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Culture in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

I also kill a cock at the shrine of Ifejioku, the god of yams" Ibo culture is shown through the world look of the Western society that is why the aspect of behavioral brutality was [...]
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Friendship in The Old Man and The Sea

The book was the last published during the author's lifetime, and some critics believe that it was his reflection on the topics of death and the meaning of life.
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“Forgiveness Story” by June Callwood

Callwood's audience is people who hesitate or struggle to forgive their offenders, and her purpose is to persuade these people to take the path of forgiveness.
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Psychological Strategies to Understand Literature

This approach explores the motivations of a writer, his characters, and that of the audience, drawing on Sigmund Freud's theories and other psychoanalytic theories to understand fully the meaning conveyed in such text. The characters [...]
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“The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol

Much of the satire derives from these oppositions and from the fact that it is impossible to reliably describe the difference between doubles and opposites."The Nose" treats the seriousness of life with comicality; the author [...]
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Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives (1890) Analysis

Particularly within the last several decades of the 19th century, land speculation and the lack of any coherent urban policies have led to unchecked growth and urban sprawl, resulting in the loss of thousands of [...]
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Oedipus the King as a Piece of Classic Literature

This story is nothing short of a treasure in terms of the use of literary devices, and various other techniques employed by the writer to elevate this work to the status of one of the [...]
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“The Book of Not” by Tsi­tsi Dangarembga

The mental condition of the main character of the book is the main point of this paper's concern. The main character's moral state is determined by her aspiration to the ideals of the colonial system, [...]
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Humor and Parody in Japanese Literature

The aim of this paper is to explore the use humor and parody in the following works of Edo and Tokugawa periods: Shikitei Sanba's Ukiyoburo, Ihara Saikaku's Life of a Sensuous Man, and Hiraga Gennai's [...]
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“The Saint’s Lamp” by Yahya Haqqi

It is based on this that it can be stated that Haqqi was arguing for reconciliation in the form of the integration of western thinking into Egyptian society with respect to cultural traditions.
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“Heidi” by Johanna Spyri

When her aunt's life is strained by her career, she decides to take Heidi to live with her grandfather. However, her grandfather is too protective of the young Heidi, and he does not allow her [...]
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The Major Themes in “The Analects of Confucius”

This write up is going to summarise the major themes captured in the book, critically analyse the contents of the book and its impacts on the Asian community before highlighting the major interesting concepts captured [...]
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Early Life of Rama

This arrangement contradicted their tradition in the sense that Rama was the one to assume power after his farther because he was the eldest son."Instead of being crowned king of Ayodhya, Rama was sent into [...]
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“Isis in Darkness” by Margaret Atwood

The eternal love between the gods and the characters from the story can be seen as the source of light, it is considered the most important part of the world.
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Children literature timeline paper

Many factors have been considered to determine the depth of literature that the child is exposed to with much of this being centered on age and what the adults perceive the child to be.
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Themes in Native American Tricksters

Whether the character is the wizened old man Coyote of the Crow tribes, Raven in the Indian lore or even Wakdjunkaga of the Winnebago, the narratives seems to be written from the same script.
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Creation Myths: Theories of Myths

This longing to explore on the nature of creation through vivid accounts or tales, prompted the materialization of way of life and custom which in the long run led to formation of religions and subsequent [...]
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“Don Quixote” by Cervantes: Character Analysis

In the novel "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes depicts two opposite characters of Alonso Quixano and Sancho Panza. Alonso and Sancho have opposite personalities, each representing a different kind of sense.
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Plot Devices in “The Break” by Katherena Vermette

In The Break, the characters undergo many changes in their lives that explicitly or implicitly affect them simultaneously. Meanwhile, the author explicitly uses flashbacks when referring to the character's relationship with the victim and each [...]
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The Short Story “A Painful Case” by James Joyce

Secondly, I wrote a list of questions regarding the characters in the reading. For the purpose of identifying themes in the short story, I developed specific questions to guide me in examining the major and [...]
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The Last Grain Collection Book by Lev Kopelev

The tragedy affected the whole country, from Ukraine in the West to Kazakhstan in the East. The propaganda of the Soviet Union widely celebrated collectivization and Stalin's actions before and at the time of Kopelev's [...]
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Literature: Development Throughout History

