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.
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 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 [...]
There are a lot of different interpretations of Frost's "The Road Not Taken" that it is easy to appear in the situation that one cannot understand what the poems are about.
The story of the book offers the readers to know about the illiberal approach of the dwellers of Cholistan desert in Pakistan who try really hard to survive and lead a life of a nomad.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 is also necessary to note that the tradition of a lottery is highly overestimated by the people in the village, as it is described by Jackson in the story.
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
Being different in their structure and stylistic devices, these three poems, however, are devoted to the exploration of the motif of death, destruction, and renewal which are integral parts of the war. It is devoted [...]
It is not a secret that the goal of many people is to find out the truth and make it available to others.
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 [...]
In her narrative "Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl," Harriet Jacobs attempts to describe the role of 'the home' in the lives of black slaves, their children and white masters in the American [...]
He acquires the role of the liar and follows it to the end. He realizes that the society of people is not for him.
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us is the book devoted to the research of the drivers of human behavior and motivation.
Cheryl's focus on the beauty and loneliness of her journey, through the desert and the mountains, overshadow her quest to reach her destination because the main message in her narration focuses on her experiences, as [...]
In conclusion, it is possible to note that the central theme of the short story is ability of one person to help people cope with their problems and live on.
In spite of the fact that men and women play equal roles as the protagonists of the play, it is necessary to analyze the viewpoint of men about the described situations because it is necessary [...]
Although Jack Merridew, one of the lead characters of William Golding's shockingly unforgettable Lord of the Flies novel, is a child and still has a lot to learn in terms of how society works, the [...]
In the beginning, Jimmy is painted as an indecisive person who has to deal with the pressure of war in Vietnam and nonreciprocating love from Martha.
He endures the bad whiskey smell from his father and the violent style the father makes him dance. They show how much he misses the days he used to dance with his father.
This is one of the questions that are of great interest to this poet because she wants to show that memory is closely tied to imagination.
Updike in the short story "A & P" uses Sammy, a teenager who is employed as a clerk in a grocery shop to illustrate the difficulties involved in the process of growing up.
Kapstein has compiled his work in The Symbolism of the Wind and the Leaves in Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind, this paper examines this Kapstein's analysis, and the writer differs with Kapstein on some [...]
According to the author, in the past three decades, many American workers have continued to work past their retirement age to solve the problem of their insufficient retirement incomes.
The splashing of the Log in the midst of the swamp caused a commotion and the frogs were very frightened by what was going on at that time.
In such a manner, the novel widens the concept of freedom and provides a new meaning of such words as arememory' and wouldisremember.' In particular, although Seth's new life is deprived of slavery, her memories [...]
The road to maturity for the narrator is through his intercourse with the war, and the readers are made aware that the true nature of the narrator in the story beginning when he relates that [...]
Incidences of people living in 'bad' houses full of ghosts and evil spirits cropped up to support the existence of a link between the dead and the living.
In the 2004 film, 'A Cinderella Story' by Mark Rosman, the story takes a similar approach as the traditional folk tale with the exception of some added elements in the modified story.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contents of the story, its main characters, and reflect on the changes that have occurred in the past 50 years.
Thus, this paper, starting with the outline of characters and plot, discusses potential interpretations of The Catcher in the Rye and proposes the opinion of the paper's author.
The narrator appears surprised of the status of his friend's house, with the inside appearing as spooky as the compound of the house.
In addition, Julie Taylor, the teenage daughter of the coach is also a central character in the series. It is the events of the play, which tight the play together because they happen to the [...]
S, caught in the grip of the Great Depression, amidst the I and the II World Wars, could hardly believe that a plain Georgian man with a plain harmonica would win over the hearts of [...]
In contrast to the minor characters, the former would have definitely chewed the scenery, which would have been acceptable in any other novel but the one that tackles the difficulties of living in the period [...]
When one comes to think of it, the economical disaster of the thirties was quite easy to predict; completely devastated from the WWI, on the one hand, and being on the verge of the outbreak [...]
However, in his work Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Frederick Douglass represents the contradictory vision of the issue, supporting the idea that the white slave owners acted as animals in [...]
Children's books are often written to address the issues of the bigger society, in the hope that they will learn what not to do and how to live full and successful lives."Henry's Freedom Box" is [...]
In spite of the fact the play is full of violence and blood, this work makes the audience laugh because of exaggerated absurdity of the demonstrated actions where brutality and impulsivity are presented at their [...]
In this respect, the author's close affiliation with her grandparents came as a particularly valuable asset, because by listening to their life-stories, Hooks grew to realize the fact that, allegorically speaking, one's endowment with the [...]
The purpose for the referral is the feelings of despair and guilt from which the woman suffers. In spite of the problems within the family with the mother and brother, Maggie hoped she could improve [...]
The books "Dreams from my father" by Barack Obama and Frederick Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" provide some of the best examples of using personal narratives to portray the [...]
The same can be said about the results of the research the latter are not tied in with the research methodology, which brings one to questioning the reasonability and the specifics of the methods adopted.
In his work Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality, Patrick Sharkey provides facts to support the idea that the obvious racial inequality exists, especially in the urban neighborhoods, [...]
Truly, after scrutinizing the blueprints that they can find thoroughly, they learn that one among the walls of the tunnel is erected right where the vault of the bank is situated.
According to Francine Prose, gluttony often disguises itself in different forms, like the need to get a little more, the desire to have something more delicious, or the temptation to have a snack between the [...]
In addition, he is cunning and nosy as he manages to cut-short the conversation between Austin and Saul in order to engage Saul in his story and golf discussion. Lee humbles himself and joins Austin [...]
