The Glass Menagerie is a masterpiece by Tennessee Williams. This is one of his earliest play that most recognized and arguably the most autobiographical. It is one of the greatest plays of American literature. It recounts the story of a small struggling family in St. Louis, MO, during the great...
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The story of the Last Mohicans is about war stories, adventure, frontier romance, pioneer life and racism. The novel is a historical fiction that takes place during the third year of the Indian and French war in 1755-1763. Indians play a very significant role in Indian and French since some of...
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The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, one of the most significant and renowned books in American literature, defies outright classification, showing traits of both the realist and naturalist movements. It is a classic, however, precisely because it does so without sacrificing unity or...
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Claire Carlson English 3H February 7, 2013 Period 1 Spring Essay: Turn of the Screw Page I: The Governess and Miles Page II: The Governess and Mrs. Grose Page III: Corruption of Innocence Henry James’s Turn of the Screw is the eerie tale of a governess sent to care for two mischievous young...
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Akshay RamaswamyEnglish 10. Ms. Schwarz Where The Red Fern Grows Chapter One 1. The narrator is an old man who is about 50 to 60 years old. He took care of the dog, which shows he is compassionate. He lives in Snake River Valley, Idaho. 2. The old dog makes the man remember the two dogs he had...
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Satire has been a major part of history. It has helped to make changes that would otherwise have never happened. The definition of satire is: 'A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit' (Dictionary.com). We can see all different kinds of...
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Animal Farm: Political Issues Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his psuedonym George Orwell, is an English author commonly known to write about political issues. Orwell has been highly acclaimed and criticized for his novels, including one of his most famous, Animal Farm. In a satirical form...
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Brave New World vs. Reality In many cases when you read a novel you may find comparisons between the 'fictional' society and your realistic one. The author may consciously or unconsciously create similarities between these two worlds. The novelist can foresee the future and write according...
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Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a thought provoking novel set in a future of genetically engineered people, amazing technology and a misconstrued system of values. Dubliners, written by James Joyce, is a collection of short stories painting a picture of life in Dublin Ireland, near...
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Moral fable combines the left (logical) & right (creative) side of the brain, so it both entertains creatively and validates certain types of behaviour, morally. The creative part is the fairy tale which often involves animals rather than humans. It speaks to our hearts as it entertains us...
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Jacob Crandall November 21, 2011 Comp II Les Miserables: A Summary Imagine a world where your legal system is so unjust, you would be sent to prison for 20 years for stealing an single apple. This is the world of Jean Valjean in the adaption of Victor Hugo’s classic play, Les Miserables. This...
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Willa Cather, an American author, achieved much recognition on her frontier works. She earned much acknowledgement in her work of My Antonia. Raised on a primitive farm in Nebraska, Cather uses her experiences of the landscape to transform the senses of her readers. Cather demonstrates her ability...
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Striking similarities between a duo of novels are not unusual. The novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, deals with a scientist named Victor Frankenstein who embodies a creature, who eventually wreaks havoc on his life. The novel Lost Paradise, by John Milton, exposes the cruelty of Christianity or...
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In Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, it is suggested among several other themes in the novel that “Perfect Love casts out all fear.” This quote taken from the Gospel of John illustrates the point that where there is unconditional love, and one loves and is loved in return, there is...
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The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London, is an in-depth work of historical fiction, taking readers in to the life of a dog called Buck. This is not a book I would recommend. At times, the story becomes so in-depth it is tedious, causing readers to lose concentration and possibly even interest...
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The Glass Menagerie: Struggle to Fit Into Society Rich SpadacciniFifth Period March 31, 1996 "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams shows the struggle of two people to fit into society, Tom and Laura, and how society wouldn't accept them. They were the dreamers that were unjustly kept out and...
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In The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, historical romance is apparent through settings, characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said, “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical...
