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The Curious Incident of Dog in the Nighttime' Maturity Essay

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Bob Richards wisely stated, “It may sound strange, but many champions are made by setbacks.” This means that although you may fail at something, how you come back up determines your strength. This quote relates to people with autism because many people with autism struggle with everyday occurrences and tasks. Autism is a brain-related development that can be applied to...

Essay on Geraldine in 'The Bluest Eye'

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In the novel The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison depicts the life of a young black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who lives in a community crippled by racism created by its members. The internalization of the cultural ideals of physical features and skin color causes a damaging effect on the African-American characters. As a result, Pecola develops feelings of inferiority and self-loathing,...

Essay on Juxtaposition in 'The Bluest Eye'

4 Pages 2010 Words
The importance of the symbol that Marigold portrays? The marigold symbolizes the idea that although Pecola, Frieda, and Claudia may work very hard in their community to grow and prosper, it may never happen. The marigold had good seeds, was cared for, and was planted with good intentions, but because of the location where the marigold was planted, it never...

Essay on Religion in 'Bless Me Ultima'

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His mother is the first introduction Antonio had to his religious identity. All his life he only knows what his mother forced onto him. With this formalized religion, he feels as if it is the only accepted religion and the only God he should follow and abide to. Especially since his mother continues to pressure Antonio to be a priest...

The Bluest Eye' Social Influence Essay

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Toni Morrison, original name 'Chloe Anthony Wofford', was born in Lorain, Ohio, on 18th February 1931 is a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, professor, and editor. Morrison’s books are known for their dramatic plots, beautiful vocabulary, and highly detailed African-American characters which are fundamental to their narratives. She has received several book-world accolades and honorary degrees, and the Presidential Medal...

The Bluest Eye' Essay on Oppression

2 Pages 1061 Words
The Bluest Eye is about what it’s like to be hated for things that are outside of your control. She addresses the larger implications of that, probably something that all of us have experienced in our lives. Especially, she is talking about what it’s like to be hated for being a poor black girl. For many people, knowing that they’re...

The Bluest Eye' Theme Essay

3 Pages 1278 Words
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This statement, said by Albert Einstein, restates one of the main themes of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye. This novel takes us through the life story of a young African American...

The Namesake' Expository Essay

2 Pages 713 Words
Sunday Adelaja once said, “Names have a great influence on the destiny of the person, who bears the name”. In Jhumpa Lahir’s novel The Namesake, Lahir tells the story of a Bengali man named Gogol who, throughout his life, has experienced an identity crisis. The name given to him at birth was solely supposed to be used as his dark...

Cultural Conflict Essay on 'The Namesake'

3 Pages 1151 Words
 “Not all plants, let alone humans, survive transplantation, and, as Lahiri’s stories show, for some the process of transplantation is impossible or irremediably damaging”(Ambreen Hai). Identity is always difficult for everyone, but being culturally displaced, as immigrants are just adds to the pressure of fitting in. Or even more so for those who grow up in two worlds at the...

The Bluest Eye' Rape Essay

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In the scene with Maureen, Pecola’s response is inertly passive, as compared to that of Claudia’s and Frieda’s, which shows they welcomed the “chance to show anger” (The Bluest Eye, 59). Although surprised at first by the meaning of Maureen’s declaration, they collected their pride and shouted back, “the most powerful of their arsenal of insults”. (The Bluest Eye, 61)....

The Namesake' Immigrant Experience Essay

2 Pages 997 Words
Ashoke remains busy in his career, it hurts her most. When the doctor examines her in the Hospital, she tells her everything is normal. “ But nothing feels normal to Ashima. For the past eighteen months, ever since she arrived in Cambridge, nothing has felt normal at all. It’s not so much the pain, which she knows, somehow, she will...

The Call of the Wild' Theme Essay

4 Pages 2024 Words
The novel The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London, begins with a portrayal of Buck's happy life. He resides in the Santa Clara Valley with his owner, Judge Miller, but difficulties arose for the innocent dog when gold was discovered up north. Buck, a muscular dog, was in high demand among gold-rushers. Buck was walking through an orchard...

