Being a person of Cherokee origin, the author is concerned with discussing the problems of the First Nations, paying focused attention to cultural heritage, and the disadvantages of total assimilation.
The "Joyas Voladoras" essay by Brian Doyle speaks of hummingbirds and hearts, the life of whales, and the life of man.
It is poverty that causes shame to Richard and further on results in the old wino paying the price of blood for a measly meal.
The main treasure of pirates, as it was emphasized by Lin, is the collection of books, and the ability to read them became the most praised ability a human possesses.
His work is full of irony in that man is the Supreme Being who has the ultimate authority to shape nature in the way he deems best. However, by a measure of his acts compared [...]
There is a statement that Willy Loman is a tragic hero according to Arthur Miller's definition of what a tragic hero is in his famous essay Tragedy and the Common Man.
The author structures the stories in such a way that the reader imagines the life story of the main character: all meetings are interconnected, and by the end, it becomes clear that the author describes [...]
The setting of "The Lottery" is synonymous with the setting in most small towns of the 1930s. The plot of "The Lottery" revolves around a ritual known as the lottery that is performed in villages [...]
Instead, she knew that though the husband was important to her, marriage had made her a subject to him. Mallard was not able to handle the swings in her emotions and this cost her life.Mr.
Most prominently, this technique is used during the climactic confrontation between Jing-Mei and her mother, when the Jing-Mei's long-deceased sisters are mentioned. Over the course of the story, Jing-Mei's mother projecting her dreams on Jing-Mei [...]
Literacy is a skill that is never late to acquire because it is essential for education, employment, belonging to the community, and ability to help one's children.
The outstanding character in the tale, who is also the narrator, attracts a lot of attention from the readers. The narrator forms the basis of the tale.
Throughout the story, the narrator, together with the rest of the women trapped in the wallpaper, is desperately trying to break loose from the function that the society has assigned for them.
Moreover, the location of the lottery at the town square between two buildings- the post office and the bank represents the political and economic power of the government and those in power such as Mr. [...]
This paper presents the tools of characterization and the setting of the short story "The Lottery" One of the most outstanding tools of characterization in this short-story is actions.
In other words, the two little people with their intelligence cannot accept and adapt to change easily, while the two mice notice the change, adapt to it, and move on to find new cheese.
It means that Daniel knew the racist connotation of the song since he grew up in the South; still, he decided that he would utilize all these symbols to represent the pride in his origin. [...]
The plot of the book involves the description of the Tucks and Fosters Family. In the film, Winnie and Jesse are of the same age and seem to equally feel love for each other.
The silence that the accusers in the Town Hall subject Claire to is deafening and a powerful ending to the story.
The Laguna ritual for giving a deceased member of the tribe a decent send-off involves tying of a feather in the hair, smearing of symbolic colours on the face, wrapping of the corpse in a [...]
The main subject of the novel is the family relations and problem of a person's worthiness in the society. The author explores and analyses such social problems as a person's worthiness and the ills of [...]
The award-winning Doris Lessing wrote the short story "Old Chief Mshlanga" literally to depict the aspect of discrimination that was prevalence in Southern Africa. One of the key themes of Lessing's short story is the [...]
The girl invents a story about her being on a swim team in high school to strike a conversation with Elizabeth, Kelda, and Jack-Jack and convince them that she has coaching skills.
For people who have not been completely deprived of their ability to utilize their sense of logic, as a result of being continuously brainwashed by hawks of political correctness, it does not make a whole [...]
That is why, according to a child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, Pecos Bill may be considered as a somewhat successful story for children and their perception of the world.
In the relationship, Julia teaches Winston the idea of love, and the love feeling is then manipulated and directed towards Big Brother.
As a result, the conflict reflects both the misunderstanding between the daughter and the mother and the failure of the model of upbringing based on coercion and the suppression of children's will.
Even as Bharati has quickly adjusted to the American culture, as evidenced by her wearing of American clothes, in contrast, Mira is reluctant to embrace the American culture.
He supports his argument in the next paragraph, where he puts it across that they have been governed by a combination of unjust and just law whereby there is a need to separate the two.
