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Mainly, the book discusses the workers especially the Irish and Chinese, who assisted in the construction of the railroad along the United State.

Through the voice of the main protagonist named Richard Powers, the author raises important problems of body-mind duality, the possibility of investigating consciousness and the links between art and politics.

It relegates the piece of work to the level of dialogue, where a speaker is allowed to use personal pronouns, as this informality therefore makes a piece of writing lack the necessary academic formality.

For instance, in Texas, the state's folklore society contributed immensely to the growth of modern folklore literature in the mid west.

In this chapter, information helps to realize that only historical fiction makes students learn and analyze the effects of war on people, the impact of past actions on future life, and the ideas of how [...]

Writing for a living is a serious issue: on the one hand, it helps to improve the quality and efficiency of the writing tasks and, consequentially, speed up the economic and social progress.

The Irony of being at war is that Peace and conflict are both inevitable; it is the way we handle either of the two that determines our opinion of life in general both in the [...]

Furthermore, it confirms that friends are very important in life and help students to commit to their friendships. Characters are also important in this book, for instance, Charlotte is found to be kind and selfless.

The authors argue that as much as most of the professional writing is learned on the job, it is the prerogative of the trainers to ensure that the graduates they produce are worth the professional [...]

This female sex only society resulted in a culture of peace among the inhabitants, the women had a good social order and they followed the laws set to the latter.

In the tradition of hardboiled detective fiction, the character Easy Rawlins is clearly the same as that of Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald's characters but Rawlins differs from these earlier fictional detectives because at the [...]

The Hunger Games series 1 is a science-fiction drama that delineates the situation of enslavement among the citizens of Panem to the governing class that reside in a city called Capitol.

Providing the description of the volunteering experience in the Little Princes Children's Home, Grennan refers to a lot of examples which are associated with the individuals of children in order to personalize the global problem [...]

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the points that can be made.

As well, an action is "wrong" if it results in the opposite of happiness to the people. Mill's utilitarian theory can be used to assess the ethically of Jay Gatsby's action, as presented in the [...]

The poem relates to the history and heritage of African Americans as Hughes compares them to some of the greatest rivers of the world.

How the authors understand the ways in which racism has influence the levels of poverty of the books' characters Based on the two books content, it is apparent that the authors understand the manner in [...]

However, the growth of the telecommunications industry around the telephone presents the importance of the country in development and improvement of the telephone as a product.

The short story was also the subject of debate when it was first written because it failed to fit in any particular genre at the time."The Yellow Wallpaper" was mostly considered a horror story when [...]

Thus, it will only be logical to conclude this paper by reinstating once again that there is indeed a good rationale in referring to Butler's Parable of the Sower, as an intellectually enlightening novel.

London nails down the major problems of the post-war U.S.society: "This tower [.] represented [.] the serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual nature in the wind, and nature in the vision of [...]

Though it is truly hard to say that the motif of gambling is new to most of the world literature would be a considerable stretch, it goes without saying that Ellison adds a specific touch [...]

This is a one sentence summary of Rodriguez's career who managed to achieve much by means of reading and education in general, but at the same time he has lost his family having created a [...]

Consequently, the popularity of the proverb also encourages the Welsh to venture in the production of a range of fruits and vegetables.

He expected people in the north to be poor and miserable and he regarded that poverty as "the necessary consequence of their being non-slaveholders".

Another ironic thing in the book is the character of the person who is described as being a pioneer in the atomic bomb.

In "Sean," the author uses an urban setting to show how race is "constructed" by people and places that surround the characters. Here, the author uses the circumstances surrounding Sean and the narrator to show [...]

Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story which makes the reader feel fear, depression and guilt from the very first page and up to the final scene.

This paper will examine the form and structure of the poem, the tone of the writer, and the themes that Emily Dickenson explores or emphasizes in her work.

The struggle between the individual and the society is one of the main themes in The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.

One of the first points that should be made is that the time of this novel is non-linear. This is one of the things that later Bennie begins to regret.

