Essays Tagged: "author comments"

Visions of Freedom - Comparing the visions of Douglass and Krakauer

s but shared a passionate hatred for injustice. In Jon Krakauer's book " Into The Wild" (1996), the author comments on Chris's "outrage over injustice in the world," and how Chris took college classes ... t lives, they both shared the same burning desire for freedom. Chris felt oppressed by his parent's authority and the lifestyle he felt he was forced to live (Krakauer, 1996, p. 64 ). He was willing t ...

(2 pages) 28 0 0.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

This is a comparison between the journeys in taken by the main characters in Candide and Arrowsmith.

A wise man once said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Authors were using the idea of a journey before Homer wrote the Odyssey. This literary tradition has ... a journey before Homer wrote the Odyssey. This literary tradition has continued to the present. Two authors that embrace this idea are Voltaire and Sinclair Lewis. In their books Candide and Arrowsmit ... out the local doctor during his free time instead of playing with the other boys. At one point the author comments, "Martin had one characteristic without which there could be no science: a wide-rang ...

(4 pages) 38 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

THE SOLITARY REAPER

of beautiful memories on human thoughts and feelings.In the review I found on the Internet, the author comments that, "Throughout the course of the poem Wordsworth's voice evolves from being an ou ...

(1 pages) 32 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

An Examination of Honor Codes and Tradition in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"

lo and Pedro Vicario, are eventually absolved of the crime and spend only three years in prison.The author comments on the irony of the situation by saying "There never was a death more foretold" (Mar ... r. Dire circumstances are the result of such blind acceptance. Also, as further proof of blame, the author shifts point of vies in the last chapter of the novel. Blatant sarcasm is employed by using " ...

(4 pages) 36 0 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Chronicles of a Death Foretold

lo and Pedro Vicario, are eventually absolved of the crime and spend only three years in prison.The author comments on the irony of the situation by saying "There never was a death more foretold" (Mar ... r. Dire circumstances are the result of such blind acceptance. Also, as further proof of blame, the author shifts point of vies in the last chapter of the novel. Blatant sarcasm is employed by using " ...

(4 pages) 35 1 3.7 Dec/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature