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Comparing The Awakening and So Long A Letter

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Many characters are often shown in literature being restricted and constrained by the traditions and cultures enforced by their society. This is true of Edna in The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Ramatoulaye in So Long A Letter by Mariama Bâ. The Awakening, a novel first published in 1899, is set in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast at...

Critical Analysis of William Golding's Allegory

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People will do anything even if it means losing their innocence. The author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding, fought in World War II, which suggests he knows what people are truly capable of, hence the reason he wrote Lord of the Flies. The novel is allegorical, which means the diagnosis of fictional figures and actions about human existence....

Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Humanity Versus Savagery

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“Maybe there is a beast….maybe it’s only us” (Golding 89). William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, lived through the two World Wars. During these wars, he witnessed the horrors and evils of our society: the numerous casualties, the Holocaust, and other tragic events. He even participated in one, World War II. It is clear that these events...

William Golding's Views on Human Society: Analytical Essay

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“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?' (Golding). William Golding believes that a person cannot be entirely good. When it comes down to it, without consequences humankind's desires is attainable. Indeed, humankind is civil, but civility and savagery are just a state of mind. Society demands peace but there is always a temptation for savage behavior. Plus, humankind constantly...

Human Experience in Short Stories

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Introduction Short stories offer a unique lens through which readers can explore complex human experiences and emotions within a compact framework. Renowned for their brevity and depth, stories such as "Araby" by James Joyce, "Bellflower" by Guy de Maupassant, and "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov delve into themes of desire, disillusionment, and moral introspection. These narratives not only entertain but...

Joining Church for Salvation in The Waste Land: Analysis

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A few years before joining the Church of England, T.S Eliot published The Waste Land. During this time, he contemplated on the idea of joining the church as a way of salvation. His ideas of rebirth and salvation, at this time, resonate through the poem’s lines. The Waste Land, as a whole, is not considered a religious poem; however there...

Theme of Romanticism in The Minister’s Black Veil: Critical Analysis

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“Aww romance” is what many people accept as true with after they hear American romanticism. People don’t understand the genuine evil at the back of such deep dark tales and what would a few call disturbing. They don’t recognize that American romanticism is simply supposed for authors that speak approximately instinct over the reality, and these authors generally tend to...

American Racism in The Souls of Black Folk

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Biologists, geneticists, and physical anthropologists, among others, reached a common understanding that race is not a scientific concept rooted in aperient biological differences. However, race is still commonly and popularly defined in terms of biological traits, such as differences in skin color, hair texture, and other physical attributes, often are perceived as expressions of differences in intelligence, temperament, physical prowess,...

Representation of Human Experiences in “The Flowers”: Analytical Essay

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Texts and Human Experiences Textual mechanisms are utilised by composers in attempt to mimic the social conformities which not only impede the individual’s strive for happiness but also the quintessential behaviourisms of that person through the manifestation of their own personal experiences, as a reflection of not only their contexts, but the inconsistencies, paradoxes and anomalies of individuals or the...

Critical Analysis: "The World is Flat" and Globalization Effects

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Introduction The rumbling tension between South Korea and Japan ever since the colonial period (when Korea was under Japanese rule from 1910 through 1945) has recently manifested itself. The tension escalated on July 4th of 2019 when Japan implemented heavy barriers and regulations on the export of three chemical materials – fluorinated polyamides, photoresists, and hydrogen fluoride - to South...

General Overview of The Divine Comedy

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There are 34 cantos with about 140 verses each. Look at a matrix that mixes the organization of hell, as classes and as subclasses of sins. The Divine Comedy is Dante's greatest work. This work waswritten in 1310 and was completed shortly before Dante's death in 1321. The work is a narrative poem fully planned within symmetry and algebraic logic.The...

Reflective Essay on So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

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Senegalese teacher and writer, whose epistolary novel Une si longue lettre (1980, So Long a Letter) is considered the classical statement of the female condition in Africa. The book won the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa at the 1980 Frankfurt Book fair, and made Bâ at her 50s world famous. Central themes in the novel are male-female relations...

Concept of Nathan’s Garden in The Poisonwood Bible: Analytical Essay

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While the basic perception of the use of gardens is to sustain human needs, gardens symbolize life and how it can be created by simply placing a tiny seed into the earth and properly caring for it. In The Poisonwood Bible, Nathan’s garden illustrates his ignorance of Congolese customs while the plants in the garden that refuse to bear fruit...

