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The Giver
Introduction to The Giver A dystopian story by Lois Lowry, an American writer, the novel, The Giver, first appeared in the United States in 1993 and became an instant hit on account of the unusual story it presents. The story comprises a boy, Jonas, who experiences disenchantment with the living style of his community based on the sameness and banality through the community’s own decision-making process. Recognized quite later in life, The Giver won Newbery Medal in 1994. It was later adap...
Death of a Salesman
Introduction to Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman a play having "two acts and a requiem" is the masterpiece of Arthur Miller written in 1948 and produced in 1949. The popularity and success of the play demonstrate the strength of its story. The play was adapted for various tableaus, films, and course books across the globe, securing a Pulitzer Prize for Miller. The story of the play revolves around an unfortunate middle-class man who ruins his life, chasing the idea of the American D...
Kindly Ones - The
Review from The Guardian: One approaches the fictionalisation of any aspect of the Holocaust with suspicion. Art is always at some level entertainment, and the idea of being entertained, however skilfully, by this particular set of horrors seems inherently objectionable. Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones reprises the familiar atrocities, in graphic detail and at massive length, from the viewpoint of an SS officer intimately involved in their execution. The book, which has already won the P...
Birds as Characters in Fiction (75 books)
Listopia Birds as Characters in Fiction Fiction with birds as characters. Includes animal fiction, animal fantasy, anthropomorphic fiction, and xenofiction. All Votes Add Books To This List 1 Beak of the Moon by Philip Temple (Goodreads Author) 4.28 ...
What color are numbers - Philosophy now September 2020
Playing with the abstraction of numbers and the abstraction of colours (colors), and it brings to my mind the question of how these are different in their natures of abstraction. -zas
The cute kitten represents violence and carnage (idea) by Anark - Everything2.com
Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2The cute kitten represents violence and carnage (idea)See all of The cute kitten represents violence and carnage, no other writeups in this node.(idea)by Anark Mon Mar 21 2005 at 4:57:44The smell of a good barbecue can draw visitors like vultures to a battlefield. There's something Jungian about wood smoke and roasting meat; they reveal a human kinship deeper than mere culture. Facing an unexpected crowd, most casual cooks will either generously...
Barefoot Gen (thing) by e2reneta - Everything2.com
Barefoot Gen (thing) by e2reneta - Everything2.comSourceURL: https://everything2.com/user/e2reneta/writeups/Barefoot+Gen Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Barefoot Gen (thing) See all of Barefoot Gen, there is 1 more in this node. (thing) by e2reneta Wed Sep 27 2000 at 21:22:43 Keiji Nakazawa's semi-autobiographical account of the bombing of Hiroshima, which depicts a second grader, Gen, surviving the bombing in 1945. Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen ...
Making Sorrow Sweet: Emotion and Empathy in the Experience of Fiction
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The Pig and His Way of Life (thing) by Sverre - Everything2.com
Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 The Pig and His Way of Life (thing) See all of The Pig and His Way of Life, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by Sverre Mon Dec 23 2002 at 11:06:45 "Grisen og levemåten hans" is a Norwegian fairy tale from Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norwegian Folk Tales, collected in the early 1840s. The original, Norwegian text was found at Project Runeberg and translated by me for E2. Enjoy! --- There was once a pig who was bored of h...
Notes on Hats
On hats and their symbolism: From Dictionary of Symbols: Hat According to Jung, the hat, since it covers the head, generally takes on the significance of what goes on inside it: thought. He recalls the German saying ‘to put all ideas under one hat’, and mentions that in Meyrink’s novel The Golem, the protagonist thinks the thoughts and undergoes the experiences of another man whose hat he has put on by mistake (32). Jung also points out that, since the hat is the ‘crown’ and summit of an...
The Lag - Technology and Fiction in the 21st Century - PMLA
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Paris Review - from A Man Asleep
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nine creepy books
https://email.nybooks.com/t/y-l-ujellk-tktidjuhhh-r/BEST READ AFTER DARK: NINE SPOOKY NYRB CLASSICS FOR 50% OFF Free US shipping on all orders over $50 "What would your feelings be, seriously, if your cat or your dog began to talk to you, and to dispute with you in human accents? You would be overwhelmed with horror. I am sure of it. And if the roses in your garden sang a weird song, you would go mad. And suppose the stones in the road began to swell and grow before your eyes, and if the...
