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“The Salton Sea” by George Kennan

For example, having sufficient data about the land and the river, the engineers neglected the possibility of canals' obstruction by the silt and failed to develop relevant solutions. This requires the in-depth examination of territory, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 290

L2 Word Frequency Effects

As search speed is linear within the bin, access time only depends on the rank position of the word in the frequency order, known as the rank hypothesis.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1569

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Novel Analysis

Abootalebi, Hassan."The Omnipresence of Television and the Ascendancy of Surveillance/Sousveillance in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451". This chapter explores the role of books in two of Bradbury's works: The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 761

“Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade” by Barthe Declements

These are the major aspects of the life of a fifth-grade girl and the main characters of the book. The book is a piece of realistic and contemporary fiction as it displays the daily experiences [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

Profound Books on Latin America’s History

The setting of both the book and the article is characterized by a revolution which, at some point, is essential in the development of current Latin America.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 867

“The Other Shore” Play by Xingjian Gao

Despite the many themes that can be highlighted in The Other Shore, it should be considered primarily in the context of the cultural and political events in China at the time of writing this work.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Mythological and Story-Telling Traditions

The Cambodian "Myth of Lightning, Thunder, and Rain" is a narration of a dance symbolized by the fight between the characters, Reamesor and Moni MeKhala.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 329

Hamlet: Analyzing Various Scenes

On top of this, Hamlet hopes that seeing a replay of the murder of his father would move the king's conscience to a point where he would be forced to admit his crime.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1005

The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861

The first chapter, Introduction, shortly describes the content of the book, the attitude of different classes of people to African slaves' education, and how this influenced the use of slave labor and their general position.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 648

Lisa Lowe’s “The Intimacies of Four Continents”

The interconnection between land, race, and labor across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas is shown to be a manifestation of the unique exchanges and interactions between these regions and Europe.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 366

Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Scarlet Letter”

These lines are from the 'Forest Walk' chapter of the novel where Hester scolds her daughter, Pearl for questioning the burned "A" on the minister's chest.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 711

Critical Review of “Reviving Ophelia”

Such state of affairs became possible in the early sixties when the notion of the "American dream" had transformed from serving as the synonym of liberty to serving as a synonym of blind pursuit of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1808

“Brighton Beach Memoirs” by Neil Simon

There was written in the newspaper article in The Washington Times, "Neil Simon, like Mark Twain, has a unique way of exposing the American spirit by drawing on experiences in his own life and creating [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 878

“To Build a Fire” and “White Snow” by Jack London

In order to analyze how patterns in writing occurs, I take the example of Jack London and the following paragraph will analyze the two short stories written by the author, 'To Build a Fire' and [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 639

Sayo Masuda’s “Autobiography of a Geisha”

The author underlines that the prosperity that came to Japan with the World War created a comfortable group of writers living in bourgeois ease and yet moving slowly toward socialistic philosophy and providing the background [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

The Essence of American Enlightenment

It is about the creative potential of consciousness, while someone can suppose that the essence of this theory is the call to actions on the reformation of the surrounding world.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 351

Narrative of Captivity and Restoration by C. Mather

In her Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration, she describes how they disemboweled and stripped people naked and killed children, but on other occasions respected faith and showed good manners and understanding.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 289

Aspects of Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

At the end of the story, the legend of the Phoenix is told. Beatty is the antagonist of the story and a proponent of the current rule.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1182

Edith Wharton’s “House of Mirth” Analysis

People can therefore read this masterpiece to understand the opportunities, challenges, and issues affecting many people in every society The book "House of Mirth" was written in 1905 by Edith Wharton. The biography of the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

The Novel Strange Heaven

The most capable person who can provide support to Bridget is her mother. Bridget benefits from her time in the ward because it has helped her "wounds" to heal.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 976

Literature for Children’s Development

This biography gives children a chance to understand the roots and background of their country, how it fought for independence, and the men who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country. The book [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1232

The Play Richard III Analysis

It would be desirable to have the various elements of the set interchangeable to make it easy to present the different locations presented in the play.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

Fitzgerald’s “Hero” in “Tender Is the Night”

This essay analyses the hero-figure of the novel Tender is the Night and strives to understand how successfully Fitzgerald created an archetypical hero in the modern context retaining some of the classical characters of a [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1190

Quest in “The Epic of Gilgamesh”

To a great extent, the Epic of Gilgamesh illustrates the self-discovery and moral transformation of the protagonist who cannot accept the brevity of his life.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Ideas in “Infidel” Novel

The title of the book is indeed significant as it represents to the reader the whole spectrum of issues that the writer tries to reveal to the reader through her book.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 766

Human Nature in Shakespearean Tragedy “Hamlet”

Soliloquies maintain significant place in the play Hamlet, which start with the beginning of the play, and chase the protagonist almost near the close of the end of the play.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1364

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in Cervantes’ Novel

Cervantes was, of course, one of the first to notice the disparities between his Sancho and this unsavory imitation, and he defended his character in Don Quixote, Part I portrays master-knight relations between Don Quixote [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1689

“The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula Le Guin

One of the main themes in the book is the fantasy about genderless society, where genders are not labeled with specific roles that they have to perform, and everybody can choose which gender they want [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 497

The American Dream and Success

One of the most pertinent topics associated with the American Dream is taking the courage to act and seize the opportunity.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

“Myths About Suicide” by Thomas Joiner

However, the fact that it is physically difficult to commit suicide surprised me, and the idea that people who are one step before suicide are often difficult to distinguish made me think.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 314

