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Allegorical �Young Goodman Brown�An allegory is a narrative in which the characters and objects personify deeper meanings than what the reader can see on the surface. The allegorical meaning is the writer�s real purpose in writing the narrative so that a lesson can be found when reading below the surface. �Young Goodman ...
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Book Report A Voyager OutFrank, Katherine. A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1986
Katherine Frank’s novel A Voyager Out tells the life story of Mary Kingsley. She talks of her childhood, her young adult life, and her traveling life. She wanted to tell the world what this ...
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Of Mice And Men: CrooksCrooks plays a significant part in the novel, "Of Mice and Men."
Crooks is considered the lowest man on the totem pole on the ranch. Crooks
desperately needs companionship and equality. He has the intelligence of
any of the workers, but they don't listen to him because he is black..
Crooks is a ...
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The Great Gatsby: Unfaithfulness And GreedThe love described in the novel, The Great Gatsby, contains "violence
and egoism not tenderness and affection." The author, F. Scott Fitzgerald,
writes on wealth, love, and corruption. Two coupes, Tom and Daisy Buchanan and
George and Myrtle Wilson, match perfectly with these categories. Both ...
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Lord Of The FliesRalph: main character- Ralph is the narrator of the story.
Jack: Jack is Ralph main enemy in the story. He leads the hunters.
Piggy: Piggy is the smart one of the group.
Simon: He is my favorite character in the story. He is viewed as the Christ-figure and interprets the mysteries of the ...
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Antiheroism In HamletAntiheroism has always been an interesting aspect of a character that authors have chosen to illustrate. In literature, there has been countless antiheroic characters, from Randle McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast, to others as famous as Robin Hood and ...
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Symbolism In Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbirdby Ryan
"I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go
after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want , if you can hit 'em, but
remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This is what Atticus Finch
tells his children after they are given air-rifles for Christmas. ...
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Great Expectations 2Great Expectations, by Charles dickens is fascinating tale of love and fortune. The main character “Pip” is a dynamic character who undergoes many changes through the course of the book. Throughout this analysis the character Pip will be identified and his gradual change through the ...
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Enders Game--enders Empathic AOrson Scott Card's work of science fiction, Ender's Game, is the exciting and poignant tale of a genius, Ender Wiggin, whom the Government takes from home at an early age to mold into a military commander. From his turbulent childhood, to his days at the physically and psychologically taxing ...
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Short Stories - "Spelling" And "Differently": Female RelationshipsThe analysis of the two short stories "Spelling" and "Differently" written
by Alice Munro deal with female relationships. These relationships paint a
vivid picture of the kinship, deception, challenges, and associations that
affect friends and family as they journey through life.
"Spelling" is ...
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The Beast In The Jungle: The Beast Of James"In the case of Henry James there should not be much dispute about the
exactness and completeness of the representation; no man ever strove more
studiously or on the whole more successfully to reproduce the shape and
color and movement of his �sthetic experience." These are the remarks
of Stuart ...
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The Gradual Development Of ChaLord of the Flies was written by William Golding, and the topic of this essay is to show how Golding suggests that the boys on the island gradually move from their civilized behavior to total anarchy. In the book, Lord of the Flies, an undefined number of boys are stranded on a desert island, and ...
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Female Characters In "Raise The Red Lantern", The Handmaid's Tale, And "AUnlike men, women have been facing unique problems for centuries. Often
times, women experience harassment and discrimination. In today's society,
females are trying to combat their tribulations through law suits and
protest rallies. Literature often deals with people being unable to
articulate ...
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Lord Of The Flies Tracing TheIn the novel, Lord of the Flies, it is the “beast” which is the most important and symbolic. It remains, whether considered real or imaginary by the boys on the island, a significant ‘being’. William Golding has chosen to personify the evil that is inside human beings, in ...
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A Domestic Dilemma By Carson MCarson McCuller�s story �A Domestic Dilemma� depicts a family torn by both compassion and suffering. Martin, a loving and understanding husband must deal with his family�s problems. Martin�s wife, Emily, distraught by her new environment, initiates her family�s difficulties with her drinking ...
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Compare And Contrast On The PeAccording to The Pearl, the Indians and the Caucasians had the same plans of their own if they owned the pearl. The pearl meant wealth for the Indians. To the whites the pearl meant more power and wealth. Unlike the Caucasian, the Indians had many reasons for desiring the great pearl.
In The Pearl ...
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Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal Dreams": AliceShe is dead. She does not appear physically but haunts mentally. She is
Codi and Hallie's mother Alice, the late wife of Homero Noline. Throughout the
novel Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver, Alice impacted the characters, action,
and theme(s).
When Alice passed away she took part of Homer ...
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Hamlet Literary AnalysisIn “Hamlet”, the tragedy by William Shakespeare, Hamlet, the prince of Denmark withholds a great internal conflict throughout the play. As a result, Hamlet contradicts himself many times throughout out the play, which caused the unnecessary death of many others. As well as trying to ...
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A Lesson Before Dying: Mr. WigginsIn A Lesson Before Dying, Mr. Grant Wiggins' life crises were the center
of the story. Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, he himself
became more of one as a result. Not to say that Jefferson was not in any way
transformed from the "hog" he was into an actual man, but I believe ...
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Color PurpleThe book The was written by Alice Walker. The book was not written in a conventional manner. It was a series of letters spanning the life of Celie, the main character. Most of the letters were written by Celie and some by her sister Nettie. The theme of the book is to be true to yourself in ...
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Great Expectations: Miss Havisham And DisengagementGrowing old is a process that every human must endure. People handle this phenomenon in their own unique way. There are three classical psychosocial theories of aging that examine the behavior of people approaching late life: disengagement, activity, and continuity. People who experience the ...
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Master Harold: Differing Influences On FugardAthol Fugard's drama, "Master Harold" . . . And The Boys, was written
during a time of great conflict in South Africa, where he was raised.
Fugard was torn between his mother, who was "Afrikaaner," (1291) and his
father, who was "of English decent" (1291). These differing influences
caused ...
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Gods And GeneralsThe American Civil War was a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union), and 11 secessionist Southern states, organized as the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). It was the culmination of four decades of intense sectional conflict and it reflected deep-seated ...
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Similarities In Fitzgerald's "Two Wrongs" And "An Alcoholic Case"In his writings, F. Scott Fitzgerald sometimes blends many similar
character traits among the main characters. So it goes with "Two Wrongs,"
and "An Alcoholic Case." Perhaps it may seem an unlikely choice for a
comparison/contrast, however I believe these stories are very much
correlated. From ...
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