Although Changez appreciates the opportunities that the United States have opened in front of him, as time passes, he starts experiencing love-hate emotions toward the country and its culture due to the social pressure, the [...]
The author contrasts the outer higher aspirations of the middle and higher class to the actual deception of moral code and vanity endorsed by it.
The notion of "Taiwan literature" caused debates in the 1980s and 1990s concerning the term itself, its content, and the place of the phenomenon within world literature.
Therefore, the use of point of view as a literary device enables the reader to understand and analyze the thought process of one person, Olaf, while remaining unaware of the intentions of Jim.
This approach seems to be wrong in the perspective of the just society, as it sees the justice as "the having and doing of one's own and what belongs to oneself".
However, the author does not try to show that her despair is a sufficient reason for suicide. He is able to perceive the behavior of other people in a critical way.
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 aim of this essay is to analyze whether the chapters 16/17 of the novel prove the idea that the chapters of Therese Raquin can be viewed as the case studies in physiology.
Bernhard makes use of clear words and concrete examples as well as numerous quotes to articulate his belief that the cause and sequence of the events in this book were created on purpose by Homer [...]
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 [...]
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.
For instance, even though he is suffering from a liver disease, he does not gather the courage and energy to visit a doctor.
Overall, it is possible to say that Diaz's account and The Broken Spears are more credible because the authors of these narratives had no incentive to justify their actions or conceal facts from the audience. [...]
The purpose of Folktales of India is to present to the readers the amazing and multifarious world of the Indian folklore introducing the folktales collected in the different regions of India.
For instance, we get the impression that the mother of the clerk notes that the clerk's wife is not compliant, and hence, she wants her to leave because she has gone against the designated behaviors [...]
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 [...]
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.
The book explores and criticizes the manner in which evangelicals in the United States sought to control their destinies and their circumstances for the better part of 19th and 20th centuries1.
In contrast, Joyce's "The Dead" criticizes the cultural imperialism that threatens the harmony of the Irish and the revival of the Irish language and culture.
To understand the peculiarities of the main character's vision of himself, it is necessary to focus on the first paragraphs of the novel in which Botchan introduces himself with accentuating the definite events of his [...]
In this respect, it is purposeful to look through the literature that explores the origins of e-books development, individual perceptions and demographics of using electronic materials, understand the status of libraries and define in what [...]
One of the reasons why the story The Cask of Amontillado and the poem My Last Duchess are being commonly referred to, as such that represent a particularly high value, is that the narrative perspective [...]
The main theme was on the importance of the temple of the Lord and the need for people to get at the task of rebuilding the temple.
In the story called Women on the Margins, the recognized author Davis explores the three lives of seventeenth century women. Overall, all the women to a less or more extent were under the influence of [...]
However, the authors insist that it is the corporate control that is threatening the running out of water."Corporate control of the world's water resources and distribution systems is a threat to the well-being of humans [...]
His wish is to live a life in which there is always an interaction with the nature, where he can experience the fruits of the nature.
Unlike other types of calligraphy, the Chinese calligraphy is more of painting where characters are used as a tool of communication and to express what the artists' spiritual world is like.
The Umuofia society is religious as it is characterized by the worship of Chuckwu the chief the god, spirits and the ancestors.
Ha Jin is a Chinese novelist currently living in the US and the author of the book Saboteur, Saboteur is about a young man, Mr.
It gives a chance for the author to compare and contrast many elements of the book including his external state as a character in the book and the stream of conscious in his narration.
On post colonialism, Judith Wight talks of how both the whites and the black natives have lost in terms of culture and property then she proposes forgiveness and unity of the two groups as the [...]
Given the fact that, as it was implied earlier, ever since it was first published in 1906, The Gift of the Magi never ceased appealing to readers, we can well assume that the themes and [...]
The intertextual dialogue between the short story Afra by Emilia Pardo Bazan and the zarzuela La Bruja which is reflected in the parallelism of the principal characters, the similarities of setting and plot lines helps [...]
In Chapter Three of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the protagonist attempts to make sense of the nonsensical elements of female history, namely, how it could be that "in Athena's city, where women [...]
The final chip in the portrait of the "civilized" citizens of the Empire, the process of the Magistrate incarceration, does not seem to add much to the portrayal of the tortures; however, it adds a [...]
The poet uses a lot of personification in the poem in order to deflect attention away from the victim to the forces that caused this tragedy.
The folklore depictions of 'woman cat' and 'witch in the form of a cat' mirrors the folkloric grouping of cats with people as well as the grouping of people and cats. The story of Valerie [...]
The theme of multicultural is examined through the analysis of the Tale of Genji as well as the analysis of the theme through elaboration and analysis of four aspects from the tale.
On the contrary, this story lends a voice to millions of women across the globe that human trafficking is a horrendous crime that exists even in this sophisticated world."The Tale of Kieu" is a moral [...]
The death of Addie is also one of the dark and disturbing components of the narration. The end of the story illustrates that the entire piece has been a flashback since it talks about the [...]
