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  • tomorrow when the war began

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    Tomorrow When The War Began is the first book in a series of seven that were written by John Marsden and published in 1993 This novel is set in present time outback Australia The story is written in 1st person using past and present tense by a girl named Ellie It is about her and her seven friends six of whom when returning on a camping trip with her into a supposedly impenetrable ravine called Hell find that their homes have been invaded and their family and friends held hostage at the Wirrawe

  • All Roads Lead To Johannesburg in Cry, the Beloved Country

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    The pastors wife in Ndotsheni sighs When people go to Johannesburg they do not come back 38 In Alan Patons Cry the Beloved Country the journey from tribal South Africa to Johannesburg symbolizes many things including the breaking apart of not only the Kumalo family but the breaking apart of many tribal families in South Africa fear of the great city fear of the loss of a tribe fear of the great city and of the unknown fear of not having a home and fear of both Absaloms life and Gertrudes moral

  • Biblical Allusions in The Grapes of Wrath

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    Biblical allusions are famous in John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath The biblical imagery that is demonstrated throughout the novel significantly enhances the meaning of the story all the way through the development of the characters and the plot These also highlight the fact that certain ideas in the Bible are still valid in our every day lives Peter Lisca has noted that the novel reflects the three part division of the Old Testament exodus account which includes captivity journey and the Prom

  • Comparing Night and When the Emperor Was Divine

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    Readers around the world have focused their attention to the most famous books like the Harry Potter Series or maybe even The Davinci Code Some do not realize that books that are not really conversed about are the most interesting Harry Potter and The Davinci Code may be very entertaining books since one focuses on the supernatural and the other religion but neither books talk about past deep history Two books that do go back to historical facts are Night and When the Emperor Was Divine The New

  • Diamond Conflicts Vs. The Poisonwood Bible

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    Precis The Poisonwood Bible is a 658 page novel written by American author Barbara Kingsolver in 1999 The novel sets a stage of a missionary father Nathan Price that brings his family to Africa during the 1960s Nathan is on a mission to spread Christianity and convert American customs to everyday African customs Kingsolver shows a parallel in how a family is able to be torn apart by conflict and customs to actual occurrences of this in real life Is the expense of an innocent life worth the beco

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