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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.

This is one of the questions that are of great interest to this poet because she wants to show that memory is closely tied to imagination.

However, in Ferdinand's case, the emotional pain was the result of a misunderstanding after the ship wrecked, Ferdinand came to the assumption that he was the only survival completely on his own.

There is no doubt in the audience's mind that all the tricks that Antonio thinks of are his own and he only expects to have all the riches to himself.

In his poem, Housman employs the lyrical strategy to put across the meaning of the poem; that is to praise an athlete who has died at a young age.

The speaker in the poem 'My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun' by Shakespeare, is a man trying to find the exact reason for the immense love that he feels for his lover.

Updike in the short story "A & P" uses Sammy, a teenager who is employed as a clerk in a grocery shop to illustrate the difficulties involved in the process of growing up.

Although Paolo Coelho is considered one of the most fruitful writers of the 21st century and a guru whose words are supposed to enlighten those who have been lost in the depth of sin and [...]

He is viewed as a man of wisdom, owing to the lessons he has learned from his sufferings since childhood, which he, in turn, teaches Albom.

Both stories, The Old Man and the Sea and Don Quixote have a number of common features as they are based on all those characteristics inherent to men who are challenged the world they live [...]

"Dead is so Last Year" is the third and strangest book in the "Dead" series by the writer Marlene Perez. In the book, the Giordano sisters are feeling excited that at last, they have a [...]

Kapstein has compiled his work in The Symbolism of the Wind and the Leaves in Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind, this paper examines this Kapstein's analysis, and the writer differs with Kapstein on some [...]

This is evident from the novel's ending where the author gives a disclaimer against the story disappearing like the experiences of the slaves who perished during slavery."Beloved" is a postmodern novel that is able to [...]

The reason for this is apparent as the novella's plot unravels, Ivan Ilych grows ever more aware of the fact that it was his willingness to conform to the society's standards of arespectability' that eventually [...]

This book is important in teaching the audience about honesty, and repercussions of greed. He is unable to work peacefully for the good of his people.

According to the author, in the past three decades, many American workers have continued to work past their retirement age to solve the problem of their insufficient retirement incomes.

Overall, it is possible to argue that the rights of a person should be the top priority for scientists, and the interests of subjects or patients should be considered first.

From an analysis of the three poems, it is evident that they all try to reflect on the memories of the poets' parents. Considerably, the present tense is trying to put the reader in the [...]

Zhenzhen was brave enough to leave a society that could only associate her with the Japanese rapes, and this was her way of seeking independence.

One of the main peculiarities of Lu Xun's writing is that he chooses to give tiny details that can enable the readers to understand the mental decline of the narrator.

In such a manner, the novel widens the concept of freedom and provides a new meaning of such words as arememory' and wouldisremember.' In particular, although Seth's new life is deprived of slavery, her memories [...]

The road to maturity for the narrator is through his intercourse with the war, and the readers are made aware that the true nature of the narrator in the story beginning when he relates that [...]

There is a considerable level of a description placed on the background of the farm, the activities of the people within the home, the type of food that is being prepared as well as the [...]

Scott Fitzgerald was one of the more famous satirists of the time, particularly in his production of the work The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby is a story of a young man in the early twentieth century who seems to know what he wants in the way of that dream and what to do to achieve it.

This significantly changes how the characters are viewed wherein Abbas instead of being a victim becomes the redeemer with Hamida being the victim that Abbas is trying to redeem in the end.

In addition to making him and his creature be isolated, Viktor does not accept the idea of duty and responsibility for his actions because of his inability to understand what it means to be responsible [...]

The complexity of the novel and its meaning is often compared to the challenging and full of struggles life the writer herself.

It also points to have a warning note to it in the subtitle against the over-ambition of the modern man and the impacts of the Industrial Revolution and French Revolution containing both enormous assurance and [...]

In sum, through the character of Victor, Shelley portrays that a person matures when he can accept responsibilities for his actions and their consequences.

Incidences of people living in 'bad' houses full of ghosts and evil spirits cropped up to support the existence of a link between the dead and the living.

