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The book is a collection of experts of Alcott's writing, both non-fiction and fiction, that discloses the novelist's sincere commitment to the reforms introduced to America from the 1830s up to the 1880s.

It is evident from these words that the actual intention was to emulate the philosophical concept of the time but the situation and the intention was completely materialistic in nature.

Rachel's quest to learn more about her sister's disability is one of the most compelling parts in the book. It was a brilliant idea for Rachel to accompany her sister on the buses because it [...]

It is possible to imagine the cruelty and the risk of the battle if only one day was enough to feel like being a veteran of war.

For the writer, the concept of femininity means the expression of the ethical category; it is something elevated and sophisticated that so that it is always hard to tune up the strings of her soul.

To him, it sounded like the culture was just a way of enriching oneself, like in the case of Mars Dugal, and this could not deter him from exploiting the potential the land had.

Rebecca is torn apart by her racial and religious issues; as she "stood where the three main currents of the eighteen-century black Atlantic world flowed together: the dramatic expansion of the slave trade; the Afro-Atlantic [...]

In what is a parallel to Marx's philosophy and attack on the exploitation of the workers by the capitalists; and therefore a call for a revolution, the farm animals are inspired by the counsel of [...]

The evidence from the plot of the book that supports the position taken on understanding the underlying factors of behavior is the realization that the bear had killed the goose due to the feelings of [...]

The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa is a powerful little book about arts. It is intentional of Kimmelman to make the reader trace the art to less promising circumstances a [...]

The topic chosen from the story for analyzing is 'To what extent is the protagonist of the story you have chosen responsible for the conflict or predicament he or she faces'.

Moreover, as we go on and discover the meaning and objectives of pilgrimage, we will realize we are dealing with a different kind of art: the art of seeing what is sacred."What legendary travelers have [...]

The book under consideration in this paper, "Mountain Windsong: A novel of the trail of tears" by Robert Conley depicts the events of those times showing the tragedy of the Indian people of the Cherokee [...]

The economic conditions of the Great Depression and the failure of rains in 1929 created conditions where the lands devoid of protective grass became dry and dust whipped up by the winds obliterated towns in [...]

The important literary device used to depict Holden confronting the pressure of the society and the corruption of the adult world is characterization, as the main character calls people he meets "phony" and refers to [...]

The literature is comprehensive, exploring the past and current status of racial relations in both U.S.A.and Brazil, the development of the "conventional wisdom", the factors that led to this knowledge, and aspects that should be [...]

The main point of the essay is racial discrimination against Indian people who themselves tried to stop racial slaughters taking place in their settlements at the end of the 19th century; the part of the [...]

The protagonist of the story, Jack Hawthorne, is considered to be the example of the person seeking consolation in horn music because of the brother's death; the death is showed as the way to something [...]

The poem The Weary Blues was written by Langston Hughes; the author devoted his work to the description of the music theme highlighting the role of blues and the uniqueness of this genre.

Even though Cruz is finding it difficult to cope with life here, the more she stays here the more she get as adapted to this environment.

Wright as she is both insane and in prison and thus still constrained, reflects the optimistic mood of the turn of the century literature as it hopes for changes in American society that will enable [...]

In is obvious, then, that the church intervention into the black society contributes to improvement of the situation in the city and a better organization of the church where Youngblood philosophy was of great value.

It's an indication of the misuse of the people by the leaders in a bid to bar them from enlightenment and also keep them in manipulative positions.

The story describes the process and results of the experiment, the knowledge acquired during the experiment and the aspects influencing the lives of the low-waged workers, their living conditions and methods of making money.

The character of Belisa Crepusculario is introduced in the first line of the short story because she is the main character and the action unfolds around the woman.

First of all, it is the point of racial discrimination in the United States. The paradox is in the fact that the good intentions of the Founding Fathers turn into the enslavement policy and struggle [...]

The short stories Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman are the examples of the innovative, not traditional approach to the topic of the Holocaust.

The beginning of the novel is not just the description of Lucy's first day on her new job, but the description of the changes, which she had suffered as a newcomer in the new country [...]

