Introduction Katherine Mansfield's short story "The Garden Party" is a seminal piece of literature that deftly explores themes of class consciousness, innocence, and societal norms. Positioned within the context of early 20th-century societal structures, the narrative offers a poignant critique of class disparities through the lens of a young protagonist, Laura Sheridan. As an emblematic example of modernist literature, Mansfield...
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Back in 1957, Warren S. Walker’s study has already provoked a discussion about whether “The Garden Party” is a united and complete story. He claimed that “‘The Garden Party’ often leaves readers with a feeling of dissatisfaction, a vague sense that the story somehow does not realize its potential”. He then pointed out that “the difficulty” is that “the conflict...
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Paulo Freire, the youngest of four children was born on September the 19th 1921, to an economically comfortable working-class Catholic family. They lived in the port city of Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco. This North eastern region of Brazil was and continues to be one of the most impoverished in the country. When Paulo was only three...
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Introduction Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince" is a timeless novella that transcends cultural and temporal boundaries, captivating readers with its allegorical narrative and philosophical depth. First published in 1943, the story has been translated into over 300 languages, attesting to its universal appeal. The novella is often categorized as a children's book, yet its thematic intricacies and existential inquiries...
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In the short story “A Temporary Matter' by Lahiri Jhumpa, a young Indian couple, Shukumar and Shoba, suffer from unresolved grief. The couple have been married for a few years and were about to have their first baby. However, three weeks before the baby’s due date Shoba went into early labor and suffered a stillbirth while Shukumur was away. Both...
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The Little Prince The Little Prince, a novella for children, was published in the United States in the year 1943, several years after its author Antoine de Saint-Exupery died. Today, it is one of the most promising French literary pieces ever written. Antoine de Saint-Exupery who was a skilled aviator started writing the book in the year 1940 after he...
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The short story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury is about a group of people who time travel millions of years into the past to hunt a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The company, known as “Time Safari, Inc,” has a strict set of rules that involve the dangers of time traveling. As simple as the rules are, they have a severe...
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The Making of “The Other” Have you ever felt like a lone wolf, endlessly walking through your life in a society that doesn’t feel like home? That’s how it feels to be “the other”, and you are not alone. In “Black+White…equals black” by Lawrence Hill and “The Long Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” by Sherman Alexie, characters also undergo...
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Introduction "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs is a short story that delves into the perilous consequences of tampering with fate through supernatural means. This narrative revolves around a seemingly innocuous talisman that grants three wishes to its possessor but at a catastrophic cost. The story serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of interfering with the natural order...
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Section: 1 a. Definition A definition is a statement or term provided by someone explaining the meaning of the word. Meaning could be explained in different ways such as scientifically, literal, etc. b. Hyperbole It is a rhetorical device mostly used by writers to turn a basic statement into its extreme level. Authors may use this device to put stress...
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In our world today, we seem to be losing contact with our language, our understanding of literature is moribund. However, literature is crucial for our understanding of the world and ourselves and reading literature is vital in order for us as a society to function . Literature helps us to gain an understanding of oneself and human experiences because it...
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Humor is one of the significant elements that make up American Indian worldview. American Indians, who have a “comic spirit” (Weaver, 1997: 141), are spontaneously humorists and witty people. More than an ethnic characteristic, humor becomes a survival strategy for American Indians. Both Reservation Blues and The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven are full of examples that display...
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In ‘The Monkey’s Paw’ the author W.W.Jacobs begins the story by setting the scene and the atmosphere by describing the area in which the White’s live. Jacobs describes the night as cold and wet, while inside the house the blinds are drawn and the fire is burning brightly. This is a good contrast, as the house seems to have a...
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Introduction Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" presents a poignant narrative that captures the essence of a childhood marked by poverty and resilience. In chapters 10 through 12, McCourt continues to explore the profound effects of destitution and familial struggles on young Frank's life. These chapters delve deeper into the complexities of Frank's adolescence as he navigates the challenges posed by his...
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Throughout the novels, ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ and ‘Never Let Me Go’ the theme of destiny is prominent, although they are of contrasting genres. Hardy has written a pastoral novel which recounts the life of Tess in the countryside of the 19th century, where we see the writer is concerned with the changes of rural life, although unlike a straightforward...
