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Her father was a rabbi, and he travelled to different parts of the world, with his family, in search of employment.

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 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 [...]

Hovard evidences a good example of the barrier of doing the right things due to influences and the need to fulfill the desires of the people even if they are wrong.

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 [...]

It is based on this that one way of interpreting this particular theme of the novel is to consider that, in an individual's quest to conform to what is expected of them within society whether [...]

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 [...]

This is because it was namely the fact that, ever since her early years Emily was indoctrinated to believe that she had no other option but to live up to the expectations of her traditionally [...]

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.

During a long period of time the institute of slavery in such country as the United States of America was considered as the main controversial issue which influenced the social, economical, and political development of [...]

Paying attention to such pieces of writing The Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Annabel Lee, and The Raven it is possible to say that the main idea of these [...]

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 [...]

In the same vein, the binary construction of the blacks and the whites is another focal point that illustrates the racial inequality in the American society.

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.

Despite the numerous researchers disclosing the affirmative evidence concerning the inborn evilness of some individuals, the author still confides in the idea that to be good is a genetically encoded state which is typical of [...]

The 'Slam' as a kind of poetry performance contributes to the realization of the poets' motifs and intentions in the spoken word and to the satisfaction of the audience's desire for provocations and controversies.

Gatsby is the main character in the book "The Great Gatsby," while Eponine is one of the characters in the book "Les Miserables".

The book narrates the happenings of Congo in the 1890s during the reign of King Leopold II. It informs the reader of the various crimes perpetuated by Leopold by referring to the African and European [...]

Gimpel's belief that the world is full of marvelous things characterizes him as a man of vision. Remarkably, Gimpel is sure that everything is possible and he acknowledges that the world is, indeed, full of [...]

The description of a cyberspace and its constituents is one of the key points the author wants to draw the readers' attention to.

This chapter is a flashback of the time when Conover was recruited to join the forces, as a correctional service officer recruit.

1- Exploitation- In the book "One Perfect Day": The selling of the American Dream, Rebecca Mead looks into the extreme levels that most brides go to in order to have the best weddings ever.

While it is true that vocabulary informs the progress of knowledge development, it is possible for knowledge to develop in the absence of vocabulary.

The purpose of a headline is to provide a quick preview of the story and it is usually meant to draw the reader's attention.

Coincidentally, he dedicated his first wave of writing to themes of innocence and beauty coupled with "Love and Joy as dynamic life values in the poet's feeling for the potentiality of the harmony of mind [...]

In the 20th Century, it is a recognized factor in Australia, and all over the rest of the world, that there was neglect of Aborigines since the settlement of the first western civilization, and for [...]

In addition, the departure of Young Goodman Brown from his wife's comfortable house into the darkness of the forest symbolizes the birth of Brown's new life.

Ethan's morality is put under test when he decides to hang back at the end of the dance to find out the identity of the young girl, who turns out to be Mattie.

The long sentences used by Faulkner in the story "Barn Burning" are observed to loop, thereby creating a style that shows the indecisiveness of the characters, and the diversity of their thoughts.

The narrative is a very good source of information on the culture and the ways of living of the Native American communities.

In the piece, the narrator talks about a family history of cancer; this is true in her real life. It delves into the family history of the narrator, whose extended family member Aura is the [...]

The narrator thinks that the woman took off because of the fear he invokes in people due to his skin color. On the other hand, Amy uses fear to show dominance of white cultural heritage [...]

Violence situation in the story entitled "A good man is hard to find" begins when the family is on a road trip to Florida during the vacation.

The theme of slavery is indicated clearly by the author through the mentioning of the origin of the two communities- The Bottom and Medallion.

The paper will examine the purpose of the selected piece of literature in helping the reader to focus towards the main theme of the entire literature.

Ann's church are said to be the poorest in America, the pastor to this church was interviewed by Kozol and he mentioned that he had visited different parts of America and according to him this [...]

The essay aims at summarizing the book in which the writer makes a personal opinion of the accounts as they are narrated in the book and criticizes the book to bring out the faults that [...]

In the analysis of Ashami, the author introduces her in the first chapter as trying to conjure an Indian meal from a mixture of American ingredients.

The belief of the movie is that these years were the most important one in laying ground to the character of Obama.

In addition, Kazakhstan provides one of the largest markets in the middle of Asia and is in the middle of the busy business route between China and Europe.

It also define the battle plan that the American citizens would use in ensuring that they fight back and regain back the rule of laws defined in the American constitution that enhance the liberty that [...]

He tries to emphasize the fact that the slaves in the United States originated from the African regions, and they were transported to America through the rivers.

