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    Crank a novel written by Ellen Hopkins. The events that occur in the story are loosely based off of events that befell the author's daughter, as she tells in her authors not “While this work is fiction, it is loosely based on a very true story- my daughters.” The novel Crank begins with an introduction to the main character Kristina, and Bree her alter ego. Kristina then speaks of her trip to visit her father. While visiting her father she meets a boy named Adam, or “Buddy”, who gets her addicted

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    Dystopian novels are some of my favorite types of books. Books such The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Fifth Wave, as well as The Maze Runner, are all dystopian themed stories. The Fearless, written by Emma Pass, is one of those stories. I love dystopian books, there is something incredibly fascinating about a world where we are no longer in control. Usually, it is the government that is corrupt and the cause of the problems within the novel, like the Capitol in The Hunger Games and Jeanine in

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    I used five different conventions in my Graphic Novel. I used different lengths panels to symbolize how long the time in the panel is and also to emphasize the moods in them. For example, when Ursula tells Sylvie how she feels about remembering events from her previous life. Also I used facial expressions in order to help the reader sympathize with the characters and to help further, show the emotions of the characters. Hand actions also helped with showing the expressions and it helps the ready

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    To what extent could the novel be considered as more than a prison novel (and how does Solzhenitsyn’s message change according to that)? REARANGE PARAGRAPHS MAKE A BIBLIOGRAPHY & ADD HIGHLIGHTED PARTS. Upon a cursory analysis of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn’s One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is often thought of as solely a prison novel that depicted the injustices that occurred frequently in the gulags of Russia under Stalin’s rule. However, if you dare to delve into the deeper crevices of the book

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    of the 18th Century Novel in Ian Watt’s Book, The Rise of The Novel The eighteenth century novel was one that changed the way novels were written in many different ways. In reading Ian Watt's book, "The Rise of The Novel," quite a few things were brought to my attention concerning the eighteenth century novel; not only in how it was written and what went into it, but how readers perceived it. This essay will look into Ian Watt's perceptions on the eighteenth century novel and how it changed from

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    A Wrinkle In Time Essay At the beginning of the novel, Meg is very insecure, a little downtrodden and hot-headed. Fore instance in the novel it says “ But I’m not patient! Meg cried passionately. I’ve never been patient!” She also looks down on herself a lot as it says in the novel “ It’s the weather on top of everything else. On top of me. ON top of Meg Murry doing everything wrong.” This Shows that she is a little depressed about her situation and everything that is happening to her. It also

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    exact opposite of “utopia”, it's a community or society that is undesirable or frightening in which everything in it is unpleasant or bad with a huge amount of crime rate, divided racially largely, and a homeland of economic problems. Two dystopian novels on this topic show how even the best and positive

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    American as a European tourist and pedophile. But it is key to realize his first heartbreak as a boy manifests into his desires for nymphets. This point is made clear in both the novel and movie. I will show that the movie Lolita, is a solid rendition of the novel of the same name. Now some critics might see the novel as something more than I took it, like a contrast between the modernistic character of Humbert Humbert against the

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    Mckean Graphic Novels

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    In this report I shall be discussing the historical context of the development of graphic novels that changed in the last three decades. The visual language has shifted art styles and developed different opinions on what are proper storytelling and a comic. I shall be analysing what is the visual language for graphic novels. After analysing the visual language I shall be comparing to an illustrator and artist, Dave McKean. He is a personal interest that has influenced my art style for two years in

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    When picking up a graphic novel about civil rights you might not expect it to have as much content or value as books such as “Why We Can’t Wait” and “Bearing the Cross” by Martin Luther King Jr. Traditional literary texts are widely accepted, whereas graphic novels are often viewed as childish due to the comic-book style. However, illustrations in graphic novels enhance literary meaning by proving additional context, emotion, and characterization. John Lewis’s graphic novel “March Book Two”, more specifically

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