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This act served a dual significance - it ended Okonkwos life and anguish, and it was a parting shot to the Christianity that had t...
She builds a strong house for herself and makes weapons, and lives alone for 18 years. During that time she hunts down the dogs th...
novels are superior to plays, lets take a well-known play and consider how much more it could have done if it were a novel. Since ...
factor in American life; that and technology in all its glory, which has no faults whatever. This paper is a response to Jonestown...
America in the 1920s" (Gibb 96). Gatsby is, in many ways, the epitome of new growth and renewal and thus of a metaphorical landsca...
book, Benjamin Schreier claims that Gatsby, if not actually black-an unusual interpretation to be sure-is someone of color; he bas...
friends-who were all at the same class at school-had the idea that war is glorious and noble, an attitude encouraged by their teac...
of the characters faces so that we can see, for instance, how Mr. Darcy reacts to Elizabeths snub or the reaction of the Bennett w...
aspect of family struggle, in that they hobnob with social elite while at the same time tend to their ailing father who appears to...
In five pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of Angelou's novel and the TV movie adaptation in a discussion of strengt...
This 3 page paper gives a response to the authors reading of the novel Fahrenheit 451. This paper includes examples from the text ...
This paper pertains to "We So Seldom Look on Love," a short story by Barbara Gowdy and It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, a g...
This 3 page paper gives an overview of the final chapters in A Confederacy of Dunces. This paper includes elements of Goffman's co...
This paper examines Elizabeth Bowen's novel in terms of how the characters respond to loosing innocence and disillusionment. This...
ever since Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize" (Simon 64). The novel was an attention grabber and did have it elements of superna...
In ten pages Steinbeck's depiction of man's continuing struggles with society are examined within the context of The Grapes of Wra...
This paper discusses issues of morality, personal identity, and cultural tradition as seen in Erdrich's Love Medicine. This seven...
In five pages this paper examines the depiction of the Vietnam War in a comparison and contrast of these literary works. Four oth...
In one page this paper examines Third World Africa in a contrast between written language and oral tradition as represented in G...
assumption that a bourgeois young man could move into this environment, sprinkle a little Gospel around like holy water, and grow ...
he is lost and is unable to enjoy this world he sees revolving around him, while at the same time we are given the impression that...
This essay lays out a novel and unique plan for eliminating organized crime and subsequently much of the violence from the illegal...
all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...
no problem taking their wages to support himself, even as the rest of the family scrimps and saves and slips further into poverty....
and its people would prosper as employees of this new American oil company venture, distinctions are almost immediately evident. ...
new out of it each time. Its a favorite because it is full of adventure, song, deep emotion, a portrayal of true friendship and sa...
demonstrate how utilitarianism appears to have the peoples best interest in mind; however, that extension is limited to the number...
This paper analyzes Madame de Lafayette's book, Princess of Cleves and the French court during the sixteenth century. This five p...
A paper containing five pages analyzes how Steinbeck views alcohol and alcoholics rather ambivalently but finds a value in using t...
In three pages this paper considers Beloved by Toni Morrison in an argument that the Beloved character represents Sethe's daughter...