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Literature often has themes, especially historical fiction, as Susan Vreeland pointed out in her article “Dip Into the Riches of Historical Fiction” pp37, The Writer December 2011: “Fiction is by nature exclusive, thematically based,. With many more pieces left out than put in, rather than inclusive, which is the office of biography. Historical fiction shows rather than reports. . . Its value lies in its revelation of what it felt like to be a particular person place and time.”
The theme of MURPHY’S TROUBLES is betrayal. The protagonist, Ian Murphy, is betrayed by both his best friend and his lover. Being the victim of betrayal Ian never wants to betray anyone. Yet to reconcile himself and atone for his lifetime in the IRA he must make a decision, to betray the IRA cause to unify Ireland and by doing so betray his only lifetime friend – or not. Our lives are about choices. The choice Ian makes is difficult, he risks giving up his lifetime cause, losing his friend and losing his life. It is the stakes of our decisions that gives life meaning.
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6/28/2015 09:03:15 pm
Today was fun to read the news very useful for us. and I will tell it to the friend of my friendhhtrh 10/14/2015 11:42:12 am
Not all students like to study literature. I am one of those students. It was hard for me to understand some of the ideas of the writings. But looking back, I think I hard a hard time because I was not really thinking and I was not interested. There are a lot of things to learn in literature. It is connected to history and we learn and become better people by just studying them. We must encourage the students to have an open mind to study literature. Leave a Reply. |
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