Before the guided discussion, my interpretation of the literary meaning of the novel was very unclear. I could grasp that the reoccurring symbol of heat had a significant meaning, but I was unable to decipher what the meaning was. Furthermore, I also did not understand the cultural significance of many key elements in the novel, such as the funeral, Salamano’s...
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Is Forgiveness the key to a happy and fulfilling life? This essay will help you understand if forgiving yourself helps you on living your best life through The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. The Secret Life of Bees is set during The Civil Rights Movement. The main character, Lily Owens struggles throughout the book on forgiving herself...
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The armed conflicts of the world can affect a child’s life by causing a loss of innocence within the child. A Long Way Gone tells us the story of a child solider residing in Sierra Leone, who loses his innocence due to the civil war in Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah shares how the wrongdoings of the world can affect a...
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In recent history, United States has formed distressed communities which can be traced back to the beginning of the civil rights movement. African American are usually excluded from economic progress and are given less opportunities due to “pervasive segregation, discrimination and the resulting problem of perception” (Ajilore, 2019). In larger measure, any response to a situation or event where a...
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Professor Joseph Campbell states “a hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” The “monomyth” created by Campbell is a common pattern that is found in great mythical heroes. Maya Angelou is an example how everyday people can follow Professor Campbell’s monomyth . Throughout Angelou’s autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,...
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People have come a long way to turn our society purely reliant on technology. When the ideas of Romanticism spread across America in the 18th century, people began to reject industrial and technological progress, and instead praise nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson, a renown Romantic philosopher, heavily glorified nature in his works. He states, “If the stars should appear one night...
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Alice in Wonderland is a fantasy film directed by Tim Burton. It begins with a young girl Alice who falls down a rabbit it hole to find herself in a nonsensical world filled with peculiar creatures called ‘Underland’. In order to save Underland from the tyrannical Red queen she must internalise whether to remain a free spirit or to conform...
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Introduction Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist," published in 1837, serves as a poignant exploration of the grim realities faced by orphan children in Victorian England. As a reflection of the societal ills of the time, Dickens's narrative not only presents the dire conditions within workhouses but also critiques the systemic neglect and exploitation of vulnerable populations. In an era characterized by...
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Bartleby is quite a peculiar character because he doesn't do any of the tasks he is asked to do. Bartleby is a character who refuses the power of authority. Instead of following the rules, he decides to go along with his own. Whenever his boss, a lawyer asks him to do everyday work Bartleby's response is always “I would prefer...
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Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth and The Telltale Heart, a madman’s confession by Edgar Allen Poe demonstrate the debilitating effects of guilt plagued upon Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the narrator, induced by a series of murders to resolve their own tensions. Both texts manage to portray guilt as an encroaching hallucination, though what defines Shakespeare’s play from Edgar Allen Poe’s short story...
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Early impressions Setting The film is set in the 1990’s in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The setting is established through Charlie reading aloud his letters. The setting of the film is integral to the storyline as it helps to establish one of the films major conflicts. During the 1990’s homosexuality was not as accepted by society as it is today. This is...
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In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” tradition is followed without question, however, the people of the town may not fully realize just how sickening their actions truly are. This work of literature demonstrates how society can blindly follow tradition, thus, blaming the innocent, and further causing a hindrance to their own development. At the beginning of the short story, we are...
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Since the year of 1813, Pride and Prejudice has been a very important literary piece. It highlights the ideals of marriage and human nature of the time, though Jane Austen made such an impact, people can still connect it to their culture and time. The original title of this piece was “First Impressions” but was later changed to Pride and...
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Throughout time, many people all over the world develop different principles and ideologies that bring joy and happiness through their lives. These principles can come from a variety of subjects and are unique to the individual. Specifically, in the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, the main character, Christopher McCandless had many radical ideas that brought him happiness. During...
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Abstract Holocaust literature is primarily the literature of trauma. Witness accounts have brought to light the brutal torture the Jews were subjected to in Nazi Germany. In his work Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud argues that “it is not only the memory of trauma but also the trauma of memory that is important in releasing the psychical trauma”. What happens...
