In the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini embodies himself in the role of a woman living in Afghanistan in a time of political oppression and war. He writes the gripping tale of Afghan women with the journey taken by two; Lalia and Mariam. Hosseini starts first with a young girl named Mariam, the first protagonist of the story,...
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, as well as seeing the movie adaptation of it. The Color Purple movie directed by Steven Spielberg is easily created and captures the real feelings and moments that were thought when these ideas were conveyed through written texts in the novel. There are several similarities and differences between...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns Dialectical Journal 1 Pages 1-73 In the story, “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Khaled Hosseini tells a depressing story that follows Mariam, an accident of a rich businessman and his servant’s affair. Mariam lives just outside Herat with her bitter mother, Nana in a divided family where she is visited by her father, Jalil Khan, once a...
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This narrative is about a girl named Mariam who lives in Afghanistan in the early 1960s. Throughout her life, there have been many ups and downs. She has to live with her mother Nana, while her father is a successful and rich entrepreneur named Jalil. Mariam despises the fact that she doesn't get to live with his father. When Mariam...
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The Analyzation of Physical and Mental Strains within Metamorphosis Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis gives a glimpse into the effect of abuse, and I wish to argue that Gregor took his own life in response to the mistreatment done by the Samsa family, because these factors play a vital role in why Gregor committed suicide. To prove this perspective, I will first...
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A 30-year-old mother of two in West Lafayette, Indiana states, 'It felt like a fog that descended on me, and I thought it would never leave,' The debilitating disease of Postpartum Depression causes the new mother to feel detached from their newborn child. During the first week of childbirth, mothers encounter symptoms such as intense irritability, insomnia, loss of appetite,...
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James Pilkington Question 4: “Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination, and the heart. – Salman Rushdie.” Evaluate how a novel you have studied presents a particular perspective about humanity....
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Work is one of the main reasons why most people cannot spend time with their loved ones, let alone have free time. It is something that occupies one's life and impacts the lives around that specific person. For example, if a father has to work for 12 to 14 hours straight a day to provide for his family, he will...
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The Harry Potter series, written by the British author Joanne Rowling, is unarguably the most successful series of books of the twenty-first century. After suddenly finding inspiration for her characters on a train, Rowling devoted at least a decade of her life to the lives of the characters she created, and to her readers who waited with bated breath for...
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Characteristics can be described as the thing that makes a person who they are. Characteristics are how someone acts, how they feel, and how they identify. In Alice Walker's short story, 'Everyday Use' the characteristics of each character could have been determined by the fire that happened a decade before the time of the story. For Dee, it enlightened her,...
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Your Honor: My name is Tansylu and I am a prosecution attorney. The case being discussed includes the murder of a police officer, Patrick Maloney committed by his wife, Mary Maloney. The prosecution believes that Ms. Maloney has killed her husband and should be charged with manslaughter. By examining the evidence, including the murder weapon, motive, and the emotion she...
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“Freedom, or the lack thereof, is inextricably linked with power” In light of this statement explore how Alice Walker and Emma Donoghue present the relationship between freedom and power in Room and The Color Purple. Throughout the entirety of both novels, constant inferences can be made about a journey of liberation, whether it be the similar physiological release in both...
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Through a study of Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple, this paper is going to talk about those black women who have traveled a long journey from suffering male dominance, to rebellion against its conventions, and to creating their freedom. Alice Walker's “The Color Purple” was written in 1982, in an epistolary form. She has managed to use the form...
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Overview of film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is about a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and holds exceptional magical powers of his own. He is asked to become a student at Hogwarts which is a boarding school for wizards. At Hogwarts, he meets several friends who...
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Fidelity Theory and The movie Fidelity refers to the 'quality of being faithful'. An adaptation is judged based on whether the film precisely produces its source or not. And also An adaptation of the movie is an attempt to please the masses. There is an enormous difference between the quality of the novels and the quality of movies, as there...
