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World War Ii Larger Than Life
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Toward The Black People In Ernest J Gaines
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1,593 wordswas fact. Upton Sinclair visited Chicago in November 1904 to do research for the book. Sinclair lived in a neighborhood called Packingtown for seven weeks. While in Packingtown, Sinclair interviewed workers, lawyers, doctors, saloon keepers, and social workers. The book deals with the greed and ruthless competition that turned America into a brutal country, which Sinclair referred to as a 'jungle. ' The Jungle also tells how those at the bottom of the economic ladder, who were wage-earners and t...
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914 wordsPeter De Vries s To His Importunate Mistress, written in 1986, is a parody of Andrew Marvell s To His Coy Mistress, written in 1681. De Vries s updated version uses the same structure and metaphors to mock the notions presented by Marvell s 17 th century poem. To His Importunate Mistress reflects stereotypical characteristics that are associated with the 20 th century such as egotistical behavior, over importance of money, lack of love and lack of shame. While To His Coy Mistress speaks of love ...
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