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Characterization, a method that an author chooses to develop his/her character, is a very important element in a story. In “Lamb to the Slaughter,” Roald Dahl, effectively develops the protagonist both directly and indirectly; however, the use of indirect characterization is more dominant because it reveals her actions and how she deals with her conflict,…

In the essay the American Scholar, Emerson portrays the scholar as a person who learns from three main things. These things by which a scholar is educated are by nature, by books (the past) and by action. Emerson uses nature as a comparison to the human mind where he states, “There is never a beginning,…

The book entitled “Norse Mythology” by Karl Mortensen, is the book I chose to read for my first book report for this semester. The book was translated from the Danish by A. Clinton Crowell. Karl Mortensen was a doctor of philosophy whom attended the University of Copenhagen. The first part of the book is the…

The Flea John Donne Observe a typical bar; every Saturday night sweat drenched bodies emitting alcohol and pheromones from every pore, exchange conversation, pleasantries, and yes even sex (perhaps not directly in view but certainly eluded to). Is this animalistic, barbaric behavior acceptable? Should sex be taken so lightheartedly? Or do we take it to…

A spider becomes caught in its own web. This is an example of an attempted manipulation that went awry. Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, is a work about a woman who manipulates the fates of others in order to fulfill her own desires. The title character is a woman who has recently returned from a…

The Prince by Machiavelli had a notorious reputation for, that is concentrated on how a prince or leader should rule and is ultimately a manual on how one can attain power and how it should be maintained. The multiple methods that are stated within the text have been the reasons behind various debates stemming from…

Flannery O’Connor was a young upcoming author. Unfortunately she passed away due to “…lupus before her fortieth birthday” (“Intro to” 1357). However, with that said she was still able to write two novels and an abundance of short stories. Amongst those was short stories is, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. While writing this…

How much faith do you have in god? Would you be able to last two hundred and twenty-seven long hard days at sea with a tiger? Throughout the novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel we see Pi develop a love for religion -three of them actually and god. As the novel goes on and…

Tecumseh was the fifth child born into the family in 1768. Tecumseh always the leader springboards into the position of War Chief, in which he leads many battles and defenses for the Shawnee tribe. Europeans settled in North America, claiming land that was never theirs to claim. The British initially making a deal to protect…

How do I feel about this novel? The way I feel about this novel is kind of mixed because, I couldn’t tell if Mr. King was trying to scare me like it was a horror story or if he was trying to make this story more Science Fiction. The way I reacted, when he starts…