The world is involved in an endless war, and the political regime called Ingsoc and headed by a mystical Big Brother permanently looks for ways to control the citizens' minds and private lives.

The issue of racism is prevailing in Gaines's novel A Lesson Before Dying, wherein the author casts a shadow on the generalized attitudes toward black people in the American South of the post-WWII period.

Therefore, it is crucial to get acquainted with the essence of the novel and analyze its main characters to genuinely comprehend Hinton's view on the challenges of the teenage age within the framework of this [...]

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contents of the story, its main characters, and reflect on the changes that have occurred in the past 50 years.

Claudio is desperate and agrees to marry a woman who is supposed to look like Hero and is the daughter of Leonato's brother. Hero and Claudio's storyline is also dedicated to the theme of love.

Overall, the protagonist of the book does not arouse sympathy because his actions were unreasoned, and he was unprepared for his adventure, which eventually caused him to die from poisoning in a forest.

The plot of the novel immerses the readers into the 17th century to demonstrate the environment of the Puritan era in America.

Even the play's title, Fences, is a reference to "swinging for the fences" in addition to the literal and metaphorical fences Troy builds that keep the other characters out or in.

In a way, he is a tool for the author to interject with his perspective of the events without disrupting the flow of the story. Liesel, as the story's central character and the titular Book [...]

Thus, this paper, starting with the outline of characters and plot, discusses potential interpretations of The Catcher in the Rye and proposes the opinion of the paper's author.

The central theme in Anthem is individuality, rediscovered as the protagonist is rejected by his society and has to learn to think and act for himself.

For instance, he instructs Aerial to fly around the boat in which Antonio, Alonso and their acquaintances are, to cause a storm and consequent shipwreck, but finally manages to save all the occupants of the [...]

Folklore of the US is the cultural heritage of the nation; therefore, American society tries to preserve their practices in terms of a plurality of ideas.

The old woman fails to accept her jilting by her lover to her death even though she prides in having been married and fend for her family all alone after facing the death of her [...]

The narrator appears surprised of the status of his friend's house, with the inside appearing as spooky as the compound of the house.

Although it is rather difficult to find similarities while focusing on the characters' gender and age differences, it is important to concentrate on the fact of how Shen Congwen's Hsiao-hsiao and Huang Chun-ming's Uncle Ah-sheng [...]

This is the most interesting hypothesis that the author of this book builds up to make readers understand what the book entails. The book informs the readers how, when, and why they should think fast, [...]

The use of a young lady in this story brings out emotional effects after a tragic loss that would describe the destiny of the girl.

When teachers act oblivious to the norms and expectations of the students, is simply denying the experiences of the learners. Teachers have to engage the students in the cultural background of English language usage.

Diagnosis of the Faults made in the Process of Formulating Strategic Decisions In the outline of the book, Mazzucato appreciates the key role played by the public sector in the society.

Another man had returned out of the forest; a wiser one-" Dimmesdale finds it wise and peaceful to confess his sin. After giving his sermon, Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold and he tells the congregation [...]

In addition, Julie Taylor, the teenage daughter of the coach is also a central character in the series. It is the events of the play, which tight the play together because they happen to the [...]

S, caught in the grip of the Great Depression, amidst the I and the II World Wars, could hardly believe that a plain Georgian man with a plain harmonica would win over the hearts of [...]

In contrast to the minor characters, the former would have definitely chewed the scenery, which would have been acceptable in any other novel but the one that tackles the difficulties of living in the period [...]

The folksongs of Dylan transformed his life in a manner similar to the writings in Whitehead's book "John Henry Days". Folksongs are powerful and can lead to changes in the personality of an individual to [...]

When one comes to think of it, the economical disaster of the thirties was quite easy to predict; completely devastated from the WWI, on the one hand, and being on the verge of the outbreak [...]

One of the element that sets the song apart from not only the rest of Woody's songs but also from the rest of the songs regarding the phenomenon of the Great Depression and the Dust [...]

Quite on the contrary, the story is narrated in a manner that seems well put together, the characters surrounding the lead are very memorable and the tone of the narration creates a unique atmosphere of [...]

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 [...]

