Congo locates in the center of the continent and can be compared within the heart of Africa."The vision seemed to enter the house with me - the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient [...]
The question is that the main hero can tell the truth of his heart by means of the charms of nature.
On refusing marriage to the Roman prefect of the province, she was fed to Satan who came in the form of a dragon. By the time the wolf arrives, he cannot of course convince the [...]
The first time the reader encounters the Martians is in the chapter "The Cylinder Opens" and this encounter suggests the evident difference of appearances of the Martians and men.
The most significant parts in the book, as for me, is the description of the acquaintance with T-34, the best tank of the World War II, and the parts, when Karl tells about the books, [...]
In fact, leading researchers across the globe are of the opinion that the New Testament was written on the basis of the Enuma Elis.
The birthmark of Chikako which Kikuji glimpsed in his infancy is at once a symbol of the ugliness of the body and of human desire, of demoniac frustration and of man's obsession with life.
Even in his own home, he has taken up the habit of locking his bedroom doors "as if in a hotel" and he continues to follow the rules and regulations set forth by his father [...]
Giovanni Guasconti is the young man who comes to Padua to study and falls in love with the girl and the garden he sees from the window of his apartment.
The formality in the frame stories throughout The Thousand nights and a one uses is due to many causes: the strength of convention, the narrative function of most of the stories, the element of doctrine [...]
It seems the love he contains in his heart is not enough for him to forgive and forget what has happened.
Thesis the personal voice of Seth and poetic elements used by the author shape an atmosphere of solitude and loneliness and appeal to the emotions and feelings of readers.
The purpose of this essay is to detect and analyze various traits of racism in Shakespeare's famous piece Othello and how it relates to the character of Othello.
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 [...]
For that reason, Samba finishes his spiritual training and enters the school, and this is the point where the main conflict in the book starts to manifest itself.
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 novel explicates the pressure between colonial administrators and the African society amongst the railwaymen and the African community's resistance and struggles to free from the colonial power.
One of these metaphors can be seen in the third part of the story: "I see that woman's 'bite several mouthfuls out of you,' the laughter of those green faced, long toothed people and the [...]
Up to that extent, the reader is already in a world that he or she has suspended reality. Up to this extent, the reader is already in a world that the unimaginable happens.
The symbol of a chessboard in this novel is evident in character Maneck. In the novel, Maneck is seen jumping ahead of a train with the chessboard, possibly destroying it.
The concept of the death of tragedy is taken from Nietzsche's book "The Birth of Tragedy" where he declared that God is dead.
The discussion explains why reading is beneficial to every person who embraces the practice for pleasure. This fact explains why every person should enjoy reading and make the practice part of his or her culture.
In other words, the Underground Man cannot sustain a romantic relationship and thus he decides to buy love by engaging Lisa.
Borges suggests that reality is the creation of human brain: every person has this person's reality where the person is a creator and a creature, father and a son.
The "Symposium" is one example of Plato's dialogues that address the subject of love. The other character in the "Symposium" is Diotima, a sophistic prophetess who supposedly taught Socrates about the mysteries of love.
Antigone's conviction is that the dead deserve a decent burial in spite of the circumstances that led to their death while Creon's preoccupation is to enforce the laws of the land that disallow burial of [...]
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.
The story was represented at the beginning of the eighteen century, the time when the traditions and societal values were of paramount importance and, therefore, the ideal of a person is the one endowed with [...]
In that regard, Fogwill's approach to the presentation of the plot of the novel in the form of the collection of the testimonials of the real participants of the events is meaningful.
This is exactly the reason why, even though that as recently as during the course of the fifties, the idea that one should be willing to sacrifice its life for the sake of a 'nation' [...]
The book "In the realm of dying emperor" tries to put forth the significance of the death of Emperor Hirohito who died of cancer.
Therefore, the fact that the man wastes all his lifetime and wealth waiting for his chance to access the law reveals the dissatisfaction of the judicature as a branch of justice in the society.
