January 2012
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thesis
to gain an absolutely analytical perspective of the following discussion(?), literature can literally be defined as “writing formed with letters”, from the latin littera, meaning, approximately, a letter of the alphabet. obviously, the word littera carries many alternate meanings, which further clarify it as something openly more complex (writing, perhaps). presumptively, however, it...
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academic writing stuff
the ultimate goal of the modern fiction author, in my estimation, is to be so totally and presumptively consumed by his or her work that the line between reality and imagination becomes indistinguishable. we inherit our character’s traits and mannerisms, naturally, of course. whether we are aware of it or otherwise [sic], good writing should become stalemate in a game of chess between...
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My mother, she fell from two stories up. It was the tall maple behind the house. The maple with the tree house, yes, the tree house that my father (god bless his soul, as well) built for my sisters and I when we were young, perhaps with hopes that we might reminisce upon it later in our lives. We surely do, of course, given the circumstances of our forced estrangement, the three of us scattered...
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