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Dragged Into The Past: A Major Motif In Munro's 'Walker Brothers Cowboy', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Dragged Into The Past: A Major Motif In Munro's 'Walker Brothers Cowboy', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
Alice Munro's "Walker Brothers Cowboy" (The Norton Anthology of World Literature. Ed. Sarah Lawall. NY: Norton, 2002) is bracketed by similar images that establish the futility of trying to stop time. At the beginning of story, in order to explain to the narrator how the glaciers formed the Great Lakes, the father "shows me his hand with his spread fingers pressing the rock-hard ground where we are sitting. His fingers hardly make any impression at all ... " (3012); at the conclusion as Ben Jordan, the father, and his children prepare to return home from their odyssey, Nora Cronin touches …
New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings, Jackie Rogers, Melissa Pitts, Wanda Fries, Aimee Zaring, Michael Croley, Lauren Titus, Matt Jaeger, Mike Hampton, Jess Stanfill, Bev Olert, Todd Hunt
New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings, Jackie Rogers, Melissa Pitts, Wanda Fries, Aimee Zaring, Michael Croley, Lauren Titus, Matt Jaeger, Mike Hampton, Jess Stanfill, Bev Olert, Todd Hunt
Charlie Sweet
In the 19th century Kentucky was at the crossroads of western migration and expansion. We believe this collection will demonstrate, along with earlier anthologies, that the Commonwealth is once again becoming the epicenter of literary output. Too often the media paint a picture of America as a bi-coastal country with little in between. One message from New Growth is that there are other, important voices that will be heard. Check out this collection and see if you don't agree
Location, Location, Location, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Location, Location, Location, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Understanding The Method Of Narration In The 'The Open Book', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Understanding The Method Of Narration In The 'The Open Book', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Get Off To An Auspicious Start, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Get Off To An Auspicious Start, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
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Munro's Walker Brothers Cowboy, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Munro's Walker Brothers Cowboy, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
The article presents an exploration of the theme of individual fate as seen in Alice Munro's short story "Walker Brothers Cowboy." The author presents an analysis of the theme throughout the book, particularly highlighting the personification of the Greek mythical figures of the three Fates and Tykhe in characters surrounding the protagonist Ben Jordan.
A Rosey Response To Fick And Gold, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
A Rosey Response To Fick And Gold, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
No abstract provided.
Using The Pop Culture Bridge To Get To 'Araby', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Using The Pop Culture Bridge To Get To 'Araby', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
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Modeling The Writing Assignment On Literature, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Modeling The Writing Assignment On Literature, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe
Charlie Sweet
Charlie has been teaching his junior-level American Lit Survey II for 36 years, but last summer after reflecting on the course with Hal, he decided to try a new way of teaching students to write. He set up critical writing communities in his class and then he created one for himself in order to model a particular writing skill.