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I believe that the fairy tale form of the story is a special technique that allows the author to present the terrible events of the Holocaust in a non-standard light.

As I read the texts, the regular language used in the two texts is evidence that the writers sought to make their texts easy to understand for both the middle-class Americans and the aristocrats.

Contrasting to other writers of the Romanticism period, she used the rat, the mushroom, the bat, the fly, the frog, the snake, and the stones as symbolic representations of nature.

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.

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 [...]

In the comedy, a woman was falsely accused of infidelity, and the role of the "unfaithful woman" was represented by Hero.

That seems to be the main purpose of the poem, to highlight the aspects of patriotism. It is speculated that the author chose to include this element as a way of distancing his persona from [...]

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 [...]

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.

Through this book, the reader is brought to the realization of the role that the white man played in the destruction of the bonds which existed in the African culture.

One of the most evident features of the society described in both works is the growing disparity between the poor and the wealthy.

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.

In Shakespeare's play, the motif of discrimination is explored in conjunction with Othello's dark skin color, something that caused the "noble Moore" to be treated with suspicion by other characters throughout the play.

According to the novel's plot, the narrator's family is among many Vietnamese immigrants who settle in a new country and are expected to adapt to the new environments with minimal resources.

Homer is the first teller of the ancient myth about the Trojan war to both attract sympathy for the Trojans and warn against the flaws of such a government.

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.

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.

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 [...]

By incorporating a range of symbols such as the main characters' clothes, their personal belongings, and attributes of their culture, the author conveys the conflict of belonging, sense of being lost, and the problem of [...]

He was lining in the bed trying not to move and not to breath as Keith could hear it. He was not able to change the pose as Keith would hear it and wake up.

"I am a riddle in nine syllables" this means that there are nine parts of the secret that the reader is supposed to discover; "An elephant, a ponderous house" here, the author is referring [...]

These accounts help to realize that each author demonstrates his own attitude to the process of colonization and the reactions of the people on the demands of the government: Orwell underlines the impossibility to avoid [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

At the beginning of the story, the narrator claims to really love the older man, yet he finds his eye maddening.

The village stood no chance in the attack of her rival warlock Averis known to be the strongest of the magicians, the high caste.

The truth can also be expressed through the writings of one's thoughts and knowledge from the inside heart. For instance, for businesses to transact, the Microscopic Truthfulness ensures that this is possible.

In both the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and their film adaptations, Sam Gamgee, the character, was a hobbit who becomes Frodo Baggins' close friend in his quest for the 'One Ring'.

The story is set near the Mississippi River, in the fertile lands of New Orleans. The Patton's love each other so much, and their affection is shown in the story.

The story starts by raising the action with Mae believing that the thirteenth, which is a Friday, is a bad day and does not want to go to work.

Chapter 3 of the book by Barger, Reza, and Velasquez is dedicated to the history of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and the movement associated with this labor union and the promotion of immigrant farmworkers' [...]

Janie's appreciation of her independence is depicted when she refuses to be bound to Logan for the rest of her life because of material things.

In Mark Twain's work called "The Innocents Abroad," he describes the trip across Syria and, namely, the visit to the city of Damascus from the perspective of a foreigner coming from a Western country.

One of the most important subjects raised in "The Talisman" by Walter Scott is the differences between Islam and Christianity and the confrontations between the followers of these two religions in the times of King [...]

Through the eyes of the author, the reader is in a position to understand the early beginnings of the Irish people and also appreciate the fact that the group has transformed immensely over the centuries.

The process of uprooting himself from China and rerooting himself in the US is hypothetically completed in his case by the first thing he does when he arrives at the school.

To broaden my knowledge regarding modern literature, I focused on examining the examples of novels and stories related to the problem of diversity in American literature.

Shin seems to be frustrated with all his actions and beliefs, but he has nothing to do but stay with the other people, who are looking for some support and explanations and provide them with [...]

In the light of Assadourian's argument concerning the innateness of consumerism in human beings, culture defines norms and values in a society, which are hard to smash when they become normalized.

In the development of this theme, the novel is authored in English. This situation is a demonstration of a community that has not or has refused to assimilate into the English culture.

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In this passage, the author urges the readers to regard The Epic of Gilgamesh as a source that can illustrate the worldviews and values of the Mesopotamians.

Besides, I would also wish to get up a bit earlier than others to enjoy the silence and the minutes that belong to me only.

Evaluating the murder of the children, the conclusion can be drawn that the females were thought to give the life and take it back.

He will have you lie on a grand couch, and will have you lie in the seat of ease, the seat at his left, so that the princes of the world kiss your feet.

Overall, it is possible to say that an adult person should be able to take responsibility for one's actions, to forgive others, and to think independently even his or her opinions do not coincide with [...]

They leave you with a, but there is a self-limiting effect of all of our contemporary psychotropics and mood-alterers. The tabloid news is full of people who have become addicted to prescription drugs, or find [...]

