John
Updike
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In 5 pages, the author discusses author John Updike. Bibliography lists 7
sources.
Filename: PCjup.doc
Sin,
Sanctimony & Satire - John Updike's A Month of Sundays
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A 15-page paper that reviews John Updike's 1975 novel entitled A Month of
Sundays and examines the greed and scandal that marked the world of evangelism
in the decade following its publication. The humor and ambiguity of A Month of
Sundays is discussed, followed by a discussion of the practices of
televangelists Oral Roberts, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart in
the late 1980s. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: LCSatire.doc
John
Updike's 'A & P' vs. James Joyce's 'Araby'
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5 pages in length. John Updike's A & P and James Joyce's Araby share many of
the same literary traits, because the former is essentially a retelling of the
latter. The primary focus of the two stories revolves around a young man who is
compelled to decipher the different between cruel reality and the fantasies of
romance that play in his head. That the man does, indeed, discover the
difference is what sets him off into emotional collapse. The writer compares and
contrasts the two stories. Bibliography lists 7 sources. A&Paraby.wps
Filename: A&Paraby.wps
Self-Discovery
in Updike’s “A & P”
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A five page paper looking at this short story by John Updike in terms of the
author’s development of the story’s theme, a young man’s moment of
self-discovery. The paper traces Updike’s use of contrast and detail to paint
a picture of an oppressively narrow-minded small town and its people. No
additional sources.
Filename: KBupdike.wps
