When English writer D. H. Lawrenceâs novel, The Rainbow, was first published in 1915, it was hailed as obscene and Lawrence himself was labeled a pornographer. The book was banned in many quarters while the righteous of the day took great pleasure in making a public display of burning it. It wasnât available in England and the United States for...
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Birches by Robert Frost is a poem which talks about how one must escape from reality for some time, only to return to it later. In the poem, the author discusses the topic of birch trees and how they bend after an ice storm. In his imagination, the birches are being bent by a boy who has been âswingingâ them....
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William Blakeâs literary masterpiece, âThe Tygerâ has been scrutinized from literal and metaphorical points of view as he revisits his preferred dilemmas of innocence vs. experience. As for God, his creations are just beautiful and transcend the notions of good-evil. As is the case with his earlier poems, âThe Tygerâ gives no visible answers except to offer more questions. Though...
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The Crucible is a play that was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. It is the play that preceded Death of a Salesman, his first success as a writer for which he won a Tony award and the Pulitzer Prize. The play is based on the Witch trials of Salem, Massachusetts where 20 women accused of being witches where hanged...
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In The Chosen, the setting of each scene contributes to our understanding of the bookâs central themes. The baseball field reveals the theme of conflict between two opposing forces, the hospital brings about different perceptions of the world, the library represents the charactersâ expanding minds, and so on. The combination of settings and the sub-themes that develop within them help...
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In The Haunting of Hill House Shirley Jackson demonstrates a strong depiction of oppression towards women. Jackson introduces the idea that women have a weaker mind and a tendency to act childish. This idea can be seen through the deteriorating mental health of the character, Eleanor. She tends to always resort to juvenile behavior throughout the novel. She is most...
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In his book, The World is Flat, Thomas Friedman analyzes how innovation and new technologies, among other factors are âflatteningâ the world, making interaction and trade between nations more convenient and efficient, making some nations, like China and India more competitive, and revolutionizing the global market. Friedman discusses many complex factors that are, in many ways, interacting with each other...
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The intention of this essay is to consider the representation of illusion and reality throughout F. Scott Fitzgeraldâs novel The Great Gatsby (1925). It shall focus on characters and their perception of the illusions and realities that they represent, such as Nick Carrawayâs illusion of what he perceives Gatsby to be and what in reality, he is. It shall look...
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In our society, people often become âinvisibleâ due to their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, or social class. A personâs identity is shaped by othersâ perceptions, without othersâ perceptions of who he or she is, they will feel invisible. In other words, one must discover oneself and not seek for approval because of social expectations and gender roles. âGirls at...
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People cannot control their destiny but must live through the hardships and change their perspectives/personality to survive the hysteria. Mankind must persist through the failures and as long as courage drives ambition, their voice will be heard across the world. This power of inspiration is expressed during Mccarthyism, an era where Arthur Miller faces contempt with congress but persists on...
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Have you overcome a fear, only to look back and wonder why you were so afraid? I recently went to Sky Zone and had to psych myself up for about 10 minutes just to do a backflip, but once I did--it was so natural. Stephen Crane published âThe Red Badge of Courageâ in October 1895 about soldier Henry in the...
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âOf Mice and Menâ is a 1939 American drama film based on the 1937 novel and play of the same name by John Steinbeck. The film was produced by Hal Roach Studios, and directed by Lewis Milestone. This film took place when the great depression was happening, which means it deals with issues such as loneliness, poverty and unfulfilled dreams....
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Lord Rama is one of the most respected and reversed gods in Hinduism. He is believed to be the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Lord Rama was born during Treta Yuga out of four cyclic yugas described in religious books. Lord Rama is considered to be one of the most ideal man acquiring several names like âMaryadapurushotham ârespectable and best...
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Thereâs a boy named Stanley Yelnats IV who was arrested because he is wrongfully convicted steal the sneakers of Clyde Livingston who was the famous baseball player and donate his sneakers to for a charity. He was been sentenced in Camp Green Lake for 18 months. He was a kind of boy that has no one friends and he always...
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Austenâs quote from Persuasion overtly and skilfully encompasses and defends the idea of how women are capable of self-correcting themselves, being perfectly flawed yet finding the strength in learning from their mistakes, achieving personal growth. In her novels she does not make the central heroine to be perfect, rather highlights their flaws and how they overcome it leading to personal...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieâs novel âPurple Hibiscusâ explores the tumultuous relationships between the members of the Achike family, inflicted by the father, Eugene. The novel is narrated in the first person, by the fifteen-year-old protagonist Kambili. This essay will portray the significance of âbody writingâ which will be depicted through Eugene and Aunty Ifeoma. The entire family are subjects to domestic...