The primary objective of The Hunger Games is to provide entertainment for the residents of the Capitol and to establish their superiority over the people living in the districts.
The author tries to show that deceit is abhorrent to a person and that only socialization makes him/her more tolerant to this kind of behavior.
The poet creates a peculiar rhythmic pattern vividly imitating the natural jellyfish's movements by using the epithet "fluctuating" and the repetition of "it opens and it closes".
The use of irony Poe uses three types of irony in the story as a literary tool that facilitates the readers' understanding of the friendship that exists between Montresor and Fortunato.
This study therefore identifies there points; in that, Walker seeks to convey the principle that art is a living and breathing part of its origin, a significant cultural possession, and a critique of the postmodern [...]
Stephen Crane's The Open Boat revolves around four shipwrecked men: the captain, the cook, the correspondent, and the oiler. Thus the danger of the wind and the waves natural forces are so awesome that without [...]
Thus, by contrasting Dick's nurturing in love and affection and the conditions of his blissful childhood and adolescence with the details of a horrible crime committed by him and his attitude to it, the author [...]
Like the narrator, a reader may think that the story presents a happy ending, as the young woman "went to join the kingdom of her beloved". The woman wants the girls to find the answer [...]
Kingston's mother cautions her to keep silence and not tell anyone about the aunt's story, and this story came at the time she had begun menstruating and was warning her or else she would end [...]
The opening page generally shows the life of the young girl who at the end of the book the reader expects a success story of the narrator.
In "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson exposes the pitfalls of conformity and mindless adherence to authority. Concerns from the post-World War II era are reflected in "The Lottery's" depictions of conformity and unthinking adherence to authority.
Written in a shape of a graduation speech, "Advice to Youth" exposes the older generation's hypocrisy by means of satire and irony.
To solve the misconception, Hemingway sets in with his The Old Man and the Sea, featuring Santiago, an aged angler and an epitome of code heroes.
The theme of loneliness and isolation is prevalent in the story, as the two main characters, Mrs. The emptiness is seen in the few bus passengers and the isolation of Eliot's beach.
"The Birth Mark" is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne from the Anthology of American Literature, about the life of a man in search of perfection and satisfaction.
It is evident that the author, as well as the heroine of her poem, is a strong, or phenomenal, woman herself and this allows her to say what she says in her poem not from [...]
Moreover, Sammy is unhappy at his place of work, and he is glad when the three girls walk in and take the mind of his work and away from his small and closed world.
The title "The Shunammite" preempts the details of this particular short story because it is derived from the Bible in the book of 1 Kings 1:1-4.
For instance, when the main character looked at the image of the cat on the wall, he saw it as "gigantic"; however, whether the size of the animal was an expression of paranormal or the [...]
From the very first lines of the story, the readers can observe the way the narrator perceives the surrounding world and the people.
This seems to be the reaction of a badly abused child, and it may be that he has repeated his crime of shooting her.
The "impurity" of Blanche's past suggests the final of the play and it is a quite logical completion of the story.
Through a vivid depiction of themes of guilt, madness, and death, as well as the symbols of heart and eye, the author masterfully illuminates the persisting insanity of the narrator.
The thyme of the two versions makes up one of the major contrasts between the film version and the original version of The Tell-Tale Heart story as it appears in the book.
The author's depiction of Ebro valley in this literary work is symbolic of a choice to have a child, and the dry, treeless land on the opposite side is representative of the life after abortion.
The narrator, the child of the two grownups in the story, details an argument between her parents based on the nickname her father refers to her.
Thus, Louise's feelings are pretty explainable by the fact that she can devote her life to herself with the death of her husband. The realization of this leads her to delight and a feeling of [...]
Being a home-owner is one of the aspects that determine status in the society and, consequently, stimulates people to preserve their status.
At the very beginning of the novel called The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the author explains the meaning of fuku "...generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and [...]
The effects of this war persisted to the second half of the 1940-1950 decade, merging with the beginning of the Cold War.
The purpose of the text is to show that the U.S.should seek alternative ways of tackling the problem since the billions of dollars it has been channeling to the country does not seem to do [...]
