In the novel âKindredâ, Author Octavia Butler travels back to the time where slavery was the big part of American life. Butler sends the modern characters like Dana and Kevin to experience the past. As Dana traveled back and forth several times and every time she goes there is a new situation behind it. Butler clears up how interracial relationship...
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A narrator is one of the most important elements of any literary work, as he, she, or they are the voice that not only shares the story with the reader, but also conveys their thoughts, opinions, and details to make the story more understandable. What is a narrator, exactly? According to the Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, a narrator is âone...
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Is the love that Gatsby feels driving his relentless pursuit of winning over Daisy? Are all of his schemes to âwinâ over Daisy worth it? In Gatsbyâs eyes Daisy represents the American Dream, wealth, power, fame, and beauty which is the reason why Gatsby is attracted to her. Although Gatsby's fantasies with Daisy never become a reality, his love for...
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Still today many books are still very important to many surroundings, they have tons of abilities and can hold a spot in your head forever. This book called âNightâ is definitely important especially to the writer Elie Wiesel. He was a huge survivor of a horrendous and frightening real-life event that took place in 1941 and 1945 known as the...
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âPower is neither good nor evil, but its user makes it soâ - Erin Hunter. When I stumbled across this poem the other day on my phone it puzzled me. I found myself thinking about what power means to me and compared it to scenarios from books I have recently read and movie I have watched. Power to me is...
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Octavia Butlerâs âKindredâ traces central protagonist, Dana Franklinâs genealogy by physically âreturningâ her to her slave past in antebellum Maryland. By deconstructing the body of the female slave Butler uses Danaâs body as the site for historical markings, so that she is literally and symbolically scarred by her ancestral past. As Michel Foucault notes, the purpose of genealogy is âto...
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The award-winning author, Tim OâBrien, wrote the novel âThe Things They Carriedâ, which was a collection of short stories based on OâBrienâs experiences in the Vietnam War. He elaborates on the brutality soldiers go through during battle and the morals of a true war story. Introduced in the chapter âThe Things They Carriedâ, Ted Lavender is a young soldier, who...
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In the novel, âKindredâ by Octavia Butler, and the poem âHarlemâ by Langston Hughes, they both use symbolism to communicate how racism destroys the dreams and ambitions of those affected by its grasp. The poem âHarlemâ by Langston Hughes uses symbolism to communicate how racism destroys the dreams and ambitions of those affected by its grasp. Hughes opens the poem...
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Symbolism is a concept people are exposed to everyday, whether they notice it or not. It is a device that is used in many different forms, from state flags to works of art to the lyrics of oneâs favorite song. Many find symbolism to give such things a higher significance or importance, allowing them to become much more than their...
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During World War II, Nazi Germany committed the most infamous genocide in history, the Holocaust. As a result, over 6 million Jews lost their lives in the horrific conditions inside concentration camps across Nazi occupied Europe. Fortunately, many of the prisoners of these concentration camps survived to share their stories. Among these is Elie Wiesel who, along with many others,...
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Throughout history society has been tested with catastrophic events that inflicted suffering upon certain demographics. These past experiences show that in moments of enduring pain even good people are capable of making bad choices. In his memoir, âNightâ (Weisel, 2006), Elie Wiesel vividly depicts how moments of intense suffering absolutely bring out the worst in the characters rather than the...
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Berlin argues that the memory of slavery promotes a dual message; one of âthe dehumanizing force of slavery and the slavesâ refusal to be dehumanizedâ (Berlin, 1265). The transatlantic slavery trade and chattel slavery violated the freedom and robbed Africans of their basic human rights, but it did not âdefine the society and culture that slaves producedâ (Berlin 1264). Both...
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In the short story âSweatâ by Zora Neale Hurston, the main character Delia is a hardworking woman who does tremendous manual labor as a washerwoman for white folks. Delia has been in an abusive marriage with her husband Sykes for fifteen years, and he enjoys treating her the way that he does. Sykes doesnât like that Delia works for white...
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This essay explores ideas on how Scrooge is presented as an outsider throughout the novella and will identify and analyze techniques used by Dickens. Dickens presents Scrooge as an outsider through his initial description of the character. âExternal heat had little influence on Scroogeâ. The use of pathetic fallacy emphasizes the idea of Scrooge being a cold and heartless individual....
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The story âThe Swimmerâ by John Cheever is described as the swimming journey of Neddy in the neighborhood, as an active and optimistic father and husband. âIt was one of those midsummer Sundays when everyone sits around saying, âI drank too much last nightââ. Despite joining a cocktail party, he agreed that he would swim his way home through different...
