When man faces against nature, he does not win. In “To Build a Fire” Jack London explores this theme. The unnamed protagonist overestimates his own abilities while lacking to understand how unforgiving mother nature is. He ventures out when it's below fifty degrees does every possible thing he can think of to try to survive—while simultaneously not thinking things through,...
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Beowulf shows many examples of generosity, hospitality, envy, revenge, and loyalty. Although a righteous leader, Beowulf is riddled with flaws and stuck in his ways. The loyalty Beowulf shows throughout the poem is unmatched by any other. Loyalty is a great part of Beowulf because it proves that he can be a great leader. Beowulf expresses his virtue through being...
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The Realism period (late 1800s-early 1900s) was a shift in expression which turned to focus on the everyday, middle class life. Rejecting the trend of the Romantic period, Realism modernized the everyday classing between wealth, power, social class, and more. The Industrial Revolution was directly involved in the social and economic changes, distinguishing the working class from the wealthy. This...
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Good novels are a window into society and take readers to interesting places, but great novels take readers where they need to go. Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, written in 1890 takes audience on a journey to Victorian England and explores the hidden sides of humanity through romanticism and further enhances the views through the gothic aesthetic....
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INTRODUCTION TO AUTHOR Leo Tolstoy is a critically acclaimed Russian novelist who dared to go against the contemporary orthodox ideas of his time in his quest for truth. He was a realist who didn’t believe in conventional norms of romanticization of literature which was prevalent in his time. He believed that painting a rosy picture of society does nothing but...
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The novel Looking for Alaska, a book written by John Green is a story which is told in first person narrative form the form of the main character Miles Halter. Looking for Alaska takes place in a boarding school named Culver Creek Preparatory. John Green uses a variety of techniques such as symbolism, metaphors and dialogues in order to explore...
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First-Person Narration After carefully studying both characters I believe that first-person narration is essential for Coming of Age novels. It creates a relationship between the reader and the protagonist like no other. By using first-person narration, readers get a wide ranged insight into these two characters’ traits and connect with these characters on an emotional level, by accessing their thoughts...
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Literature is a voyage of discovery that illuminates the reality of our human condition. One such voyage is Markus Zusak’s (2005) novel, The Book Thief, which takes us on a journey to the many complex aspects of our unpredictable human nature; our inclinations towards violence, generosity and love. This coming of age novel, set during one of the darkest times...
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Growing up children are told stories by their parents, grandparents, teachers, friends, caretakers, and what is the most important is what is learned from the story. Whether it’s a moral lesson, information about the narrator, or cultural traditions, children learn from these stories they’re told from young ages. In The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine...
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Life is not only about success and failures; it is also about the adaptation of positivity and perseverance in traumatic conditions. Human nature is prone to success, failures, depressions, and traumas coming to and fro in life; the way we overcome the traumas and troubles in life with hope and determination is what really matters. It is called as “Resilience”....
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Roy has investigated the inconveniences of divorced and widows in The God of Small Things. The destiny of divorced women also is brought to the fore in The God of Small Things. Comrade Pillai's way to express the word as 'Di- divorced, presents mortality to Rahel. Divorced Margaret is close to a prostitute in Mammachi's eyes. Baby Kochamma's frame of...
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The term Third World is to some degree obsolete, initially meaning nations that did not have a place with the 'First World' (the Western, capitalist nations) or the 'Second World' (the Soviet Union with socialist allies). As emphasized by Robert Young, the term Third World was considered as a positive, empowering name for an alternate point of view on “political,...
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Whilst Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 condemns the US Air Force’s tyrannical ruling by exposing the superiors’ absurd justification of their actions and the resulting proliferation of cynicism among soldiers, Julian Morrow’s The Checkout elevates the oppressed consumers in the context of modern society, and promotes direct rebellion against the oppressive companies and corporations. Nonetheless, both works are testaments to the...
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Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby and the Scrivener,” has provided readers and critics with enough material to speculate upon Bartleby’s condition and the message the writer intends to send through the peculiar character. Bartleby’s unique character was so mysterious that it forced readers to look into the motives of the other major character, the narrator. Besides considering the personality and...
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John Green is the author of Looking For Alaska. First friend, first girl, last words , is the words on the front of the book. These words says a lot about the whole book and the content. Because everything is about a girl who´s named Alaska. She's the main character. This book is not a cliche teenager relationship book, is...
