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According to Dictionary.com, the definition of the word one dimensional is having no depth or scope. Paul Baumer, the narrator of All Quiet on the Western Front can be considered to be a one dimensional character. Although the narrator of the book is the one who describes the feelings of the book, actually Paul is…

Coming of age is a time that everyone goes through Teens are constantly changing like the weather. Many teens can struggle during this time but what results from these changes can be a better more mature adult. The changes that come with coming of age can affect someone’s entire future In the story “Marigolds”, Collier…

In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair the lives of immigrants during the turn of the 20th century are shown. Jurgis Rudkus a young Lithuanian like many other young European men of the time plans to move to America and start a new life with his fiancé and become rich. Though he finds out that things…

In The Stranger, by Albert Camus, the main character Meursault progresses from being worried about death to accepting the world’s indifference and living his life authentically in the time he has left. Meursault awaits his death in a prison cell listening to the sounds and smells of nature outside, wondering when the guards will come…

“Tuesdays with Morrie”, by Mitch Albom gives the account of Mitch’s meetings and interactions with his old college professor Morrie Schwartz, who has been slowly dieing over the course of several months of a disease called ALS. This makes Morrie’s situation unique in the fact that he knows roughly when he will pass away, giving…

Christ is held at the highest totem pole—at the head of the altar. No one quite compares with such a noble figure, which is why, of course, so many authors choose to do so. Sue Monk Kidd did just this in her novel entitled the Secret Life of the Bees when creating her main character…

The Great Depression was a devastating time in American history, in which many suffered. Unfortunately, the most brutal adversity the people suffering faced was due to other men and not the natural conditions of the Dust Bowl. This is very prominent in John Steinbeck’s book The Grapes of Wrath, where the Joad family is making…

In The Jungle, a novel written by Upton Sinclair, Sinclair aims to idealize the socialist Party’s objectives and methods among Americans. However, most Americans over-looked this fact and simply saw The Jungle as a novel exposing the horrid realities of the meat packing industry. Sinclair successfully managed to improve the meat packing industry in Chicago,…

During the middle ages, females were looked down upon and had their rights severely restricted by man. Society was ruled by man and seen as the superior figures. There weren’t many females who would speak out against the injustices that were being committed towards females. There weren’t many females who would speak out and stand…

In Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, the conditions of the environment that Sethe grew up in while a slave strongly affected her personality and the way she viewed the world. For the first eighteen or so years of her life, Sethe lived as a slave in the South. She was born into slavery, her mother, assumably…