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Neil Gaiman essay
So, I haven't posted a journal entry in a while... this is another essay I did for english, a biogrsphical/profile essay thingy

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Born in Portchester in 1960, Neil Gaiman is the esteemed author of many novels, comic books, and short stories. Neil Gaiman is a leader in writing modern fantasy. He has won many awards, has published works in a variety of mediums, and his works are for a variety of audiences. In addition to fantasy, he includes some horror in his novels.

Gaiman is listed in the “Dictionary of Literary Biography” as one of the top ten living post-modern writers, and his many and varied awards show that he is a powerful influence. Neil has won awards specific to the fantasy genre. Sandman #19 won the 1991 World Fantasy Award for the best short story. He has also won awards from across the world. His New York Times bestselling novel “American Gods” won many awards including the Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction Writers of America. Mr Gaiman has won some prestigious awards as well. He has won the Mythopoeic Awards, which is given to authors of outstanding works in the fields of myth and fantasy, for two of his works: “Stardust”, along with Charles Vess, in 1999; and “Anansi Boys” in 2006. He has won many awards for works in all kinds of mediums.

Neil Gaiman has not restricted himself to writing only one medium, but is very versatile and has works in many different forms. Neil started out pursuing journalism and writing book reviews. His first professionally published work was a fantasy short story titled “Featherquest.” From there, he expanded into doing comic strips. Neil published his first four comics, “Future Shocks,” for 2000 AD in 1986 and 1987. Furthermore, he has gone into a realm few novelists enter in their careers. Mr Gaiman has written songs for the Minneapolis band The Flash Girls and the band One Ring Zero, as well as Chris Ewen’s “The Hidden Variable.” His wide variety of works suit a wide variety of people.

Neil doesn’t have an audience; he has audiences, and quite a few of them. Some of his works are directed at adults. The original “Stardust,” illustrated by Charles Vess, is called “a fairy story for adults.” He also has an audience of children. His first children’s novel, “The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish,” came out in 1997, and his second, “Coraline,” came out in 2002 and was a huge success. His comic series Sandman also had a narrower audience. “Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals,” said Norman Mailer, another novelist. Neil’s works have affected many people.

In an interview with Time Magazine, he said: “I like to imagine things. You can imagine. It’s the power of concretizing a metaphor. Taking something and making it real and making it happen and seeing where it goes.” Neil Gaiman went far and proved himself a leader in writing fantasy. Through the power of his works in many forms, the awards that he has won, and his many fans, Neil is a hero. Analysis of My Biographical Essay


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Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to tell about Neil Gaiman’s life and to prove that he is a prestigious fantasy writer.

Audience: The audience is various because it doesn’t limit itself to only people who have heard of the person being profiled, or people who have read his works. It does have a limitation on children being able to understand it.

Tone: The tone is respectful and admiring, as well as friendly towards the person being profiled.

Voice: The voice is very weak, no personal artifacts at all except for the last sentence which could be saying that Gaiman is the author’s hero. The voice does not overshadow the purpose of the essay at all.

Response: It does not give a feeling intimacy throughout most of the essay, it is far apart from the reader; the last paragraph gives insight unto the person being profiled

Language: The language is informal throughout most of the essay; use of the person being profiled’s first name shows this.

Structure: The structure is not organized by chronological order, except for the essay opening up with the date and place of Gaiman’s birth. It is rather organized by points.


that thing at the end is an analysis i had to do of it... forgot about that...






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Matsu x
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commentCommented on: Mon Sep 29, 2008 @ 02:54am
You essay was a tad dry, sounded a bit more robotic then it should have.

You should use more words that stand out and powerful adjectives, also you should try to make your opening as interesting and eye catching as possible...

Why am I here again?


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