Critical Analysis of Friedman’s Views Represented in The World Is Flat

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Could it be that the problem has been wrongly perceived? The combination of many countries have shown that extremist groups are no match for the various countries. Many countries are striving for more of a modernized society and this contributes to societal values of the country. This will take a long time, but is already taking away from the extremists...

Globalization, Technology, and "The World Is Flat": An Argument

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Explain the “world is flat” argument (Friedman) and “the world is spiky” argument? Which one do you believe better explains the impact of globalization and technology on inequality and opportunities for workers? Why? Friedman argues that the world is flat for a few reasons. One of his reasons being that with technology growing as rapidly as it has over the...

Bondage and Slavery in Zora Neale Hurston's 'Sweat'

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'Sweat' written by Zora Neale Hurston bears an undertone of bondage and slavery against the black. In this story, Delia, who is a middle-aged black woman who washes clothes for the white people to take care of her husband Sykes, who abuses her mentally and physically. Sykes is unemployed, and therefore, he depends on Delia's provision, yet he cheats; he...

The Minister’s Black Veil: Tale of a Puritan Minister

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, was written in 1832 and tells the tale of a puritan minister ultimately given up things that mean a lot to him, so he would not have to sacrifice what he believes in. The parable shows that people do not always see through the same lens as another. The veil is used to symbolize...

Critical Analysis of the Passage from the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

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Identify and comment in detailed analytical manner on the content and style of the passage. Your commentary should follow the text sequentially, and you need to indicate in the margin the line number of the verse(s) under discussion. For Dante, the relevance of the extract to the canto to which it belongs should emerge from your analysis, which should also...

Can Carbon Capture Tech Make Chem Industry More Sustainable?

2 Pages 1000 Words
Atmospheric carbon dioxide is an integral part of the carbon cycle; however, it is also a potent greenhouse gas, absorbing and radiating heat and as a result warms the planet we live on. If the percentage of carbon in the atmosphere is at its natural level these impacts are not a problem, however in our present-day modern world the percentage...

1984 and Brave New World: Comparison of Social Control

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1984 and Brave New World both depict dystopian futures, both with societies monitored and controlled by their government. George Orwell’s 1984 depicts how the ability to alter past events can be used to control a society people, opposed to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, through which control is achieved via degrading the chosen individual. Orwell depicts how through strict measures...

Loneliness and Emptiness in “Desert Places” Poem by Robert Frost

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The poem “Desert Places” by Robert Frost depicts the speaker’s lonely mind in a deserted place, resonating with the current times; the inevitable return of depression and universal human loneliness. The poet uses simple vocabulary, “the loneliness includes me unawares,” which underestimates the actual extreme loneliness of human beings (line 8). Frost explores loneliness, emptiness, and some positive aspects that...

“Abraham Lincoln The Image of His Greatness”: Analysis of a Book

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This is a book review of the book “Abraham Lincoln The Image of His Greatness” which is authored by Fred Reed forward by Dr. Thomas R. Turner. Abraham Lincoln was our sixteenth President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville in Hardin County, Kentucky. Thomas and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln were the parents of...

A Book About Thomas Jefferson Summary

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Amy and Jon Kukla’s book, Thomas Jefferson:Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The book relives the story of Thomas Jefferson’s life and what he did to help shape america. It focuses more on his accomplishments, like the Declaration of Independence, the Louisiana Purchase, and his term as the president. The book starts from his birth, all the way to...

The Sorrows of Young Werther': Plot Overview

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Werther is a young, educated, middle-class gentleman setting out to earn a living and make his mark on the world. His family expects him to get a job, and his friend, Wilhelm, networks with his contacts to find opportunities in government service. Werther nurtures a desire to be an artist, a pastime that doesn't pay the bills but suits his...

Opinions of 'Ulysses': A Perfect Man

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Mazzeno’s review of ‘Ulysses’ begins with an outlook on different perspectives of critics. While Tennyson's contemporaries seem to view it as the heroic spirit who is determined ‘to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield’, some later critics see it as the most unconscious confessions of a king who has failed. He, after all, proposes to abandon his...
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