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    Well as far as the 2nd topic is conserned i guess...

    Well as far as the 2nd topic is conserned i guess you can say that in a way it's an unhappy ending because Gatsby fails(he dies alone,Daisy betrays him etc) but it is expected that he will fail...
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    One of my favourite short stories is related to...

    One of my favourite short stories is related to paranoia,the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Also I think that Wide Sargasso Sea refers to paranoia and ofcourse Septimus's case in Mrs...
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    Poll: Darcy!!I never really liked Rochester,I kept...

    Darcy!!I never really liked Rochester,I kept wishing she wouldn't stay with him,he looked mean.(and that was before I even read Wide Sargasso Sea).
    Darcy:well I always loved him even when he was...
  4. Thread: Suicide

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    When I think of suicide in literature the first...

    When I think of suicide in literature the first thing that comes into my mind is Septimus's falling out of the window in Mrs Dalloway.From a psychoanaltical point of view I consider Septimus's...
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    1984-The ending

    I read 1984 in a single day,I was mesmerized by it and when I read the last line "He loved Big Brother" I felt so sad,yet puzzled!
    What did Orwell mean by that?I gave it a lot of thinking and I...
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    Sterne's Sentimenal Journey-I had to read it for...

    Sterne's Sentimenal Journey-I had to read it for my Travel Narrative class.I never actually finished it,I found it very difficult to read,boring and completely pointless,I don't understand why anyone...
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    The Invisible Man is a must-read but I think it...

    The Invisible Man is a must-read but I think it makes more sense if you've already read Dubois essay on Criteria of Negro Art(1926)or Hughes Negro Art and the Racial Mountain(1926).
    However the...
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    In Random order 1.Steinbeck-The Grapes Of Wrath...

    In Random order
    1.Steinbeck-The Grapes Of Wrath
    2.Orwell-1984
    3.Winterson-Oranges are not the only Fruit
    4.Doctorow-The Book Of Daniel
    5.Rhys-The Wide Sargasso Sea

    This list could change any...
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    I've actually only read The Grapes of Wrath(i...

    I've actually only read The Grapes of Wrath(i intend to read more Steinbeck though).Anyhow Grapes of Wrath makes my top5 and I just want to say what I got from it;by the end of the novel Tom realizes...
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    Beckett!Definitely Beckett!The first play I read...

    Beckett!Definitely Beckett!The first play I read by Beckett(Waiting for Godot)didn't seem so bad,but after a semester on Beckett the idea of pessimism is closely related to him.Excepting...
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    Faulkner!!i just don't get him!i struggle to read...

    Faulkner!!i just don't get him!i struggle to read his novels just to find myself puzzled at the end,not being quite sure what it was about!
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