Category Archives: Beth Sharpe

A Country Place

Posted on November 22, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Jamaica Kinkaid, A Small Place Creative Blog You are a tourist who has finally achieved the success of a week vacation from your menial job. As you sit in the plane you wonder what your hotel will look … Continue reading →

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The Ignorance of Important Men

Posted on November 15, 2010 by kateshar

Luis Sepúlveda, The Man Who Read Love Stories (86-102) Luis Sepúlveda uses the ignorance of the Mayor in the novel “The Man Who Read Love Stories” to clearly show that local knowledge and understanding of the natural world is more … Continue reading →

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Sarcasm as a Signpost

Posted on November 9, 2010 by kateshar

Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange & Menacing World of Antarctica (193-216) In the novel Big Dead Place the author, Nicholas Johnson, uses humor in snatches of conversation, letters and press releases to show the problems that exist … Continue reading →

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Utopia verses Reality

Posted on November 2, 2010 by kateshar

  Christa Wolf, Accident: A Day’s News In this book Wolf asks a very important question. She asks whether the “utopias of our time necessarily breed monsters?” (30). This question, in the context of this book, is extremely interesting because … Continue reading →

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Rain of Life

Posted on October 26, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Niyi Osundare, Rain-Coming, pages 30-31 The point of this poem is to show the importance of rain to an area that is in drought. The author says that “ the earth rains ring the bell/ and the earth … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 18, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist, pages 187-201 Nature as an Escape In The Conservationist Mehring finds himself caught in a world that he no longer wants to belong to. He is trapped in a world of his own creation. … Continue reading →

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My Side of the Story

Posted on October 5, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Amitav Gosh (250-260) Creative Assignment The afternoon air is warm as I sit on my boat waiting. Kanai and Piya are talking over on Garjontola’s boat about something. They must be talking about the dolphins because they are … Continue reading →

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Family vs. Tradition

Posted on September 28, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Gosh, The Hungry Tide (26-31) It is interesting how both Piya and Masahiko find themselves in situations where they do not feel at home with the world around them. Piya feels strange because she is of Indian decent … Continue reading →

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Guardian Sprites

Posted on September 21, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Ishimure, Lake of Heaven (1-90) In this chapter Ishimure Michiko mentions trees a lot. He uses as guardians and as sentries to the sunken city. Ishimure as a whole in this novel expresses nature as a living, breathing, … Continue reading →

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Words Without Wordiness

Posted on September 14, 2010 by kateshar

Beth Sharpe Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard (305-318) Matthiessen writing style is very different from that of fiction. The story is written like a journal where the writer explains the happenings of his life day by day. In this particular story … Continue reading →

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