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This paper looks at two different portrayals of human reality in fiction. The author compares and contrasts the characters of Peyton Farraquar from Ambrose Bierce's short story ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' and Editha from W. D. Howell's ''Editha." The author discusses how both stories are set during wartime, examines the differences in the dialogue and use of language, and the evolution of the characters during the stories.

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"The dialogue of the young lovers, although not explicitly commented upon by the narrator, is presented in just as subjective a fashion as the interior life of the main character in Bierce's story. The author selects dialogue that will eventually be shown to be ironic, that will become ridiculous. In light of the fact that the main character's boyfriend will die, all of the talk of the glory of war seems horrifying. As the story progresses, we get a sense of what sort of a war the main character's war will be fighting and the unreality she has inhabited all of her life. We learn that they were sitting on a veranda. From this reference to place, as well as the ice pitcher that she is carrying, and the reference to the Civil War, we learn that we are in the Deep South. The young man is leaving to fight World War I, a bloody war in the trenches. Neither character has any idea of how bloody this war will be."

Tags:lovers, war, civil, young, fantasy, farraquar, editha, death, young, conflict, slaves, consequences, respect

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The writer of this paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the books "Atonement" by Ian McEwan and "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. The writer discusses how each author uses fiction to deal with reality. The paper's author says that reality is the backbone of both of these very different war novels, but contends that they both utilize reality in very different ways. Briony, the central character in "Atonement", retreats from the reality of what she thinks she has seen and creates an alternate fictional reality that blends her Cinderella dreams with reality. O'Brien, in his collection of short stories based on his own experiences in Vietnam, reshapes reality with fiction because Vietnam was a horrible experience that cannot be forgotten, and the only way to survive such a horrible experience is to blend reality with fiction so the result is easier to accept.

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"From an early age, Briony has showed an interest in writing, and even at 13, she understands many of the elements of fiction, which also help her replace reality with fiction in the very real story of Robbie and Cecelia. McEwan writes, "A crisis in a heroine's life could be made to coincide with hailstones, gales and thunder, whereas nuptials were generally blessed with good light and soft breezes" (McEwan 7). Thus, there has always seemed to be an element of unreality in Briony's life, so it would be natural for her to blend reality with fiction to create the most important story of her life. A literary critic writes, "McEwan debates fiction and fact in this historical panorama covering six decades of the twentieth century. Beginning in prewar Britain and concluding with the millennium, Atonement is a study of before and after, cause and effect, crime and punishment" (Stovel 114). Indeed, it is a novel of atonement, and so, it may have more in common with O'Brien's novel than might appear at first glance."

Tags:vietnam, war, death, killing, critic, literary, reality, fiction, remedy, blend, texture, depth, hell, nasty, despair, guilt

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This paper will discuss the historical precedent set by Homer's The Iliad, and seek to understand the mistaken conclusion that it was an actual history, rather than a mythos. By understanding that certain archeologists have shown, the evidence does not, and cannot perpetuate this theory, and hence, never proven. By resenting the facts that have been uncovered from this ancient story, as well as some of facts that are shown in the data recovered for the site of Troy, which is the basic foundation for this argument, we can see how the evidence is severely lacking in the connection of fact with fiction.

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The paper relates that fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a controversial condition, sometimes linked with arthritis, and it is a systemic disease, affecting the entire body, causing the person affected by it to experience exhaustion and pain throughout his or her body. However, the paper reveals that a question exists as to whether or not FMS is actually a disorder or whether the "disorder" actually exists only in the mind of the individual that experiences its symptoms. This paper identifies the symptoms of FMS and discusses the probability of its existence.

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"Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a controversial condition, sometimes linked with arthritis. It is a systemic disease, affecting the entire body, causing the person affected by it to experience exhaustion and pain throughout his or her body. However, a question exists as to whether or not FMS is actually a disorder or whether the "disorder" actually exists only in the mind of the individual that experiences its symptoms. This paper will be used to identify the symptoms of FMS and discuss the probability of its existence."

Tags:fibromyalgia, fms, autoimmune

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This paper examines the reality of reality television according to Annette Hill, a leading expert on the rise of reality television, in her full length book, "Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television." The paper explains how reality television is a hybrid of factual television (documentary and news) and scripted popular television that creates a program that makes money and that viewers enjoy watching.

From the Paper
"As Hill points out early in her work "reality television" is not mean to be real and such a controversy is relatively mute as it does not bode well with the viewer, who would rather just watch it and accept what they wish to be true and the producers who would rather just keep making it and making money off it. Though some are concerned about the effects such television might have on children, who might be predisposed to believe it over other types of television because it is labeled "reality." (Davies 1) The overall response by the public is positive as more and more programs percolate through the whole of the television media and viewership continues to increase."

Tags:documentary, fact, fiction, director

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This paper explores the literary use of landscape in D.H. Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers" and in William Golding's "Pincher Martin". The paper claims that both Lawrence and Golding manipulate landscape for a specific purpose in their works. The paper explores both of these novels, commenting upon the stylistic uses of landscape, a literary device that may be employed towards the fulfillment of a particular artistic theme. Both D.H. Lawrence and William Golding make use of landscape in this fashion. Citing many specific examples from the novels, and drawing upon a wealth of bibliographic resources, the paper is relevant to any discussion of Lawrence, Golding or twentieth century literature.

