Regarding “Brave New World”, contemporary readers were as unsettled by the portrayal of polygamy as they were disinterested in the scientific detail. The novel is thought to have hit society too close to the bone, taking in mind the Great Depression economy, the rise of Fascism in Europe, and the First World War that ended just in 1918. Maybe the...
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Still I Rise was written by Maya Angelou, an American civil rights activist in 1978. The poem communicates the extent of the oppression that black women face in America and is a critique of American society’s treatment of African Americans. Similarly, A Story Of An Hour was published by Kate Chopin in 1894 and also expresses the repression that women...
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Main Characters: Ponyboy Curtis: The novel's narrator who is fourteen years old and a greaser. He has 'light-brown, almost-red hair, and greenish-gray eyes,' and wears his hair 'longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides.' Darry Curtis: A muscular, tall man who has broad shoulders and dark brown...
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Dystopian themes where a future society is suffering is a thread that runs through the books ‘Brave New World’ by Aldous Huxley and ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’. They both represent a dystopian nature. ‘Brave New World’ is a new society that has been shaped where there is a faultless human. However, an individual called Bernard Marx rebels against society’s...
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The text that my group chose was Maus by Art Spiegelman, which is a graphic novel about the experiences that the author’s parents lived through and after the war and Holocaust during World War II. Art Spiegelman interviews his father Vladek and gets his experience and own perspective of being part of the war and living through it and The...
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In 1992, an American writer and cartoonist, Art Spiegelman won the special Pulitzer Prize for 'Maus,' which was the first time a Pulitzer had been awarded to a graphic novel. Because the author abandons the traditional text and adopts the form of comics to present the holocaust which is narrated by his father with the animal image as the protagonist,...
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The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet's opponent, and Hamlet himself...
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Literary works serve to trigger more thinking of several timeless questions by transcending their settings and lending themselves to more generic universal realities and meanings. As such, readers can take away many messages and values from a novel that was written more than a century ago and reflect on our contemporary world, which is the case with Mary Shelley’s thriller...
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Introduction The short story "Death of a Travelling Salesman" by Eudora Welty offers a profound exploration of themes such as identity, isolation, and mortality. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, this narrative delves into the existential struggles of a travelling salesman named R.J. Bowman. Through Welty's nuanced storytelling, the protagonist's journey becomes a metaphorical exploration of life, reflecting...
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The question is would you ever hide the truth from a friend, relative, or relationship? Would you sacrifice your happiness for the truth? Or would you sacrifice the truth for happiness? If you had the option to create a world based on lies for the benefit of peace and happiness, would you? Aldous Huxley created a world of his own,...
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Hill and Darragh (2017) talk about how YAL represents how “most of the teenaged protagonists were actively engaged in improving their lives making decisions in their and their family’s best interest.” Esperanza in The House on Mango Street has always shown an interest in owning a house that she can call her own, not depending on lotteries, or her father,...
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The amount of shallowness a man can be is sometimes absurd. The novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald tells a story about a fictional cast of characters living in a town separated by West Egg and East Egg in Long Island. One of the characters in the novel is Tom Buchana who lives in East Egg. Tom is...
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Can there ever be a balance between conformity and individuality? Can a society ever be perfect in which all minorities get along? In a society, where greasers and socs live that is not possible. Ponyboy, the youngest of the Curtis brothers, has a hard time coping up with social stress. In his neighborhood, Socs will always be at the top...
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28 May 2020 In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Scout Finch and Nick Carraway respond similarly in adverse situations and because of their naivety, they both try to find positivity in every situation. Scout Finch is an innocent naive child, and as she is talking to her older brother Jem, she is...
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In a world full of darkness, how can one stay purely innocent? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the perfect example of what people can and cannot do in extraordinary situations. Although it is a story that is told by a little girl named Scout, it is also the tragedy of a young woman, Mayella Ewell, who never...
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Introduction Jordan Baker, a prominent character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," embodies the complexities of the 1920s American social landscape. As a professional golfer and a symbol of modern womanhood, Jordan captures the essence of the Jazz Age—an era marked by unprecedented economic prosperity, cultural upheaval, and a shifting social fabric. Her personality is intricately woven into the...
