Introduction: Culture is a major component that creates the foundation of self-actualization in many people groups along with class and influence. The identity of a person is consistently evolving with its environment. The most important form of symbolic expression is articulate speech. Articulate speech means the communication of ideas; communication means the preservation-- tradition--and preservation means accumulation and progress (Macionis...
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A recent news report states that in Toronto, Black individuals are most likely to be harmed or killed by Toronto Police officers rather than white individuals. From 2013-2017, nine out of fifteen police shootings of black people caused crucial death and harmful damage. Despite the fact that black people make up 8.8 % of Toronto’s population, they were found to...
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Introduction In this thesis, I am going to analyze a book called 'THE HATE U GIVE', a 2017 novel written by Angi Tomas and published on February 28, 2017. This book is the auteur's first book which is expanded from a short story to a novel that Angie wrote in college, in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant...
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In modern-day society, protests are happening due to injustice and violation of human rights as seen with police brutality, predominantly in the black community. In the novel written by Angie Thomas The Hate U Give, an African-American teenage girl, finds herself in a difficult situation, not knowing what to do with her life or her purpose. In search of her...
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“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.” “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas is a young-adult novel about racism. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this novel puts us in the shoes of Starr Carter, a memorable girl who was faced with adversity and choices...
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Throughout the story 'Of Mice and Men,' Steinbeck's perception of women as the novel evolves is truly revealed. It is shown that at that time if women didn't fit into the societal view that a woman should be maternal and modest, they would be frowned upon and outcasted. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck represents women to be lower in society than...
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In ‘The Black Ball’ by Ralph Ellison, the story’s themes are struggle, equality, hope, and connection, while in ‘Why, You Reckon?’ by Langston Hughes, the author uses two characters at the beginning to show peer pressure, poverty, and racism. In ‘The Black Ball’, Ellison discusses the relationship he has with his own race. For example, John’s son in the story...
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In section 24 of Walt Whitman’s poem ‘Song of Myself’, Whitman announces himself as the speaker of the poem. This is the first time that he announces himself as the author and speaker in the poem and it is 24 sections in. Whitman calls himself a ‘kosmos’, meaning that he is very knowledgeable, especially about things that most people are...
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When thinking about dreams, usually somewhere uplifting and happy comes to mind. Not some dark and lonely place with skies of fire and spine-chilling creatures everywhere. This vision can be seen more as a nightmare, if anything. For some reason, this particular author does not consider it as such a bad thing. In the poem ‘Dream-Land’ by Edgar Allan Poe,...
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The poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ by romantic poet William Wordsworth, is in the form of lyric poetry and was first published in 1807. The poem describes a memorable day that the poet had and details how recalling that day brings him joy, even when he thinks of it at a later date. This essay will perform a...
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The poem ‘Crossing Brooklyn Ferry’ by Walt Whitman focuses on human beings as social creatures by stating that humans are connected through life and their interactions with one another. Whitman shows this in the poem in paragraph 3 where it is stated, “I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence;/ Just...
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It can be said that animals bring out the best in humans. Paul Muldoon when introducing us to his anthology ‘Faber Book of Beasts’ believes this, but also feels that poetry does, so it so no surprise that there are volumes of poems published where animals are used literally and metaphorically as an elaborate link between themselves and humans. In...
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Both 'America' by Allen Ginsburg and 'I Am Waiting' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti respond to their American mainstream societies through the use of anaphora, form, and allusions. To begin, both poems effectively use anaphoras found in their titles that greatly emphasize their sentiments and opinions towards the society they lived in. For example, Ginsberg uses the term 'America' at the beginning...
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Throughout the novel, Holden seems to be excluded from and victimized by the world around him. As he says to Mr. Spencer, he feels trapped on “the other side” of life, and he continually attempts to find his way in a world in which he feels he doesn’t belong. As the novel progresses, we begin to perceive that Holden’s alienation...
