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John Okada/No-No Boy

in an internment camp and two years in prison. It charts his efforts at reintegration into American society. From this perspective...

"The Catcher In The Rye" - Themes

(Coles 4). "I thought what Id do was, Id pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldnt have to have any goddam stupi...

Comparative Analysis of Oedipus and Willy Loman as They Relate to Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic Hero

plague wreaks death and despair onto the Theban people, Oedipus pride motivates him to make a deal whereby he reveals the identity...

Johnny Tremain

maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is exper...

Victorian Reading Habits: The Thrill of Transgression

"a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not"; sinister ruins "which arouse a pleasing melancholy"; dungeons, catacombs, crypts and...

John Proctor, a Tragic Hero

complete madness, until at last Elizabeth Proctor, who is completely innocent, is charged with being a witch (Miller, 1952). Not s...

The Thrill of Transgression: “Frankenstein” and “Manfred”

is blasphemous. Also, and certainly unknown to himself, he is skittering along the knife edge between madness and sanity. He is a ...

Women’s Refusal in Euripides’ Medea and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House

to her on the basis of her sex. To further complicate her situation, she was an exile from her primitive Colchis homeland, forced...

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanline...

Secondary Characters in “Ferdydurke” and “The Stranger”

He notes that old women often have big stomachs, while the men are "thin as rakes, and they all carried sticks" (Camus, 1946, p. 8...

Goodfella/Its Moral Message

Henrys voiceover narration.3 This narration gives the viewer insight into Henrys motivations. This narration conveys Henrys childl...

Role of Faith/Cry, the Beloved Country

of Western superiority, is the only correct view. By this novels end, it is clear that what Price calls "faith" is rather cultur...

"Paul's Case"

expression. He had no desire to become an actor, any more than he had to become a musician. He felt no necessity to do any of thes...

The Characters Okonkwo and Oedipus Compared

the law. It would be an impossibility, no matter what the prediction, that this would happen. However, in the case of Oedipus, he ...

An Exploration of Anthropology by Andrea Lee

to parade as white folds illustrates how she wanted her kindred to be just as proud of their true racial roots as they were with t...

The Theme of Self-Reliance is found in Emma, Huck Finn and My Name is Asher Lev

swayed by the setting to which he is born. In fact, it seems that Emma and Huck learn those lessons too. The self-reliance they ea...

Why Homer Was Murdered by Emily in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

such. We had long thought of them as a tableau, Miss Emily a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled sil...

Masculinity Crisis in The Color Purple by Alice Walker, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

supervision of impoverished farm tenant Edward Covey, who had established a notorious reputation as being a "nigger breaker," youn...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin and Power Struggles

feel "normal" she simply goes about her day. There is an air of loneliness, despair and isolation, which would make any individual...

The Distinctively Canadian Anne Of Green Gables

souls" (Wittenstein, 1999, p. 26) during World War II. Like Americans and a whole host of other foreigners who come to capture a ...

Suicide in 'The Awakening' by Kate Chopin

according to Wolff, cannot find a "partner or audience with whom to build her new story" and she is unable to build one all by her...

Thematic Comparison of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

reminded it is at the bottom. Yet, despite this acute awareness, he seizes whatever opportunity he can to break free "of these st...

Lone Defense of Ideals in St. Joan by George Bernard Shaw and An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

But the community corporate sector, represented by Peter; Hovstad, who is editor of the Peoples Messenger newspaper that is intere...

The Character of Troy Maxson

affair as forgivable. Of course, that is not all he does. Still, when evaluating this character as a whole, there is a sense of mo...

Willy Loman and Exhaustion

soreness of his palms...then carries his case out into the living-room...Im tired to death" he tells his wife (Miller 12-13). Hi...

'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

is being raped, the experience evolves into something that is "sensually stimulating, relaxing, and, of course, spiritually illumi...

Clever Women in Modern Detective Fiction

the standard framework for a mystery detective novel, each of these works share similar themes that are indicative of current Amer...

Abeng by Michelle and Confusion Resulting from Clare's Obsession

Clare is searching and there are reminders along the way that this is a good thing. That said, there are also ideas to denote the ...

Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

provide Janie with financial security. Many women, less independent than Janie, would suffer and endure. Janie leaves with another...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

so strongly rooted in the collective consciousness that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethica...