Author+Study

Guy Du Maupassant - "The Necklace"  Richard Connell - "The Most Dangerous Game"  Sebastian Junger - from //The Perfect Storm//  Tim O'Brien - "Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?" O'Henry - "Gift of the Magi" & "Last Leaf" Truman Capote - "A Christmas Memory" Frank McCourt - from //Angela's Ashes// Liam O'Flaherty - "The Sniper" Jack London - "To Build a Fire" & //Call of the Wild// Edgar Allan Poe - "The Cask of Amontillado" F. Scott Fitzgerald - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

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This is a video presentation by Weinlein and Dwyer that investigates Tim O'Brien's perspective of the Vietnam War through his work, The Things They Carried. Submitted for Mr. Mody's American Experience class at Burnt Hills HS. Please keep in mind that despite some of the content, this video (and all those connected to my account) is intended for use by primarily high school students. This means I will not approve comments with vulgarity or with questionable, derogatory, or inflammatory content.

You are free to comment on whether or not you like/agree with the video and/or the novel it is attempting to summarize. Criticism is fair game in my eyes, as long as it is insightful and in good taste. The old song used in this video was "This is War" by Smile Empty Soul, but WMG blocked it so it had to be changed to "Fade Away" by Seether from through YouTube's AudioSwap. It doesn't have anywhere near the same effect.

O'Henry - "Gift of the Magi" & "Last Leaf"

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Liam O'Flaherty - "The Sniper" Frank McCourt - f//rom// __Angela's Ashes__

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Truman Capote - "A Christmas Memory"

Choose an author - and create a movie file, encapsulating the authors contribution to life, literature and the arts. You must have several restated quotes, narrated by you; a well as highlights of the author's best work. Look below at this author presentation on Truman Capote:

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Edgar Allan Poe -"The Cask of Amontillado"

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Agatha Christie - "Wasp's Nest" Shirley Jackson - "A Possibility of Evil" John Steinbeck - __The Pearl__