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Child Sex Offense in Lolita by Nabokov and Living Dead Girl by Scott Literature Book Report/Review
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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a novel about a pedophile by the name Humbert, who gets attracted to his step daughter whose name was Dolores. Dolores was only 12 years old at the time she meets Humbert. Dolores’ mother is not aware of Humbert’s attraction to her daughter at first and eventually knows about it when she comes across his dairy.
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The Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien Literature Literature review
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For instance, Henry Dobbins carries his girlfriend’s pantyhose with them. Comfort and love-longing is its symbol and the burden of each man. Jimmy Cross carries maps and compasses with them thus with the men’s responsibility for his charge. The emotions of hate, love, terror, mystery, adventure, discovery, courage, pity, holiness.
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Comparison of Brideshead Revisited and As You Like It Literature Book Report/Review
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To find out the possible from the web of impossibilities and arrive at conclusions that are valid by tendering evidence for the same. Such assumptions should not be motivated but have to be meaningful to enable the reader to get an opportunity to understand the interdependence of the texts in some themes. 
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And the Earth Did Not Devour Him Literature Term Paper
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…y no se lo tragó la tierra or And the Earth did not Devour him is one the most famous novels all over the world. This book was written
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Discussion of The Mystery to the Solution in Relation to the Urban Setting Literature Assignment
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However, the detective story genre has been the subject of much criticism since its inception in the mid-nineteenth century. Some of that criticism has bordered on contempt as illustrated by Edmund Wilson’s 1944 scathing “Why Do People Read Detective Stories?” and 1945 “Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?”
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Literary canon Literature Assignment
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Since the cannon apply a particular level of validity when classifying an artwork, they help in selecting the best quality work of a lifetime to prevail. I think the field of
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The Good-Morrow by John Donne Literature Essay
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As the paper stresses Donne begins the poem with the persona recalling the void in his natural life before he meets his love who happens to be the primary audience in the poem. The speaker addresses the woman in a romantic tone, reminding her that her presence in his life is immensely appreciated.
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So Long a Letter: an epistolary portrayal of social conflict in post-colonial Africa Literature Essay
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Normally epistolary novels are structured as an exchange of letters between two or more people, but Ba has created a novel in which there is, as the title suggests, just one “long letter” from one woman to another. The letter is from a recently widowed African woman, Ramatoulaye, giving details of her betrayal by her now dead husband, who left her for a teenager when she became middle-aged.
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Dickens's Treatment of Education and Social Mobility in Dombey and Son Literature Essay
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This essay analyzes the novel Dombey and Son and represents the ways Dickens chose to focus on a single man, Mr. Dombey, painting his failures as being the direct result of emerging societal shortcomings, such as the concerns of ‘elite’ establishments and the constant societal jockeying for position and power among the social classes.
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Critique: A Streetcar Named Desire Literature Book Report/Review
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Shaw, the "supply-man," who "has been going through Laurel for years and . . . knows all about her" (359), is Mitch's other source about Blanche's doubtful reputation. According to the OED, to straw (vb. 1) means "to fence or border (a field) with straw," a straw (sb. 2) being a "strip of wood or under-wood forming the border of a field."
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George Orwell's Concept of the Ideal Writer Literature Term Paper
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Although he is most known for his books Animal Farm and 1984, Orwell also wrote many articles as a political journalist and writer of short stories. During the course of his writing career, Orwell naturally made the connection between writing and political thinking, analyzing the various ways in which political leaders communicate. 
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Writing 2 pages journal after reading As Others See Us which the author is Rebekah Nathan Literature Essay
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Thus, in relation to them, I conventionally arrive at thinking of a way to help these individuals become exposed to the seemingly constant reality of
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The House on Mango Street Literature Essay
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Her family had been constantly moving around from apartment to apartment, without ever really settling down. Esperanza notes, “We didn’t always live on Mango Street. Before that we lived on Loomis on the
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The Sin of Materialism in the House of God Literature Research Paper
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The predominant theme of the poem is the gross materialism of humanity, which is more paradoxical in its case because the Church should embody piety and self-sacrifice, not materialism. Browning's poem, however, demonstrates the sharp contrast between what the Church teaches to its followers and how the former denigrates its own teachings. 