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Toni Morrison’s Beloved encompasses the individual traumas and battles of several characters due to their experience and connection to slavery. Sethe, the novel's protagonist, has a deeply scarred past as a result of slavery, which poses an emotional roadblock with her daughter, Denver. Denver was born during her mother’s journey in escaping slavery. She spends a lot of her time...
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In this essay the role of language as being more than a means of communication has been the central focus. Language has been described as a means through which identities can be forged, the instrument through which the past, present, and future can be represented, as well as a means through which we can remember that which has been forgotten....
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If I were asked to write a letter to a person from the past about what awaits him in the future, I would simply attach a list of the most famous works of American contemporary literature. Modern American literature is an army of interesting authors and a sea of a wide variety of books. The individual and society, the sharp...
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Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” share many similarities but also differ immensely. Faulkner’s literary work of fiction is Southern Gothic, while Chopin’s work is a short story family drama. Here we can see one comparison between both works; they are both family dramas. Published in different centuries, the time period plays a...
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In literature, a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The importance of this is to shed light on the qualities of the other character. Foil characters may, but not always, be antagonists. Sometimes, alongside the protagonist, foils are even other characters. When an author uses a foil, they want...
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A defining characteristic of the Shakespearean famous tragedy ‘Hamlet’ is the presence of a ‘tragic hero’, a hero with a prominent flaw critical to their eventual demise, or a ‘fatal flaw’. Illustrated almost as a narrative, the flaw was a testament that sin is a feasible route for all men in society if one remains unknowledgeable of their fatal flaw...
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Poetic and lyrical compositions often employ the use of a variety of techniques to communicate their core themes and messages to the audience. In this case, the pastoral poem of ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ by Christopher Marlowe holds a close correlation to a contemporary song by Billy Joel named ‘Only the Good Die Young’, where both of the...
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‘A Clockwork Orange’ is written by Anthony Burgess, and published in 1962. The protagonist is a fifteen-year-old young man called Alex, whose main interests are ultraviolence and classical music. He spends days sleeping and nights abusing, raping, and robbing along with his three 'droogs'. The four of them form a gang of which Alex is the leader. In the violence,...
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Poetry has been evident in our lives as a matter of expression of one’s emotions. Some use this form of art to express one’s love for another or even a short letter to oneself. But despite this being a generalized form of art, it still has its types or forms, showing distinct functions and conveying different messages. The differences between...
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‘The Birthmark’ was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne during the Age of Enlightenment, in which the subject of science was ridiculously prevalent, as it was believed that science could take anyone anywhere, they wanted to go just by doing their best. This caused science and the scientific method to begin to be seen by people as something magical and even began...
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This sonnet helped to start more on the theme of modern love from a woman’s point of view. The emphasis is on repeating and strengthening the love of the lecture for someone. It gives the sonnet the universal appeal of no mention of a particular name or gender. The first line is peculiar because it is a question that is...
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According to the Oxford Dictionary, nature is the phenom of the physical world collectively, such as plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans. In Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’, he writes a thought-provoking poem that displays his view of life. He tells of a moment...
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Life after death, reincarnation, and past lives have been topics that are being explored by countless authors. These themes have mostly been explored through a religious lens, whether that is Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. While the religious influences, if there are any, aren’t immediately recognizable in Andy Weir’s short story ‘The Egg’, the narrative itself attempts to explore the...
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‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ – a ballad by John Keats, that’s title translates to the lady without mercy, creates a sense of betrayal from the start. The poem begins from the first-person perspective of the main character, asking himself a question, “O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms”, now pointing to the conclusion that this character is a knight, asking...
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When you think of a cult, what is the first thing you think of? KKK, Manson Family, or Heaven’s Gate? Would you consider the Internet to be a cult? “A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object” is the definition according to the dictionary. Throughout history, there have been many real-life and fictional interpretations...
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Growing up, everyone wanted to become like Ricky, many people asked themselves what doesn't he have? Quickly becoming the best-scouted player in the nation for his abilities to play football, which led to his receiving full-ride scholarships. Having both parents, a spacious house, and his own car, from the outside Ricky, was perfect. Until the morning of Christmas Eve, when...
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