* Guelke, A 2008 “Great whites, paedophiles and terrorists: The need for critical thinking in a new age of fear”, Critical Studies on Terrorism, vol. 1:1, pp.17-26, http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/doi/full/10.1080/17539150701846476 last accessed 26 March 2013 * Phillips, P (2011). “Lone-wolf terrorism” Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. Vol. 17, No.1, pp.1-5.
Miracles. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, Kindle. Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce. New York, NY HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, Kindle.
His first novel for young adults, Game as Ned, was a Children’s Book Council notable book in 2008. Tim lives in Melbourne. Website: www.timpegler.com.au/blog/ Themes • Survivor guilt. What is meant by this?. Why do we feel guilt when we survive a catastrophe that has destroyed others, especially if they are our friends?
The writer of this article talks about how the basement isn’t just a hiding place for a Jew or a refuge to learn but it is a place to rebel against authority when Max transforms it into a setting for creative/political activity by painting over Hitler’s Mein Kampf erasing Hitler’s authority and becoming his own authority. Maslin, Janet. “Stealing to Settle a Score with Life.” New York Times, Published by Janet Maslin, Monday 27 March 2006. Wednesday 30 April 2014. This article is a review on the book itself; however the article also talks about important points involving the main character Liesel Meminger “the book thief” and how they dealt with life during the war.
1-17) http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/haycox.html 2/18 (Holiday –no class) (in Adaptations pp. 18-33; in Reader: “Adaptation Studies at a Crossroads”) 2/25 “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” 1993 / Smoke Signals 1998 (in Adaptations, pp.34 -49) Paper One and Two Assigned (due 3/11 and 4/22) Suspense/Film Noir: 3/4 “Maltese Falcon” 1930 / Maltese Falcon 1941 (in Adaptations. pp. 50 – 82; st FYI: novel’s 1 chapter and portion of script is included in this reading) 3/11 ”The Killers” 1927/ The Killers 1946 (in Adaptations, pp. 127 - 132; 151-153) Paper One due 3/18 ”Memento Mori” 2001 / Memento 2000 (in Adaptations, pp.
Fahrenheit 451 The extraordinary experience of reading the novel Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, is that although it was written in 1953 the author predicted a vivid description of the way things are in America today. The colorful characters in this book represent different examples of American culture and how this culture is addicted to electronic media means of communication and has a lack of self control. This fictional story projects almost sixty years into the future. The time period of this story is not clearly specified in the novel but it could easily be assumed that the story takes place during the new millennium. There are references to terrible crimes, nuclear weapons, political correctness,
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Sasha Rivera Mr. Moran AP English Language/Composition-Period 1 2 December 2013 The Devil in the White City Critique In his nonfiction novel The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson uses the two main characters to juxtapose the themes of good and evil. The book parallels the lives of Daniel Burnham, the chief builder of the World’s Columbian Exposition, and H. H. Holmes, a serial killer, during 1890s Chicago. Larson recreates the 19th century city and the two main characters to explore the development of good and evil. The author achieves this purpose using rhetorical strategies and symbolism. The book is divided in six parts: Prologue, Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and the Epilogue.
At the beginning of chapter 9, Nick Carraway informs the reader upon the impact that Gatsby’s death and the ‘holocaust’-like aftermath of it has had upon him, through the quote "After two years," then, "I remember the rest of that day, and that night, and the next day". The days he is referring to are the ones after Gatsby’s demise – and how there was an endless flow of reports and policemen flocking to the mansion, creating a twisted, parodical version of his famed parties. However, it could be also considered not a parody, since the policemen and such care as much about Gatsby as his party-goers did beforehand – the sad truth of Gatsby’s life and the ‘American Dream’ as a whole. Nick, revealing his respect for Gatsby that has developed over the summer – showing character development throughout the story – worries that the reporters swarming the house care not about Gatsby and simply wish to turn his tragic death into a best-selling headline, filling their story with whispered rumours and degrading lies. Worse than this, Nick finds that nobody seems to be trying to validate or dismiss the rumours that are surrounding Gatsby’s death, finding himself alone as Gatsby’s only true friend –
Juan V. Dr.Lamore INGL 3212: Advance English II 28 August 2013 Many of the novels that are famous now a days, like The Hunger Games, or even classics like Fahrenheit 451 are literary works portrays a dystopian world. Meaning, a “society that is broken down, unpleasant, or in an oppressed or terrorized state” (Kendall). According to Merriam Webster online dictionary a dystopia is define as “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives.” In other words, that type of books shows the reader a place, most likely in a distant future, in a chaotic state, where people struggle with their daily lives. These types of novels are categorized as science fiction as it may seem unreal. According to Edmund Crispin, a novel or any other literary work that is consider science fiction, “is one that presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact experienced” (qtd in Wilson).