Although "The Fall of the House of Usher" is traditionally believed to be a timeless horror story and a representation of the deepest human fears, it can also be viewed both as a product of [...]
Presley, just as a typical American, works very hard, shows respect for the people around him, exhibits the desire to improve his life and succeed in all his endeavors and also fights for other people.
It is the work devoted to the description of a small country Antigua and analysis of the influence of its colonial past on the modern life of a state.
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer tackles McCandless's life, starting with the discovery of McCandless dead body in a bus, Krakauer takes a journey back into McCandless life as a graduate through his disappearance to [...]
The novel "In the Beginning" by Chaim Potok gives a poignant story of David Lurie. The agreeable fact is that David manages to achieve most of his ambitions and goals in life.
When going over the reactions of the various individuals who wrote to the New Yorker regarding the story, their main reasoning for sending letters to the publication was simply due to the relative "strangeness" of [...]
Though Miller has made a range of changes to the original, the alterations did not prevent from understanding the case better; instead, these changes allowed for updating the story so that it would be interesting [...]
The grandmother asserts that she could paint the picture of the black boy if granted the chance. The grandmother seems to be complaining about the dramatic destruction of the environment since plantations that used to [...]
The core message of the story was revealed at the end of the novel, and it had nothing to do with the conflict between Great Britain and France.
To emphasize the unusualness of the situation, the narrator describes these girls in comparison with the ordinary female visitors of the store.
The representative and even embodiment of the upper class in the story is the patron, the uncle of the two children, who hires the governess.
It remains evident that the primary goal of the book is to display the existence of the dramatic social gap in income, inequalities, and the ability of the people to find the way out of [...]
The tone and spirit of the poems display the author's frustration with the fate of African Americans. In addition, because the poem is the brightest example of Harlem period, the presence of musical elements contributes [...]
Overall, one can argue that the film-makers decided not to focus on the main theme of Phillip Dick's novella, in particular the contrast between the expectations of an individual and his real life.
The author emphasizes the main idea of his short story which is the fear of changes in the first lines of his work with the help of concentrating on the description of the peculiarities of [...]
The mood in the story is melancholic, partly due to the predicament of the boat and its occupants. According to the description of the boat in the book, there is little space for the sailors [...]
Native American protest literature was mostly characterised by non-fictional stories written in the form of autobiographies, short stories and novels that were authored in response to the American society's infringement of the Native American people's [...]
In the context of the novel, the author addresses the story of two black-American heroines namely Nel and Sula. Although the author begins by introducing some of the key characters, Sula and Nel are the [...]
He talked about the survival of the human race, the redistribution of power and wealth, and the destruction of the prison.
This paper examines the major tenets of the book and evaluates their significance to the history of Women in Canada. The writer introduces the book to readers by showing how women contributed to development in [...]
The novel by Anzia Yezierska is called "The Bread Givers", it was written in 1925, and it describes the stories of the members of a family of immigrants living in New York City.
To achieve the intended self-help, the layer of bureaucracy that exists between the slum community and the decision makers should be eliminated by eliminating intermediate NGOs. This raises the question of the ethical capacity of [...]
However, according to analysts, even though these elements is an actual matter, it has been used by Rick in this book as a metaphorical scheme to represent the polluted cloud of the mind, which hinders [...]
The main themes that are being raised in the novel are the problem of adjustment to a new society, the difficulties a family has to face having a mentally disabled child, eternal teenage urge for [...]
The Storm and The Story of an Hour illustrate the viewpoints of women's restriction in marriage. Through the two women's experiences, the author illustrate on the theme of restriction in marriage.
In her short story "The Storm," the American author Kate Chopin portrays her ability to use metaphors in exploring several social and emotional issues affecting women in the 19th century.
Wright uses the dialogs and interactions between the characters to display the social role of racism on the setting of the story.
The author brings up a theme of a civil war refugee who has fled to the United States from Africa and who struggles trying to match his old experiences to the new ones and to [...]
It is rather late and he is the only visitor in the cafe. It is very symbolic that the old man is the only visitor of the cafe.
