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  • Mammon

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    Mammon is a fallen angel. Mammon always walks humped, as if he is searching something on the ground for all the time. He is an absolute “compromiser”, and, though his compromise is illogical and irrational, the crowd loves him. In the Bible, he is known as the personification of the sin of wealth. Mammon thinks…

  • Black Like Me Study Guide

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    Black Like Me Study Guide Author: John Howard Griffin Original title: Black Like Me This story is a rare example of non-fiction that can be read exactly like a fiction book – so unlikely are the events described in it. The author of the book, the journalist John Howard Griffin makes a brave experiment (totally…

  • Farewell to Manzanar Essays

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    A Farewell to Manzanar The novel Farewell to Manzanar contains several levels of irony, beginning with the title of the novel in comparison with its subject matter. This irony can be found in the fact that the protagonist-narrator Jeanne Wakatsuki expresses through the events of the story her inability to say farewell… 741 words Life…

  • The Devil in the White City Essays

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    The Devil in the White City Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City is about the creation and execution of the 1893 World’s Fair, the Columbian Exposition and the actions of America’s first known serial killer. A powerful portrait of America in the 1890s, the book represents the best and worst of the Gilded…

  • The Fountainhead Study Guide

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    The Fountainhead Study Guide Author: Ayn Rand Original title: The Fountainhead Most of us know the world bestseller “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand, but her literary success started from yet another book about the same idea: “The Fountainhead”. The unique approach of the author to the values of the individualism and freedom through devotion to…

  • The Nun’s Priest

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    For a story in which the main characters are farmed animals, The Tale of the Priests of the Monks by Canterbury’s Tale Jeffrey Chaucer offers insights on various topics including economic status, dream analysis and moral behavior to create an interesting story. In this lesson, we will discuss some of them. The expectations of the…

  • Ellen “Nelly” Dean

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    Nelly (Ellen Dean), according to the story of “Thunderstorm Pass,” is a former servant in Grozny, Pereval, after a housekeeper in the Skvortsov Municipality. An intruder of the secrets of the Earnshoe and Linton family, a participant in many events. At different times, he had a relatively friendly relationship with two girls, Catherine and Heathcliffe.…

  • The Priest

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    The unnamed priest in Henry’s unit is the butt of all jokes by the others, but Henry, though he is not religious, treats him kindly. They have several deep discussions, and the priest encourages Henry to find love and be happy. The priest has described the way each Priest has to be – a kind,…

  • Winesburg, Ohio Study Guide

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    Winesburg, Ohio Study Guide Author: Sherwood Anderson Original title: Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life Winesburg, Ohio is quite a difficult work to read, because, at first glance, its short stories are connected to each other only through some random characters. But the broader picture shows that the story can become…

  • A Raisin in the Sun Summary

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    A Raising in the Sun is a play that depicts a heavy life of an African-American family of Youngers who are living at the brink of poverty in a tiny and old apartment where Lena (a.k.a. Mama), the matriarch of the family, her two kids Walter and Beneatha, Walter’s wife Ruth and their son Travis…