Literary Love Making in Nicholas Sparks Novels: Finding the Balance Between the Writer's Life and Writer's Work in Bestselling Romantic Love

For almost a decade now Nicholas Sparks has been writing love stories. Not only has he been publishing his stories, but they have received high acclaim in each of their installments. Several of his novels have been made into major motion pictures and increased his popularity quite significantly. His status as a successful romantic fiction writer is undeniable, but the question is, why? What is it about Nicholas Sparks that makes his novels so engaging, and personally, what do I need to do as an aspiring novelist to try and acquire the same literary status? Sparks’s novels reach readers at a number of different levels, thus giving them appeal no matter the intellectual intent of the reader. Theoretically, Sparks engages reader response techniques as well as formalist processes such as “habitualization” and “defamiliarization,” while also developing engaging plot lines that represent many of the experiences from his own life. His writing is not only academically redeemable, but it is also creatively stimulating; between the two, Sparks represents the thunder and lightning combination all writers strive for while trying to achieve literary success. This project also offers a creative element in which I attempt to exemplify many of the traits discussed in the analytical sections of this document, by recreating them in a creative, fictitious fashion. Themes such as: motion versus stasis, life versus death, and the ordinary versus the extraordinary all exist within the narrative structure of my short story “Trip to Fall.” Besides these thematic elements, the creative section strives to represent the balance Sparks achieves between the experiences of his own life and the fictitious world he creates. Overall, this project delves into the life of Nicholas Sparks to better understand the inspiration for his writing at the level of form as well as content, while also paying tribute to Sparks’s style through a representation of his work in my own words.

Literary love making in Nicholas Sparks novels: Finding the balance between the writer’s life and the writer’s work in bestselling Romantic Literature

For almost a decade now Nicholas Sparks has been writing love stories. Not only has he been publishing his stories, but they have received high acclaim in each of their installments. Several of his novels have been made into major motion pictures and increased his popularity quite significantly. His status as a successful romantic fiction writer is undeniable, but the question is, why? What is it about Nicholas Sparks that makes his novels so engaging, and personally, what do I need to do as an aspiring novelist to try and acquire the same literary status? Sparks’s novels reach readers at a number of different levels, thus giving them appeal no matter the intellectual intent of the reader. Theoretically, Sparks engages reader response techniques as well as formalist processes such as “habitualization” and “defamiliarization,” while also developing engaging plot lines that represent many of the experiences from his own life. His writing is not only academically redeemable, but it is also creatively stimulating; between the two, Sparks represents the thunder and lightning combination all writers strive for while trying to achieve literary success. This project also offers a creative element in which I attempt to exemplify many of the traits discussed in the analytical sections of this document, by recreating them in a creative, fictitious fashion. Themes such as: motion versus stasis, life versus death, and the ordinary versus the extraordinary all exist within the narrative structure of my short story “Trip to Fall.” Besides these thematic elements, the creative section strives to represent the balance Sparks achieves between the experiences of his own life and the fictitious world he creates. Overall, this project delves into the life of Nicholas Sparks to better understand the inspiration for his writing at the level of form as well as content, while also paying tribute to Sparks’s style through a representation of his work in my own words.

Nicholas Colon, Jr, Proprietor Tele-FM Television and Advanced Television Techniques graduate, 1954.

This is a photograph showing Nicholas Colon, Jr. a New York Trade School, Advanced Television Techniques graduate with an unnamed worker at his Tele-FM Television company. Original caption reads, "Nicholas Colon, Jr. - Advanced Television Techniques 1954, operates and up-to-date and successful television service shop. He is on the executive board of CETA (Certified Electronic Technicians Association). He prefers to employ graduate technicians of the New York Trade School Advanced Television Techniques course." Black and white photograph with caption glued to reverse.

