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In spite of the fact that the main prize of the lottery is death, the citizens continue believing in the power of the order and the necessity to organize the same event annually.

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.

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, [...]

It is necessary to note that the main focus of the book is made on the concept of identity and the protagonist is trying to understand how to live in the world which attributes certain [...]

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.

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 [...]

The concept found in book, World is flat, is a series of transformation described as "world flatteners" which are said to have occurred in the economic and business sectors which have significantly contributed to equalization [...]

The aim of this essay is to analyze the theme of the irony of humanity in The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connel.

In the end, it was clear that the things that soldiers carried were not at all 'things.' The soldiers had to deal with the emotional feelings of men who were exposed to the risk of [...]

The theme of Negro poet's beauty is discussed in the work "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" written by Langston Hughes, one of the most prominent African American poets. The Negro poets are unique, [...]

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

She has failed to recognize that she is the driver of her own life, and blame should not be put on man. Therefore, she is not able to work her creativity and ends up drawing [...]

The evidence from the novel "The Namesake" suggests that, there was a change in Gogol, when he later realizes his Indian culture.

Tom's mother is from a genteel southern ancestry and frequently narrates the stories of her youth to her children and the number of suitors who wanted her.

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.

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

The author, in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird presents a deeper understanding in relation to events occurring in her novel. To enhance understanding of the novel, the author has widely embraced symbolism in [...]

Events of the book take place in New York City in the 1950s and the 1960s, and the setting is as important as it can be for a memoir's events.

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 Haunting of Hill House" is written by Shirley Jackson, and the plot shows a ghost hunter and his assistants aiming to prove the existence of the supernatural.

A person who is not aware of the date when the story "Our America" was written, will think that Jose Marti wrote the story, which is a speech in its format, in the 21st century.

It is important to note that the book is a story about the conflict between introversion and extroversion that results in the victory of extroverted people who are the basis of the human society.

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.

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 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.

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

In this paper, I will aim to confirm the soundness of namely Walker's suggestion, while pointing out to the fact that, by the end of Angelou's novel, Maya did not only become fully self-aware individual, [...]

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 [...]

In chapter 2 of this book, Takaki brings out the contradiction in the America society right from the onset in the section he calls the 'The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom', this scholar brings out [...]

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 [...]

As Abner utilizes the fire to demonstrate his authority over his family and those he considers to be his foes, the image of the fire is one of power throughout the narrative.

The equality, mindset, and physicality of a totalitarian regime are the main topics being stated in the very beginning by the phrase, "Nobody was smarter than anybody else.

In the present paper, the summary of the work is presented, as well as its application to the modern world's developments.

However, to understand the background of the story and the causes that made a little girl cry, it is vital to see her living conditions and the peculiarities of her family.

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

Walter joins the Men's Association Committee and finds out that it enables the men in the community to silence their women and make them submissive to their ideas.

The Things They Carried is an extraordinarily comprehensive and graphic account of the Vietnam War that paints startlingly realistic imagery of the conflict.

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 [...]

Developing on the grounds of the American Civil War and the Great Depression, the American gothic literature gained the unique features of moral and material destruction. The last essential feature of American gothic literature is [...]

The incidents occurred in 1960; therefore, the reader can relate to the societal standards of the period. In the short story, Sylvia is said to be in a state of directionless anger and confusion.

The name quite obviously refers to the fact that the death of a single butterfly "leads to the spreading perturbation until it reaches the size of the system".

Following one of her dreams, Ruth is surprised to discover previously unseen pages of the diary, which point toward a happier ending for Nao and her father.

Another interesting character to be considered is Alaska; this girl is very active and cheerful, but at the same time, she is a bit pensive: she speaks about death and life and the labyrinth where [...]

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.

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 [...]

The purpose of the short story has long been a subject of debate."The Black Cat," while having some characteristics of the horror genre, presents a psychoanalytical approach to the mind of a psychopath, a scrutiny [...]

In Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk about Love," the author explores the essence of love, along with the term's implications in a different context.

This young man from the South follows the deathbed warning of his grandfather not to comply with the wishes of white people which destroy the lives of black people.

The title is, in itself, ironic, for anthems have always meant to sing praises about grand things like love and patriotism, and so at first glance the poem seems to praise the damnation of the [...]

To illustrate, The Story of an Hour narrative is based on the supposed death of Brentley Mallard - the husband to Louise Mallard - thus reflecting a number of real life deaths that characterized Chopin's [...]

By the time of her death from cancer of the breast only 18 months after publication of this book, she had been awarded a freedom medal by the president and indeed a revolution to fight [...]

Red Harvest was the first detective story written by Hammett and the first crime fiction that created a new sub-genre in a crime fiction literature.

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 [...]

The journey of the protagonist that stretches from the abyss of despair and moral tortures to the final recovery of Tayo and his people, serves as a representation of the main theme of the novel, [...]

The atmosphere of fear and poverty forced the families to break the rules and to overcome the frontier in the pursuit of welfare.

The Grapes of Wrath begins by describing an occurrence of soil erosion in Dust Bowl Oklahoma that led to the destruction of crops, a decline in farming and farm produce and the migration of farmers [...]

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.

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 [...]

The narrative Incident of the Life of a Slave Girl depicts life troubles and hardships faced by a slave girl and her understanding of freedom and equality.

Corn is the food for the cows, the pigs, lambs, the chicken, turkey, and fishes like the tilapia, catfish, and the salmon, which despite being a carnivore is nowadays being fed on corn to prevent [...]

The social restrictions placed upon women of her time, her own insecurities over her identity, and the pressure she receives from all of her close ones.

The cadets insist that this is an integral part of the Citadel, that promotes the lifestyle that they want the cadets to follow one of trust in one's fellow man and the sense that everyone [...]