The mother knew that the son was suffering because of the absence of the father, but she never communicated to the son effectively in order to fight this depression.
The main character in "The Cask of Amontillado" is Montresor with Fortunato being a minor character in the short story. Also, Montresor is the story's narrator, and a lot of details about his character are [...]
Cofer is currently "the Franklin Professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at the University of Georgia".
The excerpt tells about the background of these events and explains how and why Jurgis has got to Chicago in the first place.
In particular, the novel's plot encompasses the different examples of madness including the fabricated religion, the lie, and madness of Bakonon and McCabe, madness in power, crazy invention, and the whole life in the island.
At the age of 10/11, he was sent to the Auld's where his mistress showed him a new side of life.
In the middle of story readers are presented with another of Connie's choices wherein she acts differently in front of her friends and in front of her family, this is mainly due to her wish [...]
Being also preoccupied with the problems in her marriage and separation with her husband, Barbara Fordham works hard on trying to settle the relationships in her family and on understanding what goes wrong with her [...]
It is imperative to note that the topics that the author raises in his works are truly intriguing, and it necessary to understand their importance.
The fact that this was indeed the case can be illustrated, in regards to the story's episode, in which Sonny expresses his contempt of the narrator's idea that it is thoroughly natural for people to [...]
The United States of America are comparable to the Pequod, in the sense that this country is a melting pot of cultures.
Hence is the unique peculiarity of the narration: the short story is interpreted as the text with the contradictions. Hawthorne uses his favorite device of the ironic ambiguous features, the shift of the viewpoint from [...]
In the poem, Song of the Open Road, the traveler was excited to explore the open road before him. It is high time to echo the sentiments of Fuller.
Given the supposed illiteracy of the people living in the bottom rail, their stories could only be told from the white masters' point of view.
His father, Gim Lew Yep, was born in China in 1914, and he came to the USA when he was ten.
From the very beginning of the novel, the author reveals the problem of the individual and its place in society. And vice versa, in the society of the black, she experiences the white side of [...]
After going through the summary of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, one of the main points that stands out clearly is that people in the novel are quick to judge others simply because they [...]
Thus, Wu Xing implies that the universe's building blocks exist in the state of circumstantial uncertainty depending on what happened to be the qualitative features of how one of the elements relates to the other, [...]
The murder of John transformed Elisha's life to a murderer of masses when he gave up his life to the terrorist movement.
The story of the bananafish, is a metaphor to the materialism that had crept into the society and people did anything to satisfy their greed.
In the beginning it seems that the main focus of the movie and the books is the game and surviving of the players, but actually, the basis and the causes of this brutal game lay [...]
He says that he is a man, who has always believed that the easiest way in life is always the best.
She used to prove her orders and insights to Gertie in the light of the Bible by manipulating the teachings according to her desire.
This is one of the details that can be identified. This is one of the issues that can be singled out.
This difference in customs impacting behavior can be seen in the story "My Mother, the Crazy African" wherein Lin is ashamed of her mother who is thoroughly immersed in her Nigerian culture and background despite [...]
The elements that will be studied are the language used, the style and the effects that the stories have on the readers.
In the poem Death Be Not Proud, death assumes the role of a tyrant without real power. To the poet, death is a brief rest, and when we wake up we will live eternally and [...]
The purpose of a lottery is to pick a winner. The author also convinces the readers that the lottery is an important part of the lives of the villagers.
An illustration of the way Troy "misses the mark" in the play is by considering his relationship with the son, Cory.
The same way as the woman behind the wall comes out, she also comes out of her slavery, and this shows that women can obtain freedom from social oppression they are undergoing as depicted in [...]
Marjane gives experiences of her life in Tehran during the revolution that toppled the Shah's regime, the success of the revolution, and the terrible consequences of the Iran war with Iraq.
As it has been mentioned, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is full of different symbols which help understand the full meaning of the story along with the significance of the title and its [...]
In Angelou's words, if the black boxer Louis lost the match to the white boxer Schmeling, "this might be the end of the world.
