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Is it possible to spend days alone in the ocean? Is it possible to spend days alone in the ocean on the same boat with a tiger? The answer will mostly be “no” or “it’s impossible”. In the excerpt of The Life of Pi it tells how Pi was alone in the middle of the…

The effects of isolation can be devastating to any given individual after a prolonged period. A Rose for Emily is a short narrative that attempts to shed more insight on isolation and its effects by primarily focusing on the main character of the composition: Emily Grierson. In her role to act as a noble lady…

The Book Thief is all about a girl named Liesel. During world war two she stayed in Germany. She is not afraid to steal things or even ask for help. The things that Liesel usually steals are books. The only thing off about this whole thing is that she can’t read at all. She can…

We have all lived our life by a set of laws that have been enforced because of problems that have occured but imagine living in a world without conflict. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author represents the transformation from civilization to savagery as the conflict. This is shown throughout the story…

What is “justice”? What does justice mean? During the powerful play of antigone, justice is a focal point that makes this play so emotional, and is the cause of conflict. Throughout this play, a series of dynamic characters are introduced. The main characters include Creon, Antigone, Eurydice, Ismene, Polyneices and Eteocles. The play is set…

When you imagine what it’s like to live in poverty, you think of life in a run-down apartment, dirty ripped up clothing, and an overall somber feeling throughout the entire household. But can you imagine moving from house to house; and the never-ending promises to your children for a better life just to keep hope…

Childhood has always been an important theme in literature, especially during the Romantic and the Victorian period. But while in the Romantic Period Blake, Coleridge and Wordsworth emphasised the innate goodness in a child’s nature, in the Victorian Period important literary figures, like Charles Dickens, focused on childhood innocence within the adulthood experience in itself….

In order to improve the horror story, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein incorporates many elements of the gothic genre. The novel of Frankenstein showcases gothic elements through supernatural situations that take place throughout the story such as death, fear, suspense, and its dark gloomy setting. In the novel of Frankenstein, the gothic element of death can…

In “A Rose for Emily” William Falkner provides an engrossing profile of community dynamics and Southern social values at work in the first half of the 20th century. Falkner narrates, events in such a way that causes the reader to feel that he or she a member of the community. It gives the “consensus” vision…

Chris McCandless was a brave and fearless young man who took the fate of his life into his own hands. Instead of following social norms and living how society, his parents, and those around him told him to, Chris ventured out into the world on his own to live his life by his own rules….