1949 Short Stories (Study Guide): Farmer Giles of Ham, Delilah and the Space Rigger, the Laughing Man, Mother Earth, the Aleph, the Zahir
This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Farmer Giles of Ham, Delilah and the Space Rigger, the Laughing Man, Mother Earth, the Aleph, the Zahir, Finished, the Colorful Character, the Immortal, My Trial as a War Criminal, Nothing Ever Happens on the Moon, Marionettes, Inc., Gulf, History Lesson, the Entity, the Animal-Cracker Plot, the House of Asterion, Breaking Strain, the Red Queen's Race, Backstage Lensman, Hide-And-Seek, Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, the Exiles, Down at the Dinghy, the Forgotten Enemy, Not With a Bang, Poor Daddy, Averroes's Search, Deutsches Requiem, the Peeler, Happy Ending, the Wait. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "The Laughing Man" is a short story written by J. D. Salinger and originally published in The New Yorker magazine on March 19, 1949. It largely takes the structure of a story within a story and is thematically occupied with the relationship between narrative and narrator, and the end of youth. The story also appears in Salinger's short story collection Nine Stories. The short story is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator recounting his experience as a nine-year-old living in New York City in 1928, but largely takes the structure of a story within a story. As a member of a Boy Scout-like troop called the Comanche Club, the narrator comes into contact with a Scout leader called "The Chief," a young law student at New York University (NYU) acting as caretaker in his spare time. The Chief is described as very handsome, and is widely respected by his troop for his athletic strength and storytelling ability. Every day, after the troop has completed its activities for the afternoon, The Chief gathers the boys for the next episode in an ongoing story he tells them about the eponymous Laughing Man. Very much in ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2413020
- ISBN 13 : 9781155145990
- ISBN 10 : 1155145992
- Judul : 1949 Short Stories (Study Guide): Farmer Giles of Ham, Delilah and the Space Rigger, the Laughing Man, Mother Earth, the Aleph, the Zahir
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- Tahun : 2010
- Halaman : 102
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
