In America we have values, a person’s principles or standards of belief or what a person finds important in life. Throughout history, we have acquired values that are still present to this day. In A Narrative of the Captivity, Rowlandson loses her child and has to continue working to be able to survive. During that time period, work was not...
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In the novel ‘Madame Bovary’ by Gustave Flaubert, I’ve noticed some stylistic features that he had used in the novel, those stylistic features are symbolism, imagery, allegory, and imaginary. With Emma’s appearance, it uses the stylistic features of symbolism, imagery, and allegory by how she transgresses, becoming more beautiful when she grows up. Another stylistic feature used in the novel...
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The work that I choose to elaborate is called “Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises” which was written by the famous writer Ernest Hemingway and published in 1926, it is written in the first person – Jake Barnes, who is the narrator and the protagonist of the novel as well. The plot of this novel was a group of disillusioned expatriates...
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This research paper primarily explores the impact of absurdism in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot. Absurdism as a philosophy stands on the idea that the whole universe is irrational and meaningless and that the look for order brings the person into conflict with the universe. During the period of the two world wars, the mass killing of millions of...
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez tells the story of a gruesome murder in a small town of Sucre, Colombia. The murder victim was an attractive, wealthy, half Arab man by the name of Santiago Nasar. Marquez modeled the character after his own godbrother Cayetano Gentile who was described as the “ tall, elegant, and good-looking” son...
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The expression “feminism” existed for about 200 years fist signifying “the nature of females” and from that point foreword has been characterized in a vast number of ways. Today, woman’s liberation can be chartered by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as a noun signifying “the convection that people ought to have equal rights.” Woman not only lack the “necessities” men carry, but...
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Have you ever wondered how the meats in the meatpacking industry really are? How the animals are really being treated? What it’s like to work long draining hours slaughtering animals to feed the American society? Next time you decide to eat that Big Mac think of what’s really going into your body. Eric Schlosser wrote “Fast Food Nation” to expose...
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At its heart, Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych is concerned with illness and dying within upper-middle class life. In his pursuit of wealth and hypocritical relations, Ivan’s terminal illness – read as a form of pancreatic cancer – is a figure for an “unhealthy” upper middle-class life lived at the wrong side emotionally, socially, and physically. When considering...
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We travel the world to expand our horizons and look beyond the both the physical and metaphorical borders of our own cultures. When we travel we gain new perspectives on other cultures and their ultimate impact on our very own understanding of the world. One prime example of a new perspective comes from Lemul Gulliver himself in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s...
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The way a society runs heavily influences the thoughts and actions of the people who live there and will teach immigrants the differences between cultures. In Gulliver’s Travels, there are vast differences in the societies Gulliver visits, from the varied physical appearances of the inhabitants, to their laws and values. During his time abroad, Gulliver sees just how different societies...
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Susan Glaspell’s Jury of Her Peers illustrates how women’s moral judgment is influenced by the authority of men and how a shared female experience gives insight that is ultimately more important to women’s moral judgment. Women’s awakening, their feminine solidarity, and political advocacy are inseparable from their awareness of the gender discrimination and oppression embedded in the existing legal system,...
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Atticus Finch is regarded by many as a hero and an ideal role model. He’s known to be a proponent for humanity’s equal right to justice and his parenting was considered to be way ahead of his time. But no one’s perfect, and Atticus is no exception. Even though Atticus’s parenting is commendable, his idealism is a reflection of his...
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The book discussed in this review is Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal written by Eric Schlosser. The book was published on January 17, 2001, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), a publishing company that specializes in publishing instructional materials such as textbooks, based in Boston, Massachusetts. The copy being reviewed here was the first edition book....
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“My Papa’s Waltz” is a domestic ballad illustrating a jovial waltz around the kitchen – a snapshot- fueled by nostalgia, reflection, and love, allowing the reader to contemplate their childhood and family. Roethke’s expert use of rhythm, rhyme and language enraptures the reader, creating an emotive piece which universally resonates with the audience. Conversely, when this simplicity is abandoned, chaos...
