The plot of the novel revolves around a twentieth-century English family pertaining to the working class, made up of a drunkard miner-father, Walter Morel, his wife, Gertrude Morel, and their children, Paul, William, Annie, and Arthur. It was the first novel to inspect in such detail the intimacy of a family and the processes that lead to its ruination. At...
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Choose one of Dickens’ journalistic essays and relate it to any one of his novels. Dickens’ 1863 journalistic essay ‘Some Recollections of Mortality’ (hereafter: ‘Mortality’) explores the human fascination with death, and the wretched conditions in which it often occurs. By comparing his essay to passages concerning death in Oliver Twist (1837–1839), interesting observations can be made particularly about the...
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Similarly to the society we live in, characters in a literary text belong to different social status, and their social status contributes to the development of characterization. For example, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein written in 1817 and John Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem written in 1667 involves characters that are in a high social status, an outcast of the...
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Many authors in English literature use the novel’s setting as an important characteristic to the story. Setting means the time and place in which a story takes place. Two famous literary works mentioned in this course stand out when comparing their use of the setting. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen take place in various close small towns and cities...
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In combining realistic and imaginative elements to tell a moving and dreamlike story, The Scarlet Letter is an example of the romance genre. In fact, the novel`s original title was The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. While today we think of romances as love stories, and The Scarlet Letter does contain love scenes between its two protagonists, the term romance as...
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Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the 'travelers' tales' literary subgenre. It is Swift's first-rate recounted full-length work, and a classic...
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Introduction S. E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders" represents a seminal work in adolescent literature, capturing the complexities of teenage life through a lens that is both relatable and poignant. Written in 1967 when Hinton was just a teenager herself, the novel provides an authentic voice to the struggles faced by young adults amidst socio-economic divides. The story follows the Greasers...
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“There are two things you should never waste your time on Things that don’t matter and people that think you don’t matter” this is a quote of Ziad K. Abdelnour and we can see an example of this when reading, ”The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” is one of the greatest books in Russian literature, it is about the death of...
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“Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else’ he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending” (Yogananda, 2014). For millennia, religious and non-religious thinkers alike have sought to answer the ultimate questions of life, such as ‘what happens in the afterlife?’, ‘why does suffering exist in the world?’, and ‘what is the meaning and purpose of...
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An important role of literature is to define 'the other' within the social structure despite or because of their quirks and peculiarities. This allows for change, often declaring it to be brilliant. It recognizes the mark of courage: The character is who he or she chooses to be, often fighting for freedom, perception, and thoughts. Fiction allows one to think...
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has a wide assortment of topics and messages. She presents subjects like depression, and partiality and shows a great deal of character improvement. In this paper I will take a gander at the topic of appearance versus reality all through the novel, additionally the minor characters, for example, Boo Radley, are the clearest case...
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How do Defoe and Conrad explore the consequences of British Colonialism in Robinson Crusoe and Heart of Darkness? Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale, once wrote that Joseph Conrad had a “unique propensity for ambiguity”. Examining Heart of Darkness, it’s not difficult to understand why he might think so. Upon first glance, both main texts discussed in this...
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Bakhtin's discussion of the chronotope is indeed useful in analysing any piece of literature. Every piece of literature has a setting in both place and time. The author could have written in a time and place separate to the time and place of the novel but what Bakhtin is concerned about is the time and place of the novel in...
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Introduction Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle, published in 1906, is a poignant exploration of the harsh realities faced by immigrant workers in the Chicago meatpacking industry. Through its vivid portrayal of deplorable working conditions, the novel catalyzed reforms in labor laws and food safety regulations in the United States. Sinclair's work exposes the exploitation, unsanitary environments, and the relentless pursuit...
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The scope of the study is concerned about the Representation of Women in the Color Purle and Native Son in the African American Literature. The study is limited to the representation of African American women in Native son and the colour purple. The time that the researcher has to conduct this research is so limited. Therefore, the study will be...
