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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber) I’m Going (Bernard) The Story of an Hour (Chopin) The Necklace (de Mauppassant) The Proposal (Chekhov) Country Lovers (Gordimer) Creativity / The Creative Process Poetry (Neruda) Constantly Risking Absurdity (Ferlinghetti) You‚ Reader (Collins) Death and Impermanence Dog’s Death (Updike) I Used to Live Here Once (Rhys) A Father’s Story (Dubus) Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night (Thomas) Nothing Gold Can Stay (Frost) In Memoriam

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    / Marriage ◦The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Thurber) ◦The Story of an Hour (Chopin) ◦The Necklace (de Mauppassant) ◦The Proposal (Chekhov) ◦Country Lovers (Gordimer) •Creativity / The Creative Process ◦Poetry (Neruda) ◦Constantly Risking Absurdity

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    ‘Catch-22’ was Joseph Heller’s first novel and arose out of Heller’s own experiences as a U.S. bombardier during World War II. It was published in 1961 and was subject to a great deal of criticism. It presented an unsentimental account of war‚ replacing the ideals of glory and honour with a nightmarish comedy of violence‚ bureaucracy and paradoxical madness. Most of the novel takes place in the last year of the war in Europe. It is set in Italy and is very much based on what actually happened

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    Final Paper Rough Draft Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of this course. Then‚ write a rough draft for your Final Paper‚ in which you compare and contrast two literary works from this course that share the same theme (using the “Themes & Corresponding Works” list in the Week Five Final Paper instructions‚ as a guide). The paper should be organized around your thesis (argument)‚ which is the main point of the entire essay. When developing a thesis for a comparative paper

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    from slavery. As they travel together‚ Huck learns more and more about Jim and starts to understand that the common stereotype of black people is wrong. Huck sees there is no difference between Jim and any white man he knows except for skin color. Risking his life and overcoming many difficulties on the way‚ Huck succeeds in freeing Jim. Focusing on racism‚ alcoholism and mob mentality‚ Mark Twain uses his enthusiastic style of writing and satirizes the three traits throughout the novel. Many words

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    Jacob Rogers Mr. Vanek AP English Per. 1 11 May 2013 Characteristics of a Poet: Lawrence Ferlinghetti Throughout the various poems composed by writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti there emerges a series of defining characteristics of his style. Most if not all of his poems are written in free verse style that doesn’t follow traditional poetic composition. He has odd breaks and varying line lengths that serve as transitions and guides to his respective pieces. This was evidenced quite obviously in his

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    this point in time in the story he acts irresponsibly‚ and climbs out onto the ledge‚ even though moments before he had admitted to himself the absurdity of this idea. He rationalizes it to himself‚ saying it will take “…less than two minutes” and “…would make a good story at the office…” however‚ we know this is in no way enough justification for risking your life. Near the end of the story‚ Tom reaches the inside of his apartment‚ in shock. He has now had the epiphany that work is in fact not the

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    Camus and the Absurdity of Existence in Waiting for Godot Angela Hotaling SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta‚ NY) Abstract: Albert Camus’ argues in The Myth of Sisyphus that human life is absurd and purposeless. Humans grapple with becoming conscious of the absurdity of existence‚ and this realization causes one to suffer. Basically‚ with the Death of God‚ men are deserted from God‚ and all of the meaning that God gives. One has to unhinge oneself from the desire for life with a meaning‚ and live amidst the

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    Plague Camus shows us the absurdity of life‚ the struggle of life‚ and also the value of life through the people in Oran and the main characters that he portrays. Throughout The Plague Camus displays humans violating logic‚ which can be defined as absurdity. Albert also said that “Accepting the absurdity

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    thoughts on absurdity and its existence and more importantly  how people live with this idea. Some of the main points that I’m going to highlight about Albertus’ thoughts on absurdity are how people deal with this absurdity‚ how philosophers address this thought and lastly how can it be affirmed or understood in this world. Albertus Camus uses the book of Myth of Sisyphus to explain main key concepts and points that he makes during his meditations.     When he talks about absurdity and how people

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