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Symbolism in The Giver by Lois Lowry
Fiction
The Giver
Have you ever been in a strict community with a lot of rules and for some a lot of choices? Well, in this fiction 179 paged book written by Lois Lowry Jonas has. Jonas is an eleven in his community. What I mean by eleven is that there are groups of numbers for a group…
“Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift Proposal
A Modest Proposal
Ireland
Irony
From my point of view, Swift presents his essay a “Modest Proposal” as way of showing and criticizing, in a satirical and ironical tone, what Ireland was going through during the 18th century which was under the control of Great Britain. If we consider that Ireland was suffering from a religious, political and social conflict…
Quality of Compassion in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character
Literature
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck has a strong sense of compassion and empathy for others throughout the story. These qualities are something Huck seems to have chosen to display towards others. This part of Huck is so important to his character and the story. In this story Huck has a cruel…
Characterization of Victor as One of the Characters of “Frankenstein”
Frankenstein
Monster
Frankenstein, a gothic novel about love, betrayal, life and death has many characters with their own qualities that contribute key points to the novel. The character who caught my attention, and who will be highlighted as a self absorbed scientist, is Victor. Victors main quality is selfishness and could even be qualified as greed for…
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Review
A Streetcar Named Desire
In Tennessee Williams drama A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois goes to New Orleans to settle with her sister Stella Dubois. Blanche devises this fantasy image of herself in order to protect a fairly shady past. She’s dealing with guilt and regret from her husband committing suicide, which happened after she unearthed him in bed…
An Analysis of the Scene in Which Alicia Became Pregnant in The Other Wes Moore
The Other Wes Moore
The scene I chose from “The Other Wes Moore” was when the new girl, that Wes had met shortly after Alicia became pregnant was leaving his house in the middle of the night. As Wes was standing in his doorway he watched the girl leave his house to be immediately approached and yelled at by…
Impact of Science on Human’s Life in Brave New World
Brave New World
Literature Review
Novel
As human’s life has been developed due to the significant improvement in science, people are more reliable on machines and technology. The more people find those new developments are helpful that they cannot have such a good life without them, the more they invisibly control human’s life. The book “Brave New World,” written by Aldous…
American Social Structure in Between the World and Me
Between The World And Me
Book Review
In Between the World and me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Coates relates his life in the United States to his child by giving him a letter in which he passes on how life is, and the hardships confronted when living in a dark body. The overlying subject in the novel that depicts such a way of…
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Book Review
The Yellow Wallpaper
This story is about an un-named woman and her husband, a physician. Her husband, John, along with her brother who is also a physician, diagnoses her with some form of bed-ridden illness. With this illness, she is not to leave her room in their temporary home. The woman recently has a baby, recognizes that she…
Pearl in The Scarlet Letter Summary
American Literature
Symbolism
The Scarlet Letter
The character of Pearl is used as a symbol to criticize the Puritan culture. She mostly serves as a symbol within the text and tends to force the adults surrounding her to think. Her pure, naïve nature and her inability to fit in with the culture shines a light on the hypocrisy of the time….