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The novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’, written by Steinbeck, convey many complex ideas. These include an optimistic view on the human condition and the empowering nature of the American Dream. In the novel, steinbeck examines these ideas and shows how the American Dream empowers the human condition to give hope to the characters, even if…

The Quintessence of Evil: An Analysis of Jack in Lord of the Flies Throughout history, good and evil have always clashed. In many civilizations, there were tyrants whom tried to destroy the positive progress that advanced civilization. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the main antagonist, Jack Merridew serves as the evil tyrant…

Greed, the natural world, and dignity are all dealt with throughout The Pearl by John Steinbeck These are all dealt with throughout the novel because of the pearl which gave Kino his dream world. The pearl results in him being greedy, he is given dignity through wealth, and he has to start to deal with…

The book starts off with Jones heading to bed. After Jones heads to bed the animals meet up at the barn. A pig, named Old Major, tells them about a dream he had that animals live a great life and free from the humans. After that meeting Old Major soons dies. After the Major’s death…

The Catcher in the Rye written by J. D. Salinger illustrates the life of Holden Caulfield a boy who has been expelled from Pencey Prep Boarding School in the street of New York City contemplating the struggle of adulthood and mental health. In the world, children are the only thing that Holden truly loves due…

Aldous Huxley prophesized the things that society could become in the future through his novel Brave New World in 1932. When Huxley, wrote Brave New World it was during a time of chaos and scientific advancement. Historical events such as World War I took place, the production of the assembly line was invented for mass…

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by British-Polish novelist Joseph Conrad in 1899. Marlow, the narrator of the novel tells his story to the friends on a boat on the River Thames. Marlow tells a story about his early life as a boat captain. While narrating his story, Marlow can be seen describing the…

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…

The famous novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger tells the story of a peculiar teenager Holden Caulfield and his adventure through New York. His multiple encounters with people along the way often ended poorly as Holden’s behavior and thoughts have prevented him from having normal interactions. The book captures Holden’s ups and…

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author Mark Twain uses satire to stress the “civilized” and “uncivilized” people in the plot of his story based on their appearance and behavior. Following the Civil War, once again became strained. The imposition of Jim Crow laws, designed to limit the power of blacks in…