In his novella The Man Who Was Almost a Man Richard Wright tells the story of a seventeen-year-old African-American adolescent, Dave Saunders, who has a strong desire to buy a gun to prove to everyone [...]

In the literary analysis of any work of art of the main focuses are usually done on the main characters of the work of art.

This pressure was increased when he was forced, at the age of four, to move to his mother's paternal home full of aunts and uncles following the death of his father who had contracted yellow [...]

In the book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman, the author shows such cultural dilemmas by telling the story of the struggles of Hmong family and the girl Lia Lee, [...]

As the story continues, it becomes clear that bailing out the boat is about the only job the cook is suited for in this situation."Later in the night they took the boat farther out to [...]

The author, describing whales and hunting on whales, all methods of dealing with meat and processing the dead bodies of whales after hunting still depicts whales not only as objects for hunting, though he is, [...]

Hot, Flat and Crowded is a much anticipated follow up to his earlier books and is a plea to the policymakers of the world to wake up to the reality of global warming and the [...]

She imagines that if she could have gained the attention of Jim O'Connor in high school, her life would be much different.

When the novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop" begins, one can see that the setting is the Great Rome in 1848 where the cardinals and the American missionary Bishops were indulged in a talk about [...]

The end of the nineteenth century and the first several decades of the twentieth were extremely difficult for the world and especially for the working class in terms of working conditions and wages.

As Stella entered the cave, her flashlight's beam fell on a splatter of blood, and the scarlet stain gleamed against the backdrop of moss that covered the wall like a green carpet.

The room's wallpaper is yellow and this woman becomes obsessed by the color and the patterns of the wallpaper 'the color is dull and confuses the eyes, provoke studies and when watched closely can lead [...]

Despite the fact that formally speaking, Robert Sheckley's short story "The Native Problem" belongs to the genre of science fiction, its clearly defined satirical overtones, associated with the notion of "White men's burden", point out [...]

It goes without saying that the main topic to be explored in the course of comparison is the impact of science on human life and its part in the overall course of events described. The [...]

As regards, the neutralists, Eric Foner believes that these people harbored some doubts as to fighting against the British troops, On the one hand, they understood that the Colonies could do without the UK and [...]

This was the third summer after the outbreak of the Civil War and the fight would come to be known as the Battle of Gettysburg as also the bloodiest and fiercest battle fought in America.

Economic analyses and participation of the slave labor force in economic development are used to analyze the impact and role of slave labor in the development of the American economy.

After reading this text I strongly felt the necessity to communicate with the nature, as it is an integral part of any of us!

In other words, a new scientific solution of a genius can be appropriate only when the society draws to a head with a little bit mere understanding of the scientific flow at a definite epoch [...]

However, to accept it he must first assure the white men that he knows his place and that he would never use a phrase like "social equality".

The character Pearl is considered a perfectionist, and when the father deserts the family, she is challenged in her attempt to hold the family together as strongly as it used to be.

The true story is about the family, which lived during the Great Depression on the South and who had to live a lot of times in order to find some source of income and be [...]

The paper comprises the advantages and limitations of the author's flow of thought, his manner of own life details description, and the effects which are seen nowadays in the political career of the author.

While "Ten, Nine, Eight" relaxes children with the predictable pattern of the story, "Where The Wild Things Are" elicits many emotions that may both excite and frighten children before they settle down to a "feel [...]

Jack London was born in a poor background in California but grew to fame through his anthology of stories such as the son of the Wolf, the Sea of the wolf, and the Call of [...]

Looking at the social background of the village one cannot even imagine that the denouement of the story is reckoned with the poor destiny of some inhabitants of it.

The leg cannot be the sense of people's life as it is just a leg, and people should believe in something more real.

In this way, Thoreau uses intimacy with the landscape to talk about larger ideas that continue to apply to the modern world and thus links the landscape of his experiment with the "continuing narrative of [...]

Although there does not seem to be much of the original materials, practices or meaning of the lottery available to the reader, the degree to which people have become slaves to tradition is emphasized in [...]

It is of great importance to let consumers understand the basic principles of presentation; the audience is to be caught off-guard in order to make the ideas memorable.