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Introduction The intersection of stereotypes and racism in public spaces is a critical issue that affects the lives of Black men in profound ways. These stereotypes often portray Black men as inherently dangerous or threatening, which perpetuates systemic racism and influences societal behavior. The manifestation of these stereotypes in public spaces not only affects the personal and professional lives of...
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When reading a story about multiple characters do the readers ever notice anything they have in common or different? In the story “ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz the two characters Lola Delone and Oscar Delone have many similar dependencies yet are completely different people. Lola was the sibling that was outgoing and can handle...
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The Japanese internment of 1942 showed that resistance is provoked in order to maintain identity under threat by ignoring stereotypes and not conforming to the society’s beliefs in forms such as volunteering to help his country as shown by Woody in Chapter 11 of Jeanne Wakatsuki’s memoir ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ and by providing justification against the internment as shown in...
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People often say home is where the heart is, and personally, I believe this to be true. The technical definition of home is “the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household” but I believe a home can be so much more than that. To me, a home is a place where you should...
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The short story, “The Black Cat,” was written by Edgar Allan Poe. The main characters are the speaker, his wife, and a black cat named Pluto. The conflict occurs when the speaker constantly gets mad at everyone and suddenly snaps, committing a crime. The speaker grew up with a childhood filled with abuse, and as a form of protection, he...
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Cultural differences and social status should not be used as a way to separate people. In many instances, individuals especially from low social status perceive those from higher social status as being superior. In addition, some people tend to view other cultural practices as more decent than theirs. These perceptions are some of the root causes of low confidence and...
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‘My Antonia’ by Willa Cather is a famous novel that takes place in the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. It has been read by numerous classes through out the twentieth century and continues to be a famous piece of literature to this day. This story has been interrupted in multiple ways and continues to fascinate critics to this...
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‘My Antonia’ by Willa Cather is a novel that has been enjoyed many people throughout the century. This wonderful novel centers around a man by the name of Jim Burden and his point of view of a Bohemian woman with the name of Antonia Shimerda during the time of westward expansion in the late nineteenth century. Antonia was one of...
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The Aristophanes’ play reveals the role of women in Athenian society how they are always lonely when their husband goes to war for months at a time “We’ve got to fuss about our husbands, wake up the servants, calm and wash the babies, then give then food.” (paragraph 17-19 Calonice). While the husband is out fighting during the war the...
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Edgar Allan Poe lived a life full of trauma, loss, and substance abuse. In his 40 years, Poe endured an unimaginable stream of deaths of loved ones, professional disruption, and alcoholism, which contributed to his untimely death. Ultimately, his experiences produced one of the most recognized, albeit posthumously, American authors of the 19th century. In the Sanglap: Journal of Literacy...
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In the novel, And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie touches on several social issues that include, race, gender, class, and age. In this post I want to discuss how Christie uses her novel to discuss the theme of gender bias and how this impacted the women on the island. Reading this novel, there are two ways that genders were...
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How many racism problems occur every year? The racism problem has happened for hundred years, and we never know when it ends. It often happens to the black people. Has anyone ever imagined ourselves as black people, living a life of them, and experiencing how others treat a black person? 'My first victim is a woman' (Staples 502) is a...
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The notion of the “self made man” is defined as having achieved success or prominence by one’s own efforts. This is what many big entrepreneurs claim when they talk about their success: being a self made man. We as a society have come to believe that the self-made man attains their success through education, hard work, and sheer willpower. In...
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The poem' argues that love as the greatest force presents in the universe and no power can destroy it, not even in death. The poet stands against all of the opponents of the an eternal and undying love Poe uses the theme of love to illustrate on the undying strong bond of love that remains even after Annabelle's Lee death....
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Moral principles function as a prerequisite for human life. Wargrave the retired judge and has a profession that signifies his character’s unique way of the perception of the ethical values, meant to reveal the virtue of judicial systems in fighting the will for crime in human beings. For Wargrave, his victims’ crimes are vicious doings they must be punished for....
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Some mothers are role models. Both of the mothers in Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan and My Mothers Garden by Katlin Greenridge were role models because they both wanted what is best for their daughters and both of them are different from everyone else but they still make the best of things. In Fish Cheeks, the mom doesn't want her...
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