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		4ndr3vv 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The dawn of the post-literate society – and the en... > Why choose this type of subject matter to draw conclusions from? Because they were English Lit students, and the paper was to see how modern students interpret and understand literary modes such as simile, metaphor and their underlying meaning.

card_zero 19 days ago [–]

Meanwhile, Dickens went to school for only about four years, with a break in the middle to work in the boot blacking factory.

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