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Replicating the main characters’ personalities from a book to a movie may be difficult. The director of the movie “The Outsiders” has done an outstanding job of recreating the personalities of the characters. Francis Ford Coppola has acknowledged the traits of all the Curtis brothers. These are Darry, Ponyboy, and Sodapop. Francis Ford Coppola did a superior job in matching...
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‘The Outsiders’ gives me a strong sense of loyalty which I find impressive. The characters in the book value loyalty as a general principle of pride and honor regardless of the social class they are in. The concept of pride in one’s kind serves as a significant part among the greasers. They stand up for each other no matter how...
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“It is the blending of traditional storytelling conventions combined with visual conventions which make graphic novels compelling.” Explore this in a discussion of at least one graphic novel studied. Traditional narrative convections and visual convections combine to capture our interests and give us compelling stories, such as graphic novels. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman is a hybrid text that...
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What you see before you is a book. A small battered thing, but a book, nonetheless. A novel maybe? A biography? A play? Likely not something the average person would pick up to enjoy in their leisure time. Yet, this flimsy little object, like countless others, holds the capability of shaping our entire world, altering the way we see, act,...
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Rarely does an adventure revolve around the treasure hunt ahead alone or a romance relies merely on how attractive the sweethearts are. Rather any successful story instinctively acts around a latent fabric serving as a purpose that truly defines that story’s essence beyond its surface. The theme is that purpose, that sense of meaning. However, to define a theme, one...
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Aldous Huxley uses perversion in his book Brave New World to successfully admonish present society about its growing interest in technology and stability. The setting takes place in a futuristic society, The World State, that worships Henry Ford because of the assembly line. Mustapha Mond is the controller who executes all rules and regulations for the people. He creates a...
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The document under study is an excerpt from Brave New World, a book penned by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. It is a portentous novel that foresees the future. My essay will fall into two parts. I will first focus on the themes present in the excerpt. I will then show how technology illustrates these themes. First of all,...
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The true story of an unwanted daughter Chinese Cinderella is the personal novel of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline Yen Mah’s life was full of family rejection, poor relationships, abandonment, loneliness, low self-esteem, no identity, sorrow, disappointment, and resilience. The hopeless diary of Adeline Yen Mah's childhood encountering youth and entering her fight for affirmation from the time she was bound...
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Both Virginia Woolf’s Kew Gardens and Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill use various techniques in their texts to explore the existential experience of individuals. Kew Gardens is centered around a series of small but significant moments in the magnificent botanical London garden called Kew Gardens. Woolf explores the themes of passion, desire, love, and regret by introducing the reader to four...
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In Aldus Huxley’s Brave New World, Huxley’s use of character descriptions and dialogue emphasizes his foiling of Lenina to Linda. He does this foiling not only to show differences between the characters but also to give insight into the society outside of New London. Other than coming from the same society, Linda and Lenina also correspond in their similar ways...
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A common tactic that authors use in their novels, plays, and short stories is the use of contrast. More specifically, authors often use contrasting settings in their works that represent different ideas or different types of people to contribute to the overall meaning of their work. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is no different. The main story of Brave New...
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The representation of gender and female characters in film adaptations in the drama genre will be the main theme of discussion in this essay, with the use of three adaptations – each set within the 20th and 21st centuries. The topic of adaptation will be the focal point, as described by the OED (referenced by Maddox 2014) as, “an altered...
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Dallas is the older friend of Ponyboy and his brothers. He is described by Ponyboy as “tougher, colder, meaner” (p. 11). Dallas Winston is nicknamed Dally by those closest to him. He has had a difficult life, spending “three years on the wild side in New York” and getting arrested by ten years old. Physically, he is distinctive. Both his...
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Lies can hurt, but can they kill? In Arthur Miller's play 'The Crucible', there is a 17-year-old girl from Salem, Massachusetts, named Abigail, in 1692. She is the niece of Reverend Parris. She is also the former servant of John and Elizabeth Proctor. She was fired when Abigail and John were caught having an affair. Abigail abuses her power within...
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