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The role of nature in the people's lives and the role of an individual in the natural world is one of the main themes in Whitman's poetry that is why Section 31 of "Song of [...]

The main themes that are evident in his work are the themes of death and love. He speaks of a chilling wind from the sky that emerged resulting in the death of her wife.

Raymond Carver is the writer who uses minimalism in his writing style to set up the tone of the story from the very beginning."What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Carver explores [...]

The first story is of Nya, a girl from Sudan, and the second story is of Salva, a Sudanese boy. Man in the dorm of a civil war which is the cause of Salva's fleeing [...]

The author suggests that even the kind of history that the children of the oppressed Haitians learn in school is doctored to whitewash the atrocities colonizers meted on the natives, further emphasizing the systemic nature [...]

Toni Morrison in Sula describes the problem of how society perceives post-traumatic stress disorder through the figure of Shadrack and his way of life after the First World War.

In the first pages of The Souls of White Folk, the author reflects on the prospects of perceiving white skin color in the nineteenth century.

As a black American, Troy's childhood experiences have been passed on to his children, making him a victim of an oppressive culture. Therefore, this makes Troy a victim of racism and culture, contributing to his [...]

Cory's swinging of his dad's bat is a symbolic action that represents his desire to fill his dad's shoes, despite the fact that he struggles and is not confident in his ability to do so.

A deeper contemplation of the first few pages of the story reveals that Jiya is always afraid of the ocean since he understands the wrath of the storm and the changes it has brought in [...]

Wright's beloved canary, as well as in the county attorney's and the sheriff's behaviors, mocking the women for their concentration on "trifles".

The purpose of this paper is to explore the main characters of this book, define the types of obsessive love proposed by the author and evaluate the knowledge this book can give to its readers.

The two protagonists Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire underwent serious reconsideration of the state of friendship with the help of the culture they belonged to.

"[...] he wrote about pity: about something somewhere that made them all: the old man who had to catch the fish and then lose it, the fish that had to be caught and then lost, [...]

Another of the details that support the postulation that the main idea of the story is that assumptions can kill is the inability of the main character to recognize his limitations.

According to the writer, Otto Frank did not want to change his life which was the cause of the horrible end for his family.

Clearly, the content of the mystery of the supernatural hound in the novel is not the only reason for the sustained popularity of the novel but it was for the cunning fiction formation of the [...]

Religion in Gilead is the similar to that of the current American society especially, the aspect of ambiguity which has been predominant with regard to the rightful application of religious beliefs and principles.

At the beginning of the story, Sammy seems like a thoughtless sexist who only admires girls because he has nothing to do, but as the story develops the readers is able to see beyond Sammy's [...]

Main Points of The Yellow Wallpaper The basic aim of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is to reflect the oppression of women in the 19th century.

The period was one of the turbulent and confusing times in the history of the U.S.as the British and the American politicians made drastic efforts to reach a compromise.

It appears that the black group keeps to itself and that the white group remains as a unit without a black girl amongst them.

Kapasi, the driver who also performs the role of a tour guide for the Das family, is divulged more via his interlinkages with Mrs. Das and the story's indirect depiction of Mrs.Das.

The name The Storm symbolizes some of the characters' lives, and Calixta and Alcee end up marrying other people. Therefore, the two storybooks are related in the sense that one is the continuation of the [...]

"The Last Question" is a story in which Isaac Asimov, the author, questions the immortality of the human race as well as the permanent existence of the universe.

However, as the conversation between the American and the girl goes on, the reader learns the name of the female character.

John Steinbeck's short story, "The Chrysanthemums" reflects the struggles of a stereotyped woman of the time, Elisa Allen to find her own identity in the oppressive world of men.

Luella Bates Washington Jones acts positively in changing the behavior of Roger. Luella Bates Washington Jones is very successful in changing the behavior of Roger.

However, at the end of the story, the son discovers that he was not the source of his problems but instead alcoholism was. He did this while referring to the character of his grandfather and [...]