Thus, the analysis of the lines the poem includes gives us an opportunity to suppose that Hughes depicted the issues he was interested in, the issues, which can be regarded as burning problems of his [...]
The author manages to make people think of the essence of equality and possible hazards associated with the society of equals.
The black death in the meaning of a shame which has been planted into one's life could also be the death of the young and beautiful Docia, the death of her hopes for the future [...]
In the short story, Love, by Robert Olen Butler, the cultural expectation requiring women to be faithful to their husbands, and the cultural definition of beauty in the Vietnamese society, contributed to several conflicts between [...]
She went to the forest with lots of bananas with plans of capturing him and bring him to her home and then shut him in a cage where he will forever be hers.
I tried to explain her that she got tired with her own thoughts and her melancholic mood is not a disease, but one of the peculiarities of her temperament and worldview.
The book "Tuesdays with Morrie" is about the lessons the author learnt from a former College teacher, coach and friend-Morrie Schwartz on death and life.
The title itself bears the image of the hills symbolizing the distended stomach of a pregnant lady which captures the expectations on the side of the woman.
Thus, it is reasonable to suggest that the criteria for the evaluation should be applied to the times when the book was created and the materials that do not fear the grip of time, the [...]
Stepping after the author page by page the reader can know not only the life of the American jazz player but to trace the roots of the modern jazz.
Solomon worked in the field and his farming was also successful, he succeeded to plant corn and oats. In this place Solomon experienced the life of a slave who is to be sold.
At the moment, the author is a director of the University of Louisville in the department of liberal studies. In his scholarly work, he came to discover that some of the vessels that most people [...]
In most screens of the comics a reader can see only the characters and their voice balloons in the forefront, while the rest of the details are not emphasized, some of the lines are blurred, [...]
In a way Meinke tries to illustrate that marriage is one of the major life decisions for everyone. In essence, Fierstein tries to illustrate that marriage is mainly for companionship as it provides persons with [...]
It addresses the plight of the Chicago meatpacking industry workers by focusing on the lives of two immigrant families who came to America in anticipation of a better life during the late 1800s to the [...]
While Tessie is a free-spirited woman, the Old Man is superstitious and full of fears of the unknown. However, Tessie; driven by her free spirit, gathers the courage to question the results of the lottery [...]
The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos is a story exploring the life of John Williams, a Reverend, together with his family as captives in the hands of Indians during the 1704 war.
In the novel, she explores several aspects of Confucianism, which is a philosophical, religious and ethical system that is predominantly comprised of religious and traditional precepts of Chinese traditions. For instance, obedience is one of [...]
It seemed to suggest that when he was face-to-face with the war memorial, the author was transported back to the time of the conflict.
The reason for this is that, despite the unconventional sounding of the story's plot line, it appears innately consistent with what happened to be the socially suppressed unconscious anxieties, on the part of readers.
He is also careful about the words he tells them and how they perceive him. This sequence of events shows that Arnold is like other sociopaths because they use the same tricks to kill their [...]
The main problem is that Doc is unable to find his own happiness, and at the end, he is still a lonesome individual who has to seek consolation in music and art.
In this paper, I will explore the validity of the above-stated at length, in regards to the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, because there are indeed a number of [...]
While Jig realizes that she is not ready for the "small operation" that the American suggest and insists, she is unable to express her concern and decision not to take the "small operation".
Eliezer's depiction in the story as the main character in the story is that of a humble and religious young man.
Eliezer's faith in God changes throughout the book, as Eliezer experiences the challenges of the Holocaust. The events in the book regarding Elizer's faith are quite sarcastic and dramatic as Eliezer's faith moves from an [...]
Sartre's thesis is in that essay is that the non-chronological narrative in the Sound and Fury is not merely a matter of style or aesthetic preferences but the fundamental elements of the novel's content.
Joseph Bottum makes several powerful points regarding the constitutional independence of religion, but because he begins with some assumptions about the proposal for the building project that is inaccurate, he thus irritatingly casts into question [...]
One of the reasons for this is that in her novel Plath was able to show that, contrary to what used to be the psychiatric convention of the fifties, one's depression-triggering sense of inadequateness does [...]
