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In four pages these novels by Marshal, Toomer, and Conde are contrasted and compared in terms of narrative and thematic styles. T...

too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. It...

This paper looks at the use of particular stylistic elements in Bronte's novel which underpin her use of character development and...

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

not something that had occurred to him earlier. The murder appears to stem solely from the fact that the narrator has the power in...

In two pages this essay examines the thematic importance of faith and religion in the narrative of Mary Rowlandson. There is no b...

In five pages the use of narrative voice by these authors in their respective works is contrasted and compared. There are no othe...

the student was supposed to learn for himself. Concrete Experience Not all recognize this collective and monumental lesson,...

not follow any timeline, as it jumps around continuously from one moment to another. In the end we are left understanding the enti...

are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...

control of countries worldwide. Naturally, showing dark natives the benefits of Western culture did not come without a price, as E...

(which could mean anytime between the early 1990s and today, Coetzees "spare" novel (as some critics have called it) concerns Davi...

men see as hostility is in fact only the normal progression of the natural world. At first, they assume that that it is some consc...

1817. While a master could lawfully punish a slave, using his own discretion and judgment, state law established a limit and that ...

death in The Great War. Unlike classical protagonists, Jacob exists not in the center of the action but always on the periphery (...

existence. Thus, he sees himself as something more than a victim. He simply has a less desirable fate than some of his peers. Yet,...

most masters tried to keep their slaves ignorant on this matter, as it was regarded as a sign of a "restless spirit" for slaves to...

to break down from involuntary inactivity. I now recognize the increased muscle weakness in both my legs and arms, as well as dif...

getting the opportunity to visit the beach, alone, for a day. She was still five miles away from the ocean, yet the air seemed d...

an "observant Jew," which means that he is at odds with his own culture because "observant Jews do not paint at all" (Potok 3). H...

that she had organized her wards to the utmost efficiency. At the same time, her best friend Jessica had written to her brother in...

plantation, where she was put to raise the children of the younger women. I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the b...

them, the more the author desperately wanted to remove himself from such circumstances. "In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-...

benefits which had been gained from the experience, since this would be counter-productive in terms of the effect on the reader....

and sorrow" (Prince; 1). She was soon sold off to a master and then began to learn about being beaten and abused as a slave. Sh...

the story written from a different perspective would have been worse, or better, is to ignore the fact that with a different form ...

wants to be counseled but a young counselor finds that she not only is very different from the client who comes from China and bar...

Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...

as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...

of Dardania, best hope of Troy,/What kept you from us for so long, and where? From what far place, O Hector, have you come, Long, ...