... , though he did not share [his uncle's] piety." (72) The resolution of these conflicted emotions toward religion and God is seen in Stephen's penultimate journal entry. In this entry, Stephen announces his desire to embrace his individuality and reject the traditionalist view of religion for a spiritual calling based in art. For ... the work's greater purpose in challenging conventional thought. As A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is largely autobiographical, the denouement seen in Stephen's journal entries also holds great significance for Joyce's own struggles in staying loyal t...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the College of Philosophy and Letters. While working as an editor and a writer for The United States Information Service and The Manila Times Magazine in Manila, Jose also engaged in writing short stories and eventually novels. In the late fifties Jose founded the Philippine chapter of PEN, an international organization of poets, playwrights, and novelists. In 1965 he started his own ... publishing house SOLIDARIDAD and a year later began publishing the Solidarity a journal on current affairs, ideas and the arts where he also is the editor. The sheer volume of his writings has placed F....

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... cared for. The Manager accompanies Marlow, as well as twenty native cannibals. On their journey they come upon a hut and Marlow finds wood that had been left for them and a journal with codes written in it. When they get within miles of the Inner Station they are attacked by natives and the helmsman is killed. They reach the Inner Station and ... as the Accountant, who cares nothing for life, and the Brickmaker, who has no purpose, lend to the central theme of chaos resounding in a wholly dark world. Conrad's style of writing adds to the overall darkness and confusion of the novel. Enti...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... ." With Fat it was an actual hunger" (Dick 20). For the remainder of the book, Fat desperately tries to unravel the mystery of what had happened to him. He keeps a journal, which he calls his exegesis. In this, he records his thoughts on what the universe and God are really about. His exegesis is the main focus in his life throughout ... Horselover Fat. Much of it is basically Fat discussing his thoughts on the physical, metaphysical, and mystical. The book is written in the third person, "I am Horselover Fat, and I am writing this in the third person to gain much needed objectivity" (Di...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... Hardie Jackson was born in San Francisco on 14 December 1916 to Leslie Hardie Jackson and Geraldine Bugbee Jackson. She spent her early childhood in Burlingame, California. She started writing poetry and keeping a journal at an early age; entries date as far back as 1932. Shortly after that first entry, the Jackson's moved to Rochester, New York, where Jackson enrolled in the ... ...

• Word Count: 1406
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School