One of the books that raised his popularity in America as well as among other readers of the world was his collection of books published under the Rabbit series.

It was also Poe, as the master of the form, who illustrated the tremendous degree to which symbols might be employed in the telling of a story to heighten the intended effect of the author.

The man's fallacy of not appreciating the realities again becomes evident in the fact that he decides to build the fire "under the spruce tree," instead of building it "in the open"..

The only thing which the author opposes to a happy life of a man is loneliness and its effects in various fields of a man's activity.

He says that there is no justice in reference to poor people in the government, as "doing the best you could make no difference to government; hard-luck stories did not go when it comes to [...]

As for me, the main theme which the author persecutes in the story is the problem of racial peculiarities of American people and the Indians in particular.

Afghanistan has not produced a lot of books in the past and it was an achievement for Khlaed Hosseini to be able to come up with a best seller in a western setting.

Although the story is built on the understanding that the man is heading to his camp, the way that the events continue to repeat themselves suggests that the man is really going nowhere because he [...]

The approach is helped by the legends of Arthur and the royal knights like Lancelot and Guinevere. The book is a journey of murder and mystery to spirituality and hope at the end.

John laughed at her about the wallpaper and initially meant to repaper the room but later changed his mind, believing that she was letting it get the better of heer.

She is a flawed character who identifies herself only through her physical deformities, her glasses and her artificial leg, but remains ignorant of self until she is forced to confront the truth.

As a member of the jury sitting in on the trial of Montressor, I feel it is necessary for me to explain the reasons why the jury came to the conclusion it did.

John Cheever's short story "The Reunion" is considered an initiation story because the protagonist of the story shifts from the viewpoint of a child to that of an adult during the action of the story.

She wants to run and hide, but realizes, as Arnold points out the weaknesses of her house, that there is nowhere for her to run.

Kino plans to travel to another city to sell this pearl, but his brother warns that the pearl is evil and he should just sell it.

A deist who approved of the morality of the philosophy of Christianity even if he did not accept the divinity of Jesus Christ, it might be said that he was perhaps granted his spiritual independence [...]

Of all the great writers, artists and other literary figures who dotted the landscape of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston is one of the most well known woman-writers, known for her searing portrayals of [...]

It is one of the main characteristics of the mockingbird includes its innocence and imitation of the songs of other birds in a loud voice.

The Tralfamadorian subplot includes a vision of the end of the world and the perpetuation of war, but these seem distant threats compared with the miseries of battlefield.

The psychological stages of the pilgrimage of conversion and of progression in the spiritual life were described in detail by Mary Rowlandson, two of the greatest New England preachers of the first generation.

In contrast to many children, Dillard lived in wealthy family and had an opportunity to visit a private school. In sum, the unique childhood experience had a great impact on Dillard and her life views.

Tiger is one of the best students in spite of the fact that both of her parents are mentally ill.her grandmother is one of the best friends her helps and supports her.

The novel "My Year of Meats" by Ruth Ozeki is a satirical story combining fiction together with fact and seems to present the view of the meat industry in the USA.

The novel starts with the end of an expedition when people were attacked and killed by an unknown enemy, and the contact between the expedition and the outer world is lost.

One of the delights of the novel is that technology aids both the tracking of some characters and the evasion of tracking by the same characters.

However, his observations of the clientele help him shape a view of the others in the community, and sadly, it is not an image that appeals to him.

Andre Dubus is the author of the short story "Killings" published in the year 1979; this short story was converted to a film in the year 2001 a Todd Fields Direction.

The general idea of the book is the depiction of the adventures of several young people, all aging from 7 to 11, in the countryside.

Susie is portrayed as displaying feminism in the true sense in her actions pertaining to the detailed account of her rape and murder, mostly from the female perspective and does not delve into the details [...]

Children's literature has long been a part of a child's early development and can trace its roots all the way back to the very first time in ancient history when a parent told a child [...]

All his books invariably deal with plots in the nature of conspiracies in one way or the other and in this regard, his two novels, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons are very [...]

According to Hasan global functions of religion are considered to be the following: Ethical source; Religion is to explain the world; It is to engender a community sense; Quran is perceived as the basic elements [...]

