J. Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot's speaker in this poem, looks out on the world from deep inside his private feelings. Its now-famous opening lines, comparing the evening sky to "a patient etherised upon a table," were considered shocking and offensive.
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Animal Farm is George Orwell’s satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution, particularly directed against Josef Stalin's policies. Led by the pigs, the animals on Mr. Jones' farm revolt against their human masters.
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The Chimney Sweeper was penned by William Blake (1757-1827), and included in Songs of Innocence (1789): a poetry collection written from the child’s point of view, of innocent wonderment and spontaneity.
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"I heard a light sigh and then my heart stood still, stopped dead short by an exulting and terrible cry, by the cry of inconceivable triumph and of unspeakable pain."
Hear of Darkness-Chapter 3, part 3
"When I woke I looked around. There was sunlight coming in through the shutters. I saw the big armoire, the bare walls, and two chairs. My legs in the dirty bandages, stuck straight out in the bed. I was careful not to move them. I was thirsty and I reached for the bell and pushed the button. I heard the door open and looked and it was a nurse. She looked young and pretty."
- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Chapter 13