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, The Story of the Good Little Boy narrates about the boy who makes incredible efforts at being good to the surrounding people, although it brings in no recognition on the [...]
One of the major themes of the play is considered to be the characters' inability to meet reality, and the meaning of illusion for them.
The main character of the story, an old African-American woman is a symbol of all the oppressed members of the Black community that have suffered humiliation and prejudice.
In summary, the loss of freedom and civil rights would lead to America's dystopia are the main messages of Harrison Bergeron.
To live in the Borderlands means you written by Gloria Anzaldua is a great example of love for culture and people.
This paper seeks to illustrate the influence alcohol has on a person and the effects it has on the family involved based on the essay Under the Influence.
Although the color palette presented in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is rich, the problem of differing social status is most vividly described in the novel through the use of golden and silver colors that stand [...]
The author tries to bring to the attention of the users how basic knowledge of finances is very vital in any business undertaking and how corporations can contribute to the rich becoming even richer.
This follows the revelations of her background in the interview that ZZ Packer, just like the character Dina in the story, moved from a dominantly black neighborhood to a dominantly white university.
Concerning the Su family, the sense of shame is noticeable even back in the childhood years of Mr.and Mrs.Su. Although both families are feeling ashamed, lacking love, and Fongs do not show any signs of [...]
The following paper analyzes William Carlos Williams's story "The Use of Force" to understand the plot and meaning of the narrative to prove that the use of force by the doctor was justifiable.
The author fulfilled the purpose of the book and the needs of the audience, as he described realistic events, created a down-to-earth hero and made the plot thrilling.
In turn, the use of various stylistic devices helps the writer create a sense of suspense and show the immense moral tension that the main character struggles with.
For example, a child brought up by a single mother tends to relate with women in a more comfortable manner than the ones brought up by the two parents. In this light, a father has [...]
Though it is hard to define one concrete thesis of Henry David Thoreau's Life without Principle, the point that this thesis somehow connected to money and its power in the world is evident."This world is [...]
The seemingly innocuous stones gradually reveal the horrific depth of the lottery's consequences, symbolizing the collective violence and unquestioned adherence to tradition within the community.
The author wanted to show that the strength of the crowd, coupled with a strong sense of habit and tradition, so much clouded the mind that only the victim, left alone against the entire crowd, [...]
The cadets insist that this is an integral part of the Citadel, that promotes the lifestyle that they want the cadets to follow one of trust in one's fellow man and the sense that everyone [...]
It should be mentioned that the story is the discussion of the reaction to the event and the characteristics of one hour in the life of Louise Mallard.
"Children of the Sea" by Edwidge Danticat is an emotionally charged short story that delves into the complexities of identity, migration, and the profound connection between people and their homeland. As the story progresses, the [...]
Thus there is irony in the title, in the characters, in the name of the characters, and also in the title of the story.
While trying to address the extremist audience, the writer resorted to the strong methods of personification to be able to talk straight to each reading the letter. Despite the character of the text, the writer [...]
By the use of the technique of contrasting the characters and their opinions in the story, the author succeeds in demonstrating the significance of comprehending our present life in relation to the culture that our [...]
Written in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the work conveys the brutality and bloodthirstiness of military actions as well as the mental state of soldiers.
The idea that the speaker of the poem is the author becomes obvious with the following line, "And I will stand here like a shadow".
In the story, the author juxtaposes the young couple with the man to highlight the solitary existence of the latter. In contrast to the man, the boy and the girl feel as the people around [...]
On the one hand, it depends on the person who is telling the story; on the other hand, it is determined by the level of the narrator's awareness.
In the case of the story, the sacrifice was the baby, the most precious individual in both parents' lives. In other words, the author uses the description of the external environment in order to set [...]
Alcott depicts the life of the teenagers and tells the story of how they marry to become wives and mothers. She captures what goes on in the mind of a woman and her ambitions.
The major themes of The Parable of the Sower include quests for freedom, change, social criticisms and horrors of living in a slavery world.
Both Marlow and Kurtz see the intended as the epitome of the naivete of women. According to Marlow, Kurtz is the "best of the best".
