Characters -- Name and description of any main characters A first notable figure is an old man with huge wings. This man will appear overnight in the courtyard of Elisenda and Pelayo. This character is described as disgusting and disorderly and as someone who does not speak the same language as the others. All these characteristics will make people in...
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“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” (Steinbeck). John Steinbeck’s famous novel, Of Mice and Men, is about an unlikely pair, Lennie and George. The two men embark on...
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“Growing up is a process where people started to think and act with maturity.” Everyone has different levels of maturity in themselves. Sammy, our protagonist from the short story “A&P” goes through a development of maturity through his actions and his thoughts. Updike reveals Sammy to be a cashier at A&P a grocery store in a small town. We first...
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Starr Carter is the main character in the book and movie The Hate U Give, from 2017 written by Angie Thomas. Starr is a sixteen-year-old high school student who spends her life divided between the lower-class, primarily black neighborhood of Garden Heights and Williamson Prep, a wealthy, primarily white school. Starr constantly feels pulled between two versions of herself: “Williamson...
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In the Book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there are a lot of different themes none are more predominant than that of the American dream. The American dream is the idea that, in America, any individual can be effective as long the person in question is set up to try sincerely and utilize his regular endowments. Gatsby has...
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To Kill A Mockingbird was directed by Robert Mulligan in 1962 in Universal Studios Hollywood. It is a rendition of the book written by Harper Lee: The movie is set in a small town in Alabama during the 1930s- the Great Depression era. In To Kill A Mockingbird, a respected lawyer, Atticus Finch, agrees to represent Tom Robinson, an African...
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There is, throughout the play, a symbolic representation of melancholy. The opening scene of the play is on a platform in front of Elsinore Castle where watchmen are deployed depicting a melancholic atmosphere. From the beginning of the play, with such mentions as of ‘Tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart’ (1.1.8-9) and ‘tis but our fantasy’ (1.1.23),...
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A related story happened with Kanye Omari West and Kim Noel Kardashian which compares to Daisy Fay Buchanan and Thomas “Tom” Buchanan. These two familiar situations can relate to each other in the novel “The Great Gatsby” by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald during the Roaring ’20s. The Roaring 20s, also known as the Jazz Age, the decade of the...
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Another tool Geoffrey Chaucer includes in his fabliau tale centered around immorality is an engaging love story. The plot revolves around an unorthodox love triangle. Both men involved in this threesome attempt to win Alisoun’s hand by any means necessary, as discussed in the previous paragraph. This story about romance and courtship helps Chaucer in his purpose to uncover the...
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Throughout the novel “Of Mice and Men,” Steinbeck uses the character, Crooks to mirror the racial discrimination in the 1930s in America. During this time Black Americans went through a horrible time. Despite Steinbeck’s beliefs, he does not write for or against racism but rather writes about the harsh reality that they had to live through. As a reader we...
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Prometheus Unbound, a lyrical drama depicting the resistance of Prometheus against the supreme ruler of Jupiter, was published by Percy Bysshe Shelley in the early 1800s. This drama depicted the punishment Prometheus received on a mountaintop since he gave fire to humanity. Shelley published this story in 1820, which was during a period of great social upheaval in England due...
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The notion of imprisonment, both in a physical and psychological sense is explored in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest and also in Margaret Atwood’s postmodern novel Hagseed, which reimagines the trauma experienced by the protagonist and the challenges he must face to enable him to progress with life unhindered. In both texts, the past has manifested and shaped the present, and...
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The American Dream is the hope that anyone can earn success if they work hard enough. Throughout the novel The Great Gatsby, the main character James Gatz believes that achieving the American Dream requires making money. Fitzgerald illustrates for the reader an image of Gatsby's struggle to obtain the approval and acceptance of high society and to earn the same...
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The Marxist way of reading looks at texts from the political perspective of struggles between those who have power and those who don't. These theories are based on Karl Marx's as he believed that the Western capitalist system was designed to increase the wealth of the rich and subsequently oppress the poor. Maya Angelou's poems can be seen to follow...