What Greene does not mention here is that Jesse is her adopted son from Bulgaria and so there is the added responsibility of setting an example of how to live in a society that is [...]

It is in this book that we are acquainted with the fact that the communities on the island are divided between the white and the common Japanese Americans.

Cohn states, that he is dissatisfied with his life in Paris, and he believes, that the change of the surrounding scenery would help him to fill the void that he feels in the life.

Our task is to show how this journey is viewed by some of the minor characters, how he or she perceives the notion of "American Dream", and how it reflects his world perception.

The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is regarded to be a book with no clear plot and sequence of the events.

This scene is the one where the narrator and the attorney were giving a lift to a hitchhiker. Two of us were driving the car to Las Vegas when I saw a boy standing in [...]

In the pages of history and numerous literary canons in American experience there lies a terrain of societal upheaval and unrest that addresses the questions of segregation and racist philosophy underlying the mainstream dynamics of [...]

The article related to this short story, "Looking at setting and Atmosphere" analyses and demonstrates the importance of minor details in a short story. The author of the article is right that the story is [...]

Martin Luther King Jr was a hero for he decided to fight for the rights of the black person in the American society.

Realizing this is the origin of his own poems, Whitman may have extrapolated this concept to all poets in the above statement, suggesting that the origin of all poems is in the lives of the [...]

Later they found a drunker who said that he had not even thought that the boy had been dying. Angela and Freddie said that the thought about the chance to be accused of the death [...]

The novel is aimed at disclosure of the principal problems faced by the working class in the 1930s and showing how ordinary people had to struggle for their rights. The flow of events presented in [...]

The narrator admits from the very beginning of the story that he is nervous about having a blind man in his house, suggesting that he himself is actually quite blind to the reality of the [...]

Bradbury feared the demise of reading in favor of television, and the ultimate homogenization of culture as a result of being spoon fed ideas.

The book goes on to detail how Leopold gradually takes the entire lot of the Congo population in his grip, by making it in the nature of his private fiefdom to keep them in a [...]

The book is broken up into key lessons, each of which is a representation of a facet or a feature of President Abraham Lincoln's style of leadership.

This appears to be the main motif of O'Brien's book and it is readers' existential mode that prompts them to look at "The Things They Carried" as literary piece that promotes an anti-war sentiment or [...]

It also goes against some of society and the state's outlook and is opposed to statism and collectivism which is that of conforming to the community and national goals.

The main characters of the story are the two girls, Roberta and Twyla and the ambiguity of their race is what the story relies upon.

The analysis of this genre focuses on the series of fiction works with the purpose of disclosure of unique qualities of fiction theory. The history of technology and science contributes to the formation of contextual [...]

The crush that happened in the game brings in the concern of the vividness of the two communities under the same roof.

The idea of the work lies in the fact that Aylmer, the main character of the story, has a fixed idea to remove a little birthmark from the face of his wife.

The point is that the jury, convicting the defendants does not even want to go into the details of this case. It seems, that for the overwhelming majority of people, this mans life is of [...]

Both Lewis's fantasy, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", and MacDonald's "The Princess and The Goblin" integrate theological fantasies into their writings that suggest Biblical themes. In the tale "The Lion, the Witch and [...]

Cotton Mather however does not forget to mention the fact that devil exists and he works in collaboration with the witches and uses them to achieve his goals and objectives of seeing that the world [...]

Hence, the decision he takes could explore his temperament and hence reading the themes of exile and escape in Hemingway's Soldier's Home is an interesting study of these sensitive concepts as caricatured in the protagonist, [...]

However, as to the second point concerning the value of poverty, I have this to show."Beyond the value of poverty as a context for the development of humility and piety, I believe that Ignatius saw [...]

In the modern short story tradition, the effectiveness of a short story depends on many aspects and one of the most essential elements that go into the effective narration of a short story is its [...]

It gives us the various diversities between the kind of life which the Europeans lived in Europe and the way they start living in America.

The travel from the physical world of the body to the world of the spirits is symbolized by the gentle ride in a carriage shared with pleasant company.