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The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first novel. Conceived in Kabul, Hosseini draws intensely without anyone else encounters to make the setting for the novel; the characters, be that as it may, are anecdotal. Hosseini's plot demonstrates authentic authenticity, as the novel incorporates dates—for sequential exactness, including the season of the changing systems of Afghanistan. Amir's glad youth days fall...
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According to recent sibling abuse statistics in a large survey, about 53 percent of children report abuse between them and their siblings at some point (“Sibling Abuse Statistics” 1).In the year 1916, the year that James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis” takes place, we can assume that that percentage was higher because back then, morals and viewpoints were different. In the...
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The story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl is an extremely gruesome story of Mary Maloney, who kills her own husband by hitting him with a solidified leg of lamb and after that concealing her wrongdoing and discarding the proof by cooking the lamb and feeding it to the policeman who come to examine the murder. The opening scene...
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Realism was a vast literary movement characteristic of mid-nineteenth century, as an antiromantic reaction which emphasizes the relationship between art and reality. The indispensable tool of the artist's art is careful observation of reality and it is true and objective reflection in written work. “Désirée’s baby” by Kate Chopin is a story with many characteristics of realism work. The story...
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In scary stories, transformation plays a big role in trying to scare the reader and change their emotions by making the story go from normal to unusual. Usually the writer will have different techniques of doing this, transformation is one of them. Without transformation in a story, the story would not be as scary and the reader will lose interest...
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a realistic fiction novel that provides a perspective on the two contrasting worlds of Starr Carter’s life: the poor, black neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep schools that she attends. She believes that she has these two worlds perfectly balanced, but that is proven false after Starr becomes the...
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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd brings readers to the hot South Carolina summer of 1964, just after the Civil Rights Act had been signed. The novel follows a girl named Lily Owens who has a dead mother and a father who blames her for it. When Lily finds enough confidence to abandon her abusive father, she...
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“Where Are You Going, Where Are You Been” follows the story of a self-absorbed teen named Connie who meets a smooth charmer named Arnold. However, curiosity killed the cat as his personality and behavior got the best of Connie as she runs off with him. The author, Joyce Carol Oates has used the classic Bluebeard tale with this story set...
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The article “Troublemakers” by Malcolm Gladwell describes the story of a young child getting attacked by a dog followed by 2 more dogs in Ontario, Canada, which ultimately causes the the Ontario legislature to ban the ownership of pit bulls and “pit bull-type” dogs. The child was walking behind his parents on their way home when the dogs jumped the...
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Macbeth, a play written by William Shakespeare follows the journey to kingship by Macbeth, a scottish nobleman and knight turned Thane of Cowdor. Macbeth himself is loyal and a great companion however, his foreshadowed downfall and impending doom is influenced by the corruption of power, the relationship between cruelty and masculinity as well the heavy impact of an overall violent...
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Throughout Harper Lee’s Novel To Kill a Mockingbird there is extensive symbolism throughout. Some subtle and others obvious. The most preeminent symbol is undoubtably the mockingbird itself. A symbol of courage, innocence and adulthood. These are illustrated throughout the characters Atticus Finch, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Atticus Finch demonstrates courage when he chooses to defend Tom Robinson in a...
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Hermann Karl Hesse was born in 1877, even when he was a little boy, he had an amazing mind, as his Mother Marie puts it in a letter to her husband… “The little fellow has a life in him, an unbelievable strength, a powerful will, and, for his four years of age, a truly astonishing mind. How can he express...
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In most stories and poems, they tend to include irony. Irony plays a big role in stories, giving readers a gasp or a surprise for not expecting what is to come. Although there are many stories with irony in them, Kate Chopin’s “The storm” and “Desiree’s Baby” include a significant amount of irony. For example in the short story “...
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Introduction Kate Chopin’s short story, "The Story of an Hour," is a masterful exploration of the complex dynamics of marriage and personal freedom through the ironic twists of fate. Written in the late 19th century, a time when women’s roles were largely confined to the domestic sphere, the narrative presents a poignant commentary on the institution of marriage. The story...
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Class and gender expectations in the Victorian and Regency periods were based around a fixed social structure. This is the world depicted within Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, written in 1813. Gender expectations controlled and restricted the lives of the people abiding by them, most notably the women of the Regency period, who lived in the shadow of men...
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