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  • Average Waves in Unprotected Waters

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  • The Waves

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    The Waves is an experimental Modernist novel following the lives of six children through adulthood and young professional life. The protagonists center their lives in part on the actions of the charismatic Percival, a seventh friend. The novel explores themes of individual identity and communal good, its ruminations broken up by repeated imagistic descriptions of the seashore from no particular perspective. The narrative is not a traditional one and does not contain many traditional plot elements.

  • The Sound of Waves

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    The Sound of Waves is the story of Shinji Kubo, son of a Japanese soldier killed in World War II. Shinji becomes enamored of the beautiful pearl diver Hatsue, but her father's exacting standards render relations between the two difficult. The title of the book is a reference to Hatsue's father's test of her suitors' mettle. He arranges for them to work aboard one of his ships during a towering storm, a test that Shinji passes.

  • Narrative Structure in Maestro

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    How does the narrative structure of Maestro enhance the readers understanding of the text In Peter Goldsworthys self reflexive narrative Maestro there is clear link between the structure of the text and a musical piece It is episodic with different movements akin to an extended piece of music and the length of each section gets shorter and shorter as the text progresses Also throughout the novel we see changes from the narrative voice with it being a younger Paul Crabbe an adult version or the

  • Analysis of In The Lake Of The Woods

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    Vietnam was a very tragic war for the American soldiers For many of them seeing so many innocent people die made them crazy and go into shock After returning back home many suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder John Wade also suffered from this condition making him restless and very disturbed Because of Johns mental condition it can be said that he murdered his own wife without even knowing it therefore Kathy Wade is In the lake of the Woods Primarily there is evidence that on the night

  • Bullying in About a Boy

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    Bullying harassment and victimization lots of words define the repeated acts of emotional verbal or physical character However common for all is the feeling of uselessness and great despair hitting the bully victim both during and after the violations That is because jeering digs deeply It tears people down and leaves them with everlasting scars both on the inside and on the outside and when taking place during the growth of an unsupported child it only hits harder A similar issue is being touc

  • Commentary on The Hours

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    The novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham is an intriguing book about three main characters that have different lives but somehow they all seem to intertwine towards the end Theyll search for meaning in their lives and evaluate suicide as a way of escaping the problems they face Virginia Clarissa and Laura are incredibly sensitive and perceptive to the world around them Each moment causes them to critically evaluate how they feel about living so they constantly consider suicide as a way of evad

  • Commentary on Oryx And Crake

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    Oryx and Crake Book Review Margaret Atwood began writing in early childhood and by mid adolescence she knew that she definitely wanted to be a writer Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939 Her father was an entomologist and eight months of each year he did insect research in the forest so she spent part of her childhood living in the wilderness of northern Quebec The novel was published in 2003 during the time when SARS was overspreading the world The book got extra attention and immediatel

  • White Noise

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    White Noise The fear of death is undoubtedly the most feared topic in human existence In White Noise that fear is so strong it becomes the controlling factor in the lives of Jack and Babette Gladney Both of them are in such a constant battle to overcome death and their fear of it they let life slip right by and never get the chance to live that life to its fullest Death and the Gladneys morbid fear and fascination with it are present throughout the entire book going so far as to lead Babette in

  • Commentary on To The Lighthouse

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    To the Lighthouse By Virginia Woolf To The Lighthouse is a so called stream of consciousness novel one of the particularities of this modern genre is that they have no real plot Plot always refers to action it indicates the special arrangement of its elements In the stream of consciousness novels however there very rarely is any action at all the few things that happen in the world around the characters are mostly only devices to influence the mental processes of the characters Written in a ful

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