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The novel “Push” by Sapphire, is a very detailed and rather unpleasant novel taking about many taboo subjects. It revolves around the life of Claireece Precious Jones; a 16-year-old, a mother, “dumb”, and abused girl. Throughout her life, she was abused sexually, physically, and mentally by both her mother and father. Her life has been a struggle to deal with her own life. For the matter of comparing the novel "Push" with the guide "How to Read Literature Like A Professor", I believe that the entirety of "Push" fits in the first chapter of "How to Read Literature Like A Professor", called Every Trip Is a Quest(Except When it's not.) The amazing thing about this chapter makes me realize that her life has been a quest. In the following paragraphs,
Today, I will be telling my view on Australian texts. I will be analysing the text “The Exotic Rissole” by Tanveer Ahmed.
Judging a book by its cover is like judging a person by the words that describe him or her. Some of them are accurate, but the physical being of a person can tell you a story untold. In Frank McCourt’s memoir Angela’s Ashes, the reader witnesses what the description of a single character can do to the voice of a piece. Frank’s use of pathos and characterization when it came to Angela, his mother, spoke volumes in his memoir, but when applied to the big screen, her character was amplified. It was then the reader realized that Angela’s true effect and purpose in Frank’s life was to be his main influence.
Schilb, John , and John Clifford. "Orientation ." Making Literature Matter An Anthology for Reading and Writing. 5th ed. Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. . Print
In conclusion, the brilliant novel “How To Read Literature Like A Professor” by Thomas C. Foster is a fantastic novel that helps grasp the basic ideas and structure that makes up a work of literature. Foster’s laid-back attitude made a major contribution to the great tone of the novel, and made it easier to understand. Many connections were included in the novel, along with some great quotes. After reading this novel, I have a better idea of what to look for when reading a novel.
Critics view the books by Pullman and Ransom as examples of literary excellence. In order to evaluate this opinion it is necessary to discuss what aspects critics consider contribute to a good book and how these books illustrate them. The American Library Associate (ALA) uses the term ‘edubrow’ (Kidd, (2009) p158) to mean the middle ground of literature with an educational emphasis. This emphasis is at the centre of the criteria for a good book by increasing the experiences of the reader through varied language, dynamic themes, rounded characterisation with comprehensive plots. The critics favour works that involve the reader in a non-passive manner to gain insights into universal aspects of human existence like love, identity, revenge, sexuality and betrayal.
Typically, a novel contains four basic parts: a beginning, middle, climax, and the end. The beginning sets the tone for the book and introduces the reader to the characters and the setting. The majority of the novel comes from middle where the plot takes place. The plot is what usually captures the reader’s attention and allows the reader to become mentally involved. Next, is the climax of the story. This is the point in the book where everything comes together and the reader’s attention is at the fullest. Finally, there is the end. In the end of a book, the reader is typically left asking no questions, and satisfied with the outcome of the previous events. However, in the novel The Things They Carried the setup of the book is quite different. This book is written in a genre of literature called “metafiction.” “Metafiction” is a term given to fictional story in which the author makes the reader question what is fiction and what is reality. This is very important in the setup of the Tim’s writing because it forces the reader to draw his or her own conclusion about the story. However, this is not one story at all; instead, O’Brien writes the book as if each chapter were its own short story. Although all the chapters have relation to one another, when reading the book, the reader is compelled to keep reading. It is almost as if the reader is listening to a “soldier storyteller” over a long period of time.
John expresses a strong importance for reading in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”. In John’s perspective, reading is so important as it is the only gift his mother ever offered him, and it is the only moment they shared together. His mother was never able to show any form of affection towards him nor invest any time to spend with him. The only shared moments they had were when Linda recalled the past and told him anecdotes or taught him how to read. She also gave him the only book she had as a gift; this being the closest form of affection he has ever received from his mother.
... to read, there are front of your seat moments, sad, and happy moments that the related topic books don’t have. The DK Handbook doesn’t have a storyline and is nothing but information. Fewer students should complain about reading a novel when the alternative is reading a book full of nothing but information. The Road is worth reading in more than just college classes, maybe high school classes should read it; even more novel reading fans should pick up The Road and try to set it down after fifty pages because it isn’t easy!
Whether or not we know it, we as people are very picky, and opinionative. In everyday life as humans, we pick and choose things based on preferred criteria. Based on the features of the world around us we have become biased on the things, that do, and do not meet our criteria. Being the opinionative people we are, we set criterion for even the literature we read. Just as the world around us, books have unique characteristics that we either enjoy or could care less for. In the following paragraphs I will evaluate the stories “Blowing up on the spot” and “Virgo” and will compare them to what I feel they need. I will provide my own set of criteria for the short stories “Blowing up on the spot” and “Virgo” stating my likes and dislikes for the two stories and explain why I felt
Octavia Butler depicts how trauma not only affects the slave 's, but the slaveholders. Butler also brings attention to adaptation in her work by using a key literary devices such as foreshadowing to expose the trauma and the cause of that trauma.
...than facing her own internal demons. The grandmother, however, made a gesture of love before her untimely death. The grandmother’s life transformed the instant that she experienced her revelation with the Misfit. Mrs. Turpin, however, has a lot of time to contemplate the revelation that she receives when Mary Grace literally throws the book, coincidentally entitled Human Development, at her. Mrs. Turpin is alive when she receives her revelation but the grandmother is killed by the time she experienced her revelation. Most significantly, both women only sought spiritual guidance when it was convenient, instead of daily. They also started to question their roles with their higher powers when they could not manipulate a situation. Overall, both protagonists share numerous commonalities, but their differences are what made their transformations more credible to readers.
Rodriguez, Richard. “The Achievement of Desire.” Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers. Bartholomae, David and Petrosky, Anthony, eds. Boston: Bedford/St Martins, 2008. (544-566)
The point of view she expressed through out the whole text, was her own. She was able to keep readers insight of the psychoanalytic theory the story has. The actions the protagonist had in the story showed us how it affected her adult self, and how the issue developed a rebel over time. Even after years from when the recurring events took place, her actions as a child had an effect on both mother and daughter. This theory gives readers the idea that things that happen to people during childhood can contribute to the way they later function as
Precious, a movie based on the book Push written by Sapphire, is an interesting movie directed by Lee Daniels. Precious can be easily analyzed using basic motivation and emotion theories in psychology. The movie is about Claireece "Precious" Jones and how she becomes a strong, independent woman after breaking through her curse of physical and sexual abuse which she has endured since she was three months old. At the beginning, Precious is physically and verbally abused by her mother. In addition, Precious was raped by her father multiple times and impregnated twice. After being kicked out of her school because she was pregnant, Precious willingly joins the Each One Teach One alternative school so she can improve her reading and writing skills while, eventually, taking care of her two children. After some guidance from her teacher, Ms. Blu Rain, Precious starts feeling safe and starts to love herself and others around her. A lot of the behaviors in the movie can be easily explained by biological needs, psycho-social needs, and Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
...ew them differently. The theme of the story thus in fact adheres to this epiphany that both the mother and the daughter encounter in their lives and that they understand that fighting against this injustice is quite a difficult and time-consuming task. One must have the luxury of being able to afford risks in order to wage a war on the system. References Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. New York: Random House, 2002. Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. New York: Penguin Books, 2000. Joyce, James. “The Dead.” The Dubliners. New York: Penguin Books, 1996. Lawrence, D.H. St. Mawr and Other Stories. New York: Bantam Books, 2001. Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Mansfield, Katherine. “The Prelude.” Available online at: http://www.people.virginia.edu/~wwc2r/enlt226/prelude.html