The style of the novel adds a sense of mystery to the story, which, combined with the representation of the various rituals and the extensive usage of the native language, makes the reading process more [...]

In today's literature, it is possible to observe the artistic, historical, social, and political value of literary work in connection with the social and political conditions of the definite epoch.

She broke into the issue as a youthful woman in the 1860s with "Life in the Iron Mills," which established her as one of the founders of American Realism.

The short story "The Country Husband" by John Cheever reveals the darker side of Suburbia, "the side which traps its residents in a web of conformity," and the protagonist of the story Francis Weed, is [...]

These assessments are made based upon the appearances of others, such as in her identification of the cotton print dress that is recognizable to Mrs. Through imagery and setting, O'Connor is successful in heavily lacing [...]

Those running away are not sure of where they are going as Le Guin put it at the end of the story "The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to us [...]

I believe that the narrative style of the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer called Everything Is Illuminated is one of the main factors that determine the never ending interest of the readers towards the book.

In this part of the play, it is clear that Jack is not ready to hide his feelings and is happy to share them with someone who, in his opinion, can understand him.

It is instead time to think about the essence of a happy and full life and gather as many pleasant and unforgettable moments as possible.

Right from the start, the Lawyer admits that "Bartleby was one of those beings of whom nothing is ascertainable, except from the original sources", yet he is also the character who is central to the [...]

The main hero of the novel, a young man, named Megwadesk, is plagued by misfortune following him around, and struggles against it as his perceptions of right and wrong are shifting between Christianity, spiritualism, and [...]

As it appears from the novel, the reason why the narrator and her husband John decided to spend their summer vacation in a secluded mansion is that this was assumed to prove beneficial to the [...]

However, to understand this argument, it is pertinent to know the distinctive features of the social world that the author describes events in the Big Sleep.

In the book, the theme of liberty is presented as the opposite of discrimination, and there is a category representing liberty in this book.

For instance, he says that the humorous story applies simplicity in its narration that the storyteller tells the story in a simple and innocent way that tends to amuse the listeners without even having to [...]

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 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 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 [...]

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.

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 author focuses on the life of Emily Grierson who once belonged to the Southern aristocracy; however, she is forced to adjust to the changes that American society underwent. This is one of the main [...]

John Grogan's international bestseller "Marley: A Dog Like No Other" is suited for children of all ages, and it tells the story of a young puppy, Marley, who quickly develops a big personality, boundless energy, [...]

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 [...]

The skepticism towards the existence of a amulticultural society' is mostly due to the fact that American citizens of European descent are considered to be the 'natural citizens' of the United States.

In his own words, Jacobson argues that the country's "trumpeted greatness" during the Reconstruction and World War I periods was influenced by "the dollars, the labor, and, not least, the very image, of the many [...]

Another important point the readers are to draw their attention to when reading is the appearance of hope in the author's heart.

The problem of civic participation has been already reviewed by researchers in public affairs field though Robert Putnam in the book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community brings the discussion on another [...]

In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe portrays the Usher family as struggling to survive albeit in a gloomy manner that involves degradation, disease, and death."The Fall of the House of Usher" is [...]

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 character of Edward Cullen in particular can be considered as a representation of the obsession of society with presenting a facade of who they are in order to properly blend in with their social [...]

The short story gathered the attention of the public that made it to be among The Enormous Radio and Other Stories collections.

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 [...]

Das is not willing to acknowledge the fact that her marriage proved to be a complete failure, and she can be partly blamed for this outcome.

The key purpose of the author in writing this book is to inform the public that change is inevitable. The lack of growth in a rapidly changing environment leads to loss of jobs and opportunities [...]

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 [...]

Based on this it can be seen that the cycle of oppression and insecurity seen in society is in fact reflected in the novel itself where the author attempts to create a microcosm of the [...]

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

In a world where people are held back because of their talents, and their intelligence is marred by the social rules of all people being the same, Harrison refuses to succumb to the pressure and [...]

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 [...]

From the story, excessive reference to eyes and blindness has a significant contribution to the themes, characterization and psychoanalytic elements. Sandman's target to the eyes is a way of trying to relate a fearful process [...]

In the novel, Harper Lee demonstrates her vision of the question of the social inequality with references to the problem of racism in the society based on prejudice and absence of actual principles of tolerance [...]

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 [...]

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 events described in the novel are sometimes so shocking that seem almost unbelievable; having got familiarized with the life story of the protagonist Maya, a reader sees that having faced numerous troubles and challenges, [...]

In other words, Satan's attitude to people is explained with the peculiarities of his position, supernatural power and corresponding perspective on human society.

Due to the strong love that Allison had towards her mother, she decides to accept everything that happens to her. She comes in between Allison and her mother to restore the love between them.

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.

This occurs as a result of the mysterious death of his father which occurred in a manner that is consistent with the story of the Sandman, a bedtime story that he used to be told [...]

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 [...]

The themes set the events that led to the fire after Elizabeth Richardson discovers Lexie's secret and her superficial family, making her burn the house to establish a new beginning.

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".

A special role here is played by the color of the car, which Henry now associates with the pain and difficulty of the war and the emotions that he had to go through.

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

As a result, Tyler wants to commit suicide he takes his father's gun, and it may be regarded as a symbol of the boy's wish to leave his father guilty for his death. However, in [...]

Thus, such rituals as witch trials are also presented in the short story and help to understand the attitudes of the main characters.

However, in my opinion, "The Gift of the Magi" is one of the most powerful pieces of writing I have encountered.

For example, the difference in tones in "Sonny's Blues" and "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter," the plot is rather dramatic, providing a pessimistic perception of the story.