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The Formation of the Jewish Community in San Francisco During Gold RushThe Jewish community in Gold Rush San Francisco was shaped by the chaotic and changing conditions of the growing city. A short history of how the earliest Jewish settlers in San Francisco grew from a handful of young risk-takers into an organized community.
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History as Reflected in Yiddish Movies"Bridge of Light" discusses the ways that Yiddish movies reflect Jewish history in the early 20th century.
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Three Books About Jews in the American WestThree books reveal the history of Jews in the American West from different perspectives.
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Direct and Indirect Violence in Nabokov's Cloud, Castle, LakeTotalitarianism and different forms of violence are the themes of "Cloud, Castle, Lake," a short story by Vladimir Nabokov (author of "Pale Fire" and "Lolita").
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The Failure of "Yessing" in Invisible ManThe Invisible Man tries to deal with white racism by telling the racists what they want to hear, but it doesn't work, in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man."
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Psychotic Breakdown, Free-Floating Rage, and Sanity in The Sound and the FuryThree brothers: A psychotic college student, a mentally handicapped man, a self-serving liar and sadist: William Faulkner gets inside all of their heads using different literary techniques, in "The Sound and the Fury."
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Ahab Tries to Connect: An Analysis of a Passage in Moby DickCaptain Ahab is obsessed and consumed with rage and vengeance, in Melville's "Moby-Dick." But he briefly relieves his loneliness by talking with his first mate, as revealed in a passage of his dialogue.
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Ahab's Obsession in Herman Melville's Moby DickCaptain Ahab is neurotically obsessed with hunting Moby Dick, but not actually insane, in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
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Why Kafka Only Uses Fantasy in The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka, in his story "The Metamorphosis," uses fantasy very sparingly.
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Poe and Hawthorne's Literary Techniques: Perspectives on Inner TormentsEdgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne use different techniques to express their characters' inner torment.
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How Frederick Douglass Communicates About Slavery to White ReadersAn analysis of the literary strategies used to communicate in Frederick Douglas's Autobiography.
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Book Review: The Black Sun, by James Twining"The Black Sun" is James Twining's second international thriller/mystery starring the heroic thief Tom Kirk.
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Book Review: Red Chrysanthemum, by Laura Joh Rowland"Red Crysanthemum" is the eleventh novel in Laura Joh Rowland's series starring Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective, set in Japan in the 1690s.
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Bambi Vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David MametA review of David Mamet's book,"Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business," concerning the production and art of film.