The story I read‚ "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry‚ was very well written. It had words that even a 13 year old could understand. They had realistic dialog. They had a very convincing plot. Also‚ they had a dramatic ending. What I meant by "realistic dialog" is that they said things that people would normal say. For example‚ when the warden accuses Jimmy of cracking open safes and Jimmy says‚ "Me? Why I never cracked a safe in my life." He is basically denying the fact that he actually did
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“A Retrieved Reformation” Jimmy Valentine is the main character of this story. Jimmy was a criminal‚ intelligent‚ and clever. Jimmy was sentenced to prison for four years because he robbed banks. After only 10 months‚ he was pardoned by the governor and released. He had returned to his home and gathered his safe-opening instruments. Jimmy then proceeded to burglarize a bank in Richmond‚ Indiana. And again‚ he robbed a bank in Jefferson City and purloined five hundred dollars. Ben Price was a detective
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Approach in Literary Criticism (Written report) PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH IN LITERATURE Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism or literary theory which‚ in method‚ concept‚ or form‚ is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself‚ and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Patricia Waugh writes‚ ’Psychoanalytic literary criticism
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this reason‚ reading multiple short stories gives us various views which we can combine to understand the complex human race. Different plots can connect‚ and certain themes teach us valuable lessons. The characters in the short stories “A Retrieved Reformation” and “Button‚ Button” are required to make tough decisions. Although these characters have contrasting pasts‚ both are faced with the same stressful factors involved with making tough decisions. Jimmy Valentine’s decision was selfless while
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In Dennis Bloomfield’s literary criticism‚ he dissects Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights by finding a common theme‚ and explaining how they develop the plot of the story. He proposes sickness and death as themes that develop the plot‚ and the meaning and reason why they would be included in a story. Death is a concept that is fairly simple to understand‚ however Bloomfield not only mentions physical sicknesses of the characters‚ but mental ones aswell. Death causes a physical and emotional imbalance
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Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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types of Literary Criticisms? * New Criticism / Formalism - This type of criticism concerns itself with the parts of a text and how the parts fit together to make a whole. Because of this‚ it does not bring in any information outside of the text: biography of the author‚ historical or literary allusions‚ mythological patterns‚ or the psychoanalytical traits of the characters (except those traits specifically described in the text.) * Archetypical or Mythic – This type of criticism looks at
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BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM Biographical criticism begins with the simple but central insight that literature is written by actual people and that understanding an author’s life can help readers more thoroughly comprehend the work. Anyone who reads the biography of a writer quickly sees how much an author’s experience shapes—both directly and indirectly—what he or she creates. Reading that biography will also change (and usually deepen) our response to the work. Sometimes even knowing a single important
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Introduction The Hope for the Flowers of Trina Paulus started when Stripe was born. He saw other crawlers who were climbing a tree for them to reach the top. It was climb or be climbed. Stripe chose to climb and not mind other crawlers. He was very persistent to reach the top. He stepped on them and continued this single –minded approach. One day‚ he met a caterpillar named Yellow. They immediately fell in love with each other. Yellow encouraged him to just go down and not continue the climb. He
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