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.. talked about directors in film today. The idea that a tall and rather dorky looking guy can make it to the top of his field without ever having played by any of the official rules is a pretty hip one. Finally to prove that his poetic license for hipness is deserved, Tarantino makes numerous…

The novels Death of a Maiden and Appointment with Death, written by Sheila Radley and Agatha Christie, are murder mysteries describing a betrayal of trust. While both are similar in this way, it is the differences between the two novels that make the similarities remarkable. By comparing the victims, the killers, and the investigators, the…

In the New York Times, Eliot Fremont-Smith discusses the squabbles that occurred in the literary world over Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, squabbles that continue today. He wrote of Capote, “The author is now concerned that In Cold Blood be taken as an example of a new literary form, ‘the non-fiction novel’”. The debate of…

“The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time…. so, when I couldn’t stand it no longer I lit out into my rags and was free and satisfied, but she always took me back.” Huck is having trouble…

Movie Review: Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is one of the most daring, puzzling, and ultimately exciting pieces of cinema to hit the screen in years. As wholly original as it is a copy of hundreds of films before it about tales of hit-men and criminals, it dares you to step out of the…

The role of deceit is played to the fullest to achieve the farcical effect that Shakespeare intended to put on true love. Nearly every character is effected in one way or another by this never ceasing deceit. Deceit is used to make characters fall into love, out of love, and back into love by the…

As in many other novels, there are many issues that subtly and sometimes not so subtly, are represented with symbols. One such issue in the novel is the marriage between Ethan and Zeena, and how each other’s emotion agitates the other. This is a cold and passionless marriage, where partners are not connected and neither…

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a tragic story about one mans ignorant battle with nature, which becomes his demise. The Newcomer is an inexperienced young man who comes to this frozen land in search of gold. He has been warned about the dangers of the cold, but goes out on a trip…

Conrad is a novel about a man named Marlow and his journey into the depths of the African Congo. Marlow is in search of a man named Kurtz, an ivory trader. Though Marlow’s physical journey seems rather simple, it takes him further into his own heart and soul then into the Congo. The setting, symbols…

A Separate Peace is a novel by John Knowles that is about prep school experiences during World War II. I enjoyed reading about Genes journey towards maturity and the adult world. This book takes place in Devon School, New Hampshire during a summer session when Gene Forrester was sixteen years old. One day Gene and…