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Have you ever had an impression of an individual to have it then proven wrong? In the short story, âThe Tell-Tale Heartâ, by Edgar Allan Poe, we respond to the narrative of the protagonist with a variety of emotions. As he begins his narrative, we feel alienated from him because we cannot identify with him or his concerns. As the...
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Dynamic characters are people who change over a work a literature, authors use dynamic characters to show change and progression throughout a work a literature. This can be used to get the reader more engaged and have more feeling for the characters. The author of âThe Crucibleâ, Arthur Miller, has used this writing technique to make his characters much more...
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In the play âThe Crucibleâ by Arthur Miller, Reverend Hale makes an internal change throughout the story by shifting his opinion from being convinced the witchcraft was real to making the realization that it was all a ploy for vengeance towards other characters in the story. From the beginning when Hale was introduced, he gave a sense of authority when...
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Acceptance and being well liked are basic human needs. Naturally, when given a large platform, leaders have dominant views, in turn, creating polarizing opinions. Corruption is innate, humans are bound to make errors. Gaining authority and influence releases us from the restraints of societal pressure. It forces leaders to evaluate a situation and make a judgment. Although, with this much...
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Prejudicial behavior is often based on ignorance and fear which leads to significant consequences for marginalized individuals. âJasper Jonesâ by Craig Silvey is a bildungsroman about an adolescent boy, Charlie Bucktin, which illustrates the concept that choices are a powerful part of human behavior. The text is a realistic representation of the replete discrimination, conformity and racism of the 1960s...
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The parable is widely used in literature. Centuries ago, it was used only as a religious didactic story, but today the writers want to give a lesson for people hiding it under the cover of a nice story. Reading âThe Lotteryâ by Shirley Jackson and âThe One Who Walks Away from Omelasâ by Ursula Le Guin, I was expecting the...
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Novels are often reflections of the contexts in which they were produced, and still have value for readers today. Examples of such novels include âThe Great Gatsbyâ, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s, âJasper Jonesâ, written by Craig Silvey in 2009, and âPride and Prejudiceâ, written by author Jane Austin in 1813. All three of these novels portray...
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In order to often better connect with stories, the use of literary techniques is extremely important, as it allows the reader to personally engage with the text. Such a technique is used by the author of the novel âExtremely Loud & Incredibly Closeâ, Jonathan Safran Foer, a story about a 9-year-old New Yorker, Oskar Schell, who is seeking closure of...
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Octavia Butlerâs âKindredâ, tells a story of how a woman from the modern era called Dana was taken back in time from her house in California into the antebellum south to protect a man that would become her ancestor. You could say that her survival essentially relied on her ability to keep him alive and well. Throughout her long and...
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Love is a feeling everyone desires to have, but true love, in any case, it the one everyone hopes to possess and experience, it can define a person. Winston, the protagonist in George Orwellâs novel â1984â, didnât know what love was, along with never believing he could ever experience love in the society he lived in. Winston always had a...
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In the book 'The Giver', the community is a perfect place, where everyone lives a safe and fun life, without feelings of pain or love. Jonas is our protagonist. A very brave, strong and smart man who undergoes a huge adventure for the good of mankind. In this world, instead of having an age, you just have a number, and...
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The recent rise of suburbia in mainstream media has promoted the suburban lifestyle to be the most desirable and ideal way of life. However, when understood in depth, suburbia often hides a deceptive façade as a means to achieve a sense of social superiority. The short story, âThe Swimmerâ (Cheever, 1964), explores the social and psychological repercussions of the constant...
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âThe Great Gatsby', a âgreatâ American novel written by none other than F. Scott Fitzgerald. This classic novel takes a close look at the American Dream as it existed in Fitzgerald's time. The book was set out in America in the 1920s which was also known as the Jazz Age. The American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of...
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The primary genre of Margaret Atwood's novel, 'The Handmaid's Tale', is speculative fiction as it is based on a fantasy world that parallels reality but in the future. The novel follows the protagonist Offred, who is a handmaid under the rule of the Gilead regime, a theocratic and totalitarian state in America. It was formed due to the outbreak of...
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What do we really desire in life? Your emotions and especially love can push you to do good things in life but sadly, can also push you to make negative choices or even become obsessive. As was the case for Gatsby in this novel. In the book, âThe Great Gatsbyâ by F. Scott Fitzgerald, love and desire are big motivators...
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