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want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...
Umuofia clan, and that Okonkwo has met those criteria. This is important later on, when Okonkwo commits a dreadful crime that gets...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
describes how he flew north, in shock, after his mother died, describing how he traveled "toward what I thought of her death as i...
confronted some of the obstacles that define their personal an public lives. Anil has come to terms with her identity as a Sri Lan...
the rights of plants: "And when we call plant stupid for not understanding out business, how capable do we show ourselves of under...
him--and pay for the privilege. Tom realizes that "Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do and that Play consists of wha...
anyone who has read the book, there are some disturbing scenes in the book that are so powerfully written and detailed that the re...
In five pages this paper presents a literary analysis of this novel's text. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography...
In five pages the novel's three female characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and significance. On...
Saigon; its the real-life slog of the guys out in the field, the ones who took the chance of dying every time they went on patrol....
important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...
is "large and stout for his age," meaning of course that hes much larger than the girl (Bront?, 2007). He is a glutton as well and...
In seven pages this paper analyzes both the novel's 3rd person narrative as well as the main character Okonkwo. Six sources are c...
In five pages this paper examines how this novel's 4 characters represent a quartet of faculty fragmentations such as thought, sen...
In five pages the novel is analyzed in regards to the role chance plays in the life of a soldier and also examines how the novel w...
In six pages this paper discusses how the struggles of Indian women are reflected in this novel's female characterization. Eleven...
In five pages this paper examines the novel's representation of the Chinese heritage as perceived by an eleven year old boy. Ther...
In 5 pages the totalitarian state is examined within the context of novel contained within Orwell's futuristic novel, 'Ignorance i...
This 5 page paper analyzes the first chapter of Song of Solomon, a novel by Toni Morrison. The writer suggests that in this openin...
some sense out of her life. There is also the close, intimate relationship that she has with her younger sister, Nettie. T...
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 ...
understand the consequences of what he has done, and this is reflective of Prometheus who also had no idea what he was really doin...
work of fiction to which Alvarez brings her skills as a novelist in creating characterization for each sister. The book is divided...
Esperanza. Her family cannot afford to buy a home, so they are forced to live in a dilapidated and overcrowded tenement on Chicag...
- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...
In six pages this research paper compares how postmodern perspectives manifest themselves in director Peter Greenaway's film The C...
society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...
of Victorian societys patriarchal structure. In Emma, she constructed her characters in such a way that they could speak for her,...
Buck is just an animal, but to many people, animals-and particularly dogs-are very smart and have intense feelings. Buck seems to ...