The author describes the project, in which all the events of the Civil War are shown shortened to only one day.
Barbara's Ehrenreich's text 'Serving in Florida' can be described as effective in terms of defining the main problems of the American poor through the prism of the personal experience of the author.
Didion was experiencing the emptiness and meaninglessness of her life in New York, the city that kept disappointing her, not because it was a bad place to live but because it was not the place [...]
The narrator is also the protagonist, is the wife to the gentleman in the story who is known as Morton. Morton's wife tries to tell the bully not to throw sand at her son until [...]
At the end, the persona in the poem justifies the tittle of the poem that trying to conceal anger is like cultivating a poison tree.
Despite the different reasons that prompted Isabel and Josef to leave their native country, and the fate of their loved ones that affected the emotional state of the children, they are similar in that the [...]
The Iroquois creation story talks about the life that certain cultures believe in, the way the writer narrates the creation story shows how the "world" look at the way God created the world with varied [...]
Therefore, his connection with the Gatsby's story is that he is depended upon to serve as the mouthpiece of the older generation as he metaphorically transcends through time to retell the Great Gatsby tale accurately [...]
The disabilities of the younger brother do not prevent him from admiring the world, while the elder brother is inclined to show more pride, and these differences form the basis of the story.
It is worth mentioning that the nineteenth century was a period of intensive upheaval of American Indian tribes, which was caused by the danger of disappearance of oral traditions because of the fragmentation of Indian [...]
However, once the lover of the king's daughter is given the dreadful choice, the princess secretly interferes with the chance and gives the man a hint to open the door on the right.
Therefore, Whitman uses the poem, writing it in a unique style to call for a change in the social lives of the Americans.
The author suggests that even the kind of history that the children of the oppressed Haitians learn in school is doctored to whitewash the atrocities colonizers meted on the natives, further emphasizing the systemic nature [...]
She is also depicted as a "damsel in distress" when Goodman hears in the forest how the townspeople lead her to the devil's communion.
He entombs the corpse in the basement of his house, and when the police unexpectedly show up at his house, he inadvertently leads them to the corpse.
Later, despite the grandmother's plea, she is still killed, true to the young girl's statement; the grandmother follows the rest in death.
Greg joined the cult in the 60s and was enchanted by the atmosphere, or as Sacks describes it the 'austere and charismatic figure of the Swami himself came like a revelation to Greg '.
The present paper shows that the theme of coming of age is developed in the short story through the parallelization of girls to aliens and through the growth of the main characters' understanding that the [...]
The setting in The Young Goodman Brown influences the development of plot and character. It illustrates how Hawthorne's setting and symbolism of the Young Goodman Brown contribute to the meaning of the entire piece.
To the amazement of the boy, Sheila agrees to keep him company to the dance. The evening before the dance, this boy cleans his canoe that he plans to use to take them to the [...]
Additionally, the huckleberry is a shrub that grows in the northern part of the country. Additionally, the author showed the prevalence of gender-based violence in the period.
The boy had to waltz with his father and as they did so, he hit his right ear on his father's buckle because he was a small one.
Similarly, Delaney's protagonist quests to escape the responsibility of his misdeeds, only to learn that the only way to find redemption is to face the repercussions of his acts head-on.
The plot revolves around the trip of the Das Indian family from the USA to India itself. Kapasi to discover the difference in "interpreting" their national and personal perception.Mr.
A peculiar feature of the passage is that instead of revealing the distinctive features of African Americans, the author concentrates on the fact that the distinction between the races in the American society is dependent [...]
It is a horrifying story told from the point of view of a dying Negro slave, who is standing at the place where the first band of pilgrims landed in search of liberty.
For instance, the birth of a younger brother or sister, the beginning of school, or the divorce of parents would change the relationship between the child and his or her environment. In the given case, [...]
"The Most Dangerous Game", a short story written by Richard Connell, is one of the first literary pieces to tell the tale of human hunting a subject highly popularized in the contemporary popular culture.
The author's choice to use nature as the antagonist portrays an understanding of a force working against the main character, the man, as he struggles to endure in the cold.