From the beginning, as the author narrates the story in the setting of World War 1, the reader is shown the horrors and trauma of war.

As is clear from the summary of Richard Wright's "Black Boy," Ella's hard work causes her to develop health problems leaving Richard with the option of looking for odd jobs to provide for the family. [...]

Therefore, the classical guide provides a description of ways to identify the symptoms and the possible treatment for combat stress, PTSD, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Regardless of his moral stature, the narrator is forced to ignore Bartleby as the scrivener declines any reasonable assistance and refuses to help himself. The narrator sees that Bartleby "fully [comprehends] the meaning" of his [...]

An important aspect of foreshadowing is that at the end of the story, the reader can understand how the hint is linked to the ending.

Dare to Lead refers to the works devoted to psychological issues and is intended to focus on delusions in respect of the modern workplace, finding the keys to true leadership.

Since the purpose of this paper is to unveil the theme and the thesis Kosinski wanted to convey to the reader I am going to unearth the slightest details of the book's and movie's plot.

Nature is full of mystery, diversity, richness, it is a human dwelling, but one of the burning problems is the place of a human in nature.

Even though the story is in second person, we understand that this is actually the feelings and thoughts of the narrator.

In "Secret Life of Bees", the references to bees serve as "conceptual cement", because it is namely these references that entitle Kidd's novel with moral wholesomeness.

Therefore, the intention of Irene's passing is to enjoy the opportunities that are available to the white people. In this regard, Clare attempts to reach out to a person of the same identity is an [...]

But when simplified even further the movie version differs from the book because the author wanted to show the evolution of how American football is played and conducted using the story of Michael Oher the [...]

The diverse life experiences, diverse approaches towards life, and diverse expectations in the story resulted in the tension between the mother and the daughter in the story; nonetheless, after the mother's demise, the tone of [...]

The author will also look at how the poem ends, the plot of the work and how this plot is related to the structure of the poem.

In summary, the loss of freedom and civil rights would lead to America's dystopia are the main messages of Harrison Bergeron.

This section tackles the main characters of the story and as aforementioned, the narrator and the old man are the only central characters in the story.

She stands with her culture, and when her daughter, Dee, announces her intention to change her name to Wangero, she tries to elaborate on the importance of the family name, especially in creating a stronger [...]

It can be considered the second-most important symbol of the story because it is also the first time when the protagonist realizes and acknowledges that everything is somehow not the way it used to be.

The irony is further exemplified when the two men end up paying the father to take his son back. These instances reveal how the roles of the father and the kidnappers are displayed in a [...]

Nevertheless, an in-depth analysis of symbolism shows that the weather is the most dominant symbol in the story, and every scene is described in a given type of weather.

In The Veldt, the nursery is personified as it is given the characteristics of being a parent, and it performs all the duties of the house.

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 [...]

The thyme of the two versions makes up one of the major contrasts between the film version and the original version of The Tell-Tale Heart story as it appears in the book.

Nevertheless, its message is powerful and clearly delivered, and so it remains a classic and lends the name to a famous science fiction concept.

The central characters, the correspondent, the captain, the oiler, and the cook, are all survivors of a shipwreck which left them stranded in the water in a small and flimsy dinghy.

There is the West - the Great Nazi Reich, the East - the Pacific States, and the Center - the Neutral Zone (the States of the Rocky Mountains and most of the Midwest that was [...]

Death refers to the lasting termination of all life's tasks in a human being. Death chances on its prey in the middle of their actions and strikes equally to all.

The ex priest of never tells lies inspires the kid to do the right at times when it is only the good that would save him while the judge from his introduction in the kid's [...]

The food motif is also manifested in the naming of other characters in the story. The food motif is very prominent in this story.

The method of survival reflects their determination to succeed in life through doing the small jobs and in the end improve the economy of the country.

Philippe Diaz's documentary, The End of Poverty, is a piece that attempts to dissect the causes of the huge economic inequalities that exist between countries in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

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 [...]

