Author: Chris Babu Publisher: Permuted Press ISBN: 1682615944 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 456
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In a ruined world, Manhattan is now New America, a walled-in society based on equality. But the perfect facade hides a dark truth. A timid math geek, sixteen-year-old Drayden watches his life crumble when his beloved mother is exiled. The mystery of her banishment leads him to a sinister secret: New America is in trouble, and every one of its citizens is in jeopardy. With time running out, he enters the Initiation. It’s a test within the empty subway tunnels—a perilous journey of puzzles and deadly physical trials. Winners join the ruling Bureau and move to its safe haven. But failure means death. Can Drayden conquer the Initiation, or is salvation out of his grasp?
Author: Stefanie Brunn Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3640876490 Category : Languages : en Pages : 65
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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: B+, Humboldt-University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: Sherwood Anderson and Ernest Hemingway are two very influential American writers. Both have contributed a lot to the development of the short story, especially to its sub-genre, story of initiation, with various of their works. In this essay, I want to analyse some of their most famous stories in order to highlight some important initiatory aspects. Firstly, it is interesting to take a further look at the origins of the initiation term, in order to understand why it is applied to literary theorie. Then I will elaborate some important elements and common features to define the initiation story as a literary genre. In the following, to illustrate the theory, I will look at the way Sherwood Anderson built up his stories of initiation. To get a further idea of Anderson's texts and ideologies, I will shortly explain the Freudian influence on his texts and his opinion about American industrialisation. With those information in mind, one can easier understand, how he elaborates his theory of the grotesques, the characters of his work Winesburg, Ohio. In order to understand how this collection of short stories is contently held together, it is essential to have a look at George Willard, the protagonist, and his development and initiation. In the following chapter I will make plain, that the initiation theme is also a very important aspect in a lot of other short stories of Anderson, as for example in "I want to know why", where a boy painfully has to encounter a form of sexual initiation. To be able to identify also other styles of creating initiation stories, I will focus on Hemingway's Nick Adams stories, on the first one, "Indian camp", where young Nick is forcefully initiated to birth and death, and on the last one, "Fathers and sons", where Nick as a father himself reflects on his past and his father. Finally, I will make
Author: Chris Babu Publisher: Permuted Press ISBN: 168261882X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 291
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Having survived the Initiation and expedition, one battle remains: the fight for the heart and soul of New America. Drayden and his friends, enlisting the help of Professor Worth, must find a way back to New America before the Guardians imperil their return. But for these teens, their problems are only beginning. The Bureau, which never expected them to survive the expedition, will do everything in their power to prevent New America’s darkest secrets from getting out. Drayden’s only hope is the insurrection led by ally Kim Craig. The David versus Goliath battle between good and evil, between truth and lies, will push Drayden to his breaking point and require bravery, self-acceptance, and above all, belief in himself. Backed by the will of the citizens, he’ll need to engineer an ingenious strategy to defeat the all-powerful authoritarians. The question is, will it be enough?
Author: Elizabeth B. Jenkins Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 9780425164761 Category : Incas Languages : en Pages : 0
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For readers who loved The Celestine Prophecy, this bestselling work reveals the ancient wisdom of the Andean Path--and tells the story of a woman's initiation into one of the oldest sacred traditions in the world.
Author: Susan Fine Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc. ISBN: 0738724645 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 144
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The halls of St. Stephen’s reek of money, secrets, and desperation. Mauricio Londoño—Latino, middle class, and new to the brutality of prep school life—just wants to survive ninth grade. When two warring freshmen use the web as a weapon, Mauricio gets burned in the online crossfire, learning how the privileged don’t always play by the rules.
Author: Mario Nsonga Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3656353921 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 18
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Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Department of English and Linguistics), course: American Short Stories, language: English, abstract: Many critics regard Ernest Hemingway’s short fiction as typical stories of initiation. However, by taking a closer look at his short story “Indian Camp”, this paper will not only reveal the complexity and controversy of this term, but also answer the question whether one might classify this short story as a genuine story of initiation or not...
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