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While many people claim that Hardy's portrayal of female characters is considered as biased, but what I believe is that Hardy has only portrayed women so weak and vulnerable because of the societal pressures they have been faced with. A Society is an environment created to cater to the rational basic needs and rights of its inhabiting individuals. However, a...
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When people are thrown into the harshest environment in which they are faced with hopelessness and certainty of death, their most distinguishing trait is revealed: determination to keep going. One’s power of perseverance is essential since it indicates whether the result will be positive or negative. These harsh environments are created by force which is the motive of why and...
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I was taught the structure of an “if...then” hypothesis in my high school chemistry class. Then, I used the “IF() { then }” function in JavaScript to code an app. The repeated appearance of this phrase in this format furthered my expectation that the introduction of the “if” suggested a “then” would be found soon after. The title, If this...
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Joe Wright has portrayed Elizabeth correctly and in accordance to how Jane Austen intends her to be viewed. He does this by using relevant cinematography, sound effects, editing and mise-en-scene to contribute to the overall effect of Elizabeth’s character in the film. Elizabeth remains constant with her beliefs and does not accept the marriage proposals of two very capable men....
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“Internationalization is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization.” -Margaret Rouse, A “Firm” Step. “Internationalization is the growing tendency of corporations to operate across national boundaries.” -Alex Wilson, Tackling Bigger Markets. Internationalizing firms tend to start their expansion into culturally close...
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“In a patriarchal society, economic power conquers all.” Compare and contrast, in light of this view, how wealth affects relationships in Chaucer’s ‘Wife of Bath ’and Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice. A patriarchal social system can be defined as a system where males are in authority over females in all aspects of society where their economic power gives them the ability...
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Review Article: ‘Jane Austen & the Empire’ by Edward Said In his essay “Jane Austen and the Empire”, from the book Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said outlays an argument surrounding Austen’s work on the British life which is related to the geographical positioning and politics in her novel “Mansfield Park”. At the same time he also criticizes her upon taking...
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In this essay, I want to demonstrate why Thomas Hardy called Tess d’Urbervilles a pure woman in the subtitle of the novel with the same name.To be pure means, in my opinion, to be emotionally clean,to have an honest character, and always choose the right side, no matter if this choice does not make you happy, shortly, to be love....
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If one word could come close to characterizing the entirety of the Victorian Era that would most certainly be change. In all aspects and domains, from industrialization to scientific discoveries, the period stands for development and rebirth. But greatness cannot be achieved completely and the proof stands in the inequality that the development brought with itself .This change has also...
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Mythology Final Paper Some themes or scenarios portrayed in myths are similar due to the fact that writers create their own spin to the myths that inspired them. This can be seen in the different instances of the destruction of mankind by the gods, the types of generations that are described by the narrators, the kidnapping of Persephone into the...
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The holocaust Levi's involvement with Auschwitz was self-contradicting. The Holocaust was an uncommon slaughter by Nazi Germany, with the objective of disposing of all Jewish people1. He did in the end become one of the most powerful observers of the Holocaust and these concentration camps, yet not without encountering it direct. He graduated in 1941 from the University of Turin...
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Introduction The Wasteland is a text attacking the division of gender. There are five couples Eliot refers to in this poem; Marie and her cousin, the hyacinth girl and hyacinth boy, the bourgeois woman and her silent counterpart, the young man carbuncular and the typist, and finally Philomel and her husband. Eliot also refers to Tiresias who is not exactly...
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The American-English poet, playwright and literary critic, Thomas Stearns Eliot, was a leader of the Modernist Movement in Poetry. Though his fame rests with poetry, his influence in the field of Drama in the first half of the Twentieth Century is predominant. He brought “Poetic Drama” back to the popular stage which is in fact a continuation of his poetry....
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The Rise and Challenges of Uber: A Case Study in McDonaldization Uber is a massive company that was launched in 2012 and has changed the way people travel by car. Uber is a modern day alternative to taxi cabs that lets you request car service through an app on your phone. Uber is different than traditional taxis because the uber...
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Forever 21 has been one of the largest fast-fashion companies within the last decade. Recently, the company has announced its decision to file for bankruptcy to resolve financial difficulties that have affected the company for some time now. The enactment of bankruptcy for this organization could provide a clean slate for the company. According to Linda Chang, the Vice President...
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