The tone that the narrator uses is a complete contrast to this sad condition. The narrator should have used a more appropriate manner that is evidence or characteristic of Scarliotti's situation.

He was not able to stand the rule of the sheriff who had been employing the dictatorship. By creating this group, there were more plans that Robin was to make to accomplish his task of [...]

Sea oak illustrates the Capitalist society showing the stark contrast between the rich and the poor, the working class, and the non-working class.

The similarity between them can be explained by the fact that each of the poems belongs to the hand of the same author; indeed, the choice of stylistic devices and formal elements of The First [...]

The creation of the project about Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the puzzles the main character has to face with and collect is predetermined by a number of factors: an independent investigation about the [...]

As to the Asians, Crusoe found some that he liked and others he did not, his feelings may have had something to do with religion.

The events of the story are very dark, and despite the comedic tone of the dialogue in some scenes, the heaviness of the atmosphere prevents them from being funny.

Additionally, the focus is made on the way the modern media romanticize the images of war and soldiers so that many civilians remain unaware of the actual life challenges of military workforce representatives.

Tolstoy's afflictions were attributed to his failure to define the true meaning of life and his fear of inevitable death. He realizes Socrates for stating that the life of a body is evil and deceptive [...]

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.

For those who strive to gain an in-depth insight into the discursive significance of Greek antiquity, it represents the matter of crucial importance to be able to understand that the Olympian gods of Apollo and [...]

After reviewing the two translations, this paper will argue that the version by Foley ranks as superior to the version by Evelyn-White, and the argument will utilize the following passages to prove said claim: the [...]

However, Macbeth's wife is murdered and the news is broken to him, and he is drifted into a life of futility and remorsefulness.

Written by Mench , the book is known as The Discourse of the Other: Testimonio and the Fiction of the Maya has as many controversies around it as its author does around her.

In the research article "Sweet silent thought: alliteration and resonance in poetry comprehension," the researchers were mainly interested in scrutinizing alliteration and how it generally functions as a memory cue during the process of poetry [...]

He led him to the highest point of the mountain and pointed him to a certain point on the land where there were lots of fig trees referred to as Mugumo in your native language.

Most of the women in Midaq Alley support the community life, the way it is in the traditional setting. Women in the Alley hated her because of her lust for money.

There are 700 verses in the Bhagavad-Gita, which reflect the philosophical aspects of the dialogue between Prince Arjuna and God Krishna before the battle Kurukshetra.

Her husband told her that he had gotten her as a prize after defeating his enemy in the war. He said he had nothing to do with her because he could not imagine that Ravana [...]

The use of the word Negro and the emphasis on the Negro's obedience and loyalty symbolizes the end of the last traces of slavery.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons why Zeus was able to remain in charge of the gods and what the crucial difference between Zeus and the other gods was.

The crash of the stock market that results in economic depression is a result of the sinful extravagance of the wealthy and can be related to this prophecy.

I took the liberty of talking to some of my old pals, and surprisingly enough, I realized we were actually not communicating. At the end of the day, they are all literacy arts and you [...]

First of all, I have to say that the poem is recognized to be a reflection of the Victorian Period. I suppose that the success of the poem can be explained by the author's ability [...]

The research delves into the love and ethics aspect of the Shakespearean texts. For example, the Shakespeare's play "The Rape of The Rape of Lucrece", the text "I will beg her love, but she is [...]

After all the emotional suffering he had taken her through, Harry is touched by the fact that she manages to remain loving and friendly.

For example, Frank the Soldier jokes about the experiences of his life during the war in a bid to cover up the horrible experiences of the war. Other people retain their humanity by repressing and [...]

The choice of the words in this passage may be explained by the desire to show how lovely the place for Don Quixote was and how he worried about leaving it.

Each of the paragraphs presented in the paper is the consideration of the separate symbol and the reference of this symbol to the theme of the discussion.

The main purpose of the poem is to deepen the meaning of words when combined in a context and represented in a rhythmic pattern.

In this part, the stream of consciousness is used to tap the emotions of the reader about the tour to the western part of Ireland.

Stowe has claimed that the anti slavery groups questioned the morality of the white Christians who were at the fore front in the oppression of the Black people.

The first sign that showed Somaly the wickedness of her grandfather was when he struck her after she was afraid of climbing on to the logging truck. The reason behind this is that the woman [...]

The narrator means that time and space are incorporated in the current decision-making processes and the truth that generated the historical actions is revealed in the present century.

The descriptions of the scene demonstrate the extent of Negroes' poverty and level of unemployment as they play the pianos on the streets to attract sympathy from the passers-by.

He is not allowed to participate fully in the rites and ceremonies of the Reservation, so he fashions his system of thought out of the scripture and the dramas he reads.