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When reading the Red Badge of Courage, it is necessary to understand the symbolism that Stephen Crane has created throughout the whole book. Without understanding the true intent of color use, this book loses a meaningful interpretation that is needed to truly understand the main character, his...
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Creative Response to The Turn of the Screw That afternoon, I found myself alone with the governess. My older brother Miles, as always, wanted to finish one of his books. It was quaint how he always was in a hurry to finish his books, even though he told me he disliked books. I, on the other hand...
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Where the Red Fern Grows by Fgosal Where the Red Fern Grows tells about a man named Billy Colman, whose mind drifted away back on his boyhood memories when he got his dogs. The young Billy was a boy who wanted two coon hunting dogs of his own more than anything in the world. He worked very hard by...
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Analysis of A Modest Proposal Swift's 1729 satire forces its intended readers, the classed and wealthy of Ireland, to take a serious look at the poverty stricken society. By writing a humorous and ironic solution to reducing poverty he is attempting to "shock" the readers into evaluating the...
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Animal Farm: Character Analysis of Napoleon by: George Orwell Book Review by George Lacy Mrs. Spain Fall '96 "Napoleon was a large rather fierce looking Berkshire boar," that was spoiled and always got his way. He was the only pig of the kind on the farm. Napoleon was a great rival to Snowball...
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Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, and George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm each make commentary regarding the governing of society. Each story involves a so called perfect society, or Utopia. The people are given what they want, only to discover it wasn't really what they desired. It seems that...
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"Epiphany" refers to a showing-forth, a manifestation. For Joyce, however, it means a sudden revelation of the ? °whatness of a thing? ±. Joyce's tales about Dublin portray impotence, frustration and death. Their meaning is provided not so much by plot but by the epiphanies. Aiming either to...
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The sexual codes of the Protestant monogamous marriage were the touchstones of Victorian morality. An unshakable faith in the social convention and legal institution of marriage as a source of morality, informs a wide spectrum of discursive articulations in nineteenth century Britain. Sexual...
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The Single Path of Javert In the novel, Les Miserables, Victor Hugo displays a lifestyle of a police officer named Javert with only one purpose; to serve justice. In the novel, Javert acts to what he truly believes is morally correct, but when his conscience gets the best of him, he overlooks his...
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Linda Spatola Characters from various books that may or may not have anything to do with one another can be similar and different in many ways. Huckleberry Finn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, and Antonia Shimerda from My Antonia by Willa Cather are similar in a variety of ways...
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John Milton was born in Bread Street, Cheapside, London, on the 9th of December 1608. The first sixteen years of Milton's life, coinciding with the last sixteen of the reign of James I. His father, a prosperous business man, was known ass a man of great taste, and was interested in the music of...
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Song of Solomon, a novel written by Toni Morrison, tackles several themes. While the main theme is actually finding one’s identity by tracing one’s ancestral roots, interrelated themes like gender issues run throughout the story. Song of Solomon discusses issues of gender through the dialogues and...
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Abraham Maslow, a social- psychologist, developed a Hierarchy of Universal Needs to explain that it is difficult to become Self- Actualized or a Peak Performer, reaching the top of the pyramid, if one suffers need deprivation at a lower level. These needs include: survival, food, shelter, rest...
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The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie, written in 1945 by Tennessee Williams, remains today as a great literary masterpiece. Williams gave unimaginable depth and uniqueness to each of his characters. Even though the play was written in the mid-forties it is timeless, in that the problems and...
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"The Last of the Mohicans" The main difference between "The Last of the Mohicans" book version by James Fenimore Cooper and "The Last of the Mohicans" movie version, generally speaking, is that the book has a more adventurous theme and the movie has a more love and romantic theme. Never the less...
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Henry and Wilson are different, but also alike. There are minor and major things in common and differences. They both go through a dramatic change, but their changes are different. They both grab flags, but Henry grabs a Union flag from a dying comrade and Wilson grabs a Confederate flag from an...
