... in elementary school, my one and probably only goal at that time was to impress the teacher with an excess of complicated vocabulary. So instead of beginning my stories with "Once upon a time- I probably used something like "And so it fortuitously occurred in an exciting annals of history that ." I at least hope my writing has come along way from that. Nevertheless, improvement ... and only then will I be a confident writer. I am however confident that some of the works I've written meet my standards of high quality writing, though they like most of writing did take long hours to perfect....

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... in non-realist works. Realism is a distinct creative method that made possible analysis of social environment and an objective portrayal of reality, each realist writer had his own highly individual view of the world. His view of events and his understanding of life and history reflect his attitude to the contemporary social struggle in which he inevitably participates. A work that portrays reality is bound to reflect too ... instance, the way things are. The inevitably subjective and therefore indeterminate status of reality is powerfully dramatized in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist ...

• Word Count: 3498
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• Grade Level: Graduate