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In Lord of the Flies written by William Golding has a powerful transformation from civilization and to complete mayhem, throughout it shows the tipping points where people change. Firstly Jacks character arc is the driving factor in the change from civilization and order towards mayhem and chaos with the most noticeable part being his acceptance…

Holocaust denial, “the act of denying the genocide of Jews in the Holocaust during World War II”, has become a very interesting idea supporting numerous controversial claims. These claims being extremely ignorant, include the fact that figure of 5 to 6 million Jewish deaths was an extreme exaggeration. But in Night, a personal autobiography documenting…

In A Tale of Two Cities, to develop themes, Charles Dickens uses the color red, the evil Marquis, and Young Jerry’s experience. Dickens also uses the gallows, mobs, and funeral shrouds to create moods. Finally, Dickens develops characters with Mr. Manette, the Marquis, and Mr. Lorry. Charles Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities, develops…

I read Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Hard Times by Charles Dickens was published in 1854. After reading A Christmas Carol I wanted to read more Charles Dickens. I didn’t really know what to expect when I picked Hard Times. I figured it would be good since Charles Dickens is considered a great English writer….

Although countless papers have been written with the endpoint of analyzing Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha in mind, there are still subjects left untouched. These subjects are frequently glossed over in discussion, with little effort devoted towards developing a deeper understanding of them. One untouched subject which requires attention is Siddhartha’s brief relationship with his son. The…

Voltaire’s adventurous, yet satirical, story of Candide sheds light on not only the extreme optimism that some possess, but also deep pessimism as well. From the start of Candide’s treacherous, yet enlightening, journey in Chapter 1, that takes place in the German province of Westphalia to this final destination in Constantinople in Chapter 30 of…

In the novel Song of Solomon, a conspicuous theme is the issue of dangerous and undesirable love that leads to the connections between the characters. This at first makes the characters separate from one another, for example, Milkman failing to become close with his mom on account of his humiliation during his early youth encounter….

Nelly responds to situations with a certain busy-body-ness, dogged self-interest, and inflated sense of moral authority. Nelly rejects her own culpability in events, and expresses a desire to avoid in the present moment any drama, embarrassment, or overt challenge to the patriarchal status quo, which the more “passionate” and “rebellious” characters typically cause—much to her…

​Chapter 1/pg.1:​ Dickens opens the book by saying ‘it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of…

To yearn for something unnatural to your own being is unproductive and unsatisfying. Throughout Morrison’s novel, Pecola Breedlove underwent a journey of ridicule, self-discovery, and self-appreciation, a journey that people of this time needed to take because the pressures of Whiteness imposed upon and accepted by the Black Community created loads of self-hatred and low…