Have you ever said something you shouldn’t have? In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the novel tells the story of two young children coming of age, with this being said, the key to maturity is controlling your emotions. Jem showed this throughout the novel as he started to grow up and acted more maturely than when...
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Pity is very complicated. Steinbeck has a pitiful tone towards both of his major characters when they go through difficult times. Steinbeck shows his pity for the character of Lennie as he struggles and fails to stay out of trouble at his new job. When Lennie is first introduced, it quickly becomes clear that even though he is a grown...
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Although Connecticut has a lot of amazing history to it, it is one of those small states that sometimes gets lost behind the larger ones. Connecticut is known for its rough and cold winters, but it should also be known for those now well-known citizens who grew up here and got their inspiration for creating better lives for all Americans...
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How would you like living in a world with no color, no music, and no love? Well, that’s how Jonas’s life was like. All of those things are present in the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, 1993, dystopian. Jonas’s community is idyllic. Everyone is assigned their jobs or assignments. This community has no conflict, inequality, divorce, unemployment, injustice, or...
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Introduction Gustave Flaubert's novel "Madame Bovary" is a richly woven tapestry that juxtaposes the concepts of beauty and the grotesque. At its core, the narrative explores the life of Emma Bovary, a woman ensnared by romantic illusions and societal expectations. This literary masterpiece delves into the dichotomy between Emma's idealized visions of beauty and the harsh, often grotesque reality of...
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Ray Bradbury was one of the most talented American authors in his career. Living until 91, he left readers amazed by his writings, letting his own personal experiences sway the themes of his novels. He experienced events that formulated his strong opinion of technology, which he feared would someday overpower society. His works hint at the dangers of the atomic...
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“You always dread the unfamiliar.” I have found this quote from Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 to ring true throughout my life, but I’ve also found that fearing the truth holds one back from unleashing their true potential (Bradburry 55). Choosing to be ignorant because one fears the unknown allows safety and comfort. Humans have a primal desire for these...
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Many people in today’s society are consumed by the constant technological advancements; however, these advancements do not always have positive effects. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury highlights a dystopian society in which technological advancements have caused their society to go downhill. Bradbury’s concern on technology is coming true universally with many being addicted, constantly distracted, and achieving less in school...
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Freshmen students should read this book because the appreciation towards having books will increase, it shows how and why people follow the crowd, and why censorship is important. With teens having the potential to expand their knowledge from reading it, and provide entertainment with many plot twists throughout the book. Having a very dead society, the community of Fahrenheit 451...
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Can you imagine not knowing what true happiness was? In the novel, “The Giver”, Jonas was selected to be the next Receiver of Memory. His job is to hold the memories of the world, good and bad. Being selected to be the receiver is a great honor. There are many good parts of being the Receiver. Now Jonas has the...
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Imagine living in a black and white world were nobody has no true color. A novel written by Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 is series of complex characters such as the main character Montag as the protagonist and Captain Beatty as the antagonist. Montag lives in a world where books are prohibited, and firemen cause the fires not only that but,...
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Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the author creates a society abounding in injustice, resulting in an unfair classification of people based on their race and their social status. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they are innocent creatures that do not hurt anyone because all they do is sing their hearts out to people. Tom...
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Through the novel, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, Holden is portrayed as a controversial adolescent to the 1950’s society he grew up in. He was constantly breaking traditional values, causing him to stand out among the rest of the teens his age. The teen culture illustrated by Holden has not influenced teen culture today due to teenagers...
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As life begins to shift or change, people tend to hold on to things or traditions because they are not ready for a change that happens around them. In the story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the main character Miss Emily shows many signs of her not moving on with modern life and the shift of things around...
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Antigone, penned by Sophocles, is the final play in the trilogy of tragedies, beginning with King Oedipus. The battle between the two sons of the extinct King Oedipus ends with both dying in battle. With the deaths of two brothers, Uncle Creon, the only remaining man, sits on the throne. Kreon orders that Eteokles, who died to defend his homeland,...