Even though these son's relation to father is explained through the whole chapter, the main purpose of the discussion is the attempt of James Baldwin to understand the role of black people in formation of [...]

Precious examines the situation of her family, and she says that her family is invisible to the world. Precious believes that the sketch is that of her and her family, and she is much troubled.

In this case, the visit to the supermarket reveals Jack's true nature as an American who is proud of his way of life, and the satisfaction he feels after buying goods from the supermarket.

He claims that since the clergy is not willing to listen to them and give them their rights, they have to show the importance of the matter by holding non-violent demonstrations.

The book dwells upon the journey of a Hispanic boy to the USA. Of course, the loss of mother is one of the hardest traumas.

The American society in The Age of Innocence and Manhattan Transfer reflect these changes, and the society is divided in issues concerning the new changes; there is a conflict in the society.

One of the central themes in this play is the life of little people and "the tension between little people and big issues".

It also enables governments to protect the economic activities that take place in their countries as well as the choice of the consumers from the adverse effects of the international market.

The paper summarizes the reasoning of the writer and goes a notch higher to analyze some of the themes in order to establish the relevance of the book to the modern political environment.

The memoir "Hope's Boy" portrays the childhood experiences of Bridge which depicts the U. The anger of his childhood leads to the belief that there is a hope that the future can be better.

Danto examines the work of Georg Hegel and concludes that beauty is actually appropriate especially when celebrating the loss of life for it reminds the bereaved of that pain as part of human experience.

In addition, what determines the production of goods most is the organizational structure as opposed to the question of whether the producer is from the private or public sector.

The different themes and characters issued and depicted in the book can be applied in management to provide a basic guideline in terms of the principles of management and the current growth being experienced around [...]

Faulkner presents death in the story through death-haunted life of Emily. Emily also refuses to acknowledge the death of Homer, though she was responsible for his death.

Jackson was on the quest to save his grandmother's regalia at the pawn shop and he indulged in different ventures to get the money the pawnbroker had requested.

This essay seeks to argue that Finkel, in his story, is telling the truth and to this end, a critical evaluation of the elements that define a war story shall be carried out before an [...]

The fact that the author never expressly mentions the real name of the narrator, who is the main character in the story, can actually be perceived as a way in which the author portrays the [...]

The story throws us to different times: the 'present' moment of the execution, the past that led to the execution and most notably, to an 'imagined present'.

In Proulx's The Shipping News, death is the end of Quoyle's silence and the beginning of his voiced, well-articulated future. Wavey is a point of connection between Quoyle and the new place he is in.

A good example of a typical fallacy in the text is the metaphor that links the homeless people to the homeless animals, in the given case, the squirrels in the park.

In this paper, I will aim to explore the legitimacy of an earlier suggestion in regards to how the deployment of a literary irony had helped Shirley Jackson and Nathaniel Hawthorne to emphasize the philosophic [...]

In these chapters, the author addresses the issues of emergence of capitalism and construction of market institutions, as well as explores the notion of freedom of the individual in a complex society.

History as a Novel/ The Novel as History is a subtitle of the book which proves that Mailer intentionally mixed the two genres for enriching the content of his work and experimenting with the manner [...]

The book contains two essays which include "My Dungeon Shook-Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary Emancipation" which discusses the central role of race in American history written in the form of a [...]

In the last part of the book, the federation warships come to the moon. This is evident in the book as the people on the moon are being controlled by the governments of the earth.

They learnt the important lesson that, the rich do not work for money; no, money works for them by employing other people to work for them In Chapter 2, the author explains the importance of [...]

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival sessions for children's books are therefore an appropriate avenue for the introduction of the inspirational story of Rick Hansen depicted in the book, Boy in Motion, to the Asian [...]

The battle against chaos as the main function of the societal regulation as it is outlined in the social order model and challenging inequities as the driving force for the social transformation as it is [...]

In their book Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787, Christopher and James Lincoln Collier discuss the Constitutional Convention and the ratification of the Constitution. The book begins by describing the state of America [...]

