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    Should Children Read Fiction Just like movies people tend to read fictional books to escape from their reality which is why I believe fictional books are better than non fiction. Always Running, by Luis J. Rodriguez, is a nonfiction, autobiographical novel about Rodriguez’s life. In it, the author describes growing up and regretting his childhood mistakes, like when he was told to kill someone for a gang initiation. Rodriguez describes how he would like to prevent his mistakes to happen to other

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    A Feelings For Fiction

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    Feeling For Fiction” explains the relationship exhibited between our lives,and those existing in the realm of fictional works. The relationship itself is overwhelmingly positive, as fictional works have the effect of humanizing us, as we empathize ,and identify with the characters that are present. The article gives examples of this idea through the concepts presented in texts such as Aristotle's Poetics, and the Hindu Treatise Natyasastra, that are used to emphasise the impact that fiction exudes on

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    The novel The Things They Carried was written by Tim O’Brien. The novels genre is Fiction. The novel took place during the Vietnam War. In chapter “Speaking of Courage” an american soldier that returned home from war, his name was Norman Bowker. Norman was a brave man. He was brave because he took the negativity out of the war and took what he learned from it which made it seem as if it was a positive event. The war was a big event that effect many families in America. Norman wanted to talk about

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    A Necessary Fiction

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    The significance of the title of episode 20 “A Necessary Fiction” is that there is a lot of dishonesty and false pretenses displayed throughout the episode. For example in the beginning of the episode Octavian is giving a speech to a group of patrician women discussing their importance in the world, and thanks them for all they do. He goes on to discuss how he will in the future reward those who are faithful in their marriage and punish those who commit adultery. However, not knowing he is making

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    How Women are Represented in Science Fiction Films Today Science fiction films have changed a lot since the days of rubber monsters and fake blood. This is not only because of the advance in technology but also in the brave character choices directors of films are now taking. A prime example of this can be seen in T & T2 in regards to the character of Sarah Connor. The representation of women in Science fiction films has changed dramatically the more traditional feminine

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    Fiction Essay

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    Stewart 1 Christy Stewart English 102 B18 Fiction Essay The short story has been an intricate part of literature going back as far as it’s actual “writing down” was invented. Perhaps two of the most intriguing and somewhat tragic short stories is that of D.H. Lawrence’s, “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”. With the classic theme of “luck” and what that means in each story, we see two very different meanings as these two stories unfold. In “The Rocking-Horse

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    Engl 102 Fiction Essay Thesis and Outline Thesis: In both “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the authors write to emphasize the sanctity of life through the conflicts endured by their main characters both implicitly and explicitly. I. Introduction A. Thesis Statement B. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson brief description C. “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell brief description II. Characterization A. “The Lottery” by Shirley

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    It Or Pulp Fiction?

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    Fact or pulp fiction? For more than a decade, people have said that the brothers from the Motor City had forged an alliance with the Mexican Cartels. Further, there are accusations that they were “Kingpins.” How many kingpins exist at any given time? If the brothers from the Motor City were Kingpins, then who is Larry Hoover (Larry Vacuum), Christopher 'Dudus ' Coke (Chris the Soft Drink) Craig Race Car (Racecar Driver), Toree D. Sims (Sim Card), David “Super Dave” Warren (Super Bowl), Jerry

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    John Killebrew Joshua Parsons 1/8/2013 En-1113 Ines Kitchen In this fiction short story “Ines in the Kitchen”, Cristina Garcia discusses a women in the story Ines, who is a housewife and pregnant. Garcia talks mainly about the character Ines and her situation and emotions. Throughout the story Ines feels trapped and confused about life in the choices she made, she feels betrayed not in the since from someone but of herself and the expectation of being a women. The author Cristina Garcia creates

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    Becoming popular in the 19th century, Gothic fiction has been defined by such works as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Horror, death, supernatural events, the grotesque, the dark, and sometimes even the romantic are key characteristics of the Gothic genre. There are the obviously Gothic stories of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe but also the less recognizable Gothic stories such as A Clean Well-Lighted Place written

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