“Women”, is a word associated with a nurturing persona; in modern times, a symbol of perseverance and strength. However, the opinion on women has been shaped throughout the years with both negative and positive connotations. Although the perspectives changed, many still oppress women, finding them inferior to men. The short stories, “The Yellow Wall Paper”, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman,...
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'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin uncovers the convictions held by the general public seeing ladies as mediocre when contrasted with their male partners. Ladies were relied upon to hold fast to the desires of their spouses in a home setting. It was normal that each lady gets hitched, and this was for the most part to more...
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In The Great Gatsby, it happens in New York, plus the Valley of the Ashes represents the disparity between its occupants of West Egg and East Egg, regarding social standing and pay, besides on the grounds that the misery of neediness coming about because of the weakness of its occupants to emerge the financial stepping stool. Hence, the valley speaks...
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In Lord of the Flies, the author, William Golding, creates the novel to show the behaviors he noticed during the time of World War II. He depicts the different inner designs of the human body and soul. Golding helps detect one's inner savagery and civility. Golding demonstrates that the children are not conditioned by society to act evil or, that...
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The 1925 novel, Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows an upstanding young man, Nick Carraway as he tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, attempts to pursue Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy woman whom he loved in his youth. Fitzgerald creates an ‘artificial world’ where money is the object of everyone's desire. Capitalism drowns the...
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The Modern Period lasted from 1900-1945. During this period, many significant historical events took place such as World War I in 1914, The Bolshevik Revolution in 1916 and 1917, The Great Depression in 1929, The rise of Fascism in 1939, and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This period was a time of fear and lies for many people. During...
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Personally, I enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. I really liked the storyline and plot, I enjoyed the characters and the themes shown throughout most of the novel, but I did not like the ending considering how the book unfolded. I found this ending to be quite ineffective for the plot and honestly very anticlimactic for the reader. Throughout the...
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With immense wealth and power, tremendous influence is generated within the surrounding society. However, these factors may also create a facade to cover how they do not always lead to greatness. This idea is explored in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s American Fiction novel, The Great Gatsby, through the leading character, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, an incredibly wealthy bootlegger, is widely known...
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The Crucible is a story of the Salem Witch Trials that occurred in the community of the Puritans of Salem in 1692. The Crucible had many characters that were motivated by the wrong reasons but a few characters were motivated positively. The characters that were motivated positively were John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, and Giles Corey. They are characters that have...
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‘The novel paints a world of desolation and despair.’ How far and in what ways do you agree with this view of The Great Gatsby? I completely agree with this view everyone is in despair at some stage in the novel and everyone is depressed even if they don’t show it. Myrtle and Wilson are an unhappily married couple, they...
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Everything you have can be ripped away at any moment. These kids were a bunch of prep school kids, seen to be very polite, moderate, and had great well-being. As soon as any adults and rules were taken away their entire demeanor changed. Golding’s message was that everyone doesn't really know what to do with themselves once rules are taken...
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The novel The Great Gatsby written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, explores the idea of the American Dream that may be interpreted from a Marxist critical theory lens. The American Dream is the idea that anyone regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into can achieve their own idea of success through sacrifice, risk-taking, and...
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Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because - unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies - they don’t agree with the government but they never physically fight against it. However, they often break the smaller laws and constantly commit what is known...
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Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, tells the story of a group of boys stranded on an island. The novel begins when a plane carrying a group of school-aged boys crashes into a remote island. The boys must figure out, on their own, how to run the island to stay alive. Piggy, a brainiac, and Simon, an elusive young...
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Everyone has seen and experienced things that they have questioned and needed to talk about. Well In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald the author starts the story with Nick Carraway the narrator in a mental institution. The story takes place around New York in a place called Long Island. It consists of 3 different parts the...