In the story, Frankenstein assumes the position of the creator while the monster is the created being. As a creator who is ready to sail in the glory that his work will bring him, Frankenstein [...]
The style of the essay is rather interesting and compelling, as it describes the life of a small girl but is written by an adult.
On the other hand, the essay analyzes the 'Lesson', which is a story written by Toni Cade Bambara with the aim of showing how individuals and societies affect each other in the context of literature.
Today, with the growing popularity of such fantasy works as The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Porter series, the genre as well as the aspects of courage has grown to be popular all [...]
The tales touch on various topics such as corruption and marriage, and they also unveil the immoral nature of the clergy in the modern Catholic churches.
In his advocacy for the 'overman', Zarathustra makes it clear that God is already dead and the only state within which humans should aspire to achieve is the 'overman'.
The author illustrates the disruption of peace by the arrival of white-men in the Igbo community. Nevertheless, the showing up of the white man and Christianity led to a change in this practice, the women [...]
The graphic novel explores the concept of heritage in that no matter how much people attempt to change for the better who they really are is still the best.
Taking into consideration that loyalty is one of the common features for both Hassan and Amir, their differences, which consist in family and origin as well as their attitudes to life, friendship, and respect, make [...]
A large number of authors resort to the use of repetitive themes, symbols, and character traits, the main task of which is to draw the reader's attention to a particular problem.E.T.A.
Thus, through a detailed analysis of the description of this process, it is possible to note the irreparable damage done by the imposition of religion on the originality of the natives in an attempt to [...]
He has attained literary recognition and is regarded as a prominent genius."His talents were so constituted as to gain both the confidence of the general public and the stable admiration and sympathy of the critical".
The short story by Amal El-Mohtar, "The Truth About Owls," focuses on a refugee girl, Anisa, who shows the strengths of her character and the ability to resist the expectations of others to preserve her [...]
The story's emotional power is enhanced by the juxtaposition of the present's complexity and the simplicity of the past. As a reminder of the protagonist's history, the boat stands for his childhood difficulties and pleasures.
The setting in the story is the complicated, socially-oriented journey of a girl who does not understand why she has to become the perfect woman in poverty and the absence of her native culture.
Printed books are needed because they improve reading comprehension, are less harmful to health, than electronic ones, and improve concentration, which cannot be guaranteed by electronic books.
In addition, the clash of Alphas and Betas is drastic some strive for recognition and living in a fake world, while others try to preserve their human nature.
It is followed by the discussion of the theme of death in The Veldt, namely, as recognition of inevitability and as revenge.
However, I realized that I need to improve my writing ability, which is the capacity to process what I have seen, heard, and felt, follow the cause-and-effect relationships, and draw conclusions.
One of the reasons why the theme of time is critical in the narrative is because the author intends to relate the events in the narrative to an actual historical period.
It can be concluded that the mysterious woman is a symbol of slavery and the issues it causes for society, in this case, the rotting of people from within.
Stories told from different perspective help to understand that our points of view and the points of view of other characters, including the narrator, are how we see the world and events in it.
The protagonist of the novel becomes a witness to the tragedy that happened to his daughter and learns to perceive in a new way the concepts and attitudes that seemed obvious to him.
It is typical of the surrealist movement with its focus on the unusual nature of the world and the necessity to reconsider it.
In the selected passage, one of the primary thoughts may be a quote from Campbell: "The full round, the norm of the monomyth, requires that the hero will now begin the labor of bringing the [...]
He is an ordinary example of a person whose life is a series of continuous mistakes and poor life choices, which compounded to create what he is at the end of the story.
When talking about the latter, it is possible to distinguish two dominant emotions that affect the communication between a woman and a man: attraction and repulsion.
The book is about the several years Haruki Murakami has been running, the things it gave him, and the meaning of running according to him.
One of the notable trickster examples in the works of Shakespeare is Ariel from The Tempest, whose main ability to morph makes him one of the core characters.
