Biography Essay"Teen-agers' Laureate," the title conferred upon Robert Cormier by Tony Schwartz in Newsweek (16 July 1979), is fittingly bestowed upon this widely read and critically acclaimed author ...
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"Terrorism, suicide, child murder, betrayal, personality destruction, and governmental and religious corruption." They might seem more like topics for television movies-of-the-week than themes for you...
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Robert Cormier began his life in the French-Canadian section of Leominster, Massachusetts on January 17, 1925. "We lived in a three-story tenement. I remember my mother and father heating up the water...
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While Robert Cormier began his career writing fiction for adults, The Chocolate War (1974) established his reputation as an author of young adult literature. He says that he writes novels with young p...
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[This entry was updated by Sylvia Patterson Iskander (University of Southwestern Louisiana) from her entry in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 34-51.]"Teen-agers' L...
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"We All Fall Down" is a thoughtful and thought provoking novel, dealing with harsh realities in contemporary society - such as violence, abuse of alcohol, growing up, and moving on which are explored ...
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We All Fall Down and the Theme of You Cannot Hide
The book We All Fall Down is based on how people hide behind something they aren't and sooner or later get caught doing. At first Buddy is hiding f...
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The Importance of Realism in the Novel We All Fall Down
