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Pulp Fiction Exploratory Essay
Pulp Fiction Introducing a film such as Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction takes much patience and significant artistry with words. Tarantinos work is an audacious, outrageous look at honor among lowlifes, told in a somewhat radical style overlapping a handful of separate stories. “Quentin Tarantino is the Jerry Lee Lewis of cinema, a pounding performer who…
Fiction
The Importance Of Nature In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
In his novel Mark Twain uses nature not only as ally, but as a deterrent in Huck Finn’s search for independence and Jim’s search for freedom. The most prominent force of nature in the novel was the Mississippi River. The river was not only their escape route, but perhaps it became their biggest enemy because…
Culture,
Fiction,
Huckleberry Finn,
Literature
The Most Dangerous Game By Richard Connell
Two sailors Rainsford and his partner Whitney sailed in to the darkness of the of sea. Their purpose was to hunt, they called it the greatest sport. They were hunters and headed to the Amazon to hunt vicious animals such as Jaguars, and tigers. They sailed to an island called Ship-Trap Island. Sailors feared…
Animals,
Fiction,
Purpose
Literature In Life
As in literature people have certain struggles. In the novels and short stories we read this year there are several example of inner struggles, within the characters. The basic type of struggles known to people is Man Vs Man, Man Vs Nature and Man Vs Himself, otherwise known as inner struggle. It is when you…
Art,
Entertainment,
Fiction,
Literature,
Novel,
Romeo and Juliet
An American Tragedy: Comparing The Crucible and
American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in doing so, but with such different pieces of…
Fiction,
The Crucible,
The Scarlet Letter
Jules Verne
Going to moon, a balloon trip around the world, adventure under the sea, all this in the late 1800s? All this was possible in the writings of Jules Verne. Jules Verne was born in Nantes on February 8, 1828. He had a vivid imagination and as a child, he often sailed down the Loire River…
Books,
Culture,
Fiction,
Literature,
Napoleon,
Novel,
Sociological Imagination
Literary Devices Used in Eleven Eleven Essays
She is embarrassed and feels helpless, but knows she will soon be home with her parents, and her terrible day will drift away. Rachel’s age is given away not only by the title, but by her word choice. She employs numerous similes, describing crying like uncontrollable hiccups, drinking milk to fast, and little animal noises….
Experience,
Fiction,
Symbolism
The Member of the Wedding
McCullers is the story of an adolescent girl who triumphs over loneliness and gains maturity through an identity that she creates for herself in her mind. It is with this guise that twelve year old Frankie Addams begins to feel confident about herself and life. The author seems to indicate that one can feel good…
Adolescence,
Fiction,
Positive Thinking,
Psychology
My Antonia
“My Antonia,” by Willa Cather has many symbols through out the novel. Symbolism reflects her own views as a child through her life. Some of these symbols are Jim’s grandomother’s garden and snake-killing incident. Jim’s grandomother’s garden made him fell as a part of nature, as human beings originally were in the Garden of Eden….
Culture,
Fiction,
Literature,
Love,
Novel,
Relationship,
Symbolism
Michel de Nostredame
Remy, France and was educated by his grandfather, Jean. Which he was taught mathematics and astrology. Also was taught three languages which include Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Nostradamus was the oldest son of his family and had four brothers. Nostradamus was a physician in France during a time that many plagues invaded the country. Not…
Bible,
Culture,
Fiction,
Religion,
Science,
War