In the attempt to capture truth in writing, writers and readers alike are cognisant of the artifice that occurs in the process of writing. This oxymoron; that truth and authenticity can result from artifice is the basis of the conflict that occurs between concepts of reality, truth and literary realism. The nature of fiction itself presents tension between truth and artifice: writers abide by the facets of literary realism, which has a “fidelity to the truth” (M.H. Abrams), and must create artifices to deliver meaning and create truth, utilising techniques of fiction such as metaphor, figures, imagery and dialogue which aren’t necessarily true. In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat.
Plagiarism Katrina, I understand your argument about this being common sense but I still have to argue that this is an act of plagiarism. You may have not intended to plagiarize and this act is called unintentional plagiarism. I do not want you to worry because it is better if you know now and learn as you are not the only one who has come across this issue. Plagiarism exists in two forms: intentional and unintentional. Plagiarism is done intentionally when someone copies someone else’s exact words and uses it in their own work without any quotations or citations and claims it to be their original work.
Perspective is a complex matter, as it is derived from each individuals’ context and understanding of the nature of the issue. Thus, the concept of perspective is relative, meaning that each person’s views will be different from another, which creates, but does not necessarily impose, conflicting perspectives. For the purpose of this speech, the poems The Minotaur by Ted Hughes and Daddy by Sylvia Plath will be used to example the extremities of conflicting perspectives created. The Minotaur shows how Plath was a violent and manic person through the allusion of the myth about the Minotaur, a creature from Greek mythology, throughout the poem. Imagery is used to show Plath as an aggressive person, such as through the line “smash it into kindling”.
Bibliographical Entry Standiford, L & Matthews, J. (2012). Bringing Adam Home. New York: NY: HarperCollins. Author Information Les Standiford is a bestselling author of as many as twenty books, including: Bringing Adam Home, Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Washington Burning.
The Differences of Love and Infatuation Love and infatuation, two very different things yet they are confused quite often. For a while most people can not tell the different between the two, both can dominate our thoughts and emotions. Jenijoy La Belle writes in “Loofah Is a Man Splendored Thing” that infatuation is in some ways a form of insanity, but ultimately different from love which based on common desires. She makes this conclusion by thinking of infatuation as being illusory and vapid, and also gives many examples of infatuation being by nature irrational. Love however is mutual and realistic, while infatuation requires neither.
The next thing that qualifies this book as a classic is the fact that it uses effective, unique style appropriate to the purpose and content. In this book author Tim O’Brien use a style unique to this novel. His tone is appropriate for storytelling which is the main thing happening in this book. There is also different point of views from which the stories are told. Though O’Brien is the narrator his stories come from the views and experiences of others.
Simply put, as readers we feel that his articles jumps back and forth too much and too quickly. Besides that, we believe that Gladwell has hit the nail on the
Yet today, these principles have been distorted. Without thinking we have plunged headfirst into what I call the Argument Culture” (Tannen403) The argument culture invades every aspect of our lives from our personal relationships, gridlocks in Washington,” distortion of truth, lawsuits and a win at all cost attitude.”(Tannen) Deborah Tannen expresses that the argument culture urges us to approach the world in” an adversarial frame of mind.”(Tannen 404) I agree with the statement in that we are urged to mistrust anyone different or people are stereotyped so that we feel defensive which promotes an adversarial frame of mind. Tannen provides powerful insight on how we are influenced daily to believe in winning at all cost. Tannen sites the sorry state of public forums are flooded by discord, use of war metaphors, and do or die thinking,” smashing heads
And with the context of his writings being much different than the lifestyle I am accustomed to, I begin to understand his principles. The French Revolution must have been full of situations in which the use of terror could be very beneficial. It seems to me though that a tyrant ruler could easily misuse terror to benefit himself and thats when my stance changes
SUMMARY Warren Troob discusses the issues of cross-cultural intercourse. First of all, he clams that people assume foreign objects are the same as them. Secondly, he states that in each culture, every person has their own way to do something that may or may not be a double edged sword in terms of cultural expectationism. To begin with, Troob's intesticular article is riveting and convincing because his premise is lean, clearly organized, and shorn. However there are some limpness that must be contended about his first argument.