One of Junot D az's works is the essay The Dreamer, which tells the reader about the story of his mother. The protagonist of the work is the author's mother, whose actions, in turn, are [...]
The author's explanation of the present-day anomalies compared to the beast from the past and nature monsters reflects the societal anxiety and scientific progress by modern desires to enable created monsters to dominate the world.
The narrative in the book of Genesis is constructed to depict that God created the society of people. It is seen in multiple appeals of the characters in the legend to gods.
Brothers Grimm published “The Robber Bridegroom” in 1812. The fairy tale reflects patriarchy in society where the father is the absolute authority.
This is elucidated at the start of the novel by the notion that Donald Duk hates his name because of being Chinese.
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 [...]
Classical realism, which can be viewed as the basis for the development of the rest of the approaches in question, has developed significantly, yet the links between different states of realism remain basically the same.
Given a chance to choose a friend among the characters, I would go for Jonas because of his impressive concern for society.
The advent of the modern Arabic literature forms has changed the landscape of Arabic literature, in general, allowing it to incorporate some of the Western ideas into its philosophy and, thus, representing a more diverse [...]
The first part is about three boys who find a dead body in a car inside a river found locally in their area, they fear breaking the story to the people, and one boy after [...]
The one similarity in all these three stories is the symbol of the water as the purification of the land from the evil and the resolution to a new generation to live without crime, harm, [...]
The geisha is a unique phenomenon for the Asian culture as well as, of course, for the western one. Thereby, geisha is the men's friend and companion, and at the same time, a beautiful and [...]
They worship photos of their "Imperial Majesties," and each offers total allegiance to their respective gods: Shinji to the army, and Reiko to Shinji.
Considering the essence of art and literature, it is possible to say, that there is no objective reality in art, and even the most realistic description is in effect a look through the prism of [...]
The thoughts about death and the beyond can send shivers down the spine of a contemporary person and the attitude of ancient Greeks to death was practically the same.
The function of the narrator in The Lady with the Pet Dog is to reflect the inner feelings of the characters; in this story, Chekhov chooses a third-person narrative with a limited point of view [...]
Gregor is flabbergasted by his family's hypocrisy and is sad to see that he has wasted his life for the happiness and affluence of his 'so-called' family.
This paper aims to discuss the first part of the poem, the Inferno in connection with the theory of open text, which was worked out of by Robert Barthes and Umberto Eco.
One of the main peculiarities of the Muslim religion is the treatment of women. Fatima Mernissi wanted to tell the world about the real state of things in Muslim harem, about the real life of [...]
Such is the case regarding Tom Robinson in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Cinna in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
Since the characters and the basic events of what happens to them remain relatively constant, it is helpful to study the characters of fairy tales in terms of the archetypes they represent.
Using the device of a journal kept by the narrator which has been recovered and is being read by someone else, the author has made this book a revelation of his innermost self and a [...]
It traces the developments in the boy's life and the changes and compromises he makes in his life. He is the father to the main character, a scholarly samurai, and a journalist.
The two characters have been introduced, and even been compared in the beginning of the series, with Sherlock Holmes being given the superiority of observation, and Dr.
In spite of the fact that he was one of the greatest men in Umuofia and a leader of his community he was hence not given the burial ceremony that he deserved as an Umuofian [...]
But ahead of that, he distinguished that, as the first American novelist to got the prize from the end of World War II, he had a particular obligation to accept the modified situation of the [...]
One is gardens and flowers, and the other is the less concrete spiritual things, like the soul, the body, the mind, life, and death.
In the same vein, Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness," written in 1899, is about the struggle of two civilized Europeans, Marlow and Kurtz, after they ventured in to the wouldarkness' of uncivilized Africa,' and [...]
So, Pushkin tried to define the initial reasons of this phenomenon in the character of Onegin: shallow education, the imitation of European culture, conditionality and prejudice of life of the epoch, and laziness. Onegin is [...]
