According to Biography.com‚ “Stephen King is a ‘New York Times’-bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like ‘Carrie‚’ ‘The Shining‚’ and ‘IT.’” From the time Stephen was born‚ he has stood out as a miracle‚ not only to his family but to the fans of literature worldwide. Stephen King’s life may seem luxurious because he can satisfy all of his family’s dreams‚ but it was an extensive‚ troubling road that brought him to his current destination. Although his
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Course Reader week five materials the lecturer gives the following quote‚ “Isaac Asimov warns writers against ‘a having thick layer of fatty‚ adjectival froth’ in their work.” [Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s‚ p.179‚ Doubleday‚ 1974.]. Asimov’s warning puts an eloquent exclamation point to the point concerning adjective misuse. Both novices and experienced writers face this quandary‚ and simply put‚ meaningless adjectives deaden the prose. The following example helps answer
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The American antebellum South‚ though steeped in pride and raised in military tradition‚ was to be no match for the burgeoning superiority of the rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of emphasis on manufacturing and commercial interest‚ stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society‚ surrendered to the North their ability to function independently‚ much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the Civil
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Cited: September 21‚ 2012. Institute of Medicine. “Institute of Medicine Report”. 2006. Web. September 21‚ 2012 Hardon ’s‚ Fr September 21‚ 2012. Hardon ’s‚ Fr. John. “Modern Catholic Dictionary”. Doubleday‚ 1980. Print. (May 28‚ 2009). Web. September 25‚ 2012. Barnes‚ Brooks. “Promoting Nutrition‚ Disney to Restrict Junk-Food Ads”. The New York Times (June 5‚ 2012)
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2012. Hoffman‚ Daniel. POE POE POE POE POE POE POE . Garden City: Doubleday & Company‚ Inc.‚ 1972. Howard‚ Ronald W. "The Tell-Tale Heart." Masterplots II: Short Story Series‚ Revised Edition (2004): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. Nesbitt‚ Anna Sheets ed. Short Story Criticism . Vol. 34. Farmington Hills: Gale Group‚ 2000. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. Complete stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Garden City‚ NY: Doubleday & Company‚ Inc.‚ 1966.
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Rubens. London: Phaidon Press Limited. 1998. Print. Belkin‚ Kristin Lohse and Carl DePauw. Images of Death: Rubens Copies Holbein. Antwerp: Snoeck-Ducaju and Zoon. 2000. Print. Bertram‚ Anthony. The Life of Sir Peter-Paul Rubens. New York: Doubleday‚ Doran and Company‚ n.d. Print. Croft-Murray‚ Edward. "The Landscape Background in Ruben ’s St George and the Dragon." Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 89.529 (1947): 89-91 93. Web. 20 Jan 2013. Georgievska-Shine‚ Aneta. "Horror and Pity
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Stephen King’s View on Fame Stephen King is a contemporary writer who has written many books in his lifetime. In his novel Misery‚ he discusses the consequences or bad sides of being famous. This normal average man‚ other than being a world famous author‚ acts as a regular individual in his daily life. In Stephen King’s Misery‚ King uses Paul Sheldon‚ as a doppelganger of himself to describe the horrors of being a famous person in the worst situation‚ showing readers that it is not so bad to be
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Summary Story: A sound of thunder By: Ray Bradbury From R is for rocket‚ New York: Doubleday‚ 1952 The story is about traveling in the time. It takes place in 2055; a Time safari INC company provides a time traveling machine to its customer‚ so they can travel in time and go to million years ago. Eckles‚ who was the first character of the story‚ decided to go to million years ago to hunt gigantic animal. He believed he can be the first person who has hunted the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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could attack with. Maj. Robert Anderson‚ of the union‚ Ordered the biggest guns they had were to be fired first‚ but they were limited on casemates‚ men who protected gunners‚ so the guns being fired were also limited. About 7:00 A.M. Capt. Abner Doubleday‚ the forts second in command‚ had the honor of firing the first shot of defense. The firing continued all day the Federals firing slowly. At night the fort stopped firing and the confederates threw an occasional shell at the fort. The men of the
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The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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