English 021 Creative Reading

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Different Worlds, Different Realities
E3 Haroun Alice
by sstewar2

When talking to her kitten, Alice explains “how nice it would be if we could only get through into Looking-glass House!” (143). Exploring the depth of her imagination is Alice’s primary conflict. Interested in figuring out what lies beyond what she is able to see in the looking-glass, Alice’s determination...
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May 13, 2005, 01:37 AM
I Don't Want Your Nonsense
8 Carroll
by sstewar2

The poem of the White Knight in chapter 8 is an example of man questing for answers but being unable to find them. No matter how much the man inquires his life to reveal these answers, he is still unable to receive the ones he wants, but is left...
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May 05, 2005, 05:11 AM
Alice and The Voice of Corny Jokes
7 Carroll
by sstewar2

During the third chapter of “Through the Looking Glass,” Alice begins her search for the eighth square. On her way there, she runs into a group of animals in a carriage and a little voice tells corny jokes in her ear: “Indeed I sha’n’t!” Alice said rather impatiently. “I don’t...
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April 28, 2005, 04:34 AM
True Happiness Differs in the Eyes of Many
6 Rushdie
by sstewar2

As the novel comes to a close, Haroun requests from the Walrus, “a happy ending, not just for my adventure, but for the whole sad city as well” (202). From the beginning of Haroun and the Sea of Stories, where we are presented with a “city so ruinously sad that...
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April 21, 2005, 05:00 AM
I posess the paper on possession
E2 Possession
by sstewar2

A.S. Byatt’s Possession focuses on two literary scholars, Roland Mitchell and Maud Bailey, who are learning more about their modern lives by looking to the past and investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. As Roland delves into the life of Randolph Ash, he comes across correspondence that links Ash...
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April 14, 2005, 10:29 PM
Poetry as Ellen's Medium to Love Her Husband
5 Byatt
by sstewar2

For Ellen Ash, poetry serves as a supplement to the love that she shares with her husband Randolph Ash. Since she is unable to have a connection with him through life itself, she gains this false aspect of her love through poetry. Within Possession, Ellen’s love for her husband Randolph...
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April 05, 2005, 05:24 AM
The Feminist Possession of Cristabel's Values through her Possession of her work and character
4 Byatt
by sstewar2

Cristabel LaMotte’s role within the novel Possession, is most significant when the reader focuses on her character, the content of her poetry, and the letters between her and Randolph Henry Ash. When talking about her poems and the letters, Cristabel’s possession falls under the category of something owned, occupied, or...
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March 29, 2005, 03:52 AM
An Act of Thievery
E1 Pale Fire
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Since Dr. Charles Kinbote presents no concrete evidence about John Shade’s intention to let him write a commentary about or even to claim ownership of Pale Fire, it is evident that Dr. Kinbote stole Pale Fire from John Shade. Kinbote states that right after Shade was murdered, he convinced Shade’s...
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March 08, 2005, 02:30 PM
Kimbote's use of the poem to discuss Zembla
3 Nabokov
by sstewar2

Kimbote uses Shade’s poem to inform the reader about the story of the land of Zembla, which he feels is important. Most of the commentary focuses on the life of Kimbote and Zembla even though he makes small references to Shade. In the beginning of the commentary, focusing on...
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February 17, 2005, 05:33 AM
To empathize with the characters or with Wallace himself
2 Wallace
by sstewar2

With powerful scenarios that compel the reader to develop an identity with the characters, David Foster Wallace captures his audience through the character dilemmas. The audience is then forced into sharing feelings of empathy by ending the story without a resolution, leaving them to make judgments and end the...
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February 10, 2005, 12:09 AM
To believe In W.H. Is Fatal
1 Wilde
by sstewar2

The characters of Oscar Wilde’s “The Portrait of Mr. W.H.,” ponder about the identity of Shakespeare’s muse and whether his existence was made concrete through the makeup of Willie Hughes. As the characters became enveloped in the enthusiasm of the Willie Hughes theory, their biggest flaw took shape as they...
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February 03, 2005, 03:25 AM
Word
Test
by sstewar2

This is the beginning of a new regime in power here at Bowdoin. I want you all to recognize that the system you are currently engaged in was devised by myself and a few anonymous characters that feel you should cooperate in the best interest of your well being. Resistance...
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February 02, 2005, 03:14 AM