Essay on Setting in 'Lord of the Flies'

5 Pages 2492 Words
How the Setting Affects the Boys In William Golding’s novel for students, “The Lord of The Flies,” The setting affects the boys in multiple different ways. Many of these ways can include fear, vulnerability and authority elaborating on the effects it will have on the boys later on in the novel. The topic of fear includes the thoughts of the...

Essay on Old Money Neighbourhood in 'The Great Gatsby'

3 Pages 1204 Words
Fitzgerald’s ability to effectively implement contrasting settings in a novel is fundamental in symbolizing the organization of social strata, establishing major conflicts, and creating a social environment reflecting that of America in the 1920s. The construction of both location and time settings play a pivotal role in endorsing belief and value systems in The Great Gatsby. The 1920s setting contextualizes...

Love in 'The Bluest Eye' Essay

6 Pages 2707 Words
According to Stuart Hall, a Jamaican-born cultural theorist, and sociologist black people living in the diaspora are constantly reinventing themselves and their identities by mixing, hybridizing, and creolizing influences from Africa, Europe, and the rest of the world in their everyday lives and cultural practices. Therefore, there is no one-size-fits-all cultural identity for diasporic people, but rather a multiplicity of...

Comparison Essay between 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' and ‘The Kite Runner'

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In both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini uses the official modern-day language of Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan Farsi. The use of Farsi in The Kite Runner partially distances the reader from the sensitive topics that appear as well as ostracising the Western readers from having a full understanding of the tumultuous events of Amir's life...

Oppression in 'The Handmaids Tale' Essay

2 Pages 1009 Words
No novel may have as clearly exemplified the profound impacts of oppressing an individual’s freedom of speech as effectively as Margaret Atwood’s, ’The Handmaid’s Tale’. Despite much of Atwood’s story encompassing the various mechanisms ‘The Republic of Gillied’ used to oppress, degrade, and dehumanize its populace. Atwood’s depiction and philosophical stance of the controlled use of language in Gilead society...

Essay on 'The Namesake' Train Symbolism

1 Page 510 Words
Whenever I think of trains, I think of it as the start of an adventure, the start of discovering something new about ourselves. I think of all the accomplishments that led to our modern train. It symbolizes freedom, a transportation that enables from being confined in one place. However, in the story, we see the repeated significance of trains and...

Symbols and Themes in 'The Bluest Eye' Essay

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Pecola’s insanity signifies internal and external racism, it is the discourses imposed on black girls that drove Pecola insane as stated within the novel, “she, however, stepped over into madness, a madness which protected her from us just because it bored us within the end”. Pecola Breedlove is the definitive illustration of the persistent damaging effects that internalized racial favoritism...

Essay on Klipspringer in 'The Great Gatsby'

2 Pages 714 Words
In The Great Gatsby, jazz music is played throughout the text, adding energy and life to the novel. From Gatsby's extravagantly chaotic parties to the most introspective moments in the book, the jazz style of music seems to weave itself into the text. Like jazz has its exciting ups and mellow downs, the novel seems to follow a similar style,...

Essay on Imagery in 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

2 Pages 998 Words
Psychological tests observe emotions and behaviors to help diagnose a patient and create a guide for treatment. However, you cannot be assessed correctly because you are not as important, you’ll be treated like a child, and your emotions are automatically invalidated. In the 19th century, that is what women went through when being psychologically evaluated, if a woman were going...

Essay on Imagery in 'The Bluest Eye'

6 Pages 2559 Words
Humankind’s proclivity to racism, intolerance, and bigotry has provoked an outcry from all levels of society. Toni Morrison and Jodi Picoult typify authors who have sought to represent the victim’s voice. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison a black African American gives a haunting torturous account of Pecola Breedlove, a child, within a culture dominated by racial segregation and prejudice....

Essay on 'The Bluest Eye'

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After reading the novel, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, I believe that the author's intended message is to express the effects of imposing whiteness as an ideal beauty standard on black people. At the beginning of the book, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl has a deep desire to obtain blue eyes to feel accepted, beautiful, and loved by...

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