A SIR chegou... : Sala de Integração e Recursos e a inclusão na Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre

A presente investigação tem como objetivo realizar um estudo a respeito da Sala de Integração e Recursos (SIR), analisando seu papel na garantia da permanência e educabilidade dos alunos com necessidades educativas especiais, nas escolas regulares da Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre. Este espaço constitui-se como um serviço de apoio vinculado à educação especial existente no ensino comum, onde atuo como educadora especial. Dentro dessa abordagem, mereceu destaque a perspectiva educacional inclusiva e seus pontos de conexão com a proposta político-pedagógica da referida rede de ensino. A pesquisa tem uma abordagem qualitativa e o instrumento utilizado para a coleta dos dados foi a entrevista semi-estruturada. Os sujeitos entrevistados foram cinqüenta e quatro professores do município de Porto Alegre, divididos em dois grupos, formados pelos professores que atuam na Sala de Integração e Recursos e pelos professores de sala de aula do ensino comum. A perspectiva metodológica utilizada para analisar as entrevistas foi a Análise de Conteúdo. Foram analisadas as concepções dos entrevistados em torno de três grandes eixos: Que espaço é esse? Quem é atendido nesse espaço? A construção de parcerias. Nesses eixos destacam-se aspectos relativos ao conceito e caracterização desse espaço; o perfil dos alunos encaminhados; critérios utilizados para encaminhamento e conclusão do atendimento; aspectos facilitadores e problemáticos presentes no processo de construção do espaço de interlocução entre os professores envolvidos no trabalho da SIR Os resultados indicam que existe um processo de construção de parcerias entre os professores da SIR e aqueles do ensino comum, cujos alunos são atendidos nesse espaço. Apesar das evidências de que a Rede Municipal de Ensino de Porto Alegre tem oferecido apoios relativos à inclusão, a discussão a esse respeito ainda encontra-se muito centrada no educador especial e no espaço da SIR.

Sir William Thomsom e a instalação do cabo telegráfico submarino entre Pernambuco e o Pará

Neste artigo tratamos da participação de Sir William Thomson na instalação do cabo telegráfico submarino entre Pernambuco e o Pará realizada pela Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company nos meses de agosto e setembro de 1873.

Estudo do método Monte Carlo e sua aplicação no modelo SIR

In this work we present a discussion and the results of the simulation of disease spread using the Monte Carlo method. The dissemination model is the SIR model and presents as main characteristic the disease evolution among individuals of the population subdivided into three groups: susceptible (S), infected (I) and recovered (R). The technique used is based on the introduction of transition probabilities S-> I and I->R to do the spread of the disease, they are governed by a Poisson distribution. The simulation of the spread of disease was based on the randomness introduced, taking into account two basic parameters of the model, the power of infection and average time of the disease. Considering appropriate values of these parameters, the results are presented graphically and analysis of these results gives information on a group of individuals react to the changes of these parameters and what are the chances of a disease becoming a pandemic

Efeitos da ractopamina e da imunocastração de suínos nas características da barriga e na qualidade do bacon

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE

1509 - Johannes Calvin - 2009. Sein Wirken in Kirche und Gesellschaft. Essays zum 500. Geburtstag

Welche bleibenden Impulse haben Johannes Calvin und der Calvinismus Kirche und Gesellschaft bis heute gegeben? Mit dieser Frage beschäftigen sich anlässlich des 500. Geburtstags des Genfer Reformators die Autorinnen und die Autoren der vorliegenden Beiträge anhand ausgewählter theologischer und wirkungsgeschichtlicher Themen. Gleichzeitig bieten sie eine grundlegende und allgemein verständliche Einführung in Calvins Leben und Theologie, in seine kontinuierliche Relevanz für kirchliche, gesellschaftliche und politische Fragen sowie in die Geschichte der Reformation in der Schweiz und weltweit. Sie blenden dabei auch die kritischen Anfragen an Calvin nicht aus. Der im Auftrag des Schweizerischen Evangelischen Kirchenbunds herausgegebene Sammelband ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte, leserfreundliche Einführung, die Fragestellungen anregt, Perspektiven eröffnet und Austausch ermöglicht. Mit Beiträgen von Philip Benedict, James D. Bratt, Emidio Campi, Eva-Maria Faber, Eric Fuchs, Wulfert de Greef, Christopher L. Elwood, Ulrich H. J. Körtner, Christian Link, Christian Moser, Andrew Pettegree, Christoph Strohm, Mario Turchetti