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son, Hally, who is young and in desperate need of both attention and guidance. In this regard, Sam plays the role of a surrogate ...

thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...

about the cost of lessons or the upkeep of a car was also attractive, and as such unlike many peers, I did not immediately learn t...

possible, including the attainment of the American Dream. His childhood is in sharp contrast to that of his lifelong friend, Jenn...

her experience offers rare insight into the feelings of Puritans regarding the Native Americans and their relationship with the wh...

At the beginning of this extended speech, the representative from Corcyra prefaces his narrative of events with an appeal that is ...

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

inferior didnt hold up in the light of his personal story. Equianos work showed the American slave owners and traders how hypocrit...

funny. The boys arrive at Uranyas beach shack, which is "straight out of Fellini," on their bicycles (Young). One boy ventures for...

And another tells how widespread it is: 31% of American women, that is nearly one-third of all women, report that they have been p...

entirely different media. It is unfair of movie audiences to expect a director to put their favorite book on screen, scene-for-sce...

lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...

as "jolly, slapstick comedy," but also criticizes it for lacking the "almost eerie humanity that infused" the earlier movies, writ...

"Slaves Who Have No Country of Your Own-Ruled by Different Masters (1945-1947)" (Chang, 1991, p. 75). This title conveys the attit...

I thought it was probably easier to plan a military invasion than a wedding. But I had anticipated the craziness and the occasiona...

child who was very, very much wanted, previously in the film, scenes featuring John and Jenny have shown them thrilled over her pr...

In five pages the arguement is presented that the future depicted in Offred's narrative is a combination reenactment of the Bible ...

the late nineteenth century (the same time the story was written). This setting is of vital importance because at that time, weal...

not abhor, which is very important in setting up the story: "Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from...

this essay, he differentiates between knowing multiple facts and being able to regurgitate them on demand in order to score highly...

humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Leyda, 2007, p. 322). The Greek verb "tapeinosel" i...

that her mother "had never really had a friend of her own before" and it is clear that the friendship means a great deal to both w...

can bring himself to sit at the same table with his wife. Swift sets the stage for making this reaction from Gulliver believable ...

Graham is having an affair with his partner, Ria, who is of Latin American descent; however, Graham cannot seem to remember that ...

who come to Africa and find themselves overwhelmed by it. One example of the way in which Marlow puts his interpretation on things...

After the Civil War, slavery was over, though of course prejudice against African-Americans remains to this day. The historical i...

it can generate income for the company (Hickey, 2007). The focus changes from reducing costs to increasing revenue and profit over...

as his overarching rationale, as he is also in Birmingham "because "injustice is here" (King). In analyzing the situation in Bir...

all realities and truths in a single work. In relationship to who this book is intended for one could well argue that...

as a necessity of life as food, water, and comfort. The people who make no effort to know God cannot understand the world in whic...