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âGenesisâ is the first book of the Hebrew and Christian canon, and as it sets the scene for the rest of Scripture, its theological importance cannot be overstated. Every Biblical book that follows is to be read through the theological and historical lens offered in its foundational narrative. The subject of this exegetical tract is the third chapter of âGenesis';...
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âA Poison Treeâ, written by William Blake and published in 1794, uses rhyming couplet form, symbolism and metaphors, and tone to convey message. The message of the poem is that humans âwaterâ their anger and let it grow, whereas the poem tries to teach us that this is unideal. The poem âThe Poison Treeâ is a rhyming couplet. This is...
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âThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksâ, by Rebecca Skloot (2010) tells a story of a poor African American woman whose cancer cells were extracted without her awareness or consent and used for medical research at a lab of the Johns Hopkins University hospital. These cancer cells, later known as HeLa cells would become a major breakthrough in the field of...
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Two families, two viewpoints, two destinies. Seemingly, the Wrights and the Peaces are discrepant, conflicting, contrasting, antithetical families. In âSulaâ, a 1973 novel by African-American Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, two opposing universes the conventional Wrightâs home and the Peacesâs liberal household work unintentionally together to build up strength and entitle women to explore sexual, economic, and mental freedom. On...
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Taking cells from patients is a standard practice of biomedical research worldwide from the 50s till today. The first immortal cell line (HeLa cells) were created from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks, a young mother of five children died in 1951 at the age of 31 after seeking treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital for an aggressive form of...
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Viktor Frankyl, a holocaust survivor recounts his time in Aushwitz in his book, âManâs Search for Meaningâ. He found that while himself and others suffered through one of the greatest tribulations in history, they were still able to find meaning among the suffering and thus were building resilience against ungodly misery. Frankyl believed that by changing oneâs attitude of suffering,...
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Ambiguity has been identified as one of the core aspects of poetry by many. Sir William Empson said of it: âThe machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetryâ. This paper is a contemplation about the extent Empsonâs utterance it truthful to. To understand significance of ambiguity it is important to be aware that it is only one...
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Joseph Campbell wrote about the hero monomyth after he discovered that most hero stories have a common pattern and storyline. Joseph Campbellâs hero monomyth is a theory he proposed that heroes follow in a narrative, especially in an adventure novel. His theory states that almost all heroes follow the steps of this patterned journey. âAlice in Wonderlandâ in its many...
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Alienation is the state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved. Alienation is a central theme that Franz Kafka discusses in his story âMetamorphosisâ from the beginning all the way to the end when the main character, Gregor, dies alone in his room. Gregorâs...
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Orson Scott Card called âEnder's Gameâ a fantasy story which talks about how human and buggers can live in a space, and it can be enjoyed as a tale about how Ender who is six years old and monitors by his brother and his sister that are older than him tries to find a safe and quite place which has...
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Religion is a very controversial subject, in this particular case it is presented in a satirical way under the words of Mark Twain. In âThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnâ, Twain portrays religion as superficial, hypocrite and superstitious theme that goes along diverse parts of the text. Criticizes the conventional religion comparing it with the true religion of one of the...
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The finest example of satirical literature and science fiction, was written 1969 by Kurt Vonnegut âSlaughterhouse Fiveâ. The book becomes Vonnegutâs way to release traumatic experiences during World War II and protest against it. He subtitles the book âThe Childrenâs Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Deathâ, to demonstrate many of the soldiers inexperience and little knowledge of the war, and the...
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Having studied Yeatsâ poetry, I agree completely with the statement informing us that it was the contrast between the âreal worldâ in which he (Yeats) lived and his own vision of what an âideal world' should resemble which is the definition of his work, as well as the motivation for a significant amount of his writings in his later life:...
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Watching live action flicks and cartoons featuring animals can be engrossing for children. Besides the eye-riveting visuals, some of them impart some powerful messages. Better suited for older kids and adults in terms of the takeaway messages, films like the 2017 Netflix offering âOkjaâ and now the live action flick âDumboâ give focus to humanity and social issues. Even adults...
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