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Everyone likes to watch a horror movie now and then, the thrill of trying to figure out who’s waiting behind the door gives the audiences a feel of suspense which drives people to continue coming. Directors have the luxury of using visual effects and surround sound to captivate its audiences but...
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Do you remember your first dog? Also, do you remember the devastation you felt when this beloved animal died? Billy, an adolescent, in Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls saves up money for two years all in the hope of purchasing two coon hounds. After getting these dogs, Old Dan and Little...
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The year is 1729. Life in Dublin, Ireland consists of less living and more suffering. Over population and poverty become every family's newest members. Catholics and Protestants are in constant struggle, as their two hundred year battle continues in the land of green. One man filled with...
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Animal Farm: The Animals' Bad Memories Almost all the animals had a very bad memory so they were not able to remember things of major signifigance. After a little while the pigs would mention the past and the animals would not remember what had happened so they would agree with the pigs. The the...
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1. Ford Henry Ford (1863-1947) revolutionized the automobile industry with the assembly line method of production, which proved very successful for 15 million Model Ts were sold. Humans were similarly produced in the Brave New World where the embryos passed along a conveyor belt while a worker or...
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Throughout James Joyce's "Dubliners" there are four major themes that are all very connected these are regret, realization, self hatred and Moral paralysis, witch is represented with the actual physical paralysis of Father Flynn in "The Sisters". In this paper I intend to explore the different...
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When one thinks of a “fairy tale” story they think of the themes and characterization of any common “fairy tale” such as; good vs. evil, hero/heroin vs. evil villain, good triumphs evil and love conquers all, these are some of the obvious themes of any ”fairy...
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Looking into the movie, I have found that it is a very parallel story line. The two main characters lead very similar lives just on the opposite sides of the road. Javert, seems to be the law and nothing more, and Valjean, may be just the lowly criminal, but if you take a closer look you can only...
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My Antonia shows us that it takes time to really uncover everyones true person, and that a book’s cover rarely does the writing any justice. I also found that the Lone Plough represents a mistake that many of us often find ourselves making. But for myself, the biggest learning curve from this book...
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Satan: Epic Hero or Villain? John Milton wrote one of the greatest epic poems of all time when he wrote Paradise Lost in 1667. The book tells about man's creation and fall while detailing characters and the plot beyond what the Bible taught. One of these characters is Satan, which is one of the...
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Song of Solomon: Milkman Dead - Respecting and Listening to Women In Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Milkman Dead becomes a man by learning to respect and to listen to women. In the first part of the novel, he emulates his father, by being deaf to women's wisdom and women's needs, and casually...
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The Call of the Wild Suffering has been a part of human life since the dawn of time. It is part of our journey in this life. Some suffer less and some suffer more; however, in the end we are destined to suffer no matter what. The Call of the Wild by Jack London emphasizes suffering and gives...
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In his drama, The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams uses symbolism in order to develop multi-faceted characters and to display the recurring themes of the play. These various symbols appear throughout the entire piece, and they are usually disguised as objects or imagery. They allow the reader...
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The Last of the Mohicans The book Last of the Mohicans is based on a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, and revolves around a clan of Native Americans called the Mohicans. The main characters are Hawkeye, his adopted father Chingachgook, and his adopted brother Uncas. Chingachgook, and his son Uncas...
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The Courage of Impressionism Literary impressionism is exemplified by the author Steven Crane through the novel, The Red Badge of Courage. In reference terms, impressionism means: "a literary style characterized by the use of details and mental associations to evoke subjective and sensory...
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Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is arguably one of the most haunting ghost stories of all time. Still to this day, it leaves critics debating and there is not a clear consensus about what is true. It appears that only James himself knows the answer. The writing techniques and ambiguity through...
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“Where the Red Fern Grows,” by Wilson Rawls, presents the theme that a person must learn to make sacrifices and accept suffering before he is truly mature. The main character of this story, Billy, is a young boy who lives in the Ozarks. Billy longs to own dogs, but not just any dogs. Billy wants...
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