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Death, Grief, and the Rebirth of the Child in "Bridge to Terabithia"
Many modern children’s books suffer from adult censorship because of their ‘too mature’ content. One such case refers to themes of death...
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The Harmful Effects of Othering from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! "
Theodor Seuss Geisel—or more notably known as Dr. Seuss—wrote more than sixty books in his entire life as a writer and illustrator. His...
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Christian Values in H. C. Andersen's "The Little Mermaid"
The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen is best remembered for elevating the traditional fairy tales to literary status. Initially, his...
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A Subversion of Structure: Creating an Unusual (Real) Hero with "The Hobbit"
Some authors have had such a powerful impact on literature that almost everyone has read their works. One such author is J. R. R....
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Rewriting the American Dream in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
L. Frank Baum’s introduction to the fantastic realm of Oz first appeared in 1900. In his words, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (later...
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The Natural Home: Societal Virtues of the German Household in Grimm’s Fairy Tales
The German duo Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected and stylized some of the most famous fairy tales known today about two centuries ago....
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - Script Coverage
TITLE: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone AUTHOR: Steeve Kloves FORM: Feature Screenplay LOCALE: United Kingdom CIRCA:...
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Critiquing Ableism and 'Normalcy' with Sharon M. Draper’s "Out of My Mind"
People often perceive disability as a physical or psychological obstacle that prevents them from achieving a ‘good’ and ‘normal’ life....
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A View into (a Better) Society: Archetypes in "Aesop’s Fables"
Most modern sayings or proverbs people remember come from an ancient collection of fables attributed to the Greek slave Aesop around the...
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The Women of the 17th Century in Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales
First published in 1697, the eight stories in the collection Histoires ou contes du temps (or The Tales of Mother Goose) by the French...
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A Discovery of Home in Ursula K. Le Guin’s "Catwings"
Ursula K. Le Guin was a Grand Master of science fiction and fantasy, a literary legend that expanded her creativity even to children’s...
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Paradox and Time Travel as Constructs for the Meaning of Life in “All You Zombies— ” - REVIEW
Robert A. Heinlein’s short story “All You Zombies—” (1959) is a science fiction masterpiece dealing with deterministic time travel and a...
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Playing with Memory: the Narrative Puzzle in Memento
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan in 2000, Memento is a movie that plays with its audience by using a scenic puzzle structure,...
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Portraying Nonfictional Tragedy: Krakauer’s "Into the Wild" and Its Filmic Adaptation - REVIEW
At the young age of twenty-four, Chris McCandless sought the adventure of a lifetime, which culminated into a trip to the Alaskan...
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The Communal Experience of First-Person Plural in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” - REVIEW
As the first published story of William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” (1930) non-linearly follows the eponymous character Emily Grierson,...
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Authenticity and Racial Humor with Epistolary Format in “Belles Lettres” - REVIEW
Nafissa Thompson-Spires’ 2019 acclaimed debut Heads of the Colored People is the short stories collection where, at one point, two black...
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Multiperspectivity as Self-Awareness of the World in “The Author of the Acacia Seeds” - REVIEW
Ursula K. Le Guin created a body of work that merged her scientific, philosophical interests with her narrative talent, and her 1974...
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Christopher Nolan's "Memento" - Script Coverage
TITLE: Memento AUTHOR: Christopher Nolan FORM: Feature Screenplay LOCALE: Los Angeles CIRCA: Modern, Present Day...
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Hybrid Novels at Their Finest with Danielewski’s "The Fifty Year Sword" - REVIEW
THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD by Mark Z Danielewski. 100 pp. Pantheon Books, 2012. $26. As we have come to expect from Danielewski, a novel (or...
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'Scalpelling' the Persona with Narrative Poetry in Alex Lemon’s Mosquito - REVIEW
Alex Lemon’s lyrical debut Mosquito (Tin House Books, 2006) is the autobiographical journey of someone undergoing brain surgery and their...
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