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and quite different from the well known dystopian view of Aldous Huxley. In Brave New World, which was written more than a decade ...

his store, shed find him behind the counter, "bulky and waistcoated, his voice with its Scots burr prompting me when I forgot, and...

age: "To her son these words conveyed an extraordinary joy, as if it were settled, the expedition were bound to take place, and th...

time which has caused him to think of himself as incredibly special: "In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was ...

these farmers in the characterization of a single family, the Joads. From what was left of their Oklahoma homestead to their jour...

and identities within himself. But, he fails miserably at truly becoming more than he is and this is a problem. As noted, his prob...

are societies that do not allow for individuality or for original thought and for human beings this is crucial to their identity. ...

carried in the pockets of her apron...They were all love, lovers, sweethearts, persecuted ladies fainting in lonely pavilions, pos...

The author totally immerses herself in the tragic Venus many hardships, imagining what she saw, felt, and experienced during her s...

how socially shocking they might be. Lucys mother always has the best intentions and willing to share openly her thoughts and fe...

lifetime - to become the knight-errant hero like those of the Round Table he always fantasized being. The life of a 50-year-old w...

the novel, the term city is used interchangeably with the term citizen to reinforce this unity: "Our city, my city... Without a ci...

blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...

abrogated his personal responsibility on two levels. First, he has given up his responsibility to educate, nurture and care for th...

arrived there; there are hundreds of sources describing these groups. The study of American history is fascinating, since it revea...

man with a dreadful face. Its center was red and empty; blood streamed from it into his mouth and beard ... both shoulders dripped...

or "Do you have home room all year?" Kaufman throws the reader in at the deep end by not using quotation marks, or telling us whos...

the table that are unfamiliar to him, and he begins reading the poetry of Swinburne, "forgetful of where he was, his face glowing"...

Yossarian watches as many slowly lose their grip on reality as they fly mission after mission. The Catch 22, then is that which wo...

is the daughter of a white mother and a black father. Although her father does not take an active role in her life his presence i...

World War I spanned a four year period between 1914 and 1918. Nearly ten million lives were lost. World War I, and in fact,...

legitimately enslaved. Roxy gives birth to an infant son on the same day that a son is born to her white master. Twain emphasizes ...

As bleak and hopeless as this story is, we are also able to see that Mattie and Ethan genuinely do love each other, and...

sends through the voices of her characters. Stowe is a master at crafting conversations and employing just the right words for he...

Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...

who do not know how to live life and are brainwashed by books and academia" (Chan). In essence, the professor understands the more...

for their ethical behavior. He identified six stages which were classified in three levels: pre-conventional, conventional and pos...

powerful man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started ...

Finn" but also in many others of Twains tales. This importance is made apparent even by the chosen pen name of the author. Samue...

nature of Indian nationalism that was formulated during the colonial period (Rege, 1996). To understand the relationship between...