The symbols of nature are various, and have different meanings, depending on the context, but the key meanings of these symbols are life itself, and the beauty of the surrounding world.
The short novel written by Juan Rulfo, originally published in 1985, tackles the death of Comala through the narration of the ghosts of the former inhabitant of the town.
Looking for the interesting topics for the evaluative essay, one may suggest the list of the literary areas one is interested in: The World Literature's masterpieces of the nineteenth twentieth century; The Native American legends [...]
Eveline's story is an irony, this is because at the beginning of the story Eveline seems to be having a flashback of the people who have already gone to the East, and inwardly she develops [...]
In this way the birthmark seems to be almost mocking his attempts at changing nature, which is representative of Georgiana's femininity, "Attempting an operation for the removal of the Birthmark.
Fiction can possibly include the happenings of everyday life and is reliant on the person that narrates the happenings, the manner of its narration, and its composition.
In the present work, we will analyze this similarity and will seek for possible differences using particular parts of the great epic poem and the collection of novellas, namely, we will explore the fifth story [...]
It was the first novel to receive the title of "Gothic", and it was also one of the first to use and develop the sublime.
The revolt of Stephen Dedalus begins in Joyce's The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man with his rejection of the blind religious attitude found existing in his family.
Instead of the character of Genie that comes from the lamp, my story features the character of Fairy Ostara, who fulfills the desires of the magic stick's owners.
It is essential to mention Hume's criticism of theories supporting the influence of physical causes, which is indirectly linked to the philosopher's intention to explain the rise and progress of the arts.
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 [...]
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 [...]
This symbolizes the boy's world and how blind he is to the reality of the world. The young boy gets to realize that his actual world is very different from his na ve dreams and [...]
The nature of Ipellie's writing about the Arctic is deeply rooted in his pride in the culture and the resistance against the forces that make the region struggle.
However, despite the need to win the audience, Odysseus also uses rhetoric to establish his authority; in his storytelling, he is always somewhat distant from the listeners: "Odyssean charisma, in both the personal sense attached [...]
Besides, the complexity of society and the evolution of the approach to the traditional female role preconditioned the great importance given to this issue by various authors.
In the essay, " Laughter", Henri Bergson argues that comedy is the involuntary element which lacks of elasticity, through absentmindedness and a kind of physical obstinacy, as a result, in fact, of rigidity or of [...]
The study of Indian Ocean societies can throw light on the way in which the representatives of different religious, ethnic, and cultural groups can interact with one another within the boundaries of a country or [...]
The author starts with citing the physical changes in the village, which provides the reader with insights enough to note that the village, representing the whole Egyptian community, was benefitting from the revolutions in the [...]
The publishers and the agent of the author were impressed by this subject, the book was predicted to be extremely popular as it was suitable for a very broad audience and touched a subject that [...]
Another instance in the epic, which portrays women as sexual objects, is the use of the women as sex tools in the temple. Women in Mesopotamian society had the duty of brewing wine for men [...]
As a result, Cosimo position is represented through denial of the "ground" life and preference to live in another world which is above.
The fine weather portrays to us the mood and sense of happiness that the character is brimming with, as she is smugly satisfied with her existence. She is under the illusion that her life is [...]
The article, Into the Wild, has addressed the concept of idealism through the activities outlined in its plot. The concept of idealism has been brought out in the text as an attempt to describe life [...]
The closer he gets to the truth, the bitter the reality of his dreadful fate unveils. This is the mistake he made as this search made his life full of agony.
However, when Gregor sees him in his new uniform, he is impressed, and the uniform appears to signify that his father has metamorphosed from an object of fear to a dignified man who deserves respect.
The Samurai were the strongest of the classes. According to the Samurai, the Bushido code was also known as the "way of the warrior".
Based on everything that has been presented so far, it is the opinion of this story that despite all the misery and negative feelings for her current life, Eveline fears to leave what is familiar [...]
In particular, the author focuses on the life of a family that has to grapple with the effects of stigmatization and relocation.