To emphasize the stop and to draw the readers' attention to it, Conroy uses the present tense, and the readers become involved in the situation because of observing it through the eyes of a boy [...]

The atmosphere that is created, very much adds to the general theme and the relationship between the characters and the surrounding environment."Heart of Darkness" is a story where the setting plays a great role in [...]

In the novel, the fictional village of West Egg is perhaps one of the key items that symbolize the life of the new millionaires in the city.

In spite of the fact the play is full of violence and blood, this work makes the audience laugh because of exaggerated absurdity of the demonstrated actions where brutality and impulsivity are presented at their [...]

The phrase emphasizing on the age of the sheets is repeated to reinforce a negative attitude about the room. However, in the play the sun does not fall representing the destruction of hope in the [...]

Nevertheless, there can be only a few doubts that there are clearly defined discursive overtones to The Bridegroom, which in turn imply that there was so much more to the earlier mentioned incompatibility between the [...]

In this respect, the author's close affiliation with her grandparents came as a particularly valuable asset, because by listening to their life-stories, Hooks grew to realize the fact that, allegorically speaking, one's endowment with the [...]

The purpose for the referral is the feelings of despair and guilt from which the woman suffers. In spite of the problems within the family with the mother and brother, Maggie hoped she could improve [...]

That is why, the United States' reaction to surprise violent attacks connected with the Cold War issues or the problem of 11 September 2001 in the form of acts to improve national security strategies is [...]

Realism points out that power is based on characteristics that can be tangible or intangible, and can emanate from the use of the armed forces, level of income, and the size of a state.

This article focuses on the role played by inequality and morality in international politics based on Thucydides' depictions of the Athenians.

From the poem it is clear that everyone hopes for a better life and this can only be achieved through collective effort.

In conclusion, it is noteworthy that both teachings insist on a gradual process of learning and the use of meta-language in building a robust foundation of English.

The books "Dreams from my father" by Barack Obama and Frederick Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave" provide some of the best examples of using personal narratives to portray the [...]

The first distinction is the manner in which the British used to gain control of the people of Umuofia, the village of Okonkwo's village.

It was her mother who strengthened her resolve to fight the injustice that her father had accorded to her. She also spoke candidly to her daughter by telling her the realities of the situation, and [...]

This is one of the main points that can be made. This is one of the main issues that can be distinguished.

For the last fifty years, these critics have somehow reduced the face value of the text in the book. This forms another set of variation in the face value of the text in the book.

In each stage of the adventure readers are introduced to an ever increasing similarity between what is monstrous and what is man to the point that the line between the two blurs resulting in actions [...]

When looking at the relationship between the monstrous and the human in Odyssey, it can be seen that monsters represent, in many instances, the darker side of humanity.

In the novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy explores the experiences of a person who has to re-evaluate his entire life and his relations with other people.

Set in the post World War II, Greene's characters in 'The Destructors' represent the divide between the various generations, the old and the new.

The first role is that of a character having memoirs that the play writes about. It is these double roles which underpin the tension in the play pulling between dramatic realism shown in the play [...]

The same can be said about the results of the research the latter are not tied in with the research methodology, which brings one to questioning the reasonability and the specifics of the methods adopted.

In the introductory chapters, precise arguments are made on the background of the US' department of homeland security with an in-depth analysis of the process of evolution of the US' security infrastructure.

James Bond is very famous in the world because of the guns used in the production of the films, the cars used, and the type of gadgets used in the films.

Because of their being not ready for the shift from a WWII to the post-WWII environment and the change in values, Chinese women were highly susceptible and extremely vulnerable to the lures of the "New [...]

The main strength is the author's detailed description that has the effect of making the reader feels a sense of presence and enabling him or her to connect with the characters in the book.

In his work Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality, Patrick Sharkey provides facts to support the idea that the obvious racial inequality exists, especially in the urban neighborhoods, [...]

Truly, after scrutinizing the blueprints that they can find thoroughly, they learn that one among the walls of the tunnel is erected right where the vault of the bank is situated.

The wouldeath of Ivan Ilych' is a novella that focuses on the impending death of Ivan Ilych. The adaptation of the novella would portray the life of Chan.