As a young man he did not enjoy the company of his family and kept to himself as he sought what he had considered as important to him: "...it was important for him to see [...]

As a researcher on the social aspects of increased consumption characteristic of western societies such as the US and the UK, he cautions that the pursuit of happiness by individuals in such societies should not [...]

He was on the journey of selfishness and abandoning his family but he redeemed himself at the end and came to his senses. Priest Leo is convinced he is supposed to be a priest and [...]

The phrase back in the world therefore as used in the book to illustrates the coming back into the society form a different society.

Janie's maturity of voice is a direct indicator of her inner growth, and the activities at the courtroom may be plotted too much as to draw the parallels in her inner self.

The U.S.press seemingly stood in support of the cold war ideology, opposed to the government, thereby making the believers of the idea that 'the media lost the Vietnamese war' never to relent in the accusations.

The main point of the story is the importance of and the lessons that can be taken from having humility in ones life.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the story describes one year from life of a twelve-years-boy and his experience of living in the backwoods with his mother and father.

While the Geneva Convention on Human Rights has banned the use and development of biological agents as a means of warfare, thus sparing humanity the possibility of dying due to a virulent disease, the fact [...]

In How to Tell a True War Story, author Tim O'Brien directs the reader's attention to the idea of truth, not simply in the telling and retelling of certain events from the Vietnam War that [...]

As the plot of the story unwinds, the conflict gains more shades; starting from the confrontation between Louise and the society, it slowly glows into the confrontation within Louise herself: subject to the evaluations of [...]

First of all, she became attractive and gained the approval of her mother who was never satisfied with the appearance of her daughter and encourage her to lose weight: "For days her relatives and acquaintances [...]

The dignity of the family has been eroded and corrupted, it has been put to a point of questioning whether the family is upholding the values expected of it or not, that is, the modern [...]

At the same time, even though the plots of The Veldt and The Rocket revolve around the theme of how technology might affect the workings of people's consciousness, they offer diametrically opposite views, in regards [...]

This is not an exaggerated statement judging from terms and imagery used in at least four of his popular works such as The Cask of Amontillado; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; and The Masque [...]

In conclusion, the book, Nickel and Dimed, points out ineffective management and leadership styles that are being practiced by most corporations in America in order to maintain their wages at low levels.

The fruit of his labors resulted in a searing depiction of a true and tragic event of which the Cleveland Plain Dealer described as "the legal thriller of the decade".

In the summary of "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan it is clearly seen that in case the language is not pure, is broken or limited, the feeling of dominance comes to Americans only on a [...]

It is possible to state that the alcoholism discussed in the book along with the age considered there makes the book focused on the sociological and psychological problem.

One of the most consistent criticisms hurled Bukowski's way, and one of the justifications for his bad reputation, appears as the observation that his work appeals to those who do not understand, or value, the [...]

The conflict was only indicative of the dualistic nature of the era in terms of depiction of the African American experience in the United States and the Diaspora.

The present research is a valuable source for the further analysis of Jacobs' narrative and life since it is based not only on the Jacob's writing but uses many other reliable sources.

A poem that touches the very depth of the soul and makes the heartstrings ring with the sudden wistfulness, it tells a story of the horrifying cruelty that can lurk in the depth of the [...]

In the creation and presentation of the true inevitability of death via Hooper's veil, Hawthorne fulfills Fuller's definition of the American writer as in possession of the "noble fearlessness [that] can give wings to the [...]

The American man manages to manipulate Jig psychologically by telling her not to abort if she does not want to because he senses her hesitance, "I think it's the best thing to do.

She goes ahead to explain the flow of events between the time she leaves her home and gradually takes the author through her experience as a low-income restaurant waitress upto the time that she throws [...]

The author had illustrated different stages of human life with the help of illustrating characters of old waiter, young waiter and an old man at the cafe.

Faulkner's choice of the archetypal setting of a wagon mowing constantly from one place to another renders the message of the instability and vacillations that Sarty is experiencing in the formation of his morals.

In his article "Behind the Counter", Eric Schlosser argues that the fast food industry is behind the country's trend toward unsupportable earnings.

As a result, he is involved in trading marijuana and alcohol as he aspires to acquire the status of a warrior.

His loyalty is portrayed when he opts to stick to his masters in spite of the misery he underwent on their account.

It is essentially a story about internal struggles that a mother faces and the need to redefine herself and her understanding of this role as she reflects on the life of her daughter.

It is worth noting that a clear definition of terrorism is mostly subjective and is rarely objective due to the fact that it is an act of political violence.

She clearly feels that her marriage was a life of hers, and the death of feelings is the divorce the end to happiness, to mutual understanding, to being the two parts of the whole.

