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make ties to their personal lives. These personal ties are popular among authors because it allows the author to "get inside" their character's heads and give the characters identical situations and emotional responses as the author has experienced…

of essay I am going to answer the coursework question, which is "how does Charles Dickens creates characters which are memorable and striking in Great Expectations?" I am going to refer to some of the characters in the novel and explore their characteri…

the balance of both good and evil or light and dark. Many times these qualities exist simultaneously and maintain a balance, but sometimes this stability is lost and the "darker side" surfaces. Have you ever wondered what it takes to push someone over…

A biography by Harshil Shah - An Elizabethan Era View January 2004 Contents Introduction..................................................................Pg.3 Early Childhood..............................................…

Unreliable Narration in "Midnight's Children"', he comments that 'It is by now obvious, I hope, that Saleem Sinai is an unreliable narrator, and that "Midnight's Children" is far from being an authoritative guide to the history of post-independence India…

Use is a story about a young girl who has many challenges in life. It is a story about poverty and stereotypes that often affect many young girls in similar situations. Maggie is a survivor who through the love of her mother is able to rise above…

what it first appears to be. I believe this is one of the reasons the book was written. It was a hidden theme in the book that was some times hard to see and other times obvious. But everyone puts on appearances that differ from reality to maintain…

stories that aren't even true?" The use of these stories is to help people get an imagination, and to help people keep their imagination. One question you could ask is, who are fantasy stories mostly told to? They are told to children and babies. This…

You're name is who you are; it distinguishes John Smith, from Joe Blow. There is much weight that is vested into a name; in the Native American culture a child is given a name that fits his character. In our society, the title of Doctor connotates…

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Picture of Dorian Grey, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress each author gives us a clue into their world, into their lives, and into their views on gender roles, violence,…