Credit: Wikimedia Commons Theodore Geisel is best known by the pseudonym Dr. Seuss (the correct pronunciation of Seuss rhymes with "voice" not "loose"), perhaps the most recognizable name in literature. Every December we’re treated to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and each year young kids are introduced to classics like Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat, yet the wider public does not appear to know much about the man behind these famous works. To gear up for the release of the CGI-animated film Horton Hears A Who!, we aim to change that by presenting five things you didn’t know about Dr. Seuss, the most familiar and beloved pen name in children’s literature. 1- Dr. Seuss adopted his pseudonym by drinking gin Geisel’s
It is not yet known if the allegations made in the note are genuine. 'Shocked' Mrs Wisínska, who lives in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, bought the trousers during a shopping trip to Belfast three years ago, but had never worn them because when she took them home, she found the zip was broken.’’ ‘’'Horrific' "I am only sorry that I did not discover the note when I first purchased the clothing - then I could have brought this scandal to light much earlier." Amnesty's Northern Ireland programme director, Patrick Corrigan
After a lot of thought, she decided to give it a try. Soon she had published her very first book called When Charlie McButton Lost Power, and it was instantly a favorite for elementary school readers. When Suzanne saw that her book was so popular, she decided that she wanted to take her writing to the next level by writing a book that would capture the attention of older readers. In 2003, she published her first novel called Gregor, the Overlander. This book was loosely based on the fairy tale of Alice in Wonderland, except the main character falls into a manhole instead of a rabbit hole, making the
Huckleberry Finn begins, “You don’t know me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain’t no matter” (Twain 7). This opening passage helps the reader assume that, due to his use of slang, Huck is not well educated. The way Twain wrote allowed the reader to get a sense of the way people spoke back then and how different society was from the society of today. Due to his use of the common language, “’all modern American literature comes directly from … Huckleberry Finn” (Trilling 6). Alone, this profound influence on all American literature makes Huckleberry Finn worthy of being included in the canon of great American literature, but his exploration into a revolutionary relationship between a white boy and a runaway slave make it even more worthy.
explains that "they named me Ladybug, but they mostly called me L.B., which, through several misunderstandings early in my education, became Ellie (34)". Ellie does not know who her real father is and neither does her mother, so when Ellie was younger she tried to find her father. after searching, she saw an autographed photo from Jim Morrison other mother and wanted to see if his children had odd names as well. Ellie explained that "I thought Jim
Amy Heckerling’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” has transformed a 19th century classic English novel into a teen flick romcom film of the 20th century entitled “Clueless”. Despite the vastly different historical settings and societal values of the two texts, Amy Heckerling’s “Clueless” still retains the essential values of the original text by adapting these values into a modern society of our time and a modern audience of our age. Comparatively through the themes of class and social structure and the attitudes towards love and marriage, a greater insight can be gained of the context in which it appropriates further enhanced by the use of satire and irony employed by both composers. “Emma” by Jane Austen was written in the Regency period of the 1800s; a time of inequality as it featured a wide gap between the rich and the poor while at the same time a rise in the merchant middle class. In response to this context, Austen tends to satirise the common source of power by creating a microcosmic world of a genteel community evolving round a “handsome, clever and rich” young woman who "seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence."
“The Controversy of Race: Does Huckleberry Finn Combat or Reinforce Racist Attitudes?” A Case Study in Critical Controversy: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 2nd Edition. Ed. Gerald Graff and James Phelan. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2004.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is the story of a young white boy and a slave’s journey to the North. Though it’s a very touching tale, it’s one of the most controversial books to date. Throughout the book, the use of the “N” word is very prominent. Twain doesn’t use this word just five or six times, but instead uses it a whopping two hundred and nineteen times. Although it is offensive, I believe that schools should use the original version in lieu of the censored copy.
“A Raisin in the Sun”, “Which side is right?” Throughout the years of reading books and writing papers it was never as difficult as it gets when comparing this two scholars viewpoint on the famous book, play, and movie, “A Raisin in the Sun”, by Lorraine Hansberry’s. The two scholars names are Robin Bernstein and Margaret Wilkerson each scholars expresses their opinion of what the viewer think and say about this magnificent play, which opened in Broadway in 1959. There are always two sides to a story, but we can’t take a side until both sides are heard, but even hearing both sides doesn’t give us the reason to judge one another. After hours on reading these two scholars perception to Lorraine Hansberry’s, “ A Raisin in the Sun”, they both have a point but it’s hard to determine that true significant of this book and play. As a result of reading Robin Bernstein, Inventing a
October 21st, 2010 Mr. Perri Honors English Allegory Writing Assignment An allegory in a movie that I have seen is “The Wizard of Oz” by Whether Baum. There were different allegories that could be contemplated by only a couple actual make full sense.In the movie the basic allegory would have been that the people in Dorothy’s dream was a metaphor for people in Dorothy’s real life, but there is a deeper meaning to all the characters. This movie is a deeper allegory for the political, economic and social events of the 1890’s in America.It is an allegory because all of the characters in the movie represent political social classes.In the movie Dorothy represented the average american girl, she can also represent the workers union some say she can also represent an ordinary individual led astray and seeking the way back home. the Tin Man represented a factory worker, the scare crow was symbolic for the farmers, and the wizard of Oz was a metaphor for Theodore Roosevelt. The yellow brick road is a metaphor for the “gold standard” that they had developed back in the1890‘s.