The concept of poverty is pervasive throughout the novel The Outsiders and provides a significant representation of the struggles of those living in it. Poverty is the state of being extremely poor and greatly affects the quality of someone’s life. Written by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders (published 1967) follows the story of a group of juveniles who are discriminated against...
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The actions and choices of characters in Wuthering Heights are often an attempt to raise their social status. This is clear in Catherine’s reason for marrying Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff, and the sense of revenge that overtakes Heathcliff in his adult life when he attempts to inherit Thrushcross Grange as well as the Heights. It is not within the...
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What is psychological literary criticism? What is Freud's Theories and how to apply in the novel Heart of Darkness? The psychological criticism: An approach to literary criticism that interprets writings, authors and readers through a psychological lens. Focus on expressing the subconscious at work, looking at psychology in the narration itself as well as in the author. It was founded...
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Introduction to Esperanza's Journey on Mango Street The novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age story of a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza Cordero. The story describes the events in Esperanza’s life over a span of a year, in which she moves to a house on Mango Street. Although her new home is...
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The novel Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad, is centered around a skilled sailor named Marlow and his journey up the Congo River. Marlow was fascinated by the “darkness on the map,” and had a desire to explore. In his novel, Conrad represents time and history by using Marlow’s journey to Africa to expose the reader to a time...
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Introduction Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario is a poignant and deeply moving non-fiction book that traces the harrowing journey of a young Honduran boy, Enrique, as he travels to the United States in search of his mother. This book not only provides a detailed account of Enrique's perilous journey but also delves into the broader context of immigration, exploring the...
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“Imagine a world like that” (Grande), imagine a life that Christopher Boone lived in… The “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” is a novel brilliantly written by the famous Mark Haddon. This book not only moves and inspires you making you want to keep reading but its content is “gloriously eccentric and wonderfully intelligent”, (Boston Globe) making it...
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Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre, is a 'coming of age' story. The main character, Jane, travels from the innocence of childhood through the maturity of adulthood. During this journey, Jane goes through the battle of education vs. containment, where she attempts to learn about herself and about the world. She must constantly battle a containment of sorts, however, whether it...
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This novel is an unusual mystery. When the world is looked through an emotionally and dissociated mind, it is clear and understood better. Christopher John Francis Boone shows his uniqueness throughout Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, where this gifted character decides to investigate a murder mystery of a dog. During this investigation,...
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And Then There Were None was released in the United Kingdom as Ten Little Indians in keeping with the title of Agatha Christie’s novel. The movie is a 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel by the same name. The story is about ten strangers who are invited to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious...
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Christopher Boone Christopher John Francis Boone is a 15-year-old boy with sandy brown hair, light brown eyes and can understands most logic of the world, but he hasn't quite figured out people yet. Christopher has a present characteristic of his ability that can’t really imagen and relate to what people are feeling. This is simply because he can’t quite get...
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Postcolonial studies an emerging and interesting field of academic study that deals with colonialism and imperialism basically the cultural legacy of both and in particular focuses on the human consequences of the controlled and exploited colonized people and their resources and property. The Imperial powers is critically and theoretically analysed through this. The study is viewed through critical lens the...
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Wuthering Heights Author Emily Jane Bronte was born in 1818. She was a British novelist and poet. She is famous for her most renowned work Wuthering Heights. She also had a pen name ‘ Ellis Bell ‘. She died in 1848 due to tuberculosis. Wuthering Heights Themes There are many themes of the novel Wuthering Heights. But the main thing...
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One of the major and dominant trends obvious in post-independence Indian English fiction is the portrayal of the vast and enduring culture of India. Culture is best expressed through the arts and writings of a country. The pluralistic heritage of Indian culture helped the Indian society to get exposed to a variety of cultural influences, and gifted the Indian cultural...
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Throughout the history of black American culture, the pursuit of dreams has played a pivotal role in self-fulfillment and internal development. In many ways an individual's reactions to the perceived and real obstacles barring the path to a dream define the very character of that person. This theme has been quite evident in black literary works regardless of time period...
