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  • Story Of Jem In The Novel
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    Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird is an exemplary novel. The diversity and depth of its characters is very unique and inspiring. Each character in the novel, from Atticus Finch to Arthur Radley, gives the reader a message and sometimes a reflection of himself. As I was reading the novel I have come to see myself as Scout's older brother Jeremy, or Jem Finch. This character changes considerably over the course of the novel. At first you see him as Scout's playmate and equal. Once the children sta...
  • Solomon Gursky
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    Solomon Gursky Was Here is an epic novel spanning nearly a century and a half, from the mid 1800's to 1980's. It is the story of the obsession of Moses Berger, a Rhodes scholar turned alcoholic, with Solomon Gursky, the charismatic son of a poor immigrant. Solomon, with his brother Bernard and Morrie, built the massive liquor empire of McTavish industries. Moses is attempting to write a biography of Solomon, which becomes his life's work. Through his investigations the complex story of five gene...
  • Louisa May Alcott
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    Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. When she was almost 2 years old, Louisa's family moved to Massachusetts, the state where she lived the bulk of her life. The family moved many times over the years, usually back and forth between Boston and Concord (Mass. ). Some notable places Louisa lived were 'Fruitlands' in Harvard, Massachusetts; 'Hillside' in Concord; and 'Orchard House,' also in Concord. 'Fruitlands' was the site of her father's attempt at Utopi...
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar
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    Paul Laurence Dunbar by English 102 August 4, 1995 Outline Thesis: The major accomplishments of Paul Laurence Dunbar's life during 1872 to 1938 label him as being an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. I. Introduction II. American poet A. Literary English B. Dialect poet 1. 'Oak and Ivy' 2. 'Majors and Minors' 3. 'Lyrics of Lowly Life' 4. 'Lyrics of the Hearthside' 5. 'Sympathy'. Short story writer A. Folks from Dixie (1898) B. The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories (1900) C. The ...
  • Healy's Later Cuddy Novels
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    Jeremiah Healy is the award-winning author of the John Francis Cuddy private-investigator series and the Mairead O'Clare legal-thriller series, both set primarily in Boston. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey on May 15, 1948, he graduated from Rutgers University in l 970, got his JD at Harvard Law School in l 973, and passed the Massachusetts Bar in 1974. He was an associate with a Boston law firm, from l 974 to 1978, gaining a lot of courtroom experience. (Michaels, 2003) The Army ROTC helped pay for ...
  • Hack Nike
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    2. Jennifer Government takes place in the not so distant future, and predominantly in Australia; however, there is a lot of traveling across continents. Australia is run by the United States' United Alliance, along with the majority of the rest of the world. 3. The story is depicted in a third person / omniscient point of view, and each chapter is from the view of a different character. "They scattered, and she dived for the escalator, landing on her stomach and sliding, leading with her. 45's. ...
  • Story By John Grisham
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    JOHN GRISHAM Background John Grisham was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas on February 8, 1955. His parents were a construction worker and a homemaker. As a child, John Grisham dreamed of one day becoming a professional baseball player. In 1967, his family moved to the town of Southaven, Mississippi. Ten years later he received an undergraduate degree in accounting from Mississippi State University. In 1981, he received a law degree from Ole Miss. That same year, he married Renee Jones. He also starte...
  • Evidence Of Yann Martel's Second Novel
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    A fishy tale Life of Pi Yann Martel Canongate 12.99, pp 330 About a third of the way through this novel, you find yourself being asked to believe in the following scenario: a 16-year-old Indian boy named Pi (short for 'Piscine' - don't ask) has been cast overboard from a sinking ship. The ship had a cargo of zoo animals and the boy finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra (which the hyena is eating alive) an orang-utan and a Bengal tiger hiding under a tarpaulin. They are drifting thous...

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