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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood is a complex novel that rips open many core human issues and offers them to the audience for scrutiny. Corporations, art, animals vs humans, the structure and usage of language, and, as we will be discussing, the battle between scientific advancement and intimate relationships. There are many more that could be named as the...
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Abstract A journey in literary criticism may have several connotations. A journey may be a physical one, such a thing happens when Robinson Crusoe, the main protagonist of the novel, leaves his family estate and goes out on a journey that finally brings him to the isolated island off the coast of Venezuela. A journey can be a psychological one...
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Introduction Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is a seminal piece of literature that has captivated readers and scholars alike with its complex themes and multifaceted ideas. Published in 1915, the novella delves into the surreal and existential transformations of its protagonist, Gregor Samsa, who inexplicably awakens one day to find himself transformed into an insect. This metamorphosis serves as a powerful...
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The coexistence of divine destiny and free will is an ancient paradox at the centre of Greek tragedy and, more recently, of the Catholic faith. However, by inevitable, I mean if there was no other possible outcome to the story because of their society and other factors, rather than divine influence. In the Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Santiago Nasar...
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It would be hard to imagine the government censoring the data being fed to the public in a world of diversity and cultural differences. Bradbury uses the characters of Mildred and Montag, both mindless and common members of society, in this speculative fiction book, Fahrenheit 451, to reinforce his theme that creating a highly controlled society kills individuality and terminates...
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In the allegorical explanation, all myths contain hidden which the narrative deliberately conceals or encodes. Writers and speakers typically use allegories to convey hidden or complex meaning through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, or events, which together create the moral, spiritual, or political meaning the author wishes to convey. One of the famous stories in literature that uses allegory is the...
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The question of what is right or legal had been always a subject of discussion. What is right can be defined as subjective which, is based on people’s understanding of morality, ethics, and values and what is legal as objective which, is based on people’s understanding of the laws of their community or nation. What is legal does not mean...
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Whether a reader notices it or not, every form of literature has some form of organization. The elements that are organized that make a story great are, but not limited to, plot, setting, and characters. But of course, authors don’t have to have these elements in sequential order all of the time, nor do they have to use all of...
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Psychologist Emma Kenny once said 'The world is a scary place, knowing how to confront fear is a good thing. Risk and fear are something we need in our childhood.' While fear can be a scary thing, reading things that may enforce feelings of fear can be essential to a middle schooler. I believe that horror stories such as “The...
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes” By Rowan Axelsen Throughout George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four novel and Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium film, power and control are maintained by totalitarian governments who regulate all aspects of the dystopian society. This makes the audience think and try to prevent future damages that could happen in...
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Many of us tend to imagine what an alternative world could look and feel like. Science fiction explores our hopes and dreams for the near future. Having this power makes us escape the everyday world and the challenges we face. The Hunger Games that is produced by both Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik and The Giver, written by Lois Lowry demonstrates...
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Elie Wiesel’s 1956 book ‘Night’ and Roberto Begnini’s 1996 film ‘Life is Beautiful’ both share very powerful messages about humanity through significantly different styles. Both of these texts show compassion and dehumanization through the characters, the inmates and Nazi’s and also using different tones and choice of language. Begnini chooses to show more humanity in his characters more than Wiesel...
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In the novel, Mice and Men has many themes presented by John Steinbeck, one among which is about friendship essays. The novel shows the connection between the protagonists, George and Lennie, and showing how they struggle to realise the American Dream by working together. this is often in contrast to several of the opposite characters who are alone by themselves...
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Switchblades, jagged pipes, and busted pop bottles. Violence contained in the safeguarding walls of a house. Murder committed in the dead of night, beside the gentle spray of a fountain. All of this, and more, happens in the classic novel, The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, where there are some pretty tough guys on the block. The toughest by far,...
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INTRODUCTION In an attempt to make a perfect society the people in the community lose their freedom and don't gain anything from it. Through her novel The 'Giver', Lois Lowry utilizes the aims, that the community tried to make a perfect society and gain a lot, by solving world problems. Firstly, Lowry explores the community controlling the weather. Secondly, the...
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