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This study is about representation of women in the African American Literature as written in Native son and The Colour purple. African-American literature has undergone a revolutionary change from Phillies Wheatley, the first African-American poet to publish her works, to Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Walter Mosley, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, and Paule Marshall, the contemporary top Black writers. Phillies Wheatley,...
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Words are one of the most powerful ways people communicate with each other, and they have a powerful impact on how everyone interprets things. They have an impact on how someone feels, and how they make other people feel as well. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the impact of words and language is felt throughout the novel. From...
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In the Victorian age women are fully helpless. They depend on men for their social security, sex and marriage. That's why marriage is the most significant point in a woman's life at this age. And women were dominated by their sexuality and were expected to fall silently into the social mold that was crafted by men. Though women were regarded...
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In the Bhagvad-Gita, the author implies that enlightenment is gained through teachings whereas in the Siddhartha it is implied through one's own experiences. Siddhartha spends most of his life doing things that most everyone tends to do, living by the ways and rules of society. He abides by all the foundations, makes a way to perform the rituals and does...
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Zusak’s novel ‘The Book Thief’, based on real events, represents the Holocaust by having details that accurately depict the events of that time, the emotions that were forced upon people and reasons for the decisions they made. Having an accurate novel gives the feeling of a genuine representation that feels true to events that occurred. The authenticity and emotion of...
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Introduction Gustave Flaubert's seminal work, Madame Bovary, published in 1856, offers a complex exploration of 19th-century gender roles and the constraints imposed on women in a patriarchal society. Through the character of Emma Bovary, Flaubert provides a critical lens on the limitations faced by women and their struggle for agency, autonomy, and self-fulfillment. While the novel is often classified as...
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The ambiguous representation of female characters in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake is unusual for Atwood’s often acclaimed portrayal of authentic female relationships as the story features a male protagonist, the first whom Atwood has written which makes the novel provide only unreliable information on the female characters portrayed in the novel. Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake is the...
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Fyodor Dostoevsky is considered not only one of the most influential writers in Russian history but one of the most respected authors in all of contemporary literature. His most successful novel, Crime and Punishment, is heralded as a masterpiece and its literary influence is still felt to this day. Dostoevsky himself became very religious following his release from jail, and...
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In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, religion dominates society as the main element of life and work but nature can be seen attacking religion in many ways. Religion in the novel is a prominent factor in the feelings of society towards Hester. Nature, on the other hand, sympathizes with the main character and such, giving hope and God’s light. These...
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In the course of the interactive oral presentation, many aspects of the stranger by Albert Camus were discussed and explained by my mates. I learned a lot about the characters both the minor and the major ones. More importantly, I got a clearer view of Raymond’s character throughout the play and the role he plays in Meursault’s downfall. So in...
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I am currently studying Bachelor's degree program at Shanghai Second Polytechnic University in China. I have decided to apply for this think-tank platform because I am sure it would strongly enrich my future studies and help me in my prospective career. A few weeks ago, I read a book named 'Who moved my cheese?'. That book illustrates how people encounter...
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We as humans are creatures of the culture that we create; as a 19-year-old girl living in the stereotypical 'I’m lost in life and nobody can understand me' point of my life, I’ve become fairly acquainted with the side effects of today’s complex culture. Whether it be books or movies, it is very common to see portrayals of different people...
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Introduction In the realm of literature that explores the dynamics of change and adaptability, Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese?" stands as a seminal work. This allegorical tale delves into the core of human psychology and organizational behavior, examining how individuals and groups respond to change. The narrative revolves around four characters—two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little people,...
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The book The Outsiders is a 218 pages book written by S.E. Hinton when she was 15 to 17-year-old. It was published by Viking Press and Dell Publishing in 1967 when she was 18. The story takes place in 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When S. E. Hinton grew up, she was bored by the typical “girl meets boy” stories, she...
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“Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal” exposes the realities of the American fast food industry by shedding light into the dire realities of this sector. American cuisine has gradually transformed into roadside eateries with the emergence of hotdog stands, burger cafes and a plethora of eateries offering a wide range of fast food. The other side...
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