Language In Catch-22 Catch-22 is a witty novel written by Joseph Heller that covers many aspects of World War II that usually go untouched. Unlike most war novels, Catch-22 shows the irrationality of war and its negative affects felt by soldiers. It is not the usual novel where hero's are marked...
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Thomas Hardy’s main character, Tess, in Tess of D’Urbervilles, and Chaucer’s main character, Alisoun, in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue, have both been portrayed as women ‘behaving badly’ in society’s point of view and these portrayals have been greatly influenced by the values and attitudes towards...
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The American Dream From the birth of America, to America today, the driving force and the heart of America has always been the “American Dream. ” The actual idea of the “American Dream” is older than the United States. It dates back to the 1600’s, when people began to come up with all sorts of...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Amazed! This is the only word that can describe my emotion after watching the film, “The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring”. It is the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and is based on JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novel series. It is...
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"The Secret Life Of Bees" Have you ever discovered something that changed everything you thought when you were growing up? Lily Owens did. In The Secret Life Of Bees though, she was in for a rude awakening. Throughout this story we follow Lily as she discovers things about her past as she sets out...
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Responds to Martha: I quite disagree with your first statement, if you read the story well, you will notice that even before she knew Homer Barron there have been complains by her neighbor about her stinking house, and also it was written that after one to two weeks the smell faded away i.e...
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Journal Entry: Catch-22; A "Like all the other officers at Group Headquarters . . . Colonel Cathcart was infused with the democratic spirit: he believed that all men were created equal, and he therefore spurned all men outside Group Headquarters with equal fervor. Nevertheless, he believed in his...
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The story of Lolita and the poem Annabel Lee exhibit similar themes and parallel one another significantly. Although both pieces were written by separate authors, there is an identical tone initially set by both Nabokov and Poe. This continues throughout the story of Lolita and as the audience, we...
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“The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain,” a few snippets from the all so memorable lines from both the play, Pygmalion, and its silver screen version, the 1938 film, “Pygmalion.” There are few departures from the on-screen adaptation of what is perhaps one of Shaw’s greatest works, Pygmalion...
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Discuss the importance of setting in the novel you have studied “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”, by Thomas Hardy, is set in the years of 1880 to 1890, in Wessex, which is in the southwest of England. Settings in the novel, such as Talbothays, Flintcombe-Ash, Sandbourne and Stonehenge are important...
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FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING PAPER by JOHN HARTUNG The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a movie that few can possibly hate. Not only is it an entertaining film, but it is also a compelling story. For Catholics, however, it is very compelling. The use of the characters, symbols, story-line...
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As humans, we tend to believe we are far superior to all other creatures, that we have nothing in common with anything thought of as ‘below us’. We are very wrong in thinking that. In the novel the Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, it is proven that though we do have differences, we are not so...
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The similarities and differences between William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” are best seen in a comparison of the two main characters of the story, Emily Grierson and Ellen Weatherall. While the most obvious similarities may be that...
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Antigone: Changing Views of The Chorus The chorus, a group of common people who follow the actions of the play Antigone, waver in their support of either Antigone or Creon, depending on their actions during a particular part of the story-line. Early in the play it is evident that they are...
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Analysis of Emma Lazarus' Statue of Liberty Poem X Maxwell Wallace Maxwell Wallace has been a professional freelance copywriter since 1999. His work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. An avid surfer, Wallace enjoys writing about travel and outdoor activities throughout the...
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Bernard Shaw’s comedy Pygmalion presents the unlikely journey of an impoverished flower girl into London’s society of the early 20th century. Professor Higgins proposes a wager to his friend Colonel Pickering that he can take a common peddler and transform her into royalty. Eliza...
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“Everyone suspects himself at least one of the cardinal virtues and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. ”-Nick Carraway. Nick is an impartial, honest, and loyal character. He gives readers a detailed, accurate account of the events pertaining to Gatsby’s life...