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Introduction to Anthropocentrism in 'Life of Pi' Yann Martel’s best-selling novel, “Life of Pi”, is an engaging narration by sixteen-year-old Pi Patel, where he tells of his story of survival on a lifeboat with a four-hundred-fifty-pound adult Bengal Tiger dubbed, Richard Parker. Pi’s reflects on his past and tells the story of how he managed to survive not only being...
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The hate u give is a novel written by Angie Thomas!in the novel an innocent African American boy is shot by police. The story centers the life of the boy’s childhood best friend and witness of shooting. She attends a predominantly white school and must deal with the repercussions of the police killing in her community. Its a battle inside...
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Ernest J Gaines wrote A Lesson Before Dying to share that despite what society thinks of you, you have the power to define who you are. He uses symbols, and figurative language to show the mutual development of Jefferson and Grant throughout the story.Gaines uses the symbol of the window to represent freedom for Jefferson. The window is an opening...
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Withdrawal of emotion and empathy are common symptom in people who struggle with depression. In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Grant promised his aunt’s friend, Miss Emma, that he would help her godson, Jefferson, keep hold of his pride after receiving the death penalty. Grant’s obligation to teach Jefferson how to die with dignity ultimately benefits Grant by allowing...
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Jane Eyre, from the innocence of childhood to mature adulthood. During this travelling, Jane Eyre experiences the education and full of blows, she tries to understand herself. However, she must constantly struggle with some form of containment, whether it is truly physical or mental. This struggle can be seen in Jane eyre's different experiences. Such as in lowood college, Moor...
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In the conventional Hero’s Journey narrative, the Hero overcomes adversity in order to obtain their resolution. It is in the face of this adversity that superior works of literature maintain a healthy confusion in which readers find both enjoyment and disquietude, and is in this confusion that readers are able to better connect with characters and find the incentive to...
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Individuals are drastically shaped and impacted by the morals display by those they choose to surround themselves with. The novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is set in war torn, Afghanistan in the late 20th & early 21st centuries. The protagonist, Amir, lives in Kabul before and during the Taliban invasion and takeover when the rights of all citizens...
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In the novel The Hate U Give by American author Angie Thomas, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter leads a double life. She is the only black girl attending Williamson Prep, a primarily white school, and lives in an impoverished black neighbourhood Garden Heights. Starr tries to balance those two lives, but they will eventually collide when she witnesses the murder of her...
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In the American Novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines confronts the societal contribution of racism and discrimination in the lives of African Americans, specifically in regards to young Jefferson, who is convicted of a crime he did not commit. However, protagonist Grant Wigins, in light of all of the injustice, helps Jefferson become an example of positive change...
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“Our Papers” is Janie Crawford’s time with Logan Kilicks in several ways. This section has similarities to her relationship with her first husband Logan and what she felt in this time frame. In this section of the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie goes to talk to her grandmother. She has only been married for three or four days...
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In the search for truth different perspectives develop allowing for people to perceive things in a new light like never before. Personal justifications to each situation transform an objective approach to truth into a subjective one, and when truth is subjective it may also be deceptive. We all have our own truths, and when they encounter one another they create...
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Sancho Panza is a farmer from the same village in La Mancha that Don Quixote is from. He is also Quixote’s neighbor. Panza has a wife whose name is Teresa and several children, one of which has the name of Sanchica. The role that Sancho Panza plays in the novel is that of Don Quixote’s squire throughout his many adventures...
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Mental illness throughout history has been a huge problem. Whether it be mania or borderline personality disorder, insanity has always been very prominent. In the sarcastic tale, Don Quixote, insanity is one of the largest causes and events in the book. Don Quixote (the main character) exemplifies insanity in his actions, thoughts, and words. Mental illness in this time was...
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Starting from the day that we are born, we all have very specific expectations we are held to solely based on the gender you are born. These expectations are called gender roles. These roles we have set for both genders have changed so much since the days on the story Don Quixote to modern Spain but at the same time,...
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In Don Quixote, Cervantes skewers social class by alluding to the educated versus the uneducated and equality between genders. Cervantes makes social class a critical issue in Don Quixote by incorporating accounts and injustices in his life into the novel. In Cervantes’ homeland, the Spanish Inquisition a strong influence. During the Spanish Inquisition, many religious people, and groups, including Muslims...
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