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“We accept the love we think we deserve” Dear friend, being a wallflower does help gain the trust of other people but, does being a wallflower allow those to participate in life completely? “We accept the love we think we deserve” but how do we know if we deserve any better. Steven Chbosky explores the themes of acceptance, tolerance and...
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In both Ozymandias and London, the poets William Blake and Percey Shelley critique social structures that award power and authority to the wealthy minority; to the disadvantage of the poor and those who hold a lesser status in society. This is explored in numerous ways in both Ozymandias and London. Shelley and Blake have both manipulated structural techniques in order...
Literature ReviewOzymandiasPower
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Proclivity for violent outbursts. The proud and inflexible Coriolanus cries out in a key scene in the play, surrounded by his enemies, I banish you There is a world elsewhere (act 3, scene 3). But there can be no other world for a Roman-like Coriolanus, who was raised on the ideal of serving the commonwealth and striking blows 'for Rome':...
CoriolanusLiterature Review
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One reasons bird fly is to migrate. They fly away from their natural habitat to escape the grueling cold only to return months later to where they came from. In Song of Solomon, flight is a central theme, especially for the main character, Milkman. Throughout the story, flight becomes a symbol and we see it follows the progression of Milkman...
Literature ReviewSong of Solomon
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Relative clauses found in the novel entitled The Pearl by Steinbeck in 1947. This analysis based on the theory of Generative Transformation via Chomsky in his book. Syntactic Structure (1971) and supported through Bradford in his e-book Transformational Syntax: A Student Guide to Chomsky's Extended Theory (1988). The findings of this learn about show that there are three outstanding patterns...
Literature ReviewNovelThe Pearl
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Not every reader finds a series of books that are pleasurable to read by the same author. For S.E Hinton, her books are extremely eye capturing for many readers of all ages. Have you ever read a book that is extremely hard to put down? Well with Hinton's books, that is the feeling you will get when reading her books....
ImpactLiterature ReviewThe Outsiders
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Despite the fact that The Stranger is an anecdotal work, it contains a solid reverberation of the philosophical idea of silliness of Camus. In his compositions, Camus contends that there is no coherent reason or request in singular lives and human presence specifically. Also, on the grounds that it is hard for individuals to grasp this idea, they are constantly...
Literature ReviewThe Stranger
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“Life of Pi” and “Frankenstein” are disclosures that perfectly challenge the boundary of ethics thus morality is a vital theme in both the novel and movie as both contexts have parallel implications primarily through Pi and Frankenstein’s peril. Mary Shelley reverses the role of man and monster whereas Ang Lee blurs the line of morality by presenting two stories, one...
FrankensteinLiterature ReviewMary Shelley
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When readers of Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake are first introduced to the Children of Crake, we observe their foreign appearance through the eyes of Snowman, to whom their “sound of tooth”, “smooth of skin” and “no body hair” feel deeply uncanny and “leave him chilled”. These Crakers possess, to an extent, the features and proportions of human beings, however...
Literature ReviewOryx and Crake
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Hamlet includes many references to performances of all kinds – both theatrical performances and the way people perform in daily life. In his first appearance, Hamlet draws a distinction between outward behavior— “actions that a man might play”— and real feelings: “that within which passeth show” (I.ii.). However, the more time we spend with Hamlet the harder it becomes to...
Hamlet ThemeLiterature Review
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Why are Machiavelli’s ideas in The Prince often described as a ‘handbook for tyrants’? Are they compatible with his republican views in the Discourses on Livy? Machiavelli was born in Florence in the year 1469. At this point Italy was not a unified state, Florence was a city state and a republic. Machiavelli was not from a noble rich family,...
Literature ReviewMachiavelliThe Prince
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Difficulty pertaining to the acceptance of cultural differences is a prevalent motif throughout “Poisonwood Bible,” and is an idea that Kingsolver routinely reinforces through the implementation of allusion. The Price family, though having left Georgia to complete a religious mission in the Congo, attempted to maintain the cultural practices of a modern society, which eventually proved to be unsuccessful. While...
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Composed as a literary novel that narrates through a legend of redemption and inscribed in the context of Ancient Troy is “Ransom” by David Malouf, which unravels how changes come to the reception of individuals in worlds. Such can also be said of the film “Invictus”, the two texts applaud the power of a changed perception as well as its...
Literature ReviewNovelRansom
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Palahniuk uses fight club to demonstrate that although America may not be as primary industry driven as it once was. It has moved towards a more tertiary type economy which creates an American version of the working class. Palahniuk's perception of the American service worker is like that of the traditional proletariat. This put into perspective shows a clear divide...
Fight ClubLiterature ReviewStruggle
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Many characters in the historical fiction ‘Ransom’ by David Malouf and the 2009 film ‘Invictus’ directed by Clint Eastwood portray forgiveness and reconciliation through their actions and attitude. ‘Invictus’ highlights the determination of wanting to unite a “rainbow nation” whereas, ‘Ransom’ shows how the act of reconciliation unites two long-time enemies. Through these acts of reconciliation both writer and director...