Therefore, the author uses a method of the itinerary to describe her adventures and discoveries, feelings and motives of the behavior.
A key indicator of the dysfunction is the inability to talk and lack of communication of feelings among the couples. In fact, he uses the nouns like the mother, the father, the dog, the doctor, [...]
The irony lies in the fact that, while longing to revive their Native identity, Henry and Lyman relied on the red convertible the by-product of the 'Faustian' nonspiritual/mechanistic genius.
The research focuses on Mark Twain's use of humor persuades the readers to finish the entire novel. Mark Twain.creatively wove the novels to bring the real life issue of racism to the readers.
Therefore, the fact that, while sitting by the fireplace with his wife, Updike felt suddenly amorous, cannot be thought of as a proof of him being a romantic individual, but rather an indication of the [...]
Dylan is a white kid living in the midst of a black community in Brooklyn and just like the other children in the neighborhood he attends the public schools.
This paper will therefore dwell upon the role of Broca's area in language comprehension as well as other critical human capabilities Paul Broca was the first person to establish that the posterior section of the [...]
Shinto has been the major force throughout the history of the country and remains the same in the present day; it can be said, it has had its dominant presence in the Japanese culture.
When the old medicine man recognizes that he fails in his attempt to cure him, he attributes his failure to the coming of the white man.
To maintain income flow, Sinclair describes the inhuman and horrendous conditions of each member of the family have to endure."From the nature of disease affecting a laborer, it was easy for Jurgis to tell the [...]
The car is used symbolically to show the transitions Haze is going through in his life. This is symbolic because they are some of the main characters who help to advance the plot in the [...]
The major subject of the book is to demonstrate the wounds of the impacts of war, and the cultural differences of Americans and Indians.
Clearly, if we take into account the whole theme of Rand's novel, which depicts dystopian life in the United States during their being changed according to the ideas of planned economy, and the sufferings of [...]
The author defines two personal characters, an introvert and an extrovert, as the main characters linking a person to the society. According to the author, the majority of the successful people in the world are [...]
Characteristics of Young Adult Literature and Literary Genres in the Novel Some of the young adult characteristics, literature, and literary genres that the novel employs include the use of personal experiences and the tender age [...]
Since the purpose of the texts is clear, it is possible to go into some detail and analyse the differences among the three texts in question.
In her novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker challenges many of the conventions that are related to the sexual identity of a person and gender norms.
In the book The Populist Moment, Lawrence Goodwyn explores the development of the populist movement in the United States. In his book, the author analyzes both primary and secondary sources that can throw light on [...]
In the third and final section, the author narrates the fall of Bill Cody in the early 1900s, his devastating divorce in 1904, the collapse of his mining business in Arizona and the fall of [...]
For instance, Gumprecht ties in the process of degradation of the Los Angeles River together with the issues in the evolution of the urban life or, to be more exact, the specifics of the life [...]
Finally, it is vital to apply the findings on the relationships between language and identity in the practical sphere of learning and teaching languages.
The author describes the life of his father Vladek Spiegelman before the Nazi occupation of Poland, during the Second World War, and the later influence of the Holocaust experiences on his personality.
The results of a pretest were compared with the grades in the final test to find out the interconnection between the initial linguistic stock and the volume of the vocabulary after the course.
He realizes the importance of education and decides that he has to learn how to read and write at all costs.
The book shows that there was a lot of ignorance in the course of the period of slavery. The masters were well aware of the situation that the slaves were in and they took full [...]
Gray gives the history of the literature of America, and he highlights the conflicts featured in this literature. Harry introduces the concerns of Poe's literature, and he shows that Poe deals with the conflicts in [...]
The following is an analysis of the character Pearl in the story The Scarlet Letter where more focus is put on her character and what she represents/ symbolizes in the story.
This makes the reader want to balance the feelings of the persona by using the things discussed in the poem. The persona is saying that her heart is 'strictured'; this shows that she has not [...]
While making rhetorical analysis of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, I would like to point out that his memoir is recognized to be one of greatest narratives of the nineteen century in the [...]
Second, the Bay Colony of Massachusetts is likened to an island in the midst of wilderness, indicating that the place is undeveloped First, the market place is described.
The Author is also the persona in entire narration as he recounts his real experience in slavery right from childhood. In the narration, there are major and minor characters that the author has used to [...]
He is said to be the first and only Jew to have made to the level of becoming a dean in Athena faculty and to be allowed to join the teaching staff in classic department [...]
This essay discusses the character of the Townspeople with regard to the development of the themes and plot of the story.
One more fact from the biography of this woman seems peculiar and deserves attention is the fact that after the death of her husband, Dr.
The book focuses on the role of the Muslim woman, the rights that are accorded to her by the Muslim religion as well as the place of the Muslim woman in this century as she [...]
California Cooper manages to convey the importance of the family ties and emphasizes that in the hardest times when slavery came to reign in the country and people, could be sold and bought, family relationships [...]
Though the story provides negative consequences of bullying and teasing, the role of a teacher is to make students understand how to behave and communicate in the classroom setting and outside it.
The use of the term Native American, whether in the open or in private mirrors the ancient and modern systems of ethnic classification in the American society.
The second part of the book looks at the Al Qaeda's activities in the rest of the world. The book covers some of the problems faced in the fight against terrorism, especially the lack of [...]
The truth is founded by a reading of the root of the reality in question where in every case the ensuing fact is an occulted form of the reading.
In the case of the red meridian, the gang's agenda was to take complete control of the Mexicans and Native Americans.
International student prospectuses were the only materials used in the research, and a brief analysis of the procedures followed in the conducting of the study was performed.