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Memoirs Of A Geisha Book Review
883 wordsBeneath the concrete layers and behind the flashing neon signs lies a memory of another Japan, one defined by scented fans, mannered dances and the haunting echo of a samisen stringed instrument. Arthur Golden, author of the meaningful book, Memoirs of a Geisha, offers readers an entry to this old time. Golden's novel actually takes place in a country rapidly industrializing for the coming World War II. Like a geisha who has mastered the art of illusion, Golden creates a isolated floating world ...
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Rags To Riches Life Of Frederick Douglass
1,059 wordsAmerica, a land with shimmering soil where golden dust flew and a days rain of money could last you through eternity. Come, You Will make it in America. That was the common theme of those who would remove to America. It is the common hymn, the classic American rags-to-riches myth, and writers such as Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass had successfully embraced it in their works. Franklin and Douglass are two writers who have quite symmetrical styles and imitative chronology of events in th...
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Upper Class Society Rags To Riches
1,776 wordsFrom Rags to Riches: The Rise (and Fall) of Silas Lapham The pen is mightier than the sword. And those who have mastered the pen are able to use their literary pieces to either paint a picture of reality hiding under the guise of fiction, or send a message to its readers without blatantly doing so. This is what William Dean Howells, author of the novel The Rise of Silas Lapham, was able to achieve. Through his works, Howells was able to portray reality through the lives of fictitious characters ...
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19 Th Century Status In Society
2,082 wordsHoratio Alger is remembered as the 19 th century novelist who wrote and popularized the American rags to riches story. His first book Ragged Dick tells of a misfortune boy named Dick Hunter who, through a combination of good ethics, hard work, luck, and help from supporter who believes in him becomes a prosperous and a wealthy young man. The book Ragged Dick, written in 1867, is about the success story of Dick Hunter. Dick is a bootblack in New York City who is near starvation. He sleeps in the ...
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Rags To Riches Horatio Alger
668 wordsRagged Ragged Dick Ragged Dick Ragged Dick is a novel written in the 1800 s by Horatio Alger. It is a story about a young boy named Richard Hunter, also known as Ragged Dick, as he progresses though his childhood. Ragged Dick is a typical Rags to Riches story where Dick struggles through the hardships of city life, trying to achieve the American Dream. As a child, Dick is nothing more than a poor city boy who is trying to earn money on the streets of New York City. He spends his time shining sho...
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