The social revolution of the thirties had a lasting impact in shaping the social and cultural intelligentsia of America, the play Waiting for Lefty is definitive discourse on the ills of capitalism and the reasons [...]

Furthermore the completion of the railway in 1869 enabled businessmen to come and exploit the land for gold and other minerals.

Jeff and Melanctha's interaction in their domestic setup is evidence of Melanctha's complex relationship with desire, in the sense that, her interaction with Jeff is not a conventional one, or of a woman befitting her [...]

The golden middle in adult literacy education is in being able to transform the theories and rules of language into the forms and meanings that are understandable to learners.

In that regard, the elements of both cultures would interact and blend in the child's consciousness, representing the fusion of both cultures.

Instead of simply listening to the accounts of other individuals, she decided to travel to Florida, Maine, and Minnesota, with the intention of assuming the role of a minimum wage employee.

However, her The Fall River Axe Murders is not about sexuality and fantasy, it is about the real events, which happened at the end of the 19th century, where the case of Lizzie Borden was [...]

The accuracy in this book brings out clearly the story of James McBride as he tries to understand the realities of life.

American literature depicts the period 1865-1910 as a turning point of events and a clash between the past and the present, the old and the upcoming.

The book tells women's magazines off for not making enough efforts to lessen the force of the myth, in spite of the fact that they are one of the important fundamental tools for transforming the [...]

In his works, Berry makes a wonderful attempt to compare a soldier's attitude before and after war, analyze what aspects of war are able to change a soldier's mind and principles, and explain why war [...]

Instead of listening to the perspectives of other workers, the author herself gave up her middle-class comforts and assumed the role of a minimum-wage worker in America to experience the daily hardships they go through.

World War 1 and the social and cultural changes in the United States accelerated the growth and popularity of the alliance during the start of the 20th century.

Through this analysis, the techniques used by authors and speakers to control the effects of the message they are delivering, the pros and cons of these kinds of techniques, and the meaning of these messages [...]

This is one of the problems that the author is forced to encounter. This is one of the reasons they were reluctant to deal with him.

Apart from that, it is important to mention that his parents failed to safeguard Jeff against risks that one could face in the neighborhood.

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the issues that can be singled out.

It focuses on the personal characteristics of the presidents and aligns it to the public lives the men have led. There are many events that are described, relating to both public and private lives of [...]

Great literary writers in the 18th and 19th centuries dwelled on the issue of slavery as they tried to depict the experiences of slaves in a comprehensive manner.

The author begins by explaining how he became the commander of the infantry platoon at the age of twenty-four. From the book, it is notable that the author displayed and lived most of the army [...]

Jordan remarks that this story is about her and the time she spent living and working in Maningrida and that the story is a personal account of her experiences in Arnhem Land.

Farquhar agrees with the saying that "all is fair in love and war" in spite of the fact that he believes it to be a "villainous dictum".

As described by the writer, anxiety and tension dominates the place as the clock ticks towards the hour of the reading of the news.

The author introduces the story to the reader with a description of an ideal life story to which everybody aspires, but the successive several stories are not so happy, though the author offers the readers [...]

As aforementioned, Alison uses Bone and the people around her to exploit the issues of gender, race, sexuality and class in a clamorous manner.

We, however, do not subscribe to such point of view, because there are good reasons to believe that the actual explanation as to this novel's iconic status is the fact that in The Catcher in [...]

In the book "Fear and Trembling in Las Vegas", the author takes his readers through their experience in the chase of the American Dream.

In addition to that, Dandaneau posits that social imagination is the only remedy to get the world out of this deep slumber.

She is fortunate to have been adopted by a nice family after her mother dies, as it is with the second family that she learns to read and write.

However, going a bit further, one must admit that the crime of the leading character was not discovered by the police; nor did another Sherlock Holmes ripped the veil off the mystery quite on the [...]

The main goal of the scientists depicted in "Rappaccini's Daughter" and "The Birthmark" is to make the world perfect with the help of their great knowledge and practice that is why there are no barriers [...]

