No matter what time period we are in, humans are learning new lessons from every situation they experience. Harper Leeâs novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, was set in the 1960s in Maycomb, Alabama during The Great Depression. Narrator and protagonist, Jean Louise âScoutâ Finch learns some important life lessons from her experiences throughout the novel. As she grows older, Scout starts to notice the world around her and witnesses the racial inequalities and prejudices towards different types of people. Her...
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, tells a story about two young children, who live in a period of racial discrimination against African Americans. The reader learns about the charactersâ experiences that shape their moral views about people of different social classes and races. Lee portrays African Americans as a segregated community that was considered inferior and constantly faced social injustice, yet they were respectful to the whites, despite the cruel and unfair treatment they...
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âRemember itâs a sin to kill a mockingbirdâ To Kill A Mockingbird has a primary topic of partiality and the oppression of honest and innocent people. The fundamental subjects of this book especially interface with the title, which is clarified by Harper Lee through Atticus and Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie clarifies - Mockingbirds don't accomplish a certain something yet make music for us to appreciate (modified quote). They don't have a certain something yet they sing their hearts out for...
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âWhat are you?â A simple yet inevitable question filled with years of confused identity, a question that I have been conditioned to answer repeatedly. Whenever I find myself with the other half, Iâm made aware of my confusing pronunciation or how I find myself bowing for just a little too long in an attempt to copy others. The cries of the frustration of not understanding the language. The inability to relate to the personal, yet intertwined experiences of being Asian....
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In this essay the role of language as being more than a means of communication has been the central focus. Language has been described as a means through which identities can be forged, the instrument through which the past, present, and future can be represented, as well as a means through which we can remember that which has been forgotten. Focus has also been laid on the cultural aspects of language, and how language can be used as a symbolic...
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The underlying feminism in the famous classic âLittle Womenâ by Louisa Alcott is a topic widely discussed since the novelâs publication in 1868, just after the first wave of the feminist movement. The real discussion revolves mainly around the main protagonist âJoâ Josephine March and her character traits that are very clear to critics and readers alike; however, it seems that the endings of the sisters are what is truly up to subjective interpretation. Throughout the course of the story,...
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Toni Morrisonâs Beloved encompasses the individual traumas and battles of several characters due to their experience and connection to slavery. Sethe, the novel's protagonist, has a deeply scarred past as a result of slavery, which poses an emotional roadblock with her daughter, Denver. Denver was born during her motherâs journey in escaping slavery. She spends a lot of her time in isolation at 124 Bluestone Road due to the deprivation of her motherâs love and care. Throughout the novel, she...
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Throughout the novel, Holden seems to be excluded from and victimized by the world around him. As he says to Mr. Spencer, he feels trapped on âthe other sideâ of life, and he continually attempts to find his way in a world in which he feels he doesnât belong. As the novel progresses, we begin to perceive that Holdenâs alienation is his way of protecting himself. Just as he wears his hunting hat (see âSymbols,â below) to advertise his uniqueness,...
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Throughout the story 'Of Mice and Men,' Steinbeck's perception of women as the novel evolves is truly revealed. It is shown that at that time if women didn't fit into the societal view that a woman should be maternal and modest, they would be frowned upon and outcasted. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck represents women to be lower in society than men. In the novel, women only have three different roles. A wife, an aunt, and prostitutes. Steinbeck uses these roles...
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In life, villains ought to be avoided, but in fiction, they are simply unavoidable. Without a villain, there is no hero, and a story without a villain and a hero isn't a story. Great villains can have a significant effect on the value of their stories as a whole, but what makes a great villain? One example is Felix from Christina Barnaby's novel 'Keepers of Light', whose frightening appearance, terrible misdeeds, and conflict with the hero make him the ideal...
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Recalled... âThings Fall Apart is a novel written by a Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Published in 1958, its story chronicles pre-colonial life in the south-eastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of the Europeans during the late nineteenth century.â The novel serves as a mirror to me; Iâm from West Africa, Liberia. I came to the United States as an exchange student when I was sixteen. The older I got; I was also able to understand some of the beliefs...
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A proverb is an originally popular phrase, which has been repeated among people in a society to express a moral thought, advice, or lesson. In Achbe's novel, there are numerous proverbs that reveal the cultural values of the Igbo people, proverbs that represent ideas, or others that provide the point of view on a particular subject. The figure of the elders in Things Fall Apart is of great importance, as they represent knowledge, respect, tradition, and mysticism. In traditional African...
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The book I chose and read throughout the duration of this quarter was Chinua Achebeâs Things Fall Apart, an incredible story of the chronicles of pre-life colonization of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans, that would change Nigeria for years to come. It can't be expressed enough how much I enjoyed this reading experience and finding joy and sorrow in every chapter. I chose Things Fall Apart, for no distinguishable reason. I did not have a book cover or a...
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From the Seven Commandments, the best phrase that explains these commandments is 'Four legs good, two legs bad.' However, as time passed by, the commandments were badly influenced by the resources of the rulers of the farm. Napoleon very cleverly broke the commandment and reintroduced it as 'four legs good, two legs are better' Since the pigs began out walking on two legs, the first commandment was once violated and moreover, the hero of the Battle of the Cowshed, Snowball...
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Adichie's Purple hibiscus is a novel based in post-colonial Nigeria where we are introduced to 15-year old Kambili who shares her narrative on the toxic family environment in which her father, an abusive catholic man oppresses and imposes his beliefs on his family. In the following essay, I will be discussing the key theme of defiance in Purple Hibiscus. To achieve this I will carefully explore Kambiliâs experience +with open obedience in terms of the manner in which the characters...
