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Is Our Society Becoming Post-literate?
Thousands of years have passed since our culture invented an alphabet to allow spoken words to be permanently recorded. This 'great leap' from orality to literacy had many consequences that will be discussed here. However, many other technologies have come into existence since the ...
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Critical Biography On J. D. Salinger"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it." -James Bryce*
In 1945, a novel was published that would forever change the way society views itself. The book, entitled The Catcher in the Rye, would propel a man named Jerome David Salinger to fame as one of the most ...
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Pen Pals: Based On X-Files CharactersForward: This story was written based on the X-Files characters created by
Chris Carter and Ten Thirteen productions. In no way this story is being used
to infringe or defame these characters or the X-Files television series. The
story is based on my speculation of what happened to Agent Fox ...
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The Roswell UFO CrashIn 1947 a UFO was seen near the town of Roswell, New Mexico. It was
witnessed by many of the residents and was described as something not of this
planet. The government denies any evidence of this event occurring and has
covered it up for may years. Now that more information has become available ...
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Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood AnIn the early nineteenth century, an interest in criminals and the common highwayman
arose in Europe. Many magazines in London, such as Bentley’s Miscellany, Fraser’s
Magazine, and The Athenaeum featured sections that were reserved for stories about
highwayman and their numerous ...
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Creative Story: Kid In ClosetWolfgang knew about his father's past. It wasn't talked about much, but
when it was, Wolfgang's mouth would perspire saliva and he would swallow it with
fear. His past scared him, scared him so much one time while listening a small
puddle began to form around his left leg.
His father had ...
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Gender Communication In The WoCommunication between males and females has always been somewhat complicated. Because we are arguing that males and females have different cultures we wanted to take a look at what some of these differences might be. According to our research the inherent differences between male and female ...
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Flying Home"": a Living Story. Ralph Waldo Ellison is perhaps one of the most influential African-American writers of the twentieth century. Ellison is best known for writing about such topics as self-awareness, identity, and the racial repression of African-Americans in the United States. His ...
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Langston Hugheswas born in Joplin, Missouri into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing ...
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RomanticismIn the nineteenth century, the foundation of American literature had a profound change. This was called from Reason to Romance or . With many contributions of famous writers such as Irving, Cooper, Bryant, and Poe composed the stories and poems which all of them had a great value in the American ...
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Medea: SummaryTitle of Work: Medea Country/Culture: Greek Literary Period: Classical Type
Authorial information: Euripides was born in 484 BC and took up drama at
the young age of 25. At most drama competitions, however his plays came in
last place until he was about 45 or 50 years old. In his entire life, ...
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Iliad And OdysseyThe views and beliefs of societies are often portrayed in the literature, art, and cinema of a certain era. The epic poems, The , give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. By reading the two "novels," the reader is able to experience the three ...
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Urban Legendsdepict the typical social acceptance of unverified stories that are meant to strike fear in people and raises several questions to be answered. No one knows who first used the phrase Urban Legend to represent the remarkable tales described by people of all ages. They have been studied as a ...
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A River Runs Through It By NorNorman Mclean’s A River Runs Through It explores many feelings and experiences of one “turn of the century” family in Missoula, Montana. In both the movie, directed by Robert Redford, and the original work of fiction we follow the Mcleans through their joys and sorrows. However, the names of the ...
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The Salem Witch TrialsThe domination of religion along with mass hysteria culminated in the conviction of over 200 men and women during the witch trials of 1692. Salem, Massachusetts endured a gothic nightmare of fear that sent twenty poor souls to meet their master, in Heaven or Hell (Robbins 56).
New England in the ...
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The OdysseyODYSSEUS: A MERE MORTAL, BUT PURELY MORAL
In Homer's Odyssey, he uses the stories of Calypso and Circe to give a reader a glimpse at Greek values. Odysseus is a “perfectly” moral man by Greek standards. In the Calypso episode, Odysseus demonstrates the value of faithfulness, and in the Circe ...
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Telepathyor mind reading is the transmission of thoughts from one human to another human by means other than the bodies physical senses. also implies that we have sensing capabilities other than the physical senses of seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. Which enable us to sense and perceive the mental ...
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Civ. And Its Discontents And GFreud and Mason: Religion and Freedom Theme
Themes such as religion and freedom are prevalent in both Gilgamesh by Herbert Mason and Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud. Throughout Gilgamesh the character Enkidu is portrayed as an easygoing creature who has an overwhelming sense of ...
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Epic Heroes In TimeHeroes and their stories have been at the center of almost every culture throughout history. There are vast differences among these legends since they have to serve each particular culture's needs. The events, settings and other characters may change dramatically, but the hero is basically the ...
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Courage Under FireIn 1991, millions of people tuned in to CNN to observe a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. For the United States, the war was more or less a display of power and a preservation of economic interest. Nobody was to ever hear of the mishaps and foul-ups of the ...
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