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Another student commented on Styron’s use of language throughout the novel, focusing upon his use of narration and dialogue, a dialogue that changes in cadence and vocabulary depending on whom Nat addressed. Styron identified Turner’s narrating voice as the most peculiar in the novel, because it is an authoritarian voice, and one of “high literacy.” According to his research, “a slave of that time, wouldn’t have [used such language].” But the most importantly, he said, the novel...
Funding this peculiar business comes from the New Millenium Entertainment Fund, a venture capital start-up with $50 million in the bank...
...this obsessive interest in what Occidentals think? Part of the explanation lies in the peculiar geography of Japan. Like Korea, Japan was always on the periphery of a great empire. The cultural metropole was in China, and Japan was forever trying to catch up with the latest trends and fashions in art, clothes, literature, religion, politics and philosophy. News of these trends arrived from faraway cities, such as Chang'an, Nanjing, Kaifeng or Beijing...
...sense, as Bok, for reasons of space, has neglected to discuss the foreign policy of the United States, or anything about the rest of the world. The only mention of people who are not residents of the United States is brief and for comparative purposes. His scope is somehow peculiar; if his ethic concern with the state of government is to be taken seriously, one can’t help but feel that he must consider the billions of people outside of the United States—the book as it is has the solipsistic tone for which Americans...
...just plain dull. There’s always a tendency to doze off while listening to this album, which is not at all displeasing, but does not make for the most exciting music. But the simple keyboard melodies, looped around the urban beats and guitar riffs, lend a peculiar ambience to the entire album. It’s just a bit boring (or should I say soporific) at times. Perfect to fall asleep to. —Tiffany I. Hsieh...