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Abstract:- The Africa is faced so many conflict like social, political and ethnic. For the main causes are weak government, state collapse, inter-ethnic clashes, economic decline, and unequal distribution of resources. African writer portrait the conflict of Africa through their fiction like Chinua Achebe, Adichie Etc. Adichie describes this history with fictionalized in her novels. This paper tried to analyze conflict in Adichieâs debuted novel purple hibiscus (2003) through the lens of conflict. How Adichie described political and ethnic conflict...
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The story starts off in dystopian future America, called Panem led by President Snow. There was a war many years ago, which resulted in the country being divided into twelve poor districts and one rich totalitarian capital. The twelve districts all represent different characteristics and beliefs based off the resources they have. District twelve, known for mining coal, is where the story takes place and where the main characters Katniss and Peeta are from. In the history of Panem, many...
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Narratives have been universally told since the beginning of human existence because they highlight social issues, shaped by their contexts. âPurple Hibiscusâ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the film, âThe Color Purpleâ directed by Stephen Spielberg are no exceptions of such narratives. Through analysing and comparing narratives, truths about society- both previous and current are revealed. Such narratives allow future generations to be well-versed of the hardships endured by their ancestors. The two narratives highlight the issues endured by Black...
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King and queens in the past have made the mistake of abusing their power. King George III Abused his power. He prevented the British government from making judicial decisions. He took complete control over Brittan. This resulted in the USA being founded. In the book âPurple Hibiscusâ Papa gets the opportunity many times and takes advantage of his power. He uses his power to take advantage of Mama the same way throughout the book. In âPurple Hibiscusâ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
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Introduction Kingsolver addresses various issues in this best-selling novel. Using a young Kentucky woman as the main character, the writer explores several concerns facing middle-class Americans in their daily survivals. A brief overview of the writing points out Taylor Greer as a woman with strong intentions. She had made up her mind in life not to be impregnated during her teenage and also not end up as a tobacco farmerâs wife like her mother. Her ambitions make her leave Kentucky...
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Abstract A journey in literary criticism may have several connotations. A journey may be a physical one, such a thing happens when Robinson Crusoe, the main protagonist of the novel, leaves his family estate and goes out on a journey that finally brings him to the isolated island off the coast of Venezuela. A journey can be a psychological one like when the literal journey becomes Crusoeâs journey for self-definition. The protagonist develops into a cult hero depicting capitalistic individualism....
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Barbara Kingsolverâs The Bean Trees is one of the most popular and urgent literary works nowadays. It touches upon burning issues of the modern society such as the conflict between ethical and legal, racism, adoption laws, homelessness, multiculturalism, kidnapping, depression suicide, the conflict of nature and nurture etc. We are going to analyze the importance of nature and nurture for a childâs bearing and development presented in Kingsolverâs work. It should be noted that the author does not contrast the...
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âCreativity is presented in assigning to do a task; creativity must meet be of a quality of a kind and be unique in its ânoveltyâ.â Creativity has many features and techniques. Such features could be deducted in a text, such as writing in metaphor techniques, wordplay or word punning, writing a comedy, satirical or sarcasm text, stressing a rhythm, repeating certain words and even some letters. Furthermore, grammar and syntax are considered creative characteristics. These features define whether a text...
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Introduction to the Novels and Their Similarities The novels, Water for Elephants and Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen, are both outstanding books and share some similarities. Not only are these novels similar, but they also withhold their own differences. Some similarities and differences to compare Water for Elephants to Riding Lessons include the characters, theme, and last but not least, the setting. Character Comparison: Jacob and Dan When comparing the two novels, similarities were found between the characters Sara Gruen...
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In both lost and the lord of the flies they ran into some issues. They are all stranded on an island ,and they have multiple problems including survival how would they survive and how did they survive? Society and organization,how did the rules and having a good organization helped keep them alive? Leaders, who stepped up on being the leader to keep everyone alive. The âbeastâ and or fear, how did the beast and the thought of fear throw the...
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Buck, who is a very big and pretty Saint Bernard, has changed through the book due to his new owners, and friends, and his new journeyâs. Buck throughout this story has to be able to adapt to his new changes and has to overcome all his new challenges. Weather itâs be taken from his home, beaten with a club, just being worked half to death he still has been able to make it through this life of his. Buck starts...
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In the novel 'The Call of the Wild' by Jack London, the protagonist Buck, a dog from South-land is kidnapped and sold to hostile people in the North. He has to adapt to becoming a dog of the North. Within this novel, Buck undergoes a very significant change of character and emotional state. He transitions from being the self-illustrated King of Judge Millerâs house, to a wild and liberated dog, emerged in a wolf pack within the land of the...
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Individualism describes the habit of being independent and self-reliant. In both The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Call of the Wild, the main characters display the habit of individualism. Christopher takes himself from his home in Swindon to London. Buck travels from Santa Clara Valley, California to Canada. Both characters take their trips alone. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the reader sees not only the theme of curiosity that the...
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The Call of the Wild is a novel of âdevolutionâ which traces the process of releasing Buckâs savage, atavistic nature beneath its civilized veneerâ(citation). Buck, a St. Bernard Shepherd mix, was a very loyal pet to his own family in California where life was easy and good. However, Buck is kidnapped during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush where sled dogs were in high demand ending this easy life. The novel progresses through tough times, not known to a...
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Can you imagine not knowing what true happiness was? In the novel, âThe Giverâ, Jonas was selected to be the next Receiver of Memory. His job is to hold the memories of the world, good and bad. Being selected to be the receiver is a great honor. There are many good parts of being the Receiver. Now Jonas has the ability to see color. He can also experience things he has never been able to experience before. Finally, Jonas now...
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