At the beginning of the poem, one can see Kim Trong as an ideal of a man according to the norms and principles of the Vietnamese society: Kim Trong, a scion of the noblest stock.
Concurring with the behavior of Misfit and Grandmother, O'Connor gives the elusive description of a good man relating it to gracility as a Christian value.
He began to feel the loss and gripped with fear of losing his father, the forthcoming experiences and need for protection; he clings to his father.
The main idea which should be considered in the essay is the understanding of the reasons why the author uses the protagonist without a name.
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.
The scars in Walcott's Omeros represent the wounds left by the slavemanship in the Caribbean combination of black and white skins of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
The arguments and the sequences that are created in a novel are well though out and present a realm of exploration, innovation and creativity that does not have borders. No form of literature in the [...]
In addition, this work will give examples and discuss the societal criticism of the Latin-American society arising from the mythical and magical realism presentation in the novel as in accordance to the given guidelines of [...]
However, the boy's intelligence is noted at this moment when he religiously turns his attention to floating orange peels beside the ocean liner, saying he saw the floating peels because he had a personal understanding [...]
As it has been stated above, the key topic that the authors of the book focus on is the ways in which religion shapes the contemporary society and the changes that religion brings.
It is based on this account that it can be determined that one of the prevailing elements in the story is the application of authority and its ability to create power.
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 [...]
Ironically, soldiers are trained to kill; that is, silencing the voice against killing in then, yet are expected to resurrect this feeling to live peacefully in society.
Gregor's predicament, from his hard work to repay his parents' debts to becoming useless and a burden after morphing into an insect.
A kind of punishment towards this character is the eventual adultery on the part of his wife, as well as the physical trauma received by the carpenters in the final part of the story.
In the end, the reader's opinions of the narrator will be influenced by their own experiences and viewpoints, the author's storytelling ability, and the topics and motifs of the story.
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.
The next morning, everyone in that community came to see the so-called angel and the story progressed to demonstrate the reality of otherness.
The text's atypical grammar and rhythm, as well as the author's evocative descriptions of the setting and the author's immediate environment, provide a firm foundation for the reading, as do hints at the text's colonial [...]
The paper discusses Sun Tzu's The Art of War and addresses the relevance of the text to the current event, namely Covid-19.
From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research by Michael Kibbe is dedicated to preparing students and young scholars to conduct research in theology.
The first example of isolation in Guigemar is presented at the very start of the poem. The themes of isolation are present in both poems, and generally serve as a negative influence on heroes.
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 [...]
The Masque challenges the concept of immortality presented in The Black Vampyre to reveal the inevitability of death. The statement may lead to philosophical discussions and a deeper understanding of mythology, but the general knowledge [...]
It is not similar to scepticism in this regard, since the main idea is to pose questions in pursuit of objective knowledge and the truth.
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 [...]
It is in the bounds of the story where the great saying, "the most beautiful flower is the rarest," is witnessed.
In the case of Dostoevsky, understanding the man's life can help the audience better relate to his character, notice the emergent and recurring themes of his novels, and understand their importance.
Hans Hubermann is Zusak's chief vehicle for the conveyance of the novel's message of hope, connection, and the empowering effects of language because of his role as Liesel's mentor and courage to protect his family.
Nora is in an intermediate position between a man and a tree, decorating the tree and allowing her husband to such behavior.
The issue of information through the prism of politics readers can view both at the abstract level and the local level of specific mechanisms in the territories of a country.
Thus, the use of dark imagery in Milton's work is implemented to heighten the contrast between light and darkness, good and evil.
The creature can be compared to a baby who tries to examine the world it lives in, and its actions are just contractions to the cruelty of the world.
As a result, the search for an effective solution to a mid-life crisis of meaning is a matter of paramount importance today. More specifically, he limits it to the tenets of religion and Christianity in [...]
The theme of the unsavory and detestable features of the Dutch national character resurfaces most often in Part III of the book, which ends with Gulliver's experiences in Japan.
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.
The narrator, Mansa's brother, leaves the country to go to the city to look for his long-lost sister. The narrator is not fazed or stopped by how huge the city is or the fact that [...]
To summarize the influence of both women on Gilgamesh, it is possible to cite Kelley to describe Gilgamesh's advice to him during one of the toughest period of the epic: When the gods created man, [...]
This essay argues that the text of The Thousand and One Nights is all about the art of storytelling. In the text, it is noted that due to her skills in narrating tales, the king [...]
This conflict is a battle between the protagonist, the primary character in the tale, and the antagonist, who is someone or something who opposes the protagonist.
The second plotline is dedicated to the life and death of the mentioned father Pedro Paramo his omnipotence and powerlessness, as well as love, detestation, and desolation. The work's structure: The order of events is [...]
The lack of love and all the consequence of it transcends the entire novel: "I did not love her. She was not feminine but desirable for the opposite sex because she learned to accept the [...]