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.

Maya's understanding of the racist attitudes of the town dentist renders shock when she discovers that her grandmother intends to take her to him. Maya's solution to the racist treatment she and her grandmother receive [...]

The author criticizes the twittering society by introducing the APPARAT as the possible progression of the current technology. Sarcasm in this book comes through lack of literary values in the way Lenny is devoted to [...]

Green, Butler develops the theme of gender identity through the use of minor character like the narrator's Mother. In conclusion, through the minor character; mother, Butler has managed to develop the theme of gender identity.

The way to Rainy Mountain is not a simple description of how the Kiowa people developed, learnt, and protected their knowledge. They got one simple right to live and be the people of Kiowa.

Baldwin draws attention to the uncomfortable fuzziness between the desire and perception of righteousness and the likelihood and actuality of life heading toward eternal damnation to examine themes relating to sexuality. The concepts of domestic [...]

In the story, Jackson and Brody show that the people have long forgotten the reason they keep the ceremonial practice and they have a poor understanding of the details of the ritual.

Esperanza, in turn, hides her treatment to Nenny under the guise of frivolity and deliberately does not consider her a friend.

As it is shown in the book, she attempts to convey her sense of isolation to the reader and the implication of solitude in the individual's life. In the end, Esther is recovering and she [...]

Reading this short story, the audience meets a young boy who desires to make a mash on a beautiful girl resorting to the use of lies and deceitfulness, but he soon realizes that such an [...]

The readers are invited to see Nick and Hemingway himself as Nick's prototype in a new light of a lover and a young husband.

In addition, the author, through the title makes the reader infer that the characters' lives are enjoyable, which is not the case, revealing the unique objective of the author, that being optimistic does not mean [...]

This is the technique that Jefferson uses in writing the Declaration of Independence. In using this technique Jefferson enumerates to illustrate the patience of an oppressed people.

Thousands of other people had also been affected by the test and they were all blaming the government of the US. Terry and her family had to bear the consequences of an irresponsible government.

Metamophically Rip's nagging wife is the British petticoat governor in the colonial era, and Rip's reunion with his family symbolizes the American Revolution. They both held to the belief that Rip's character was an antithesis [...]

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 fish, not striking symbolizes a lack of interest in Nick's in his relationship with Marjorie. In reference to the love he shared with Marjorie, Nick says "It is not fun anymore.

In contrast to the brother, Sonny uses jazz music and heroin to cope with the despair of their living conditions. In the final part of the story, Sonny's performance at a jazz club brings his [...]

However, in the course of the third part of the story, Faulkner quickly shifts from Miss Emily and Homer conjuring up some form of a relationship to discussing her purchasing the poison.

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.

They were the decision-makers in the family and in the political platform since women were still not allowed to vote and be represented in the political arena.Mrs. Wright is the symbol of the suffering the [...]

The prevailing concept of this period was the progression of African-American civil rights through the establishment of an interest group that was basically created by the artistic and literary movement.

The works of Walt Whitman embody the spirit of the social changes, love of labor and freedom, which reflect the moods of the American society of the XIX century.

From the onset, the author points out the importance of the family institution in inculcating the right morals to children. Besides, the author is on point to show that Chappie's theft of souvenir-coins of his [...]

In Part 4 of the book, Covey states that the individual needs to nourish himself in a holistic manner; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Once John Keats has established the metaphor of the time portal that the urn represents, he uses several important lines in the fourth stanza of Ode on a Grecian Urn to extend the metaphor and [...]

Since the exterior landscape represents the land, a narrator is supposed to have a lot of knowledge on the same to be in a position to effectively provide the relationship between the two landscapes.

At the same time, Nora is fighting her own dissatisfaction with her life, and is even ready to sacrifice it in the name of her husband's reputation, which is a paramount example of altruism.

In the same spirit of appreciation, the boy Santiago appreciated the advice given to him in the story, which leads him to acquire the treasure that he set out to look for.

