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Human Nature in “Lord of the Flies” by Golding

Considering this, the present paper will analyze the validity of the given statement by drawing on the experiences of characters in Lord of the Flies and evaluating the conditions in which they lived.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 905

Happiness in “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

In the first chapter Guy Montag, the protagonist finds himself in a position that allows him to recognize the lack of genuine happiness in his life, viewing those around him as uncompassionate and disinterested shades.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

“The Pueblo Revolt of 1680” by Andrew L. Knaut

The book's research problem is the intentional failure to recognize the role of Pueblos in the precipitation of the revolt and the ultimate triumph over the Spaniards in New Mexico.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 858

Malcolm Gladwell’s Book “Blink”

At the same time, Gladwell argues that, when applied to the areas such as business and economy, the blink may save the world due to the opportunities that it provides.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1114

“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

Answer: Hale comes to Salem with the intention of finding concrete proof of witchcraft and using it to condemn the people guilty of the crime.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 927

Pictures That Drive Plots

The book is designed to concentrate on the reflection process of the characters; the reader can clearly understand their emotions and thoughts.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1381

Conformity in “The Wars” by Timothy Findley

It is equally important to stress that the issue of conformity is based on the person's ability and willingness to fit into a group or culture. One can argue that Ross's decision to join the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1086

Patricia Polacco: Famous American Author and Illustrator

In "Babushka Baba Yaga" this is translated through the transition from a positive change in the main character, while in the other book the author introduces hardships of life to illustrate the need to be [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Director’s Notebook for “Pygmalion” by Shaw

In retrospect, the cultural context of the play was that of a period of transition from the Victorian values to the new ones and the desperate search of the ideas that could constitute a new [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5532

Colonialism & Expansionism Literature: Blake’s Poem

At the time when it was written, the trade of slaves was a usual thing, especially trade of black people. His difficult fate of a slave began at the age of eleven, because of kidnapping.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 277

“A Hanging” Essay by George Orwell

The author's attitude is obvious, and it is noticeable that Orwell, who performs his duty, is not ready to accept the reality in which a person is deprived of life by force.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

“The Other” in Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”

The thesis of the paper is that the notion of "the other" in The Metamorphosis is represented not so much through the opposition between the character and other characters as though the opposition between his [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1112

“The Voyage of the Narwhal” by A. Barrett

The indigenous population of Inuit that inhabits the Arctic territories of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland has been historically subjected to neglect and disregard from the majority of nations that came to explore their lands.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2767

Epic of Gilgamesh – King of Uruk

Their campaign against the ruler of the mountains of Lebanon, monster Humbaba, the death of Enkidu, and the journey of Gilgamesh to the land of Siduri motivated me to create this drawing.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 506

Act One of “Broken Glass” Play by Arthur Miller

It is possible that her condition is caused by psychosomatic, as a result of reading news about Kristallnacht, or the anti-Jewish pogroms also known as 'the Night of Broken Glass.' In the play, the author [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

“Into the Wild” the Book by Jon Krakauer

The unusual character of these events resulted in the creation of the book Into the Wild by Krakauer, who tried to repeat the same way and explain the main causes of the main character's actions.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

“Hollywood Cinema” the Book by Richard Maltby

In the scene where Gilda is lying on her bed, and her husband Ballin comes in and sits next to her, there is a distinct focus of the camera on the woman's emotions.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

“The Vastness of the Dark” the Book by Alistair MacLeod

It is possible to say that the character's aspiration for escaping Cape Breton and pursuing another path in life could symbolize a reduced significance of the mining industry at the national and the global scale, [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

Poetry Comparison by Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes

The general impression of Emily Dickinson's poems is that they are very economical with words and the message being conveyed. The general impression of these poems is that the writer feels oppressed and discriminated against [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

History of “The 1920s” by Drowne & Huber

In the first part of the book, which the authors called "Life and Youth During the 1920s," the authors explore the everyday life of American people.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

Ritual Performance and Cosmology in the Rig Veda

Despite differences in the interpretation of features text as a whole, the data remained of the most ancient Indian religious texts allows restoring some elements of mythology and cosmology of the Vedic Indians. Altogether, it [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1730

“A Private Life” by Chen Ran

To some extent, the protagonist's life and memories are shaped by the city of Beijing and her gender, and the novelist uses some problems peculiar to geographic locations and gender socialization to present the woman's [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 339

“Bound in Wedlock” Book by Tera W. Hunter

In such a way, simply and understandably, Hunter manages to show the essential aspects of relations between black slaves in the nineteenth century.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 500

Fitzgerald’s “Babylon Revisited” Short Story

Such a dominant ideology, perceived as the dream-goal for the majority of the US citizens in the 1920s, was a special modification of the "American dream" in the era of post-war economic "prosperity".
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

“A Raisin in the Sun” Play by Lorraine Hansberry

This paper is discussing the character of the relationship between mama and her son Walter together with the problems which are brought up in the interaction of these two characters in the play.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1249

Ghost in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Play

In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, the titular character begins plotting his revenge after he encounters the ghost of his father, who informs him of the murder as well as the culprits.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 299

People & Nature in “Tourist Season” by C. Hiaasen

First of all, it is the mystery of a man who wants to preserve the nature of Miami and area, save it from being destroyed by tourists and other people who disrespect it.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

“Miracle at the Midway” Book by Gordon Prange

The reading in question depicts the essential qualities of a Navy commander, as well as the Chief Petty Officer community, in a very accurate and profound manner."Miracle at the Midway" pays especially close attention to [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Voltaire’s Enlightenment Ideas in “Candide” Book