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Throughout time, The Great Gatsby has been recognized for accurately representing the Roaring Twenties society in the United States, a point in history when the economy grew, and the culture began to focus on spending lavishly to enter a new-found social hierarchy. Styles, cultures, and tastes of high-class society change and a divide is formed between modern wealth and aristocratic...
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Brutal. Inhumane. Savage. Preteen boys rapidly shift from civilized British children to ruthless and barbaric warriors. Lord of the Flies, published on 17 September 1954, is a novel written by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. In this book, British schoolboys crash onto a deserted island out in the middle of the sea. No adults, no rules. Their attempt to rebuild...
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William Golding’s 1954 classic novel titled, Lord of the Flies, showcased a story of how young boys cope and try to survive, as they are stuck on an unknown island located in the Pacific Ocean. Inexperienced and without the supervision of adults, these young men created their own civilization, where rules are established to keep order between them while waiting...
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Lord of the Flies can be categorized into two genres: allegorical and dystopian fiction. An allegorical novel is when a writer may use symbols/objects or characters to convey a moral and deeper meaning. His central message is the concept of civilization is fragile. In chapter 2, page 34, the beast is introduced. At first, it is described as a “snake...
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Teenagers can be very inconsistent with their actions and their emotions can change in the blink of an eye. So, why are teenagers this way? Teenagers act the way they do because nature and nurture impact their identity. This will be explained through psychological studies and personal experiences. It will also express connections with Lord of the Flies and how...
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The novel “Lord of the Flies”, written by William Golding is centered on the conflict between two opposing impulses that all humans, according to Golding, have: the instinct to follow the rules, act peacefully, and obey moral commands, and the instinct to use violence to gain control over others and satisfy one’s own greed and selfish ambitions. The novel portrays...
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Over 2,5 billion people get hacked every year due to no privacy and too much personal information put on multiple devices. In the dystopic novel 1984, George Orwell predicted a world in which the people of Oceania are controlled by a totalitarian regime. The leader of the party, Big Brother, has complete control over his people, enforced by surveillance and...
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A man sits in an airtight, breathless room with an electronic screen embedded in the wall, and his every move is monitored even in the dark. There is also a poster on the wall that says, “Big Brother is watching you”(Orwell). This is the living environment described in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, as Bossche introduced, “Winston, the main character...
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Throughout history, composers have created copious ways of passage inviting audiences to explore their understandings of individual and collective human experiences, as well as expand their views of the world. Furthermore, these texts provide audiences with great insight into the anomalies and inconsistencies in human behavior. They invite the readers to see the world and its institutions differently, challenge their...
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“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength” Looking at North Korea and China we see totalitarian regimes reflected in modern society bring to fruition Orwell’s nightmare Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under the pen name George Orwell, published “1984,” now considered a modern-day classic. The novel’s protagonist Winston Smith is a middle-aged man frustrated with his way...
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1984 is based on a dystopia. “The war is within measurable distance of its end” implies that war has become such a common phenomenon to the point where the outcome could be easily predicted. This means that people are suffering and living in poor quality lifestyles not just due to the war but also because of the Party's control evidently...
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In the book 1984, there is a world where the government has turned into a totalitarian government. They do a lot of things to cover up things and the people are unaware of these things, that is because they are being controlled by the government and are forced to be loyal to the Party and all of its rules. The...
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In the 1800s most women had very difficult lives. There were many issues and restrictions such as, not having the right to own their own property, they could not keep their own wages, and were viewed as mentally ill. In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the story is told in a third-person omniscient point of view. Mrs....
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“The Story of an Hour” is a very famous short story by Kate Chopin, published in 1894. This story is one of the earliest pieces of feminist writing in American literature and links up with the awareness of women’s rights and the female position in society. The protagonist of this story is Mrs. Louise Mallard, who has just been informed...
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Abstract 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas is a novel which is talking about black skin lives in America; racism is a very important issue that we can see in the United States of America. Many years ago we have black slaves in America, and they use black people to work for them instead, they give them a small...
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