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movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...
Herodotus (Vidal). Herodotus was an actual historical figure, known as both the "father of history" and the "father of lies." Here...
but throughout the novel in its structure and in the references Eco brings in. The reader thus becomes aware that the novel is wor...
is, its probably Elizabeth, a young mother of six who, more than most, seems to have one foot in the strict Kirshner sect and the ...
This 3 page paper discusses the novel “Michael’s War,” about the IRA. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...
as we can see from works such as Toni Morrisons Beloved, slavery was a moral and psychological evil whose effects were felt -- and...
better protected, with individuals warned that flood waters were coming and they should evacuate. Its likely that a wealthier 9th ...
his boyhood days. He meets Lolita and instantly desires her, doing anything he can to be near her, even agreeing to marry Lolit...
and Barnes are the same person. What is clear is that Hemingways experiences make Barnes seem very real. So does Hemingways famou...
readers. However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them" (S...
there. He has grown up in a society that talks about the World State and so he is curious. He is a reader of Shakespeare and a man...
1852.5 Stowes portrayal of the cruelty of slavery generated "horror in the North and outrage in the South," as Southerners perceiv...
into the pen during the day. After the best of the gang were sold off, the balance was taken to the Exchange coffee-house auction ...
through Nicks eyes Nick provides the voice by which the other characters are heard. As such, he serves as a "translator of the dr...
in words, never in deeds. In actuality, Carnegie was totally ruthless in his business practices, coldly treating the workers as if...
147). Marlows initial reaction is in keeping with the African environment and the darkness that has touched his life, as it did Ku...
her mothers home country of Sweden. Ben had the "America fever" and stole the money in order to obtain passage to the US (Johnson ...
childhood, as well as everything he hopes to achieve is best illustrated in an incident that occurs between Sammy and Al Manheim o...
Sonya Marmeladov, a young woman who has prostituted herself in order to support her parents. While Sonya suffers physically becaus...
prominently into Elizas later life. The first part is also when Eliza falls in love with Joaquin Andieta, who dreams of ending th...
see the truth, that is, that the Talas supposed conversion to Christianity is a delusion. A principal focus of Drumonts evangeli...
no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...
important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...
than one hundred participants," and involved examination of thousands of documents (Eichenwald 569). However, in other ways, it i...
and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...
value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...
that Twain struggled with "how to reconcile the felt memory of boyhood with the cruel implications of the social system within whi...
1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Alexandre Dumas's most well known and popular novels. The writer looks at the way that the au...
Jean, which is evident from the picture of the family friend that his mother keeps on the mantelpiece. Unaware of the torturous th...