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antos351

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I need to write critical lens essay support it by two specific pieces of literature. I t's kind of easy to write the essay but I need to write whole paragraph interpeting the quote. So whoever will interperate the quote in best way and in details will have choice of Brand New Nike XL shorts or 128MB ram
 

antos351

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Quote:

"What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age. "
 

SUBxWRX

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What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age. "

Well it basically means that literature hold's our history. It hold's accountable facts and the different periods and styles or writings. We can learn a lot from just a piece of writing because it gives us information about the feelings and emotions experienced during the period it was written, as well as facts and events that are noted down. Literature tells us basically the technique, tone, and style used during a period. It also tells us about the authors, about their ideas and what they were experiencing during the time they write.
 

antos351

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I do understand the quote, I can write maximium three sentences. I just need good interpetation in pretty good size paragraph
 

antos351

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Plus I need to write paragraph relating quote to Books: The Great Santini & A clockwork orange, so its pretty hard to relate that quote to those two books
 

gopunk

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um, this is against academic ethics... grounds for expulsion from any university, just fyi. it's usually alright in high school, you might get a slap on the wrist at most, but they're a lot less forgiving in college.
 

ikar0s

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Here's what I could whip up in such short notice. Let me know if you enjoyed it.

"What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age. "

Throughout the ages, literature has been the keeper of human history, safeguarding the treasures of our past in the tongue of our ancestors. Entire lives, and the stories held within them; entire cultures, preserved in their glory; the events that defined who we are today, written on a page, so they can transpire before the eyes of a new generation. Anyone with the gift of literacy can unlock the mysteries of our past; in that way, literature is our greatest teacher, allowing us not only to learn about eras long forgotten, but also giving us a chance to experience it through the power of our imagination. Thus literature has deposited itself into our memories, becoming our history, and truly allowing us to find the essence of any age, and more over, the essence of humanity.
 

brxndxn

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"What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age."




It is plainly true. Any thought unwritten - no matter how significant - will be lost and therefore undiscovered. What is written shows the future where to begin. The future depends on the past and the past is the essence of what is said in what is written. A lost discovery is a lost cause and anything unwritten will be lost. Literature sums the behaviour during a time whereas research is the product of that behaviour.



I win. I want the 128mb ram.
 

yoda291

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I don't see why you can't do this yourself. It doesn't seem all that challenging.

"What lasts is what is written. We look to literature to find the essence of an age. "

Follow these guidelines.

Literature is representative of social climate for any given period in history.
By doing research on prominent authors during any given era, one can easily deduce what was considered significant at the time.
- Russian authors like Lermontov often commented on cossacks, which indicates what the general conception of the cossack lands was like.
-Western stories often relate what the educated classes thought of the american frontier.
-shakespeare's works give insight as to what people found entertaining during his lifetime as well as being representative of the language.
This is not a new concept. World leaders have always tried to manipulate the literature that comes out. Examples include
-Hitler's mein kampf was the premier literary work of his time in Nazi Germany.
-Stalin rounded up intelligentsia in order to regulate public opinion through their literary achievements.
- Currently, the media serves as the foremost form of literature and the federal government has a good amount of influence in this regard.

and I could go on and on for pages on end....but y? it shouldn't be all that hard.
 

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<< um, this is against academic ethics... grounds for expulsion from any university, just fyi. it's usually alright in high school, you might get a slap on the wrist at most, but they're a lot less forgiving in college. >>


perfectly legal as long as you have consent from the writer to use their work. got into an argument with mah teacher last year for this. i wrote a paper, and said teacher sent it into one of those anti-copy-page-things and it turned up with some "bad" areas. said teacher started throwing the book at me... UNTIL she realized that ALL of the "bad" parts were quoted and cited properly. i dunno how it would work out in this situation. quoting and citing a big portion of the paper might not be good
 

gopunk

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perfectly legal as long as you have consent from the writer to use their work.

that's not true. the rest of your post touches on this, but the above statement is incorrect. it does not matter whether or not the original author gives you permission, you must cite your source.

seriously, when's the last time you've seen a legitimate academic paper written about literary works, cite an internet message board posting for an interpretation of the works? i doubt antos was going to turn in this paragraph attributing it to the original author. i may be wrong, but i'd say it's unlikely.