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Consider the Aristotelian tragedy. It has yet to go the way of Eddie Bauer. In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe devised a tragic African hero in Okonkwo, consistent with the classic stipulations of the figure. Thus, the novel--to its greatest practicable extent? inherently existed as a tragedy on...
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There are popular sayings that goes “love moves in mysterious ways” and “love makes people crazy.” The amalgam of those sayings would somehow serve as a rough description of William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily.” Since its publication, the story...
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Medea vs. Antigone The two Greek plays, Medea and Antigone both exhibit opening scenes that serve numerous purposes. Such as establishing loyalties, undermining assumptions on the part of the audience, foreshadowing the rest of the play, and outlining all of the issues. Medea and Antigone share...
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In Edith Wharton’s novel Ethan Frome, the lives of the characters are turned upside down but not in a sense that they are able to escape from the state are in. It’s more like the physical wellness of the characters and their social place within their microcosm is the one that is reversed rather...
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Hedda Gabler is a woman that is stuck in her time striving for independence and power by molding human destiny. Hedda was trapped and struggle against the society. The setting of the play is set in Tesman’s villa where the furniture is constantly moved around revealing the wealth and status of...
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Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles allows one to both enter and explore the world of Tess who possess little to no autonomy, which ultimately leads to her downfall. This poignant tragedy portrays that one must take control of their destiny and be assertive. Hardy ploughs deeper into the society of...
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Fitzgerald condemns his readers to the knowledge that the American dream is not the key to eudemonia but rather the stair way which once started upon leads inescapably to destruction. When we refuse to accept reality, we lose it completely. The notion of the American dream is a primary concern in...
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Ethan From Essay Compare and Contrast the characters of Mattie and Zeena In the novel Ethan From, by Edith Wharton, the characters of Mattie Silver and Zeena From are dissimilar in many ways. Mattie is a compassionate, lively, outgoing woman who tries hard and has a positive outlook on life. Zeena...
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Connections between The Maze Runner and Lost Memories Both my book, The Maze Runner, and the poem, Lost Memories, have something to do with lost memories. The main character Thomas awoke in a lift. He does not remember anything. The poems said "My mind went blank. " This is similar to what Thomas...
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The Secret Life of Bees The Secret Life of Bees is a fantastic book for young adult readers. The text is not too difficult, but has moral values that can, and should be shared. The story revloves around a girl named Lily Owens, who runs away from her abusive father with her nanny. Lily is a...
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The Ongoing Conflicts of Gender: A Prominent Theme in Things Fall Apart There are constant struggles between gender, identity, commodification, and class. Among the men and women in many African tribes that still exist today, there are divergences, which will always remain intact because of the...
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Nobel Laureate William Faulkner’s short story centers on a unique character – Emily Grierson mirrored in the fish -eye vision of the townsfolk of Jefferson. Miss Emily was a celebrity in her own right, with her sense of haughty lineage and her mysterious closeted life. “Alive, Miss Emily had been...
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THE QUALITIES OF CREON As readers, we have to make judgments and interpretations of different characters. In the book, Antigone, translated by David Greene, there is a character by the name of Creon. While reading Antigone, some important descriptions about Creon become apparent. He views himself...
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Ethan From is the main character of Edith Wharton's tragic novel. Ethan lives the bitterness of his youth's lost opportunities, and dissatisfaction with his joyless life and empty marriage. Throughout the story Ethan is trapped by social limits and obligations to his wife. He lives an unhappy life...
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Today in our modern world women allegedly have the same rights as men, but women really aren’t looked at as equals. In fact, many women around the world are oppressed by their patriarchic societies, including in the United States. It’s tragic that half of the human population is oppressed just...
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Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion primarily highlights the definitive contrast between different levels of modern society. Though people generally accept that there are distinct social classes present in their lives, they rarely consider what makes this distinction so clear. In the play, Shaw illustrates...
