'Captain Corelli’s Mandolin' Essay

Alongside some jokes, fans will enjoy quick punches about marriages becoming stale and lonely-nest syndrome along with a lot more. "Toula" Portokalos, the protagonist steals the centre space once again. She is still married to her non-Greek partner and is now a wretched mother of a teenage 16-year old girl, of whom she is afraid to lose in the dark world.

His family were sent to an internment camp following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Clark. B, 2015). He spent the first years of his life there, and his family was left with nothing. After he was able to leave the camp, he then shortly after started his education at Andrew Hill High school. After graduating he Enrolled at San Jose State University. There, he majored in Spanish and Biological Sciences. Before graduating, he had a short stint with the peace corps and traveled all throughout South America. He then proceeded to gain a Master’s degree in Education from San Jose State University. In his 30-year career as an educator, he served as a principal in two different public schools, school board member and conducted education research at Stanford University. (Evans. S,

book published at the age of 18. He often writes about nostalgia for childhood, social criticism,

“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” Wow, he really dug deep for this. I was born into a penniless family while my parents were separated, thus making me an illegitimate child. Because of this, I wasn’t able to attend my town’s school so I underwent solo tutoring in a private school. My mother died when I was twelve to a fever. After the death of my mother, I was left under the care of my cousin who then committed suicide. I continued to work hard and study.

He published 8 novels, 3 short story collections, and two memoirs. He also paid keen interest in Canadian writing community. He found the Writer’s Union of Canada in 2973, and also as chairman in 1977 to 1978. Being a president of the English-Canadian chapter of P.E.N. International, he had the honor to named after an award for male fiction writers in mid-career. He lived for over 30 years at his cottage, Stone Orchard, Ontario, but then moved to Stratford, Ontario. He also lived in France. He died from complications from a hip

One of his big events for himself was that he wrote himself out of poverty in the Caribbean islands, when things were going bad for him. His mom died when he was only 12 years old, his father left him right before he was born or right. And yet he made all of that bad turn into good. The city he lived in saw his writing and

He says, “Despite all the books I read, I’m still surprised I became a writer” (1998, p. 3). He transitioned his love for reading into a career of making works that others can enjoy. He uses his time devoted to teaching Indian children the art of creative writing. Harkening back to his childhood, he was never taught to write poetry, short stories, and novels (Alexie, 1998, p. 3). He wants them to experience the joy of putting pen to paper and creating something, anything that may be enjoyed. He goes on to say, “Books…Books…I am

Isabel was making herself at home, by exploring the island and adding to the map, she found a new love begin to grow. As time went on Isabel was bearing a child, exited and full of joy Isabel wrote to her mother back home “with the news of the expected arrival” (78). A letter was not sent from Tom, for his family was in the past and not to continue to the future, as his mother is dead and his father a cold man, he wanted no part in that life anymore, he focused on a rocking chair for his soon to be child. Time went on and a storm came, one that kept Tom with the light, and Isabel safely in bed. The storm thundered and defend Tom from Isabel's cries of help. The blood, covering Isabel and soaking the bed, she has lost the child. That’s when Isabel's life changed, everything had become dull, the room now a coffin she was trapped in “life had stopped at its edges” (90). Day passed and the couple grieved but chores didn’t stop, just as the light, the days went on. Completing chores outside Isabel heard a cry thought to be of her imagination, Tom cried “from the gallery - ‘on the beach! A boat!’” (100) this had Isabel running for the

His first job was working as a clerk for a nearby import-export store. He worked there for a while then started to grow a love with writing. His education soon became something he thought was important. He first didn’t get into a church school because his parents were not married. After being denied he didn’t give up, he started the brilliant idea of self-educating himself. Reading everything he could get his hands on is what made him a genius. The library he went to only had thirty-four books some including Roman and Greek classics. He didn’t stop at just reading he started to learn other languages. His mother taught his some French but he became fluent by himself. After all that hard work he was accepted into a all grammar school in New Jersey. After studying there for about a year with Francis Barber he then went to King’s College. It was in New York City and he got his Bachelor’s of Arts degree in just the short time span of one year. (Alexander

He was moved multiple times and attended many middle schools. His academic record wasn’t so good and neither was his college experience because he left only after a year. As a child he painted, collected postcards and took pictures of his friends and family with a small Kodak. After he quit college he moved to New york City and worked at the New York Public Library. He went to Paris to try and get better on his French but came back after a year to New York to become a writer. He also started taking pictures as well.

- Scholarship to UCT but never finished his degree, went traveling instead, but always kept in mind his existential philosophy.

E.E. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (E.E Cummings, poets.org 1). Cummings began was an early developer and learner and began writing around the age of 10 (1). He was the son of Rebecca Haswell Clarke and Edward Cummings (Berry, S.L. 29). He had one sister, Elizabeth Cummings, who he loved dearly and played with all the time. He and his father had an inseparable bond, Cummings described his dad as a hero and that they were very close. (29). Cummings being such an early developer had no problem with school and went to a private school where he continued to read and write (10). His reading level was extremely high (10)! Cummings studied many different languages consisting of Latin, French, and Greek (10). As a senior Cummings wrote and was the editor of the schools newspaper (10). When he was 15 years old he did the unbelievable and went to Harvard University (14). While in college Cummings loved to go to circuses and ballets (14). While balancing college and school work Cummings was a romantic (14). He also turned out to be an astonishing dancer (14).When Cummings, who was around twenty, was done earning his degrees and graduating he was ready to leave Massachusetts (15).

Although the King’s son, Ferdinand loses his luxury life and has to face the test of survival, his determination and valor enables him to live a time of jubilation. Living in Naples, Ferdinand struggled to find his true love, but shortly after he arrives on the island, a spirit named Ariel uses his mellifluous voice to guide Ferdinand towards Prospero’s daughter, Miranda. With one glance, Ferdinand falls for Miranda, who he claims as, the “perfect and… peerless” (III, i, 47) lady he’s been waiting for. In addition to love, Ferdinand is also living every adolescent’s dream; being away from their parents. Without his father next to him on the island, Ferdinand gets to make his own decisions and lives his life without his father’s ruling; obtaining the feeling of independence and discovering what he is capable of doing on his own. Ferdinand finds pleasure with the feeling of freedom, wanting to “live here [forever]”

poet, Playwright and an actor. He’s known as the best writer in the English language and the

Portia: Portia, being one of the main characters and the romantic heroine of the play, must be presented to the audience as a graceful, beautiful and intelligent person. We all know she’s beautiful, that needs no convincing. Portia is usually a fairly self-controlled person who likes to keep problems between her and her trustworthy lady-in-waiting, Nerissa. However there are certain times when she lets slip that she is an anxious person for example when Bassanio arrives at her mansion and is about to choose a casket. She has fallen in love with him and is having great difficulty in trying to conceal that fact. Her anxiety and confusion is what makes her lose her composure. Portia’s other appealing characteristic- probably one of the most apparent- is her graciousness, her amazing way of handling a situation with tact and