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Abstract This paper is an attempt about expounding the illness of Mr. Das family in THE INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri. The main illness involved in this paper is language and communication, contrasting region and cultural identity and memory and past etc. They left their plantation in some other country and so they are unable to accept the circumstances....
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Jim Burden a very successful lawyer from New York City that tells a friend a story of his youth when he lives in Nebraska. He shared his memories of his good friend Antonia . This Chronicle makes up most of this novel. At the age of ten years old, Jim reaches Nebraska. He is on a train headed out west...
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Introduction: The Concept of Individualism in Dystopian Worlds Individualism is defined as “a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control” (Google). There are two major forms of individualism that are prevalent throughout writings. The first form is individual vs. society, and it occurs when the individual must change his or her ideals in order...
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Matthew 5:7 says, “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” In the short story, “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” the author, Gabriel Marquez, makes an effort to show the reader many different lessons that could be learned in life. The attribute of mercy stands out as one of the themes that the author intended to teach...
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas focuses on the racism that black communities face in modern America. Throughout the novel, Thomas highlights the impact of the media, particularly how it influences society, elevates racism and creates bonds between characters. In The Hate U Give the media strongly influences society and encourages racism. One of the forms of media used...
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Literature can reflect society. Literature also points out what is wrong with the society. In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens exposes the dark side of Victorian era's industrial age by making his novel a tragedy. Through the character, and structure, Great Expectations can be defined as a modern tragedy and with its tragedy characteristics, the novel reflects the Victorian society's suffering....
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In the book, “The Other Wes Moore”, the author elaborates how two men that are born into a similar position - broken and underrepresented backgrounds, share similar discriminations, exposure to violence, and have identical names. The difference among the men is how widely different their lives turn out to be by unraveling the decisions that each took by highlighting both...
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Poetry is one of the most powerful forms of writing because it takes the English language, a language we believe we know, and transforms it. Suddenly the words do not sound the same or mean the same. The pattern of the sentences sounds new and melodious. It is truly another language exclusively for the writer and the reader. No poem...
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Throughout Poe's life, many challenges have been thrown at him, causing him to fall into a deep depression. He was born in 1809, and his mother sadly passed away 2 years later in 1811. Poe was adopted by the Allen family after her death, but his siblings stayed with different families. While he lived with the Allens, he went to...
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“All right, it’s simply worry, I don’t ought to let it management Pine Tree State. I see it for what it's.” Same for loneliness: you forsaking, let the tears flow, feel it completely—but eventually be able to say, “All right, that was my moment with loneliness. I’m not petrified of feeling lonely, however currently I’m getting to place that loneliness...
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Stories are built on trust. But who or what we put our trust in is relative. Pardoner’s Tale is a story about a corrupt pardoner telling his interesting story. The Pardoner makes sure that the audience knows that he is a liar, driven by avarice above all else and that his intentions are foul. I will argue in this paper...
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Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird has many unique characters none more unique than Boo Radley. Boo Radley is misunderstood by most of the town because they think that Boo is this scary, horrible, beast that will hurt them if they get too close. He is timid, integrities and, a considerate man who is always being mistreated for his...
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Introduction This paper will examine how the two literary works The Stranger by Albert Camus and Hadji Murat by Leo Tolstoy challenge or reinforce misconceptions of the East or the so-called “Third World”, using Edward Said’s Orientalism and Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth as a backdrop to interpret and analyze the two literary texts. While we (readers) are prone...
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Anna Karenina is one of Leo Tolstoy's most famous novels, it begins with a phrase that became an aphorism: 'All happy families resemble one another each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'. This is a book that vividly depicts the eternal values of love, family, faith, and human dignity. In the book, Anna Karenina is the main character,...
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Kurt Vonnegut's short story, Harrison Bergeron, features the dangers of government control combined with individuals' obliviousness. Vonnegut proceeds to foresee the aftereffects of such a move. The most striking topic is that of absence of opportunity in American culture. Vonnegut likewise explains how loss of social equality is getting with Americans. What is the consequence of all these? There is...
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