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“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” (BrainyQuote). There are many characteristics that are included when talking about an archetypal hero. They include unusual circumstances of birth, leaves family and lives with others, traumatic event lead to quest, special weapon, supernatural help, and proves himself on…

As Oprah Winfrey explicitly states, real integrity is when one does the right thing without expecting or wanting attention from others, they have real integrity, In To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper lee, Atticus exemplifies an individual with this real integrity. Atticus’s methods of handling situations and his actions warrants him the title of…

The story of The Metamorphosis is easily told, however like almost all the other works of Kafka, The Metamorphosis also has to be read not as an instance of realistic writing but as an allegorical piece. The story has an immense interpretative possibilities. The Metamorphosis embodies the Existentialist notion of Alienation. In this story Kafka…

The stories by Edgar Allan Poe and the ones we read in class have similar themes, plots, point of views, and characters. The Tell-Tale heart and The gift of the Magi have similar themes. Morality is shown throughout both short stories. In The Gift of the Magi, Della and Jim both show good morals when…

There are many reasons why Scott Fitzgerald is renowned as one of the greatest authors of hisS Crat atch nof Eitzoralde ct fam e hila th aro cotioe ntanocof th c of symbolism, some of those most important to the themes in The Great Gatsby are the East and west Eggs, the green light, and…

There a is a lot of problems in this world today. The topic I chose to focus on was families belonging together. I will be comparing this to a book called The burial of Thebes. The main character I am going to be focusing on is Antigone. During the book, Antigone wanted to bury her…

This story starts as when a person named Gallien picks up a hitchhiker whose name was Alex. He is concerned that Alex the hitchhiker who plans on staying for several months in Alaska’s wild is not prepared and he also doesn’t have a hunting license even though he has a rifle but Alex says he…

Although my book cover to William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is rather simplistic, the cover’s illustration manages to shock the eye and provoke interest at first glance. The centerpiece of the cover is a sow’s head, fixated on a sharp stake. Flames engulf the sow’s head and the scattered limbs of burning branches. A…

Symbolism in The Great Gatsby The Great Gaisby Is one of the most symbolic works of literature written this century, and to truly understand the book, one must first understand Its symbolism. The characters, the cars they drive, the colors, and even the peoples names all have some type of symbolic meaning. These symbols add…

In the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne, a beautiful woman with a “figure of perfect elegance” (Hawthorne, 81), struggles to live a normal life in the Puritan society after committing adultery and consequently, cheating on her husband named Roger Chillingworth. Because of this sin, she is publicly shamed and is punished…