He partially wants to stay at home and look after his family because he is morally obligated to do so. The advantage of the action is that he supports his mother and sister.
Additionally, the author documents the heaviness of the objects to underscore the physical items the soldiers carried. Through repetitive documentation of the tangible objects carried by the soldiers, the author opens a leeway to allow [...]
The parents want him to have two identities with one represented by the name 'Nikhil', which should be used at school to fit in the American culture and 'Gogol' to be used at home as [...]
Noteworthy, the relationship between Oscar and Ybon is used as an example of the relationships that occur between members of the South American immigrants in the US. Yet, he holds to the stereotypic belief that [...]
In spite of the fact that the play is constructed as the detective story, the main play's idea is in presenting the realities of the American society in the early part of the 20th century.
The last line hints at the difficulty of the waltzing, but the persona's tone indicates his readiness to continue dancing with his father. The third stanza describes the father's hands and how he manhandles his [...]
Family plays a pivotal role in shaping the structure and the plot of the novel. The main aim of the paper is to understand how family is portrayed in the novel.
Unlike many other books that talk about life coaching, this particular one is unique because it provides practical ideas on how to seek out the life coach within you.
The first part of the novel Passing by Larsen explores how the Irene and Clare, who were childhood friends, reunite. The letter evokes strong emotions in Irene prompting her to reveal Clare's childhood life and [...]
First of all, its cultural perspective is easy to identify for the mainstream readers, the writer sheds the light to the life of a family of the Chinese immigrants and their descendents.
It is wrong to make people see death as something horrible or horrifying as it is a fact and the law of nature. The miracle of people's life is to live and have their purpose.
The book gives a true reflection of the effect of war on soldiers from the perspective of a soldier who directly participated in a war to defend his country.
Though the concept of the gap between generations and the cultural issues are mostly conveyed through the specifics of the characters' interactions, the setting has also contributed greatly to the creation of the unique atmosphere, [...]
The primary intention of Miss Moore is to expose the children to the outside world away from the everyday oppression and limited opportunities.
The authors present the best ideas and discussions to understand the issue of immigration. The chapter "The New Literature of Immigration" explains how the increasing number of immigrants has transformed the United States.
It is possible to mention that the book and the film show that the parental style of Chinese immigrants may differ from that one of Western parents.
Thus, the poets question on the role of the "sphinx of cement and aluminum" in the life of people makes people think of numerous issues.
The place of the story is at St. Roberta is the protagonist of the story.
However, the truth of the matter was that they were engaged in the development of the first atomic bomb to be used in the world.
Bambara is fully aware of this fact, and applies them in her story, The Lesson. Therefore, Bambara's education, childhood experiences and the characters she uses in the story exhibit her ethos.
This, of course, does provide a certain rationale to the suggestion that Norris used to be fascinated with the ideas of Social Darwinism.
He brings out the aspect of emotional burdens that the soldiers draw from the war. Loneliness continues to engulf in the lives of the soldiers long after the end of the war.
As Young stresses, there are five manifestations of oppression, and the basic concepts of each of them can be found in Florida's new edition as a factor that affects creativity.
In the introductory section of the book, Beatriz Dujovne discusses the history of tango which is now regarded as the most popular dances in the history of the twentieth century.
The novel called "The Circle" written by Dave Eggers is a modern dystopia portraying the exaggerated idea of what our world could become if the rules of ultimate transparency and sharing were taken to the [...]
Arguably, the initial character of Cal is used to predict the wrong future of Donny within the text, which provides the readers with an insight into the "wastage" of the young individual.
At the same time, it is necessary to admit that the majority of the words chosen by the author play an important role in the understanding of the story.
The first eleventh chapters of the story introduce the main character, Captain Lee, and describe his relations with his friend, Park, the ways of how they achieve the current military positions, and the tasks they [...]
To give a clear explanation of the concept of love is probably one of the hardest tasks in the world, and the characters of Carver's story make numerous attempts to comprehend what is more appropriate [...]