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Okonkwo and Oedipus

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

Cunningham's The Hours/Implications for Healthcare

not only relates to the societal restrictions with which women had to contend in regards to their expected societal roles, but it ...

Analysis of Two Works by Ernest Hemingway

an unnamed American man and his girlfriend, Jig. Theyre sitting at a train station in the valley of the river Ebro; its barren and...

Cultural Assumptions in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and E.M. Forster's A Passage to India

beyond the fact that the English essentially control them and find a level of peace somehow. But, in the end it seems that each ch...

Why Nineteen Eighty Four Was Written by George Orwell

why he wrote the story with the thesis being that Orwell wrote the story to warn of the serious communist threat. 1984 "George ...

The Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

Sea of Poppies by Ghosh

white which clearly brings into play language and communication styles. There is Paulette, a woman who is French but prefers to we...

The Old Man and the Sea

decide to go out on his own and catch a fish so that he was not unlucky any longer. He is also a very old man. In these respects o...

Afghanistan and the Taliban

and coalition forces are on the increase, making it more difficult for NATO and U.S. forces to stabilize Afghanistan (Bruno and Ka...

Comparing 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess with Stanley Kubrick's Film A Clockwork Orange

other supporting characters. In order to streamline the storytelling even more, the screen adaptation of A Clockwork Orange focus...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Race Construction

helmsman awfully... Perhaps you will think it passing strange, this regret for a savage who was of no more account than a grain of...

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and Its Romantic Aspects

paper is none other than a telepathic gorilla. Suspend judgment if you will. Call the Gorilla, Ishmael. With this sweeping and my...

The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Celie's Self Discovery

by her contemporaries. These women will weave a rich fabric of friendship, which is symbolically referred to in the novel through...

The Shining Film and Perspective

place in the hotel. Before truly examining the narrative content in the film we look at the elements concerning the protagonist....

Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and Injustice

and his wife wish to send their daughter Tess to the family mansion in hopes of winning the heart of a prominent dUrberville heir....

A Comparison of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris

world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...

A 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Excerpt

remember the dream he had been having. It had been a good one" (Rowling 19). Contemporary Children First and foremost, we note...

The Monster Element in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs. I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhab...

Character Study of Toni Morrison's Beloved

treated like a horse, complete with a bit in his mouth. Sethe managed to escape. In fact, because she was very pregnant and had b...

Andrea in Carmen Laforet's Nada

and overcome her family and poverty. Andrea is in search of self definition at this point, though she is not consciously aware of ...

Beloved by Toni Morrison and Protagonist Symbolism

survivor of a slave ship, which crossed the water. With this crossing of the water, vast numbers of people had their way of life c...

Character Analysis of Jim in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

In twelve pages the self concept and behavior of Jim in the novel Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad are analyzed. There is an outline con...

Marlow's Importance in Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of Marlow to this novel with comparisons between this character and author Jose...

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

In six pages this paper examines the protagonist in this novel by Joseph Conrad in terms of how he represents man's emotions. Ten...

Typhoon by Joseph Conrad

yet falling barometer. The ship was beginning to take in water. In fact, MacWhirr even noted in his diary that there was every i...

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Identity

In five pages this paper examines the theme of a personal identity quest as it relates to the novel by Lewis Carroll. There are 6...

Corregidora by Gayl Jones

In five pages this paper critically analyzes the novel by Gayl Jones. There are no other sources listed....

Explication of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this novel is analyzed in terms of characterization, plot, and theme. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Modernism and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

She received an associates degree from Howard, which did not benefit her in any material way; following her college graduation, sh...

Plot, Florida, and Literary Quality of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In seven pages this paper examines how 1930s' Florida life is presented, literary aspects, and plot significance of Zora Neale Hur...