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“Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie.”
Fiction
Literature
Who can forget that great line uttered by Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales, one of the best western movies ever made. Eastwood certainly made his mark and fortune starring in westerns, taking a chance on them when everyone told he was making a mistake by starting his own production company. In fact, he named that…
Essay – Araby and A&P Stories
Fiction
Literature
The stories “A&P” by John Updike and “Araby” by James Joyce both give a glimpse into the mind of male youths at a period of sexual awakening. The stories present the perspectives of these boys as they watch young women from a distance and admire the beauty they seem to find in their persons. The…
A&P and Model’s Assistant
Fiction
Human Activities
After reading two short stories, “A&P” by John Updike, and “Model’s Assistant” from “Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls” by Alissa Nutting one could see that there are both similarities and differences within the two stories. Both stories have underlying themes of beauty and job stress. They both may have different settings and take place…
“Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?” by Raymond Carver Analysis
Fiction
Truth
The story examines two couples, which both live so closely to each other and are great friends but both have different lives. The Millers wish they had the lifestyle that the Stones have the holidays, adventures, and their home, through this the Millers become desperate and lost in the actions of living in the stones…
Elephant: Horror Fiction and William
Fiction
Horror
Imagine a world without dreams; would it not be empty and meaningless? This is the big question for many people. No one can live without dreams; you have to strive for something in life otherwise your life is boring and uneventful. If your dream never succeeds, you often isolate yourself. It is like living in…
“Uncle’s First Rabbit” by Lorna Dee Cervantes
Fiction
Thought
Trapped Within Human beings without all the materialistic “necessities” are just animals that have hidden their true natures deep within and the true beast only comes out when needed to survive. There is no opportunity escaping who you really are internally, & throughout Lorna Dee Cervantes’ poem Uncle’s First Rabbit she haunts her audience with…
Modernism in relation to Modern Fiction by Virginia Woolf
Fiction
Virginia
Virginia Woolf is one of the most famous writers who have started modernism. Modernism in literature means that they have gone through the boundaries of romanticism, Virginia Woolf did not write about the same old stories whose purpose is just to entertain people with its love related theme; Virginia Woolf did more than that, She…
Veronika Decides To Die Analysis
Fiction
Literature
Narration
The Tempest
The book is about a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, who works as a clerk in a city hall, and collects butterflies in his free time. The first part of the novel tells the story from his point of view. Frederick is attracted to Miranda Grey, an art student who he thinks is very beautiful….
Tim O’Brien Research Paper
Fiction
Literature
The Things They Carried
Eyes of a Soldier Due to the rise of reform and fear of communism undulating throughout the United States during the 1960’s, Americans had gradually begun to transition from traditional values. Unequal rights had finally come to a conclusion legally and the voice of young Americans grew audaciously. At that time war also plagued the…
Guilt in Novel “Fifth Business” by Robertson Davies
Fiction
Literature
The author, Robertson Davies, illustrates in his novel titled Fifth Business the lasting impact of guilt on one’s life. Throughout the story, guilt is shown to be a powerful force that can haunt individuals for many years. Davies emphasizes the role and significance of guilt through the characters Dunstan Ramsay (Dunny), Paul Dempster, and Percy…
| description | Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying people, events, or places in imaginary ways that are not strictly based on history or fact. In its most narrow usage, fiction applies to written narratives in prose and often specifically novels, as well as novellas and short stories. |
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| quotations | “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.” “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” “That’s what fiction is for. “Artists use lies to tell the truth.,It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. A man’s face is his autobiography. It’s never too late – in fiction or in life – to revise. A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. |
| information | Fiction Books: Dune, All the Light We Cannot See, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Beloved, The Song of Achilles, People We Meet on Vacation, Pride and Prejudice, The Judge’s List, The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, Wolf Hall, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel, The Nightingale, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Road, All the Light We Cannot See, Dune, Beloved, Fictional stories: The LotteryShirley Jackson, 1948, Heart of darkness ; with, The Congo diary ; and, Up-river bookJoseph Conrad, 1899, Animal FarmGeorge Orwell, 1945, The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe, 1843, |
