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The Consequences Of Guilt In The Kite Runner

2 Pages 980 Words
I consider guilt to be an extremely valuable emotion. It helps people maintain connections to friends, family, and more. Experiencing guilt can cause one to have to repair relationships and learn from their mistakes. Every action and choice in life is followed by a consequence. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini the main character Amir discovers the consequences that...

Indian Society in A Passage to India through Occidental Lens

6 Pages 2794 Words
Rudyard Kipling in his poem The White Man’s Burden(1899) says, “Take up the White Man’s burden-- Send forth the best ye breed— “Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild— Your new-caught, sullen people, Half-devil and half-child” (1-6). Kipling, here hails imperialism by proposing the idea of...

Integrity in the Crucible

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The two characters, John Proctor and Giles Corey in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, both illuminate the theme that “it is nobler to die with integrity than to live without self-respect.” They both proved that they were willing to die for what they believed in and be truthful, rather than live with a lie. John Proctor repeatedly displayed his acts...

Human Interaction And Technology In Alone Together By Sherry Turkle

3 Pages 1233 Words
So long are the days of human interaction. We as a society are now instead, submerged into the forever growing world that is technology. While technology has many positives and has improved the way of life for many people around the world, there are also many negatives that I find to be more hurtful to society that many seem to...

The Role Of Wives In Revolt Of Mother And The Yellow Wallpaper

4 Pages 1617 Words
“Revolt of Mother” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”, are two stories that uniquely portray the undesirable circumstances of gender inequality during the Victorian Era of 1837. During that time, women were treated as housemaids, were only allowed to do specific job duties, and were given limitations toward the activities that they could participate in. Authors, Mary E.W. Freeman and Charlotte P....

Misogyny in Victorian Age in Dracula

4 Pages 2059 Words
The word misogyny means a strong dislike of women by men. This word describes the common phenomena of sexism in the Victorian society, and even, today. The book Dracula written by Bram Stoker in 1897 is a gothic horror novel. It introduces the character Count Dracula and describe the story happened relate to him. The story began with Jonathan Harker...

To What Extent Does A Passage To India Succeed In Critiquing Empire?

3 Pages 1209 Words
Colonialism has often been regarded as the struggle, policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it and exploiting it economically. E.M Forster’s novel A Passage to India reveals the true picture of colonialism in the subcontinent. The discussion of the representation of the colonial rule has been carried out since ages. This novel...

Preservation Of Reputation In The Play The Crucible

2 Pages 976 Words
People worry about their reputation all time. People worry that their reputation is in jeopardy. There were so many people that were worrying about their reputation not the act “The Crucible”. There are many examples of this. There was John Proctor when he was accused of being a witch. Then there is Reverend Parris who was so worried about what...

Message And Moral Of The Story The Monkey's Paw

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It is a common mindset that when wishes are made with good and not selfish intentions, they are likely to come true and impact positively on our lives. The monkey’s paw is a short story which was written by Jacobs in 1902, the story involves a family set-up. The author w.w. Jacobs begins the story by setting the scene and...

Lord Of The Flies: Clear Evil In An Unconstrained Society

3 Pages 1329 Words
“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil. (Paulo Coelho)”. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding institutes an unambiguous theme that presents the innate evil in every human being; that of which...

The Values Of The Book Confessions Of Saint Augustine

2 Pages 787 Words
In the Confessions of Saint Augustine Book VIII begins with an immediate praise and worship to God thanking him for allowing Augustine to be converted. Throughout the book we see a major shift of Augustine’s faith, where all doubt of God’s work has been completely stripped and Augustine is fully ready to be devoted to the Lord. In his confession,...
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Social Aspirations in The Great Gatsby and Revolutionary Road

6 Pages 2849 Words
Critic Kurt Vonnegut pronounced that Richard Yates’ ‘Revolutionary Road’ was the Great Gatsby of his time. As genre-defining American novels there are definite similarities as authors present post-war societies, with characters coming to terms with newfound lives outside of warfare. As Fitzgerald and Yates’ characters struggle with fresh existences, often they cannot project into the future, portraying a single aspiration...

Sense Of Suspense And Fear In The Picture Of Dorian Gray And Dracula

2 Pages 837 Words
Following its publication in ‘Lippincott’s Magazine’ in 1890, Oscar Wilde’s novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, was widely criticised for its focus on the sensual and passion driven behaviours of its main character. Wilde’s novel is classed as a gothic novel as it features common devices of the genre. We can also draw similarities and differences between ‘The Picture of...

Theme Of Hope In The Novel Of Mice And Men

2 Pages 847 Words
Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression in America which has an effect on the characters lifestyle and dreams. Steinbeck portrays the hopes of many people during these times through different characters: for example, the typical American dream which is shown through the two main characters, George and Lennie. Steinbeck also shows the troubles being...