InvictusLiterature ReviewRansom
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In today's world, language plays a fundamental role in portraying the ideas of specific cultures over time. Some of the earliest forms have been around since the Common Era, Old English being one of the most developed languages. In the essay ‘Mother Tongue’ by Amy Tan, readers are engaged in her unique writing style as Tan expresses her childhood growing...
English LanguageLiterature Review
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The short story ‘Cathedral’ has many different themes. These include, but aren’t limited to, jealousy, insecurity, isolation, detachment and connection. Raymond Carver’s short story ‘Cathedral’ is about prejudice and the ignorance that comes with it. The narrator’s false assumptions based off stereotypes and lack of knowledge eventually is overcome by treating others with equality and seeing things from their perspective....
CathedralLiterature Review
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Joan Didion's essay "On Keeping a Notebook" explores the practice of journaling and its significance in the author's life. In this essay, Didion reflects on the act of writing and the personal insights that can be gained through the process of keeping a notebook. Didion begins by explaining the motivation behind her journaling, highlighting the importance of capturing fleeting moments...
Literature ReviewWriting Experience
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The practice of marriage between two men and two women. Although same sex marriage has been regulated through law, religion and custom in most countries are the legal and social responses have fluctuated from celebration on one hand to criminalization on the other. The author of the article ‘Same-Sex Marriage Weakens the Institution of Marriage’ is Ryan T. Anderson. The...
Literature ReviewSame-sex Marriage
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In the article ‘College Isn’t for Everybody, and It’s a Scandal that We Think It Is’, the author, Thomas Reeves, argues about the issues regarding under-preparedness and the consequences of it when going to college. Reeves talks about the declining ACT scores nationwide over the years, as well as the millions of dollars that are being spent on remedial education....
College EducationLiterature Review
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Why are we labeling people? Why are we involuntarily biased? On the off chance that you arranged too many arbitrarily chosen individuals from over the earth, none of them would share the same skin tone or religion. You could classify them from darkest to lightest or from Muslim countries to Western countries. There would be too many reasons that lead...
CivilizationDiscriminationLiterature Review
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‘Cathedral’ by Raymond Carver is a rather prolonged short story about a blind man. The blind was invited to spend some time with a long-time friend and her husband after he had experienced the loss of a loved one. The narrator of the story happens to be the wife’s husband who isn’t particularly friends the blind man named Robert. For...
CathedralLiterature ReviewShort Story
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Ann duCille, a popular author known for her works on race and popular culture, in her article ‘Dyes and Dolls: Multicultural Barbie and the Merchandising of Difference’ speaks about Barbie, a doll with which many users identify their personal experiences with. The questions asked by duCille are eye-opening and revitalize new responses and answers among readers. Lack of a Barbie...
Barbie DollLiterature Review
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In his essay, ‘The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society, Jonathan Kozol speaks about all the issues surrounding illiteracy around the world, but also in the United States. He tells about all the downfalls in the lives of those who can’t read and their lack of future or even current success because of it. The English language becomes a fear...
IlliteracyLiterature ReviewVoting
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Do you have some spare change or extra time on your hands? If so, deciding to spend it on someone else might make you happier than spending it on yourself. The following literature review addresses that topic: the effects of prosocial behavior on people’s happiness in light of three scientific articles. Simply put, the first article focusses on how spending...
HappinessLiterature ReviewProsocial Behavior
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In Paul Theroux's essay ‘Being a Man’, he argues that there is a hole present between genders is the predominant cause of the social misfits that exist in our society. He moreover mentions that manhood itself has made some guys disown their very own identity. Theroux's asserts that the whole thought of manhood in the United States is pitiful compare...
Being a ManLiterature Review
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Individuality, as found in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is defined as total character peculiar to and distinguishing an individual from others (“Individuality”), or simply put, someone’s personality that sets them apart from everyone else. This trend of individuality seems to be the forefront of Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver. In The Giver, the young protagonist, Jonas (and everyone else) live in...
CharacterLiterature ReviewThe Giver
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Kwame Nkrumah in his essay ‘Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism’ unleashes two different dimensions where in theory a neo-colonial state seems independent and sovereign but in reality, that state’s economic system, political policy, cultural practices are influenced/controlled by external powers. In the documentary ‘Life and Debt’, directed by Stephanie Black, the director has carefully presented how external power such...
DocumentaryLife and DebtLiterature Review
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The main character of the short story 'The Sniper' was calm and brave, he stayed really calm when he was hiding on the roof, and he was brave, because when his arm was hit by the bullet, he tried to overcome his pain, and he wrapped the wound himself. He is smart and resourceful, he tricked another sniper which was...
CharacterLiterature ReviewShort Story
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