With the evolution of language and the written word, the capacity of people to create stories also changed and developed, being responsible for the creation of new literary genres, traditions and customs.
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Love and Compassion Themes in Literature

The theme of love and compassion is evident in the literature, and it shows the connectivity between all human beings. For instance, in this story, Hope's parents had friends living on the other side of [...]
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Caribbean Society Through the Lens of Literature

As a result, approximately a million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean, with about half of them arriving in the British Caribbean. Her books are on the African diaspora in the Caribbean as a [...]
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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 [...]
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Science Fiction Literary Analysis

The story takes the reader through an intriguing encounter of human beings with a variety of extraterrestrial beings with the aim of outlining the theme of life.
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Analysis of Themes of Slavery in Literature

The paper will be concentrated on the analysis of the works 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano' by Olaudah Equiano, 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' by Frederick Douglass, and 'Incidents [...]
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Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich

Even should this be the case, the restrictive way in which she is instructed to clean would serve as a viable justification for this unhappiness, not necessarily the physical labor of the maids themselves.
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“Masks” the Novel by Fumiko Enchi

The novel wraps the reader with the feeling of coldness that is both elegant and repellent. She had to stay with a husband she hated and in the society she hated.
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A Modern Tale of James Joyce’s “Araby”

In Araby, the development of theme resembles the archetypal myth of the quest for a holy talisman such as Sir Galahad's quest for the Holy Grail, such as James Joyce's looking for the lost light [...]
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Eve’s Character in the Bible

Eve is the central character of the narrative in Genesis 1-3 and one of the central figures in the Bible. In this regard, understanding the development of Eve is essential, including the analysis of her [...]
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The Concept and History of Dystopian Fiction

Thus, the goal of this paper is to study the phenomenon of DF based on the examples of Orwell's and Huxley's fiction and determine the presence of the themes that overlap with the contemporary social, [...]
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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 [...]
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“Fifteen Dogs” the Book by Andre Alexis

Human intelligence that the gods give to the dogs does not make them happy but subjects them to continuous thoughtful considerations and emotional perception of the surrounding world that ultimately leads to suffering.
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Heroism and Power in Homer’s “The Illiad”

In The Iliad, the relations between two characters, Agamemnon and Apollo, as well as their motivation and passion help to underscore the theme of power and rage; the conflict between the characters is based on [...]
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“Missing Women” by June Spence

As the story progresses, the author begins to create a mixture of facts and rumors; a mixture that is inevitable in any real-life investigation.
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Charles Baudelaire’ Vision on the Satan

The specifics of the concept of the devilish which has been spoken in Baudelaire's poem The Litanies of Satan and in his narrative story called The Generous Gambler provides a deep insight on his idea [...]
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Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

The autobiographical information of the author provides that the title of the novel was based on the abandoned wolf of the steppes.
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The Colorful Story of the Three Little Pigs

This is done by the wolf to portray the misunderstanding between him and the little pigs. One day, a fox visits the first little pig and destroys the straw house and eats the little pig.
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Killings by Andre Dufus

According to Kant's Moral Theory, the act of killing Richard is morally right since Matt's intention was to get justice for the murder of his son. Even though is aware of the guilt of Richard, [...]
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The Paradoxes of Time Travel by David Lewis

The 'original' 2008 would represent the actual time when the poor scientist lived and did not know anything about the winning lottery numbers; on the other hand, the 'new' 2008 would represent a counterfactual time [...]
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The Handmaid’s Tale

In the book, The Handmaid's Tale, the republic of Gilead presents a different environment with different rules from those of the former order before the conflict and establishment of a new order.
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Gender Roles in Antigone Essay

This will be seen through an analysis of the other characters in the play and the values of ancient Greeks. Indeed this central character appears to be at odds with the inclinations of the other [...]
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Symbolism and Social Identity in Dubliners by Joyce

With the aid of four short stories from Dubliners "The Sisters," "The Dead," "The Araby," and "An Encounter" the author intends to cover the aspect of Irish social identity and norms as being discovered through [...]
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Progress and Poverty Book by Henry George

George wrote the book following his recognition that poverty is the central puzzle of the 20th century. Thus, George's allegation is inconsistent with nature because the number of living organisms can increase to the extent [...]
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‘The Third Policeman’ by O’Brien

O'Brien notes that "the narrator discovered the work of de Selby when he was at a boarding school and decided to be a dedicated student of this work".
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