Given the fact that he was the one in charge of the other soldiers' well-being, he felt he could have done something to prevent Lavender's death.

In summation, the analysis of the main character of the novel Legend allows for concluding that Day is a conventional dystopian protagonist.

Eventually, this conflict only stresses the significance of cultural acceptance when June is ready to be a part of her Chinese culture.

The plot tells about the lives of a single mother and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. The latter is further illustrated through Wangero visiting her mother with her partner and addressing the topic in [...]

He writes Maus, a nonfictional book, to describe the horror that the Jews were subjected to during the Holocaust through the narration of his father.

It is obvious that she is dead and going into the afterlife, but it opens up numerous questions in the end as to who Arnold Friend really is, how is he all-knowing and seemingly omnipotent?

The source is effective such that it helps to extract the language used in Munro's story and establish how the language is expressively used based on the contexts.

Sweetness, what the mother wants her daughter to call her instead of amama', is conforming and observant of the injustices around her.

The main purpose of the book is in outlining Frankl's philosophy of Logotherapy, a process of finding meaning in human life.

At the beginning of the story, Morton's wife is happy with her family. The confrontation between Morton and the bully changed the attitude of Morton's wife.

The author underlines the challenges a woman encounters in her life in an African country and the importance of her ability to withstand them employing the strength of a character.

Thus, Ernest Hemingway makes extensive use of symbolism in order to convey nihilistic themes, because the main hero of The Sun Also Rises is a symbol of nihilism, the main heroine of The Sun Also [...]

In that regard, such perceptions are found throughout the whole story, from a particular sequence of the events, such as the death of Caesar's mother, the flowers stolen by Angelo, being beaten and kicked out [...]

As she tells her story, it becomes clear that she is in the lower class of workers because she is a waitress in a small diner and lives with the cook, Rudy.

Through female characters, Stowe argues that racial problems have deep historical roots that are closely connected with the period of slavery and dominance of "whites" and the low position of women in society and their [...]

The inciting incident of the series is a giant man breaking down the door and telling Harry about his horrible legacy.

The audience is misled with the fact that it will be a search for the suspect and that's it, but when the murderer is found, the story continues and takes another twist.

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 this story, the author examines the theme of race and identity by hiding Desiree's identity. In the story, it is evident that knowing one's identity and origin helps a person connect with the society.

Such short stories as "A Couple of Hamburgers" and "The Unicorn in the Garden" are famous for their humor and demonstration of the people's everyday life issues in the comic manner when "The Catbird Seat" [...]

This paper will analyze the character of Ruth Gruber by focusing on two themes: the idea of inspiration and hope restoration and the notion of truth telling according to the book "Haven: The Dramatic Story [...]

The title of the book is derived from the heading of one of the poems that were composed by Jane Kenyon in her poetic life.

To begin with, let us state that the story under consideration is the short story under the title "The Management of Grief" by Bharati Mukherjee.

According to Taymaa, "From the moment Dorothy arrives in Oz, her sole wish is to return to Kansas, and the whole of the story recounts her search for the ability to do so".

In the first part, the reader becomes acquainted with the harsh reality of Afghanistan's culture and the struggles of women and children.

Ayodele is an alien that comes to Earth to establish contact, and the author relies on specific means to describe the character.

The Red Convertible is a story of two brothers and main characters: Layman and Henry Lamartine. Just before Henry walked into the river and drowned, Layman had thought that the laughing and smiling meant he [...]

One of the main issues raised in the story is the indignation of the older woman by the behavior of her granddaughter who "is not like my daughter Natalie, or like me".

It is also known that vampires typically rest during the day only to rise in the light of the moon. Thus, to my mind, the image of Poe's Ligeia is strongly associated with a vampire [...]

As it is one of her last composed poems, there are a lot of discussions surrounding the influences of her near imminent death on the sad melancholic tone of the poem and is it is [...]