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Jean Toomer's Fern and Octavia Butler's Kindred

In five pages these works are considered in terms of their dual protagonists' commonality in the characters of Dana and Rufus in K...

Walker Percy's The Moviegoer and the Horizontal and Vertical Search of Binx Bolling

experiences in pursuing what his aunt had referred to as his "flair for research" (42). He and his partner have enthusiastically ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' and a Reaction to Its Good vs. Evil Theme

we use our life experiences to decide what wee believe otherwise to be. In Young Goodman Brown we are faced with a...

Comparing the Prose of J.S. Mill and Thomas Carlyle

In two pages this paper examines the style of prose employed by John Stuart Mill in a comparison with that of Carlyle and analyzed...

Allegory and Exemplum in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

are knit by Chaucer into a complex tapestry in this allegorical tale, illustrating the instability of lifes joys, but also the sam...

The Value of Appraisal Report Writing Software: A Comparative Look

in. In other words, just by acquiring the raw data about a property from the process of measuring and taking a visual assessment, ...

Comparison of the Goals and Organizational Structure of General Motors and Ford in 2010

61% stake in the firm to reduce its holding and the firm (New York Times, 2010). However, despite these pressures it may be argu...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Borowski and Wiesel/Surviving Auschwitz

it has been emptied of people. In the corners "amid human excrement...lie squashed trampled infants, naked little monsters with en...

Overview of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper containing six pages the protagonist's inability to handle the dissolution of his beloved Ibo culture after the takeove...

'The Pearl' by the Gawain Poet

In 5 pages this 14th century allegory is analyzed in terms of its protagonist's faith and pearl imagery. There is 1 source cited ...

Character Greatness in the Tragedies of William Shakespeare

that I have longed long to re-deliver. I pray you, now receive them" (Shakespeare 145). He replies: "No, no; I never gave you augh...

Literature and How It Has Evolved

politics of the time did. It seemed to be a time of little direction, and the writing of the period reflects this. It can be said...

Othello's Yin and Yang

interracial marriage in this work is one that highlights societal notions of race and marriage, accentuating norms and uncovering ...

Identity in 'Moll Flanders' by Daniel Defoe

In 5 pages this paper examines how the protagonist's personality defines identity in 'Moll Flanders' by Daniel Defoe. One source ...

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Themes of the Individual and Community

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Achebe's classic novel is considered in terms of the individual and community interrelationship a...

'Funnyhouse of a Negro' Play by Adrienne Kennedy

This is a research paper that contains five pages and presents the theme that the play is intended to convey the protagonist's lif...

The Short Story 'The Abortion' from the Collection You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker

In nine pages reader empathy and understanding of Imani is considered through access to the protagonist's deeply personal emotions...

Vice and Virtue Internal Debate in Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

agree that the most significant debate Jones had with himself concerning virtue and vice was when he decided to marry Sophia, one ...

Martin Luther, St. Augustine, the Christian Church, and Individualism

In six pages this paper discusses how these two theologians represented the relationship between God and the individual in a compa...

Two Studies on Curriculum Based Measurement Compared

In four pages the special needs learning tool Curriculum Based Measurement is considered within the context of two studies in a co...

Writing Style and Protagonist of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

from the text. However, the traumatic experiences that torture him do come out, but, they do so slowly, in bits and pieces. Somet...

Supporting Female Characters in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

the narrator informs the reader, looks at his wife as she were a "valuable piece of personal property" (Chopin 4). It is largely E...

Disempowerment and Disassociation in John Updike's 'A Short Easter'

A thematic analysis of 'A Short Easter' by John Updike focuses upon the protagonist's lack of empowerment and disassociation in a ...

Henry Fleming's Insignificance in Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage

In five pages this paper discusses how the setting emphasizes the protagonist's insignificance in this work by Stephen Crane. Ther...

The Jolly Corner by Henry James

In five pages this paper examines the protagonist's doppelganger searches and the emotions that are experienced as a result. Ther...

Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

In five pages this text is compared with Olaudah Equiano's novel and analyzed in terms of answering questions pertaining the audie...

Critically Assessing Sammy in John Updike's Short Story 'A and P'

The protagonist's intelligence as perceived by the reader draws conclusions about Sammy's actions in this paper containing five pa...

Short Story 'The Death of Ivan Ilych'

on his knee, leans over him, putting his ear first higher then lower, and performs various gymnastic movements over him with a sig...

The View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller

In five pages this paper examines the tragedy of the protagonist's failure to face his own feelings as portrayed in Arthur Miller'...