There are high hopes that the current settings of the twenty-first century and the predictable future of governance will be sustainable and responsible especially on issues of cultural identity and preservation.

The emotional state of the author is the main idea of the poem because the main character seems to reflect the mental and emotional features of Browning introducing his weakness and lack of self-confidence.

A Rose for Emily is the story that is characterized by numerous critical opinions: readers found the story interesting, unusual, and educative; and critics tried to admit as many negative or weak points as possible [...]

The reason why Brown's novel was able to attain such popularity is that the motifs, contained in it, correspond to the unconscious anxieties, on the part of those for whom it was written the dwellers [...]

In this paper the focus will lead to a discussion of the significance of the glass figurines and their symbolic value to the whole play as representation of the most central symbol uniting and supporting [...]

Addie dies shortly after the story starts; however, the short period she appears in the play and her dead body directs the structure of the story setting themes in place. The storyline of this story [...]

The theme of death is evaluated in numerous literary and art works, and Don DeLillo's White Noise is one of the brightest examples of how people are afraid of death, want to postpone it, and, [...]

As of today, a clear correlation can be seen between the quality of living in every particular country and the extent of citizens' sense of religiosity the higher are the standards of living, the lesser [...]

He notes that denial is very prominent in the story of" A Rose for Emily" and in the play "Death of a Salesman" and in the poem "The Raven".

As for Tyler, it is certain that theories have said that language and thought are similar, such that language is used to express thoughts of a person.

In order to grab the attention of the avid listeners, innovative and meticulously planned music as well as talk shows are planned, designed and executed keeping in mind the tastes and preferences of local audiences [...]

Racism and discrimination becomes the centre stone of our analysis by providing the metaphoric activity of the play which however illustrates the distinct relationships that existed between the black and white cultures in 1950s.

For instance, Abbey says, "Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here in the desert by the comparative scarcity of the flora and fauna: life not crowded [...]

The author views cowboys as hard workers because a cowboy will already be at work at four in the morning and according to the author; "His part in the beef-raising industry is to birth and [...]

Ms Fenn then decided to try and revisit the small pox outbreaks and the grave effects they had on the North American population.

She indicates the times her service was a fascination but not to her satisfaction for instance, the roles of a husband, father or a member in the army.

It represented in a degree, to the correspondent, the serenity of nature amid the struggles of the individual nature in the wind, and nature in the vision of men.

This statement of Maggie's inner power provokes her mother to exercise her authority and stop Dee from plundering the house which she has never respected, loved or devoted her effort to.

For example, one of the main characters in Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is identified as a "mentally and emotionally confused" person; the male character of The Glass Menagerie is under a threat of [...]

After the lawyer places an advert in the local newspaper, Bartleby applies for the position of a copyist and the lawyer hires him.

In the midst of this excitement, Sethe reveals to Paul D about her unfortunate past, and the reason why the community in Cincinnati fails to accept her.

Sergeant major Morris begins to tell the family about the monkey's paw origin, and how he possessed it and that it has the ability to grant wishes. The sergeant throws the monkey paw in to [...]

A person speaks to a pen or a writing material by way of magic and so does the writing material does to the recipient of the message.

A Conversation with My Father, a short story by Grace Paley, and The Swimmer, a short story of John Cheever are good examples of literature works, which provide the reader with an opportunity to see [...]

In comparison to one literary character, Tod Hackett from The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West, Anna Deavere Smith does not want to lose her mind and be guided by the current events; she [...]

The American Way of Death is one of such literary works, the author of which uses process analysis writing form and focuses her attention to the details, inherent to funerals.

By illustrating much of his life in his writings, he managed to dramatize the oppressiveness in the workplaces, controversial facets of traditional masculinity, and the elites' perceptions of arts and academia.

However, analyzing the role of mystery in the plot of The Crying of Lot 49, it can be stated that the effect of mystery is produced with the structure of the novel and the intersection [...]

While Bahktin still recognizes and acknowledges the centrality of meaning to the socio-cultural approach to mediated action, unlike most semiotic analyses that have mainly focused on the nature of formal structure central in most contemporary [...]

The most dominant opinion though is that the grandmother's final deed was graceful, thereby implying that "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" was penned by the author to depict a gradual change in the [...]

The picture of the place is only constructed in the mind. The author starts the description of the place in the title.

Although Murray emphasizes an importance of the reforms of the educational system, the information in his essay provides the description of the inability of many students to deal with college-level material and incapability to pay [...]

What must be understood is that the observations of Rieff echo that of the theory of Realism which states that the international system is anarchic, that states are the primary actors in international relations and [...]