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Bildingsroman Aspects of Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

In seven pages this paper discusses the bildingsroman characteristics of Lakota Woman, which metaphorically depicts a Native Ameri...

The Causes of Effects of Binge Drinking

(Roan 01E). Binge drinking causes adverse behavior. The effect of this is rape and sexually transmitted disease. Accordin...

Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson Dargatz

In four pages this book that concerns 1940s British Columbia and the conflicts that arise from the coming of age is discussed. Th...

Growing Up in Frances H. Burnett's The Secret Garden and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

with the color of Oz, which is lush and green. In Oz, Dorothy has many adventures, but keeps working to find a way to get back ho...

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling and Protagonist Harvey Cheyne

direct order--never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons fo...

Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat

This face is made clear when the author writes about the remoteness of Uncle Angus cabin from other signs of human civilization. L...

Morally Justifying Mutilation of Female Genitals

sexuality of the individual. However, FGM is far more drastic and damaging than male circumcision. A more appropriate analogy woul...

Coming of Age and Maturity in J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...

Moody's Portrait of Racism

by her own relatives. She seems to learn that hard times can come from black as well as white folk. Annes first taste of how thing...

The Ernest J. Gaines Story The Sky is Gray

the conditions of life. If he were a young boy with no responsibilities he would have been focused on his environment in a very im...

Bildungsroman in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

life of misery which was to befall me" (Defoe). Crusoes defiance of his father relates also to his willfulness toward God, who, ...

An Analysis of Gabriel Christian's Short Stories, Rain on a Tin Roof

This paper analyzes Christian's short story collection, Rain on a Tin Roof. The author focuses on details of Christian's coming o...

Analyzing the Walk in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

the Introduction of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" Seamus Deane presents the idea that the walk is one of the novels m...

Iroquois Boys' Manly Rite of Passage

hunter and a brave individual is the most important element of a boy becoming a man. Demonstrating that a person is brave and ab...

Ralph Ellison's 'Battle Royal' and James Joyce's 'Araby'

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Essays on Gender and Sexuality

Williams (1992) concurs that in this society, there are generally single gender occupations. Yet, she points out that while many l...

Johnny Tremain

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

Depression in Children and Adolescents

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

Tennyson: “Ulysses”

author or both; the last suggested interpretation is that "Ulysses is an Ancient Mariner who has never learned his lesson" (Landow...

Journey to Self-Awareness in Emma, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and My Name is Asher Lev

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

Short Stories

friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...

Homer Hickam/October Sky

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

Ahmed, Satrapi/Growing up Female in the Islamic World

through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...

Information: Determining Value And Accuracy

for known facts. However, it is important to realize that bias can - and does - exist even when an author is both qualified and r...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Farewell to Manzanar

She further notes how her mother worked every day and he stayed home and she was "ashamed of him for that and, in a deeper way, fo...

Uranya/A Film Analysis

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

Four Structures in Oklahoma City

are no readily discernible passive features that accommodate solar heat collection; however, the portico does offer shelter from r...