Renaissance Period Authors and Literature

The conclusion of this stanza suggests that this mixing of their blood inside the flea is not a sin and is more than what he and the woman did.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1707

Antigone Reading Response

On the other hand, Antigone looked at things in a totally different perspective from Creon; she believed it was her duty as a woman to bury the body of a family member and proceeded to [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

Claude McKay and His Work

Claude McKay was a poet of Jamaican descent who took one of the leading roles in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 311

David Carr: ‘The Night of the Gun’

Carr's memory was affected so much that, to submit accurate information on his history of drug addiction, he had to interview a lot of people in his past to help him fill in and piece [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

“The Raven”. Death of a Loved One

The time of the narration is at the end of the year when the weather is normally nasty. The very title of the poem "The Raven" is an example of Poe's skillful use of imagery.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Female Power in Male-Dominated Greek Myths

Consequently the idea of respect and submitting to patriarchy is even seen in the human level. This is a parable for women to behave and obey the rules of the patriarchal society.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 721

“The Innocent Man” by John Grisham

He gives a transparent picture of the legal system and reflects how the judicial systems are so unfair to the poor and the middle-level people in the United States.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 883

Reaction to “The spirit catches you and you fall down”

People near Lia have linked her condition to an attack by spirits; a misconstrued thinking that has become a common belief until her encounter with Dan, a non-believer in spirits, who performs a series of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

How America’s Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic

Bratton and his fellows at the NYPD employed computer mapping to identify areas that experienced high crime levels, and then made use of all resources available in the police to fight these crimes.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

Salman Rushdie: Effectiveness of the Writer

In this regard, the author prepares readers for what they are likely to encounter in the rest of the article. He does this from the beginning of the article as he confesses his relative innocence [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 953

Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England

The role of Africans in this process, the core focus of the book, is evaluated in terms of the part played by the diasporic Africans in extensive commodity production in the Americas- of which the [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

“Burglars on the Job” by Wright

Therefore the writer tries to find out the state of mind of the criminals before they decide to commit an offence.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1583

Kay’s “Trumpet” as a Attempt for a Person to Be Identified

This transformation represents the results of Colman's struggles with the differences of ethnicity in society and the problems that are characterized by the pressure of being a son of a famous trumpet player. This case [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 550

“Beyond Fear” by Bruce Schneier

Bruce Schneier is a recognized specialist in computer security who won many awards and dedicated his activity to the investigation of security systems and design of efficient systems as well as justification of their usage [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2788

The Book “Stiff” by Mary Roach

The sensation made by this book is in the alternative perception of the life after death people have which contradicts the usual idea of what happens to us that used to dominate in the minds [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 806

The Book “The Power Elite” by Charles Wright Mills

He also stresses the importance of professional politicians who belong to the middle level of power and of those celebrities who are not on the top of the hierarchy, who perform the function of the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 615

Gender Perspectives in “The Eleventh Son” by Gu Long

There is also a subtle irony in this that if Shen Bijun were the one that cheated on Xiao Shiyi Lang, then she would have been criticized as if she committed an unforgivable crime, while [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1419

The Portrayal of Women by Marie de France and Ovid

This essay will discuss and compare the way women are represented in Marie de France's The Lais and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Although the two authors in question embraced different literary traditions, there are similarities in their [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 674

Trauma and Death in World Literature and Films

The themes of trauma and death unite the novel "The Day of the Locust" by Nathaniel West, the short story "Grief" by Scholastique Mukasonga, and the short film The Neighbors 'Window by Marshall Curry.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 611

Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” Story Analysis

The magic of the story arises from the innovative transfer of the experience of insanity in the first-person storytelling, showing the evolution of the image of the wallpaper and indicating their symbolic significance and ending, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1683

James Baldwin: “White No Longer”

One of the advantages of the novel is that it strives to give one a perception of a better world. They no longer implied that everyone could access the resources they needed without fear of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 141

Mothers and Daughters: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid

It should be stressed the mother gives both positive and negative advice, but the girl's perspective and ideas are quite a few in the story, which can be interpreted as the overbearing of the mother [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 279

Response to Novice to Master by S. Morinaga

The central theme is the quest to gain knowledge and stability, which facilitated the transition of the protagonist from an ignorant boy to a monk, full of wisdom.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1454

The Lost Daughter Novel by Elena Ferrante

Leda's personality is shaped by her childhood traumas and relationship with her mother that influence her own experience of motherhood and her relations with her daughters and other people.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2758

A Cultural Analysis of John Updike’s A&P

The rising consumerism at the time had robbed people of the ability to reason out and realize that their lives were more than the goods that they could purchase and consume.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Canto 5 of Dante’s “Inferno/Hell”

Plato, Courtly, and the general perception of affection today, represent it as a valuable sensation, which everyone should admire to have.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 346

Kafka and West: Writers of Loneliness

It is of interest to compare and contrast the expression of the topic of alienation in the works of the aforementioned writers in order to understand the common features and differences in the perception of [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1532

Comparing and Contrasting Gregor Samsa and Homer Simpson

Though Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" and Nathanael West's "The Day of the Locust" were published in 1915 and 1939, the theme of alienation is present in both of them, which meets the cultural context of [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1379

Hemingway’s “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place”

The younger one is in a hurry to go home, the older one hesitates, he clearly does not want to leave, although it is already deep night. There are no human meanings in the world: [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 376

“The Conference of Birds” by Peter Sis

The journey, which is depicted in the book, represents people's strong desire to investigate laws of nature that run the world and acquire the wisdom needed to improve life on the planet.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102