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Argument: While the literary criticism by Boyl isn't that of entirely having to do with how Ishmael Beah constructs his theme, Boyd does eagerly bring up an original point that small bitter conflicts can end up affecting contemporary history far more than the "squalid reckoning that modern warfare encourages". Claim: To support his argument, Boyd highlights that Ishmael Beah was one of the first ever to give literary voice to distressing phenomena like that of pubescent or prepubescent warrior-killer. He goes on claiming that much of how a phrase becomes construed or illustrated is that dependent of the reader; such adolescent, non-seemingly affectionate lines, can end up affecting the reader in unintended consequences. Lastly, Boyd gives light to the fact that small-scale conflicts are often mirror that of an anarchy because of the unpredictability, unlike that of modern warfare tactics which a winner can be estimated nearly correct every time. Evidence: 1) "All this has the idiosyncratic ring of precisely remembered truth." 2) "Such knowledge is shocking, but it's the reader's imagination that delivers the cold sanguinary shudder, not the author's boilerplate prose. It is a vision of hell that Beah gives us, one worthy of Hieronymus Bosch, but as though depicted in primary colors by a naive artist. 3) "It was a moment of pure potential anarchy that could have gone any way. "

Argument: R S Downie argues that medicine and literate interact in many ways, and how literature has affected medicine and how medicine has affected. Downie addresses the 4 main types of connection between literature and medicine: (1) insights into medicine, from doctors who have become writers, (2) plays, films, novels that have medical settings, (3) the treatment on doctors and nurses by non-medical writers, and (4) the illumination of the patient doctor relationships. Claims: Picoult reveals the two of the 4 main medical and literature connections in both of her novels that I read. She incorporates medicine into both novel settings and reveals some doctor patient relationships. Evidence: "many plays, films, novels or TV serials have a medical setting. The appeal of this from the dramatic point of view is obvious: emotion" (Downie). "'whole person' approach to the doctor-patient relationship, and the 'whole person' approach is regarded by many doctors as distinctive of enlightened patient care" (Downie).

Argument: This article provides an interview with Jodi Picoult and her reasoning behind the consroversial themes of her novels. The interview also asks particular questions reguarding nineteen minutes and Picoult's resoning behind writing such a dark novel. Claims: Most of Picoult's novels pertain to controversies and that Nineteen Minutes required a lot of research. The Picoult also claimed that Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper are similar books in the interview. Evidence: "Nineteen Minutes to My Sister's Keeper I see them as very similar books - they are both very emotional, very gut-wrenching, and they're situations that every parent dreads" "I think that sometimes when we don't want to talk about issues that are hard to discuss or difficult to face, it's easier to digest it in fiction instead of nonfiction" "Fiction allows for moral questioning, but through the back door. Personally, I like books that make you think - books you're still wondering about three days after you finish them"

Argument: While flashbacks are helpful, often times incorporating important background information in present time storyline plays off better and keeps the reader engaged. Claim: There is no such thing as too much back story but only with certain ways of revealing the information. Flashbacks tend to slow down the story and drag out. "Less is more," find ways to cut down words to paragraphs instead of pages when explaining. Evidence: "keep background information on a need-to-know basis. Figure out what readers really, truly need to know to understand a character and her motivations--and let the rest stay underwater."

Argument: An essay by Zaleski, summarizing the plot of "The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks, and providing opinion on the likability of the text. Evidence: For the most part this paragraph summarizes the plot of "The Wedding", however the last few sentences express the authors opinion on how Sparks writes in a romantic, yet not too mushy type of way through use of his diction and plot twists. Claims:  "Sparks tells his sweet story competently, without sinking too deeply into the mire of sentiment; a gasp-inducing twist comes at the very end. Satisfied female readers will close the covers with a sigh and a wish that a little of the earnest, too-good-to-be-true Wilson might rub off on their own bedmates"      Though I would not include the whole quote, there is valuable substance within this quote that speaks of how SParks writes and develops a story, and audience reactions to his writing, plus this article is specifically relevant to "The Wedding" which is a text I read for the project.

Dawson, Janis. "Literary Relations: Anne Shirley And Her American Cousins." Children's Literature In Education 33.1 (2002): 29-51. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Jan. 2012.

Argument: A comparison of Jane Austen's writing and Charlotte Bronte's. Claims: Charlotte Bronte creates educated characters to play her female roles so that they can excercise reason. Her uneducated women are foolish. Her female leads are all reasonable and rational -two characteristics she probably appreciated in herself. Evidence: "Jane Eyre dramaticizes its manifesto that women must be educated to excercise their reason, with Adele Varens and Blanche Ingram proving that uneducated women become coquettes," (Harris 102).

The main argument of this passage is that coexistence is an idea that rarely crosses people's minds when religion is involved. Conflict is very rarely a simple thing. He argues this and goes on to say that insisting on associating religion and conflict oversimplifies the matter. -"The relentless association of religion and conflict compresses the complexity of human lives into one narrow band" Karabell also mentions that both the conflicts, and the solutions to those conflicts, tend to be viewed through the lenses of religion. -"Part of the problem may be the tendency to view both the current conflicts and their solutions in strictly religious terms"

We are seen by many to behave beyond social norms: 'ranting and raving'- when spaces are consistently designed that render us stuck. We are not abnormal: our diversity labels shoves us in a bag marked 'divergence from the norm'. It's time to get out of the bag and into the pot.

Argument: The American dream is something that George and Lennie want in their lives. Claim: Each of their "dreams" consists of owning a farm

http://search.ebscohost.com.lib.chandleraz.gov/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=33277763&site=ehost-live Setoodeh, Ramin. "It's Still Not Easy Being Green." Newsweek 152.4 (2008): 48-50. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Jan. 2012.

Argument- Bradbury has an issue letting go of an idea or a point, "squeezes it dry." This is order to make sure his point gets made through all types of his literature. Claims - Since he began writing his final works acquired a large amount of depth and polish, much more extensive than his sometimes disturbing first works. -Bradbury attempts to display machines and large things as evil as they tend to represent the adult life, something Bradbury seems to fear. -Most of his earlier stories, lacked the idea of a true story and were rather just intensely realized fragments. Evidence- "but because they are grownup things; because they symbolize the big, loud, faceless, violent, unromantic world of adults" -The author discusses how like other science fiction writers, that Bradbury's goal is to demonstrate new ideas not normally thought about. -Also, the author demonstrates his opinion of the dark side of Bradbury and his inability to properly adress the things he hopes to, as his works are sometimes more sickening than intended.

Review of Burned

Argument: King satirizes society and their dependence upon material things. Claims: The use of cell phones in the novel is effective because it is relateable to nearly all modern societies. Evidence:"King's use of cell phones as the mechanism to reduce the vast majority of Americans (the characters assume a worst-case worldwide scenario) to mindless zombies offers the opportunity for observation and commentary about the near-ubiquity of cell phones and society's infatuation with and dependence on them. Rather than develop this richly fertile ground for satire, though, King opts for a serious horror novel" (Avinger)