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This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff | |
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About 168 pages (50,398 words) in 13 products |
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| Name: |
Tobias Wolff | | Birth Date: |
June 19, 1945 | | Place of Birth: |
Birmingham, Alabama | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer |
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 Biography of Tobias (Jonathan Ansell) Wolff
6056 words, approx. 20.2 pages
 Tobias Wolff provided a definition of the guiding principles behind his own stories in explaining his choices of the works of others for Matters of Life and Death (1983), the anthology of contemporary short fiction he edited: "They [these writers] speak... summary from source:
 Biography of Tobias Wolff
3141 words, approx. 10.5 pages
"I was a liar myself when I was a kid. I'm still a liar, really, and I don't mean just in terms of telling stories and being a story writer. I wouldn't ever want to be held to a literal version of the facts when I tell people a story," Tobias Wolff told...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 This Boy's Life Information
791 words, approx. 3 pages
 For the 1993 film based on the novel, see This Boy's Life (film) . This Boy's Life Author Tobias Wolff Country United States Language English Genre(s) Autobiographical novel Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Publication date 26 January...
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 AP News Veteran novelist delves into Civil War
4/8/2007: 1,018 words, approx. 3 pagesRobert Olmstead always considered his war the Revolutionary War, when he was growing up on a farm in New England.It was not until he was teaching at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania did the novelist first visit Gettysburg, where he was transfixed by another great American... summary from source:
The New York Observer Where Is De Niro?
1/9/2005: 2,097 words, approx. 7 pagesThe worst role any performer can be saddled with is that of Greatest Actor of his Generation. It may look easy to play from the outside-it is, after all, the role of a lifetime-but in reality it requires that a strict set of rules be...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Daniel D. Challener
10,183 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Challener explores how This Boy's Life chronicles a young man's quest to fulfill the American ideal of masculinity and notes that, despite cultural pressures and personal setbacks, the memoir's protagonist proves remarkably resilient.
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Interview by Tobias Wolff and Elizabeth Glass
2,756 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following interview, Wolff discusses This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army, explaining his opinions on the differences between literary memoir and autobiography.
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Critical Review by John Rechy
1,738 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review, Rechy offers a positive assessment of This Boy's Life, analyzing its perspective on the nature of truth and memory.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 88%This Boy's Life, a Review of Toby
1,265 words, approx. 4 pages
Analyzes the character Toby from Tobias Wolff's book "This Boy's Life." This essay seeks to answer the questions, is Toby growing "too fast too soon"? And to what extent is he a "hurried child"? This essay analyzes both information taken directly from the book as well as the research and analysis of psychologists such as Dr. David Elkind. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 86%Kids and Being Cool
728 words, approx. 2 pages
About kids and the need to be cool based on the book "This Boy's Life."
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