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Written in 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s sonnet, “Work without Hope” embodies the lively aspects of nature, as he does in numerous other sonnets, and depicts the journey one takes to achieve a goal and realize their worth. Coleridge begins the sonnet by describing an unknown natural environment, utilizing picturesque imagery. Contrasting the primarily light ideas in the first stanza, Coleridge...
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The 1960s was an intense time, practically intolerable for individuals of various social foundations, additionally, what made these circumstances difficult and the going gets unpleasant was the Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow laws were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Black people groups and people that endeavored to resist Jim Crow laws were frequently met...
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In both ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, the characters’ existence is influenced by the idea of the American dream. An idea that was seen by capitalist America was that you must ruthlessly work to achieve your highest aspirations, and could be recognized by others through wealth and social class. With the ending of World War...
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All stories have multiple elements. In Telltale Heart, literary learners not only have a deeper understanding of the essence of the story through the five elements but also a deeper understanding of the reason why Edgar Allan Poe created this story. By spending time and energy digging into details, background, relevant historical background, and author biographies, people begin to see...
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A key theme of the short story is mental health. The narrator struggles with his sanity. He begins by asking the reader directly, 'How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story.' this then leads into a paragraph that essentially says that he is going to kill an old man...
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Introduction: The Hunger Games is an action and science-fiction adventure film based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem (North America). Panem is separated into 12 districts that help support the Capitol. Each year the Capitol “hosts” the Hunger Games, where a boy and a girl are...
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Although it is a fictional story written over half a century ago, many of the ideas and aspects of George Orwell’s 1984 exist in real life today, including in the War on Terrorism. 1984 is a novel about a world in which a totalitarian government controls the thoughts and actions of citizens and uses brainwashing techniques to keep them in...
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In the memoir, A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, He shares his experiences that we can learn more about and understand and he guides us through his daily life. For Beah, his childhood is not very pleasant and he encountered the horrors of war, loss of innocence, and how humans can change given the circumstances they endure. Throughout the...
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a novel written in late 1890s, explains about Edna Pontellier as she sheds the parts of herself that are dictated by societal expectations and uncovers her true self and defines freedom in sexual passion and artistic expression but she also finds that refusing to conform to accepted women's roles has a downside at Madame...
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First of all, it should be noted that despite many differences, the 1956 film adaptation remained true, faithful to the main ideas and themes of the original story. In the 1956 film adaptation, we have a dark scene with cold colors. Thus, black, grey, and white are the dominant colors. (There is a monochromatic scheme). Moreover, the lighting of the...
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When comparing two books written by the same author, it is expected that you will be able to pick up on the authors' special technique to make each of their books as intriguing as possible. This cannot be said about Truman Capote and his books “In Cold Blood,” and “Breakfast at Tiffanys.” When writing these books Capote was not just...
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Mr Charrington placed his battered old wig and spectacles on the bench in front of him. He sighed inaudibly as he jerked the seat towards him and sat down directly in front of the telescreen. It was quite obvious that he was no longer the same person. He then roused himself and sat up straighter as he turned the telescreen...
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Moreover, it explains that Santiago still needs the community, the individual who shares and supports the same idea, in his decision-making process. Santiago’s choice to be a shepherd illustrates that Santiago has the freedom to choose. The freedom is entailed by his responsibility, to enjoy his days as a shepherd. However, this decision sets him apart from his family. This...
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The function of gender in Mesopotamian mythology starting with the male gender is that men were always looked at with great appreciation in that they were granted the rights and capabilities to be in government. The roles of men in this mythology varied from being kings and fathers or even political rule makers. As a result, these roles that males...
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Knowledge is power. Imagine living in poverty and not understanding or knowing that you need help. Mental Illness can include addiction, depression, schizophrenia, and more. Having mental health problems can be tricky, sometimes it can be hard to spot the symptoms, which is why having the knowledge and resources can be very helpful to those in need. The government provides...
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From Sara’s points, it is clear that media institutions draw a heavy line between fake news and real news. Through my reading, Berkowitz et al. (2016) demonstrate the relocation of mainstream journalism to professional mannerisms through the works of ‘The Fifth Estate,’ bloggers and communists who confront fake news organizations. This is where I will be discussing the concept of...
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