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In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the utilization of various literary devices are used and placed throughout the story with meaning and importance. With the creative use of these tools, Conrad gives his readers an opportunity to understand the main concepts and ideas he is trying to portray through his work, yet still leaves the…

‘Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit but taste completely different.’ – Stephen King The Hunger Games is a perfect example of that. Although, there are many similarities since they tell the same story, the differences are astounding to observant people. Many people have their opinions of whether they prefer…

In “The Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, the main character Gregor Samsa is depicted as a broken man who views himself as nothing more than a “monstrous insect” who has the weight of the world on his shoulders (Kafka 1). This inner feeling is felt by most people in some point of their lives and can…

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ painting is one of the most well-known and recognisable paintings of the Renaissance period. Leonardo da Vinci was best known for his spectacular artwork as he created some of the most famous paintings in the world. I have chosen to study Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper…

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 is a post-apocalyptic book that begins in an oddly clean and sanctioned society of the future. This place in the novel is called “the World State.” We see in the beginning of the novel a young group of kids whom are students, getting a tour of…

Feelings of alienation and rejections have universal implications. Nearly everyone experiences some form of denial in unique ways in their lifetime, and in most cases, families contribute to such feelings either knowingly or unknowingly. In Metamorphosis, Kafka uses manipulation and distortion of his primary character Gregor Samsa in the story to bring out the theme…

With close reference to J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye (1945), write a report to show how the themes of detachment, despondency and desperation for the unknown are developed in this novel. Jerome David Salinger (J.D Salinger) was an American writer best known for his novel Catcher in the Rye. Adolescents are featured or appear…

The Awakening is the central theme of Kate Chopin’s novel. The story has much different kinds of experience by the main character Edna Pontellier, which show “awakening”. First, Edna awakens to the fact that she has not been happy in her marriage and she takes her present life unfulfilling. Edna Pontellier’s “awakening” too leads to…

Traveling through the United States, Dorothea Lange took eminent photos of migrant families suffering in the Dust Bowl. She was one of the most influential photographers of her time. Lange gave the Dust Bowl a new outlook to American citizens and generations to come. The reasons for this new outlook were she felt a connection…

Introduction What is art? Art is something that is created with imagination and skills and that is beautiful or that expresses ideas or feelings. In art, there is nothing called wrong, each person may have a different view of the piece.an artist will draw something that he may find unique or special and in his…