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Offered’s Lost of Identity The main character of this book is Offered, one of the faceless many of the new Republic of Gilead. Each day she is removed farther and farther from her true self, to a complete no one. Expected to feel nothing, think nothing, and want nothing, she is used only as...
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Thomas, an Incidental Hero A hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, who sacrifices himself for other people, and leads people through difficult situations. In the book, The Maze Runner, there were many heroes but Thomas was the most heroic character. Even though Thomas was a new...
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In Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, August acts as the unorthodox religious leader of the Daughters of Mary and contributes to Lily’s character and growth. August proves to be a leader, and a positive influence towards Lily in every action she performs. She welcomes Lily, a white girl...
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This essay will provide a brief overview and personal opinion of the Modern African Literature of "Things Fall Apart", "Efuru", and "So Long a Letter". These books directly identify the transformation required by each individual for their survival within the groups/clans where they resided. The...
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In 'Antigone' written by Sophocles, Creon is the tragic hero. Creon is the tragic hero because of his error in judgement, stubborn way of ruling Thebes, his change, and all the tragedy brought on by his actions. Although Creon changed only when a messenger told him there would be a tragic...
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In one of the most original plays ever written, “No Exit” illustrates the modern day interpretation of hell; “Hell is other people,” being its central Sartrean existentialist theme. As the title suggests, it is a play about the consuming, inescapable gaze of the other and the inevitability of...
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How Higgins and Pickering treat Eliza Different but yet the same! The play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is about how a poor simple woman is taught how to become an elegant flower girl by professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering. How come that although Mr Higgins and Colonel Pickering treat...
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Maze Runner is a science fiction book by James Dashner. It takes place in a testing facility that is a giant maze in a post apocalyptic world. The main character Thomas' greatest fear is being stung by a griever. Grievers are large half mechanic half slug monster with mechanical arms and if it...
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The Secret Life of Bees Essay “There is nothing perfect, there is only life,” is one of the most inspiring aphorisms that August uses in the book The Secret Life of Bees. August says this to Lily to teach her about life and how it is not perfect. This lesson is shown in many ways, one being when...
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"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe vs. "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats When comparing the novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and William butler Yeats poem "The Second Coming", at first there seem to be no similarities except for the phrase "things fall apart" which is used in...
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Antigone vs. Socrates In the plays Antigone and the Crito the two lead characters, Antigone and Socrates, showed completely different ideas regarding their responsibilities to the State. Antigone believes in divine law and does what she thinks that the Gods would want her to do. Socrates, on the...
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The novel Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton, is a tale of a man and the eventual downfall of his life and well-being. Ethan emerges as the main protagonist and hero of the story. He is a proud man of tall stature and good nature. Although Ethan is not of noble blood and is very poor, he is still seen...
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Reading Lolita in Tehran In the memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, it talks about all the extreme risks the women of Iran are taking just to be able to do simple tasks, such as reading westernized literature (The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice). It documents the experiences of women in Iran...
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In his play, No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre examines basic themes of existentialism through three characters. The first subject, Garcin, embraces existentialist ideas somewhat. The second character, Inez, seems to fully understand ideas deemed existential. Estelle is the third person, and does not seem...
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The play of Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw is an appropriation of the famous story of Pygmalion in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The main character of the tale, as the title suggests, is Pygmalion. Pygmalion, repulsed by the apparently loose and reprehensible lives of the women of his era...
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Maze runner Essay By: Brandon Stewart In the maze runner the world was hit by a massive solar flare which ruined a lot of the land on Earth. Because of this there was not enough food and supplies for everyone to have enough to eat and survive so the government created a disease called the “flare”...
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When turmoil comes about, many have merely one attribute to rely on to help them overcome certain disasters: their faith. The characters of Things Fall Apart are no exception. The people of Umuofia call upon representatives of the spirit world as a means of hospitality. They rely on their religion...
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