In reference to the statement, the author in essence questions the actuality of a "true war story," which is also sustained by the fact that according to Tim, his story is merely a dream."O'Brien creates [...]

Therefore, the issue of the prevalence of diverse local dialects in a substantial number of countries is an impediment to the learning of national languages, and by extension a barrier to the learning and usage [...]

In this book, the author talks about the relationship between the vagina and the brain. The author of this book personifies the vagina in order to emphasize its importance in the life of a woman.

The protagonist's encounters as well as that of the rest of her colleagues indicate that social mobility is locked out to many in the lowest stratum of the working population.

The major theme that has been around for some time is that a person is either limited by ignorance and leads a life of blind and chaotic movement or an individual tries to find out [...]

Thus, the development of the American identity was the prolonged process, and it depended on the progress of new principles associated with the ideas of freedom and independence.

In an attempt to free her, she rips apart the wallpaper and locks herself in the bedroom. The husband locks her wife in a room because of his beliefs that she needed a rest break.

The persona cannot afford to miss class taking care of the children the wife is the one supposed to attend to the children.

Therefore, it is convenient to argue that while Ned is a symbol of the younger generation that seeks to liberate the society from the old paradigm, Jimmy Caya belongs to the old generation that wants [...]

The book, "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville defines the thoughts of the author on various aspects of America from the angles of social, political, security, and the need for appreciation of diversity especially [...]

From the recount of the writer in Turse chapter 12, it is evident that the war broke out of control. The main reason for the fight was the closure of the telecommunication network that belonged [...]

He states that the last thing he wants is to be in the spotlight probably due to his personal life, which harbors struggles that he would consciously not want anybody and especially the media to [...]

The Authors purpose in writing this book was to give the story behind the development of ghettos in the black community specifically the Cleveland community.

It is possible to pay attention to Tomas and Gabe's visions of masculinity referring to the ideas developed by Tomas in relation to the question, to the opinion which is characteristic for Gabe, and to [...]

The term flogging in the book simply describes the system of canning, stroking, or fondling as a form of prison punishment imposed to prisoners.

The difference of Siddhartha at the beginning of the story and at the end of it is obvious. Having understood personal place in this world and the purpose of personal being, Siddhartha is sure that [...]

In Greek mythology, Odysseus was the king of the island kingdom of Ithaca, described as a hero, a warrior, known for his treachery and resourcefulness due to his wit.

The validity of this statement, can be well explored in regards to the 1963 Newsweek's article My God, You are Not Even Safe in Church and Frank Sikora's 1991 story Innocence Lost, concerned with the [...]

Blade Runner is one of the films that show how humanity shapes its identity and the expectations it makes based on the nature of its surrounding. According to the film, disbelief is high in postmodernism [...]

Globalization of the local is a concept developed by Thomas Friedman in his book "The World is Flat". In conclusion, the cases of Dell's supply chain and European Union are only two of many examples [...]

The author presents the full story of McKinley's murder in his book, paying much attention to the details of that day, the consequences of the murder for the killer, the personality of Leon Czolgosz, his [...]

Crawford is of the idea that a good career is one that encompasses both thinking and doing that is the essence of blue collar work.

The sources are of the best quality and the reason they present the best ideas and observations about the heroine and her achievements during the time of the war.

She had a plan that was contrary to what the rest of the family had. She easily accepted to travel with the family to the destination she was against initially.

The first line in the book is a claim that the amount of food wasted by Americans in a single day can fill the Rose Bowl stadium. Towards the end of the book, the author [...]

All the reader has is the landscape and the dialogue. Thus, she looks at the "line of the hills", and the hills are "white in the sun".

There are also Tahoe Blue in the lake, which is a term used by the author Lankford to describe the meaning represented by the lake, its beauty and range of life around it.

Toni Morrison in The Bluest Eye traces the history of the black people in the most prolific and unique manner that traces their position and lives in the society.

Also, Macondo changes to a township permanently linked to the outside humanity through the disgrace of Colonel Buend a, during and after the warfare. The civil warfare ends with the signing of a peaceful accord, [...]