Main Themes And Ideas In The Novel Into The Wild

2 Pages 738 Words
Venturing off into nature can help find a sense of true meaning of who someone is and belonging in life. However, it is the environment nature that unfortunately takes his life. Towards the end of his life, McCandless Discovers what he never realized before. He realizes his purpose and need of other people. After the death of Chris McCandless in...

Why is Proctor's Name So Important

2 Pages 1002 Words
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What do you get when you put two men in a room together who value their pride more than anything in the world , the answer to that is absolute chaos. Every situation has an alpha male just like wolf packs. In the play, “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller shows how John Proctor and Reverend Parris are similar yet different through...

Father-Daughter Relationships in To Kill a Mockingbird and Merchant of Venice

2 Pages 810 Words
“Fathers, you are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link.” (Marinoff). This quote signifies that a father must be present for his family. If a father is absent, he becomes the least dependable member. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “The Merchant Of...

The Nature Of Sin, Guilt, And Blame in Scarlet Letter

3 Pages 1318 Words
In the story The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne has a plethora of thematic subjects, but the one that sticks out the most is the nature of sin, guilt, and blame. From start to finish the idea of sinning, and an inner guilt is prevalent in the entire story. Every character has something that they are holding in or have...

Beowulf: Is Grendel Evil?

4 Pages 1764 Words
From the poem Beowulf, we first hear of the character Grendel and how Beowulf defeated him. The writer, John Gardener inspired by the poem, Beowulf, he created a novel that showed Grendel’s past and what made him the creature he was in that poem. Pretty much like making a prequel to a movie. And in that novel, Grendel by John...

The Refugee Struggle In The Novel Inside Out And Back Again

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Refugees around the world face a myriad of problems. These problems are quite severe considering the fact that they are fleeing their homes. If everything was ok in your home-country/town, you wouldn’t be fleeing, you’d be staying. However people around the world aren’t as fortunate as others and they do live in a more rough environment than others. Some reasons...

The Unfamiliar Terrain: Choices Beyond Comfort

2 Pages 787 Words
Introduction Robert Frost’s poem "The Road Not Taken" is frequently interpreted as a celebration of nonconformity and the courage to step away from one’s comfort zone. This essay examines the conceptual death of the comfort zone within the context of Frost’s work, exploring the implications of taking the road less traveled. The poem encapsulates a critical moment of decision-making, where...

Pearl As The Symbol Of Sin In The Scarlet Letter

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In lots of novels, some characters’ functions in the story are being symbols. For instance, piggy in Lords of Flies and Gatsby in The Great Gatsby. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester’s daughter—Pearl not just play a simple child character in the story, she is also a constant reminder of the scarlet letter and Hester’s sin because Pearl’s dressing is similar...

Theme Of Ambition In Frankenstein

2 Pages 1107 Words
The Bible states that God created the perfect angel Lucifer with the intent that Lucifer would remain perfect, so how come he was cast out of Heaven? When Lucifer realized his position in Heaven over the other angels, having beauty, intelligence, and power, he began to desire God’s glory. This pride caused him to strive for ambitions that God would...

The Novel Of Mice And Men: George And Migrant Workers

2 Pages 1003 Words
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.”(Steinbeck 13) This quote by Steinback through the character George symbolizes many of the people’s lack of aspirations for a comfortable and happy life during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck portrays his character George to exemplify the difficulties that a 1930’s migrant worker had to face. Of...

Adam And Eve In Paradise Lost

4 Pages 1776 Words
In John Milton’s 17th century epic poem Paradise Lost, Milton aims to explain the fall of man while incorporating many themes that influenced English society then, and that still pertain to culture today. Paradise Lost is considered Milton’s greatest work as the themes that are presented are both an accurate reflection of the environment during the time it was written,...

Into The Wild: Book And Movie Comparison

3 Pages 1393 Words
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Most people expect to see the best parts of a what they read when they go to see a movie that is based upon a book, but most of the time “The book is better than the movie” and this is precisely what happened with Into the Wild. The movie’s theme correlates with the book but the way it is...

Fear in Lord of the Flies

3 Pages 1246 Words
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Introduction “The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” (90) A human's fears should not be taken lightly. Fear could do anything to a person’s mind, even without fear a man can become as savage as an animal. Fear can haunt a person to a point of self-destruction and can be inside of everyone. Even...

The Impact Of Pills And Social Media On Today's Society

2 Pages 915 Words
The dystopian novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is receiving a lot of attention these days because of the similarities between the society depicted in the book and society today. Huxley presents a society controlled with a drug that induces an artificial state of happiness and that is easily controlled because it has been brainwashed into triviality. In an...

Alienation And Loneliness In Fahrenheit 451

3 Pages 1264 Words
How does alienation and loneliness affect our society? The way alienation and loneliness affect our society is by having people develop antisocial norms. Many characters in the novel Fahrenheit 451 suffer from being lonely because alienation plays a big part in the novel. Ray Bradbury, a 20th-century novelist, short story writer, and screenplay writer, in Fahrenheit 451 uses alienation and...

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