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In this article, the writer notes that the prevalent image of Los Angeles and Southern California as a whole is of a warm weather paradise where people are more casual, laid-back, and largely willing to go along to get along. The writer discusses that the reality is somewhat different, for the region has pockets of poverty that mock the underlying idea of the prevailing image.

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"Another part of the image is more threatening, for the area is also seen as paying a price for its sunlight and healthy living, a price seen in annual forest fires and periodic earthquakes, times of drought alternating with seasons of flood. The region is depicted as having no changes in the seasons and few changes in the weather, but in truth, the region has both, though the dividing line is more variable and the difference between one season and another less stark than in some climes."

Tags:anthology, writings

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"This research will examine Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology, with a focus on the narrative of tension between the culture of small-town America and the culture of the wide world, and the bias both Anderson and Masters appear to have toward the latter rather than the former. The research will set forth the context in which the narrative pattern of each of the works emerges and discuss the pattern of ideas of each work in general terms, together with the means by which the theme of felt tension in (and advocacy of escape from) the narrowness of small-town life is developed in each.

Spoon River Anthology and Winesburg, Ohio are roughly contemporary literary works and similar in several ways, both as publishing products and as observed records of their milieu. Each work.."

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This paper shows how the figurative language in Book II of "The Mahabharata" and in the selected poems from "The Tamil Anthologies" stand in stark contrast to one another primarily because the language in "The Mahabharata" has war and heroism as its sources, whereas the poems in "The Tamil Anthologies" have the affairs of the heart as their sources. The author shows that both works rely heavily for their figurative language on the realm of nature as well, although for very divergent purposes and effects.

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"Both works deal with both themes--war and love--but The Mahabharata clearly focuses more on war, while the selected poems from The Tamil Anthologies clearly focus more on love. Inevitably, these sources profoundly affect the figurative language of the two works and portray worlds--one of heroism in battle and conflict, the other of love and its consequences--which stand in contrast with one another. In addition, the reader finds in Book II of The Mahabharata an immediate sense of the epic, of the grand city, of conflict on as grand scale, with much at stake beyond the individual's emotional or romantic destiny. On the other hand, in the poems from The Tamil Anthologies, the reader just as immediately finds an exploration of the "small" aspects of life and human interaction and particularly those aspects which exist in the lives of individuals. The rural landscape dominates the figurative language of the poems in The Tamil Anthologies, while the urban landscapes dominates in the epic tales of The Mahabharata."

Tags:figurative, nature, language, war, heroism

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This paper argues that the novel "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway deserves a place in the Norton Anthology of American Literature. The paper analyzes the book's use of imagery, Hemingway's "Iceberg Principle", and the third person objective point of view. The author also surmises that the novel may have been excluded from the anthology in favor of better examples of Hemingway's work, or because the novel deals with the controversial topic of abortion. In conclusion, the paper reiterates that this complex and dense story ought to be in the Anthology of American Literature, amongst other stories of first-rate quality.

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"A strong part of "Hills Like White Elephants" is that Hemingway's choice point of view is an unusual one; he chooses third person objective. Hemingway chose to write this story with absolutely no insight to what the characters are thinking other than their dialogue and possibly with imagery. Hemingway may have wanted the reader to feel as the characters do, because it is obvious that these characters are not always aware of what the other is thinking or feeling. Whether or not it is meant for the point of view to be symbolic of the conversation between Jig and the American, it is definitely a commonly used tool for Hemingway, stemming from his days as a journalist (Cummings)."

Tags:Hemingway, American, Canon

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This paper analyzes the four stories assigned for analysis in Gerald Vizenor's anthology "Native American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology." ( "Return to White Earth" by John Rogers, "A Good Chance," by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, "The Little People" by Maria Campbell and "Someday Soon," by Paula Gunn Allen). The author discusses their common themes, adaptability and the finding of identity. The writer illustrates how the four stories represent a wide variety of writings about a wide variety of Indian peoples, help the reader understand the history of the Native American experience, and to some degree, today's reality of that changed experience.

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"The four stories assigned for analysis in Gerald Vizenor's anthology (Native American Literature: A Brief Introduction and Anthology) are each, to begin with, quite different, in terms of the point of view and the tone the authors have set. "Return to White Earth" is a very pure and charming story of the homecoming and coming of age of a Chippewa boy, returning to his native northern Minnesota following a stay at a boarding school in South Dakota. This story, by John Rogers, is as much an education in how Chippewa Indians lived, hunted, worked, interacted, and survived, as it is a story merely about characters and events. Beautifully written, and loaded with similes about the natural world and why Native Americans respect that world, this story is an up-tempo, pleasurable experience to read."