Ismael and Ali examine the author's humane message of the rights of people to live in peace from the perspective of the Holocaust.
Who will take care of the dead creatures seems not to be in Tom's order of what to bother him and together with the wife is comfortable enjoying their wealth while the creatures are rotting [...]
The tension is not resolved because this exploration does not factor in the causes of the evil meaning that the reinforcement of the doctrinal message overrides critical thinking. In paradise, the issue of God's Justice [...]
The book provides an avenue for Investors and businessmen to learn a lot from the thoughts of Warren Buffett on issues pertaining to business and the methods he applies when making investments.
Given a chance to choose a friend among the characters, I would go for Jonas because of his impressive concern for society.
In the works of this direction, there was a frequent change of scenery around, and the character, who most often was the author, traveled to different lands and told about the peculiarities of everyday life, [...]
In this context, a literary text becomes perceived as a narrative discourse or the description of a series of events to represent a certain story or a plot through accentuating actions performed by the characters [...]
The subject matter of the book is Hispanic culture and traditions, particularly the cuisine and the family traditions in Mexico. They have a special term "machismo" which is associated with the responsibility of a man [...]
However, in the poem Death be not Proud, John Donne's somber narration describes death as a temporary sleep; and Emily Dickinson's poem, Because I Could Not Stop for Death, describes a journey symbolically in the [...]
However, the novel presents the most detailed, touching and thought-provoking description of all the saddest consequences the trauma of being a victim of an atomic explosion may leave in the life of any individual who [...]
In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus ventures to Hades, in Virgil's The Aeneid, Aeneas goes to Orcus and in Dante's Inferno, Dante ventures into the realm of Christian Hell.
This illustrates that the author of the poem - who is a woman - does not know who she is and looks to external sources to define her.
The novel contains the following short stories: "Epstein," "The Conversion of the Jews," "You Ca not Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," "Defender of the Faith," and "Eli, the Fanatic".
Following Tolle's advice, the readers may learn to recognize the inner voice of their ego and start to control it, to solve the problems with the self-identification, get rid of the masks and establish the [...]
The fact that Japanese people idealize aesthetics explains the particulars of Japan's history and provides us with the insight onto why, after being thoroughly defeated during the course of WW2, Japan was able to quickly [...]
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 [...]
Alongside tourism essays and reviews, with fast developing of technologies and telecommunication, a lot of TV and radio programmes are intended to present the information about the world's countries pointing out the advantages and disadvantages [...]
The question is that the main hero can tell the truth of his heart by means of the charms of nature.
The authors of the book, Levitt and Dubner propose that economics is basically the study of incentives. However, the author of the book is not interested in the conventional views of economics.
The blindfolds enable the boys to hide the truth of their identity from themselves during the fight, but their identities are further warped into acceptance of white domination and black suppression as they scramble for [...]
Omura is a harbinger of the conflict in which Capitan Nathan Algren, the main character of the story will be involved.
I believe one of the main characters of the novel "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee, Henry gives a full explanation to the issue of the cost of being a spy.
This paper aims to compare and contrast the last canto of the Inferno and the last canto of the Paradise. In fact, the entire poem is written in this way and Dante is believed to [...]
Imagine that the protagonist is one of the pilgrims in the story in search of the legendary gem along with the other pilgrims.
It tells the story of a young man Changez through a series of deviously and intricately crafted monologues where the protagonist narrates the story of his life to an ominously jumpy American who he happens [...]
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.
She prevents the girl from attending the Festival, forcing her to do her household chores instead, and the African Cinderella is saved by a frog who repays her kindness to him in the past by [...]
The present paper is intended to discuss and compare the ideas of women's position in Republican China as illustrated in the novel "Red Sorghum" by Mo Yan and the corresponding gender attitudes in the traditional [...]
The first adventures of Lazarillo gave the Spanish word Lazarillo a meaning of being a 'guide' for a blind person and thus, named to the dog who guides, the perro lazarillo.
In the case of the suburban American, there is a palpable kind of tug-of-war, a troubled air that is reminiscent of the political relations that existed between the superpowers.
For example in the chapter on the Great Gatisby she narrates the dreams of people in regard to the future, the dangers associated with fulfillment of such dreams, and the frustration resulting from the dreams [...]
Therefore, all real emotional response is suppressed and the perfect regimentation of the way of life in the One State is supposed to overcome this fatal human flaw.
The honesty in which the poems of Semezdin Mehmedinovic were written might lay in the fact that for the whole period of the Serbian nationalistic siege he remained a citizen of Sarajevo.
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 reign of the absurd has caused violence, and the setting of the story adds tremor and drama to it. War does not bring any good to people, and this is highlighted in the novel.
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.
Marginal characters thus may be claimed to play a crucial role in literary work and in the first place of its conceptual realization.
Chueh-Hsin's younger brothers do not want to follow his example and try to break away from the influence of the family. He leaves the compound of his family to continue his rebel and to marry [...]