From the Paper
"D.H. Lawrence's 1913 novel, Sons and Lovers, is set in the British Midlands at the turn of the twentieth century (Lawrence 9). This is a region in central England that was, at the time the novel is set, becoming highly industrialized. Factories, coal pits, and squalid row houses were plentiful. "We are in the northern Midlands at the turn of the century, seeing the daily life of the mining community through the eyes of one of its children, and seen with such intensity and clarity, especially in the first of three parts, that the reader feels in direct contact with life (Black 151). Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest is close by the busy industrial city of Nottingham, where Paul Morel obtains employment, and the river Trent, a significant piece of landscape in Lawrence's novel, swirls its way from the city through the wide-open country hills and vales. Sons and Lovers continually contrasts the sensuous, natural environment with that of the cold, drab monuments of industrial town and city life, providing the reader a vivid sense of the times."

Tags:british, fiction, lovers, martin, pincher, sons

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A discussion of the imagery and tone characterizing Wallace Stevens' poem "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction", particularly Stevens' theories regarding imagination and reality and consequent "motion" imagery in his poem.

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"By means of his poem "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction", Wallace Stevens explicates the belief that permeates both his poetry and prose, namely that reality is a constantly changing thing, wrought and altered by the human imagination that perceives it. According to Stevens, "Reality is a dynamic process, not a static entity, acquiring direct knowledge of it is impossible, it is a passionate engagement in finding order, an active exercise of the imagination.""

Tags:fiction, imagination, reality, motion, poem

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This paper discusses the writing of Jules Verne, with particular emphasis on his novel "The Mysterious Island". Although Verne is a science fiction and fantasy writer, he weaves a web of reality throughout his novels, lending them an authentic quality. This paper shows how he manages to remain grounded in reality and examines the themes he wanted to get across to his readers.

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"The French author, Jules Verne, did more than simply tell stories in his works of fiction. He educated the reader, enlightening him on whatever the subject matter of the work. He incorporated into his novels mini lectures on how it was possible for the characters to perform the tasks they did. The Mysterious Island is one such novel. Aside from the themes of man conquering nature and isolation, the reader learns bits of history, scientific terms for plants and animals, the geological structure of the earth and it's contents, and about the basic components of certain technological advancements. Verne did this in a unique way, and the result is an adventure that does not leave the reader with questions or feelings of disbelief. In his own words, "The reader does not ask to be taught, but to be amused. If you want to teach him something, do so without seeming to. The teaching has to be slipped into the action or it misses its aim" (Jules-Verne 111)."

Tags:science, fiction, fantasy, adventure, Captain, Nemo, Cyrus

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This paper seeks to examine the relationship between the meta-theatrical elements of "The Tempest" and "Macbeth", relating especially to the link between hallucination or dreams, which serve to blur the lines between the audience's relationship with the characters, and the characters' relationships with each other. The paper points out the insinuations of unstable divisions between fiction and reality which can be read in the plays. An annotated bibliography is included with the paper.

From the Paper
"Fiction is defined by its separation from reality, a boundary which it is also conventional to cross or question. Drama, in particular, is well-disposed to make transgressions across these limits, as the audience is in both a physical and mental proximity to the workings of the characters and could easily be drawn into their story in more than a figurative sense. Shakespeare's plays Macbeth and The Tempest both prompt this sort of audience participation by leaving parts of their stories obscured to portions of the cast, so that there are shared experiences among the audience and characters, but not between characters; doing this brings the audience closer to key characters while separating those characters from their stage-fellows, and makes all parties involved, both within and without the production, realize if only for a brief moment that the story is, in fact, only a play. From Macbeth and his wife's hallucinations to Prospero's reflections on the nature of life and the stage as a dream, Shakespeare invites audiences to reconsider the meaning of drama and its relationship to life, all while making his characters all-too-aware of their status within the imaginations of another."

Tags:fiction, mind, audience, characters, hallucinations, dreams

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In this article, the writer discusses the trend of reality programs that appeared on television in the late 1980s and has continued to the present. The writer declares that although reality television has become a dominant part of TV viewing, it is important to realize that along with any "entertainment" there comes responsibility. One needs to be concerned when the lines between reality and fantasy become so blurred that one can no longer recognize the difference. The writer concludes that as long as one recognizes that reality television is solely for entertainment purposes, then all is well.

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"Another feature of the genre is the format of the shows. Here again producers borrow from both fiction and nonfiction. In the opening minutes of the first episode of Big Brother 5, we meet the eight core houseguests--mostly twenty something, all with movie-star good looks and figures, who are introduced with fast-paced editing that includes flashbacks of good-byes to family and jobs presented with a mix of game-show and sitcom-production techniques. After a commercial break comes act 2 and the exposition of the plot. Here is where we learn how "guests" stay in the game, how viewers participate in the fates of the participants, and what has to be done to be the big winner who takes home five hundred grand.
In act 3, the producers of Big Brother, represented by a petite Asian American who speaks to the contestants though a television monitor--tell the houseguests that each has a minute to choose his or her bedroom and bed. Choices include sleeping alone or with a partner in a double bed."

Tags:entertainment, fiction, production, interactive