Tags:Way, Quah, Chippewa, Cheechum

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes "Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under," by Phyllis Edelson. Specifically, it analyzes the essay "American Dreams," by Peter Carey. Some Australians do not seem to recognize just what it is they have in their country, and Carey attempts to show them how they are pushing their culture away with their "American Dreams."

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"Peter Carey's "American Dreams" is a veiled plea to his countrymen to stop thinking about America and try to appreciate what they have at home. "For our own town, my father says, we have nothing but contempt" (Ededson 166). The people do not respect what they have, or even those who live in the town. When Gleason begins building his wall, they think only the worst, and cannot think of something good or beautiful, and it is the same with how they see Australia as compared to America. "Later he told me that he thought Gleason had built the model of our town just for this moment, to set us see the beauty of our own town, to make us proud of ourselves and to stop the American Dreams we were so prone to" (Edelson 172)."

Tags:Gleason, capitalistic, miniature, town

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This paper examines the book "Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under" by Phyllis Edelson, a collection of tales and in particular an analysis of the section on relationships. It shows how like everyone else, the Australians have their problems with relationships and how these stories illustrate the problems and the best things, about relationships in Australia. It evaluates how from this selection of stories, it seems that many Australians suffer from bad marriages, where adultery is the key to survival and any form of happiness.

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"Women of course play heavily in these tales, because they are central to the male/female relationships. They also seem to suffer more than the men in the stories do, but that is the same in every culture, it seems. In these stories, the women are all the victims, and the men are the winners. They have all they want, and do not regret their indiscretions at all. This could be related to culture, because Australian men are not known for their sensitivity, but more their brash recklessness, and it shows in these stories, where they get all the women they want, while the women have little choice in the matter.
One of the most interesting characteristics of all these short stories is the feeling of hopelessness that surrounds them. Not one of the characters is ultimately happy in these stories, and it is depressing to think this is the general outlook on relationships and love, no matter the gender. The stories seem to be saying that love is impossible to find, no matter who or how you love. This seems to be based on their outlook, which may have something to do with Australian culture, but the relationships themselves are not based on any form of culture or belief, they simply seem to be bad relationships."

Tags:men, women, marriages, adultery, culture

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under," by Phyllis Edelson. Specifically, it contains an analysis of "The Aboriginal Experience," how contemporary aboriginal writers perceive the nature of their experiences with white Australia.

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"Throughout the Aboriginal section, it is clear the whites do not understand the Aborigines, or how they live with the land. It is also clear they have no desire to understand. The Aborigines have begun to live with the white men, but they do not become "white." They still live their own lives, and try not to take on too many of the white man's ways, but it is not always easy."

Tags:Aboriginal, white, British, native, culture, book, review

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the introduction to the book "Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under," by Phyllis Edelson. Specifically, it contains a brief analysis of British-Australian relations since the 1800s, along with the 19th and 20th century Australian views of Britain.

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"British and Australian relations have always been strained, to say the least. The first European settlement on Australia was a British penal colony in 1788. In other words, Australia was good enough for the dregs of Britain, and that was about all. The first settlement was located at what is now Sydney. Eleven ships brought 1,530 passengers with 700 convicts and the rest soldiers sent to guard the convicts and make sure they did a full day's work."

Tags:prison, convicts, wool, trade, island, England

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This paper discusses the book "Australian Literature: An Anthology of Writing From the Land Down Under" by Phyllis Edelson. Specifically, it contains an analysis of "The Convict" section, and describes the reality of convict life in Australia two centuries ago. Excerpts of the book are presented to illustrate the harsh existence endured by the convicts.

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"If the Aboriginal experience in Australia was terrible, then the convict experience in Australia was pure Hell. Some of them were not guilty of any crime, they were just sent to a prison colony because they were in the way of something, like a romance. The early convicts lived little better than animals. "I have taken grass and pounded it, and made soup from a native dog. Any man would have committed murder for a week's provisions" (Edelson 109). Once a convict, a man was no longer a man, he was simply a number. "A Thing " a Chattel " a Number " anything, rather than a man" (Edelson 116). This certainly makes it easier for the guards to treat them like animals, if they are not recognized as men."

Tags:convicts, criminals, prisoners, guards, abuse, power, mooney, punishments