They appear in the story as the teachers of Candide and express two points of view on the world. Pangloss is optimistic in the assessment of what is happening, while Martin, on the contrary, adheres [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 278

“Ready Player One” Novel by Ernest Cline

The situation is indicative of the overall condition of a significant part of humanity, and the boy's foremost desire is to escape the situation.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

Great Depression in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty

The first few paragraphs of the story are dedicated specifically to painting the image of the old Afro-American woman in the mind of the reader by providing details on her appearance, closing, her manners of [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 643

Kafka’s “The Trial” Compared to the Justice System

Since the first stages of the evolution of the civilized world, there have always been multiple debates about the just character of regulations that are taken as basic ones for the life of particular communities.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1111

Family Dynamics in the Bible and Modern Literature

The topic of family dynamics is necessary and relevant to modern relationships between parents and children. In turn, the poem by Hughes focuses on the metaphor of stairways as a symbol of her difficult life [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

William Cullen Bryant, an American Romantic Poet

In "Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood," the author relies on such words as guilt, misery, crime, and sorrow to explain the negative side of the surrounding man-made world.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 502

Gender and Illness in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Additionally, the main form of psychological imprisonment was the character's obedience to her husband who did not believe in her sickness and did not allow her to think that it was something more than a [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 364

Act 1 Scene 2 of the “Hamlet” Play by Shakespeare

The use of honorifics, stichomythia, and imagery is discussed, as well as the aside, the motif of spying, and the overall mood of the scene will be discussed and evaluated. The overall mood of the [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

One of the questions I want to learn about from this book is that of the United States. The US question is only one of those that I want to learn about from Freeman's book.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 282

“Black Skin, White Masks” by Frantz Fanon

The first chapter of the book addresses the issue of language in day-to-day conversations between white and black French people of the 1950s.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 670

Sci-FI Stories: Society, Human Nature and Technology

Jingfang paints a dreadful picture of the future where social inequality has risen to the point where the society is split into three parts, and the differences among them are emphasized in the most vivid [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1500

The Wisdom of Chinese Characters

The book is aimed to serve as a bridge for further studies of the Chinese alphabet, as it explains the background and logic behind the construction of the letters and demonstrates its evolution from a [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1960

“The Monster” Story Analysis

The identity of the character is not clear, and although the writer tries to engage the reader into understanding the uniqueness of the featured characters, there is still some aspect of ambiguity, which makes the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Artistic Talent in “My Name Is Asher Lev” by Potok

It touches on numerous subjects, such as the opposition of communal values to those of the individual, criticizes dogmatic views and perceptions of God, and promotes art as one of the truest ways of worshipping [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1217

The Tale of Sohrab and Oedipus Tyrannus

The story of the poetic love of Rustam to a beautiful Tahmina and the betrayal of the insidious and envious Shah of Cavus create an atmosphere of tragedy and inevitability.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

“I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother” Play by Zubi

Moreover, the 20th and the 21st century are characterized by the emergence of numerous conflicts that altered the world and resulted in the appearance of shifts in people's mentalities.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1669

Raymond Carver Story “A Small Good Thing”

At the beginning of the story, we come across Ann as one of the protagonists in the story as she tries to order and give instructions for her son's birthday cake.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

Jim Lacey’s Pershing: A Biography

In addition, Jim Lacey details Pershing's brilliant contribution to the war in the way he organized his fighters, selected the commanders, and built the army that won World War I.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2267

Everyday Racism in C. Rankine’s “Citizen” Novel

On the one hand, the majority of victims of this social vice are not willing to confront it. In such a scenario, the victims of this vice are discouraged because it appears that their feelings [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1681

The Tragedy of Othello Told in Pictures

In this project, I will tell the tragedy of Othello through a collection of pictures. The project is based on "Othello: The Moor of Venice".
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 273

“The Sky Is Gray” by Ernest Gaines

Bassett is mostly an offstage character, and when on stage, he exists as Dr. Pride is one of the elements in the narrative and appears as social behavior in today's society.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 305

“The Women on Brewster Place” by Gloria Naylor

There is also animation in the story where Brewster, a place, is given the human ability to wait on people. There is also the use of figurative language in the narrative.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 302

Social Darwinism in “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison

The Battle Royal is a non-fictional work of Ralph Ellison and talks of the black people fighting for their freedom in the Whites' society. Furthermore, a good life is also embedded in hard work and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 304

“The House on Mango Street” Novel by Sandra Cisneros

Speaking both to the reader's mind and his/her soul, Cisneros makes him/her believe in her vision of the world and see people with the eyes of a little Mexican girl in her novel The House [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 895

Chimamanda Adichie: The Issue of Equality and Tolerance

After centuries of discrimination and alienation between the communities of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, after hundreds of years of wars based on religion and nationality, modern society has slowly started coming to senses and [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1946

Greece and Rome: History and Literature

Since most of Homer's works were in the form of speeches, the Greek culture borrowed from his works to develop its unique identity of persuasive speaking.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1009

Archetype Prophetic Characters in Literature

In contemporary literature, due to the development of different genres and literary schools, there may be observed a huge amount of different archetype prophetical characters. In childrens literature, the archetype of an orphan is very [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

“Our Secrets” a Book by Susan Griffin

That way, the analysis of the book is linked to a reader's personal habits and characteristics making them relate to one another.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

The Play “Oedipus Rex”

The other indicators of the blindness are that he is regarded as the best ruler of the land and he is committed to marrying the queen of Thebes after the death of the king.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1199