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Fairy tales are stories whose characters are mostly talking animals, non-existing creatures, and mysterious occurrences. They are mostly made for children and are narrated to them. Such stories are about creatures such as elves, hobgoblins, and fairies. Some good examples of fairy tales in children literature include the Cinderella and the Rapunzel fairy tales. The…

Fahrenheit 451 revolves around the premise of Guy Montag’s life-changing run-in with forbidden literature. His encounters with books caused a series of events that ultimately lead up to a murder, sabotage, a deadly chase and the road to becoming a fugitive. With books being so influential to his thought processes and change in views of…

In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella The Little Prince, children and adults are opposites due to their creativity. Adults failed to see the importance of imagination by not seeing the things that are invisible and were always occupied with “matters of consequence” (Exupéry 43). Although to be an adult you need to be responsible, the adults…

The novel “The Outsiders” was written by Susan Eloise Hinton in 1965 and later published in 1967. Hinton was born in 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This means that she was in high school when she wrote this book. It is told in the first person by Ponyboy Curtis. This novel is in the coming-of-age literary…

In a world filled with divine expectations such as taking part in a gang this novel walks through two tales with a single core comprehension. The Outsiders by S.E Hinton captures the voices of the young boys such as ponyboy and johnny in a realistic way that relates to young boys in gangs today. The…

A Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a frightening and conflicting work that contains the purpose of promoting individuality, freedom, and self expression. Composed in between the Great Wars, after the British Industrial Revolution, and at the end of the Great Depression, the political driven novel is aimed towards young adults and adults…

Krakauer’s purpose is to persuade critics and readers that Chris McCandless was not just another dreamer but rather a quality young man motivated by a complex background to shed society’s materialism. Krakauer decides to write his book in a non-traditional way. By purposefully placing the storyline out of order Krakauer was able to first present…

Letting go gives individuals a sense of freedom, and being free is an important condition for happiness. Born on November 30, 1835, in the tiny village of Florida, Missouri, the sixth child of his family, Mark Twain was an author, teacher and journalist. In his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain demonstrates the…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a gothic novella, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, depicts how damaging society pressure can be. The battle between dualism is seen between the two characters, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story represents how a man’s soul is paired with both elements of evil and good….

People hear many stories about heroes in childhood, because everyone loves stories with a heroic element. There are two heroic stories which happened in different time periods, countries, and cultures. One heroic story is the story of Beowulf, which is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf as a hero of Geats came to Denmark to kill the…