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The award-winning mystery novel ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ was published in 2003, authored by Mark Haddon. It is an excellent read for teenagers as it uses a diversity of characters to promote reader engagement through interesting language. ‘Christopher explaining why he likes prime numbers which represents the way he thinks’ The novel shows the world...
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Gender equality is the longest war that ladies have been battling and still are for an extended time. Women in Afghanistan have been experiencing gender equality issues in its extreme frame for ages caused by traditions and cultures along with caste and religion. Khaled Hosseini’s, A Thousand Splendid Suns clearly illustrates the predicament of women behind the dividers of Afghanistan...
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A posse of people consists of specific and international behavior that sets them apart from other distinctive groups. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling is a magical realism novel. In it, the protagonist, Harry Potter, sets off to Hogwarts - a school of wizardry. There, he learns about what it takes to become a wizard. Before he...
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When we think of heroes, we tend to associate them with a cape or a mask. This statement has not remained true in both early and modern times throughout history. Odysseus who was King of Ithaca and a hero in Homer’s poem “The Odyssey” was a prime example of an individual with nobility and strength. Now Gilgamesh did not quite...
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Dee, Mama's eldest daughter, is a well-educated black woman. In embracing her traditional identity, she changed her name from Dee to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo (an African name). So, Dee notifies her mother that she has changed her name to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo in protest of the injustice and cultural bleaching that Black Americans have experienced. The concept of modification names...
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The 1920s, known as the Jazz Age and the Roaring ‘20s, was a decade of great prosperity, booming businesses, the rise of the middle class, and the beginning of new ways to spend leisure time through dancing, nightclubs, and saloons. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the interactions and conflicts between the divisions of the upper class. The...
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Women have had to fight to get to where they are today. The right to vote, equal wages, the perception of their status in society... all these victories, whether fully achieved or not, have been, and still are today, a struggle. In a hetero-patriarchal society where men have more advantages than women or at least more social freedoms than women,...
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Mary Maloney is the protagonist of Roald Dahl’s short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”. She is introduced as a typical middle-class housewife who is six months pregnant and is devoted to her husband, Patrick Maloney. She is described as a beautiful woman, with soft skin and lips, and dark and large eyes. She is a docile wife who eagerly waits...
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In Alice Walker's short story, “Everyday Use” the theme is recurrent. This is one tough lady with a strong faith line. This story is represented in multiple ways. As the reader you can tell the narrator/main character has been through a lot. She has done it all on her own without a partner. The narrator does not like to draw...
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Today’s headlines, analysis papers, and debates sent a direct message about the expectations of gender stereotyping, which perpetuates the family dynamic. Parents directly convey their beliefs about gender by providing instruction, illustration, guidance, and training to their children from their early childhood. Cultural expectation assigns the role and expectation for both genders, to organize their lives and behavior. Children can...
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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a novel, which has been described as a “fresh post-feminist approach to future shock” due to its detailed introduction to the world of sexism committed by the patriarchal society of the Republic of Gilead. It reflects the dystopian male-controlled society, where women are treated inferiorly and unequally while facing sexism and social disparage....
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Societally, we are approaching a crossroads in terms of the rights of women -- one side leads back to a draconian patriarchal society, and the other leads towards a freer world. In her novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood provides a glimpse of what the future may look like were we to choose the former. Atwood’s use of different colors...
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The novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood, is based upon a totalitarian society that treats women as property and takes their civil rights away from them, forcing them into sexual servitude to replenish the population. The book has been turned into a Hulu original series that shows a view of a totalitarian society within the United States. However, the...
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The sequence I have chosen to analyze starts when the handmaids file into the salvaging and ends with the man accused of rape, kneeling, and surrounded by the Handmaids. This is a turning point for the character of Offred, as we see her understanding her terrible situation with increased clarity throughout the extract and this makes the viewer recognize the...
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In The Great Gatsby, a major issue recurring theme in that of morality. Each character in the novel exemplifies their various immoral contributions at least one point in the novel, and each character falls on a different portion of the spectrum of morality. These different actions, performed by different characters, help to place each character in their respective place among...
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