According to Francine Prose, gluttony often disguises itself in different forms, like the need to get a little more, the desire to have something more delicious, or the temptation to have a snack between the [...]

The authors use the character of the grand inquisitor to depict a savior of mankind. The power bestowed upon the grand inquisitor by the authors brings the mysteries of the roman church into limelight.

In addition, he is cunning and nosy as he manages to cut-short the conversation between Austin and Saul in order to engage Saul in his story and golf discussion. Lee humbles himself and joins Austin [...]

It is with this line of view that this paper finds it vital to scrutinize the development of the theme of forgetting and remembering in Brooklyn by Colm Toibin and Instructions to All Persons by [...]

These elements will be considered one at a time in a bid to prove the centrality of place for objective criticism of the novel Coming to Birth which will serve as my reference for the [...]

Joseph Addison describes the very interesting principles of the man's life base on the position of the public benefits' protection and the readiness to to sacrifice his life to the ideals.

Therefore, the author uses a method of the itinerary to describe her adventures and discoveries, feelings and motives of the behavior.

Although Crane's stories are imaginary, the reader can picture houses and the community in 'The Monster' or the town of Yellow Sky in 'The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.' He vividly describes the living conditions [...]

A key indicator of the dysfunction is the inability to talk and lack of communication of feelings among the couples. In fact, he uses the nouns like the mother, the father, the dog, the doctor, [...]

But he is jolted by the coming of Macabea into his life and he is suddenly preoccupied with her obvious otherness, and because of her, the meaning of being, the existence of God and the [...]

This similarity is one of the most important to focus on the structure of the narrative. In both plays, the main actions of the characters are not directly described by the authors.

The demand by the California Indian Council to have the Bilingual Education Programs brought back in exchange for access to the oil reserves located in the Indian reservations land is in order and quite timely [...]

Symbolically, the notion of interactions of the dead and the living developed by To be taken with a Grain of Salt perhaps exemplifies the differences in the classes of people.

Kurtz is a great threat to the entire organization especially the powerful position of the manager of the company that Marlow was working with.

Despite apparently democratizing style and empowering consumers, fast fashion in some ways, constitutes a dream sector for those eager to condemn contemporary capitalism, as the companies heighten some of their current contradictions almost systematically: the [...]

The bottom life of this book is that there are principles which are necessary for one to be able to match the challenges of life.

Therefore, the fact that, while sitting by the fireplace with his wife, Updike felt suddenly amorous, cannot be thought of as a proof of him being a romantic individual, but rather an indication of the [...]

If this is done, a new thriller can be screened to capture the theme and intention of the Dick's "Paycheck" short story.

Dylan is a white kid living in the midst of a black community in Brooklyn and just like the other children in the neighborhood he attends the public schools.

Thus, I will consider the use of literary devices in American literature. I will also pay a lot of attention to the themes discussed in Arab-American and American literature.

From the novel, a reader is able to see the difference in culture between Sophie and her mother. The bravery and struggles of the Haitian women are passed down to Sophie through the love they [...]

This paper will therefore dwell upon the role of Broca's area in language comprehension as well as other critical human capabilities Paul Broca was the first person to establish that the posterior section of the [...]

The Cave of Salamanca by Miguel de Cervantes is focused on one specific family with its peculiarities, but considering the situation, it is possible to state that the problems and sins which occur in the [...]

In the fourth chapter "Museum of Weird: Modernity, Minzokugaku, and the Discovery of Yokai" of his book, Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Y kai, Michael Dylan Foster, predictably enough, explores the [...]

However, in a quick and dramatic twist of events, he is soon established as the cock of the walk in the rural area of Qinghe.

It is necessary to state that this department is opposed to the inclusion of this book in the seventh grade curriculum and argues that these students are not old enough to understand this book according [...]

Shinto has been the major force throughout the history of the country and remains the same in the present day; it can be said, it has had its dominant presence in the Japanese culture.

When the old medicine man recognizes that he fails in his attempt to cure him, he attributes his failure to the coming of the white man.

In particular, he discusses the features of criminals, who engage in human trafficking, which is one of the types of transnational organized crimes. Review of Literature Shows that transnational organized crime is the new threat [...]