His emotions and dreams get the best of him as he even refuses to be treated as inferior by Miss Judy Jones, a lady who presents to him the picture of being an American elite.

Turning to the discussion of Camus' The Plague and the relation of people to absurd, it is possible to refer to some quotes from the text and the overview of the whole situation.

A perfect example is the comparison of the topics presented in the books "The unbearable lightness of being" and "The Kite Runner".

Perhaps, it is the rhythm of the author's voice that helps to reveal the new ideas. That is the magic of poetry.

It is quite peculiar that Spiegelman uses only the black-and-white color perhaps, this is another means to emphasize the gloomy atmosphere of the Nazi invasion and the reign of the anti-Semite ideas.

Just the same way that the necklace deceived her that it is a real diamond, she also managed to deceive everyone at the party that she is wealthy and beautiful.

In the story Black Skin What Mask, the writer brings to light many instances of irony between the narrator and his friend. He is still a friend to the narrator who is black.

The author used a flashback to build up the rest of the story in bringing out an element of discrimination which was directed to the Koreans by the Japanese.

In the book Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, the author brings into light Tayo, the main protagonist in the story, his relations with other characters in the book and brings out the effects of these [...]

Metaphorically speaking, it can be argued that the storm symbolizes passion and as the storm got intense, so was the passion between Alcee and Calixta "They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar [...]

On the other hand, there is a moment in Ali's story, which reminds me exactly of what I was feeling every day before I decided to move out of my stepmother's house.

It is a perfect presentation of the two major characters Blanche DuBois whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly cover her alcoholism and illusions of greatness, and Stanley Kowalski, who is primitive, rough, and [...]

Yet, there are some distinctions Judy Brady believes that women are often viewed as unpaid house servants who have to take care of husbands' needs, whereas Glenn Sacks argues that gender roles begin to transform [...]

One of the first examples of satire as the possibility to introduce some philosophical ideas was the description of the professor's activities.

And that is where I wanted to be, at home. I understood that she was the dearest person in my life and I behaved as a stupid thing.

The play Death of a salesman is indeed an anatomy of the American dream especially because the plot of the story revolves around some of the basic material gains that individuals in the American society [...]

In the article, the author suggested that the matriarchal structure of Negro families in America has resulted in disorganization of the black community.

The scene opens with the frantic efforts of the master and the boatswain to save the ship and the people therein.

In addition, use of Symbolism imagery and symbolism creates a better picture in audience mind, concerning the themes that the play covers; such as where dark is used to represent evil.

From the title of the article to the use of graphic representation, such as the picture of the injured Feller's mother lying in the hospital bed, Henry strives, and quite sufficiently so, to show the [...]

It is even possible to notice that Mephistopheles tries to warn and make Faust refuse the deal as he is aware of the real situation and does not want him to make the same mistakes [...]

What is more threatening is that all people involved in the movie industry find it hard to distinguish between the real world and the one that is dictated by Hollywood.

The importance of inspiration in writing is discussed in the story Writers in Hollywood by Raymond Chandler. The author questions Hollywood's screenplays as an art of writing because he rejects the presence of the writer's [...]

He is in search of inspiration and all he is doing is rushing here and there to find a hint of something that would make him write at least several lines of his new novel.

This bore a neoclassic model of writing plays, which prescribed strict rules of verisimilitude: the unity of place, action and time, five-play act, and strict classification of the dramas in certain genres.

The plot develops from the chorus in ancient plays -Antigone while in recent plays like Henry V; it is built from the character's speech.

The Battle of Agincourt is an epitome of the play's reflection of culture and worldview. The drama has a type of language and setting that appeals to the English audience.

More so, the renowned author suggests that it is impossible to get rid of the sinful alter-ego. Stevenson claims that it is impossible to get rid of the alter ego.

The works of John Donne and works of other writers reflecting on Donne's works The writer was an English metaphysical poet; he wrote poems to address different issues in society like love, politics, and epigrams.

The book "Goodbye to Berlin" was written prior to the Nazi uprisings; how was the book an indictment of this period of Western history, that is, the impending war?

There is the use of visual imagery in his work, and this was achieved through the use of contrast. At some point in the novel, Conrad's use of imagery appeared vague and confusing in that [...]

First of all, there is a need to point out that Reed is recognized as one of the most influential African American letters. The most interesting point I would like to highlight is related to [...]

Chang does indeed appear to have the features of the poor student archetype: even though Yingying was not his wife, he did abandon her, and at first glance it seems that the reason is the [...]

Even though the events take place in the fictional country of Asia, the historical context the authors are telling about is real. That is why they failed to win the sympathy, and the Soviet Union [...]

It is not a function of the legal system to be a tool in the hands of a tyrannical government, an instrument of intimidation and control.

When the war began for the US, and Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, the American government not only entered the war but also decided to isolate all Japanese, who resided in the territory of [...]