstick, and Welcome to the Monkey House, it s a riot of randomness. (Demo) Along with his unique style of writing he also incorporates his own life through the story as he does in many of his ot...
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Detroit Michigan Gale Contemporary Literary Criticism
2,165 wordsThe 1950 s were a time of conservatism, the traditional American family, and similarity. During this time of the cherished American dream, a radical writer, who spoke to a nation of young individuals and alienated adults, emerged. Jerome David Salinger, generally referred to as J. D. Salinger, surfaced as a spokesman for a generation of post-World War II students and became one of the most popular American fiction writers. Salinger is most widely known for his only novel, The Catcher in the Rye....
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Detroit Michigan Gale Contemporary Literary Criticism
3,543 wordsA Biography of J. D. Salinger with Concentration on the Early 1950? s, Particularly 1951 - 1952. 1. The 1950? s were a time of conservatism, the traditional American family, and similarity. During this time of the cherished American dream, a radical writer, who spoke to a nation of young individuals and alienated adults, emerged. Jerome David Salinger, generally referred to as J. D. Salinger, surfaced as a spokesman for a generation of post-World War II students and became one of the most popula...
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Anthony Burgess Dream
2,138 wordsJohn Collier, a contemporary English author, was born in London, England on May 3, 1901 and lived his last years in Palisades, California where he died of a stroke on April 6, 1980. Collier was a writer of the 1920? s era, educated in post-Victorian England, and according to Anthony Burgess in the London Times. He was known for literary allusiveness and quiet wit (Contemporary Authors 111). A collection of his most memorable works was published in 1972 entitled The John Collier Reader. His liter...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism House Un American Activities Committee
1,759 wordsLawrence Ferlinghetti's Politics I hope I wont seem too politically incorrect for saying this but after immersing myself in the writings of the guilt-obsessed asexual Jack Kerouac, the ridiculously horny Allen Ginsberg and the just plain sordid William S. Boroughs its nice to read a few poems by a guy who can get excited about a little candy store under the El or a pretty woman letting a stocking drop to the floor (? Literary Kicks? ). For casual reading, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poetry is cheerf...
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End Of Innocence Contemporary Authors
1,084 wordsThe ability to create characters of depth plagues many a contemporary writer. Many of those writers should look to William Golding for expertise on this issue. Golding diverges from the path of contemporary authors and sets an example of how character development should be accomplished in his novel, Lord of the Flies. Golding's Ralph exemplifies this authors superior style of character development in this novel. At the commencement of the novel, the author introduces Ralph as an innocent boy far...
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