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Significance of Othellos Military Association in Othello Literature Essay
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Othello’s occupation balances his status or social position in the play with Desdemona. He falls in love with the daughter of a senator. Thus no other profession could have done justice to his character. It was his prestigious rank in the military that compelled Barbantio to accept him as his son-in-law.
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Significance of Victory in The Champion of the World Literature Essay
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The victory of Joe Louis is for all those who have gathered near the store run by Uncle Willie, an affirmation of their abilities and their hopes. It is proof for them against the accusations of being “lower types of human beings” (Angelou). Through the victory of the boxer is affirmed the existence of an opportunity for the African Americans who had gathered near the radio for true emancipation.
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Analysis of The Chocolate War by Cormier Robert Literature Book Report/Review
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Apathy is infectious. When Jerry refuses to sell the chocolates, he is considered a hero, since his fellow students also refuse to sell their chocolates 1st Student remarks that “I never thought of saying ‘no’ as you did. That was awesome” (Robinette 56).  This clearly indicates that other students were infected by apathy.
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Imitation of life and the idea of racial identity Literature Essay
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She was incapable of differentiating between where she was accepted and where she thought she truly belonged. Her confusion and lack of
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Literature Essay
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His death symbolizes his ultimate failure in his struggle against the invading white. But on the collective level, Okonkwo’s suicide refers to the death of a culture that cannot survive on its own because its deficits in comparison to the rationalities of encroaching white
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The Age of McCarthyism by Ellen Schecker Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the era was characterized by the fear of communist influence on the political movement of America and infiltration by Soviet agents. The communist party was in no way responsible for becoming the target of such accusations but during the era, their policies and practices were regarded as a threat to American security.
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American literaturre Literature Essay
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Hands symbolize a bird wings’ quiver and Wing Biddlebaum cannot pacify his hands, like he cannot pacify his passion. He is imprisoned in the socially worn out stereotypes, which prevent his passion from release. His sexual orientation is veiled by the author in the
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5 Steps to a 5: Ap English Literature by Rankin, Estelle M, and Barbara L. Murphy Literature Essay
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Jefferson uses pathos when he informs the people that the difficulties in foreign relations they faced before had been peacefully resolved. He further explains to them the measures and efforts taken to ensure this. Logos, on the other hand, are used when he argues that the nature of the country required an essential proportion of force while demonstrating the same.
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Analysis Lesley Parrys Character In Wingman Literature Essay
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This is a typical example of stereotyping. Women are weaker than the men, physically and emotionally. The fact that Mimi has a male doll is another example of gender stereotype being challenged in the story.
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The Great Gatsby Novel Written by F Scott Fitzgerald Literature Essay
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The author seems to have a brilliant understanding of lives that are characterized by greed and incredibly sad and unfulfilled. The Great Gatsby is at once a romantic and cyclical novel about the wealth and habits of a group of New Yorkers during the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald’s work is magnificent as he paints a grim portrait of shallow characters that maneuver themselves into some complex situations.
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Women in Homers Odyssey Literature Book Report/Review
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The decision power lies with men and the women have to accept their status without any protest. Submission to men’s will is the task that has been assigned to Greek women. We can see some exceptions in the form of Arete but these exceptions are rare. The main perception of Greek women is reflected in Telemachus’ speeches.
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Human Beings Are the Major Contributors to Climate Change Literature Essay
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Climate change refers to the major and lasting modification of the statistical distribution of weather models or patterns over a long time extending from decades over to millions of years (Birch 4). The change or modification can be in the distribution of weather about the known weather conditions or the average weather conditions of a place over time.
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Criminal Justice -Teenagers and Crime Literature Literature review
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There are numerous psychological, sociological, and criminological theories applied to improve people’s understanding of juvenile crime. A large scope of literature devoted to youth crime research indicates that it is a complex issue that happens as a result of the simultaneous influence of different environmental, social, political, economic, cultural, and psychological factors.
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A Midsummer Nights Dream, Othello and Romeo and Juliet Literature Essay
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Theseus is making preparations for his marriage to the queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta as can be seen in Act 1, Scene 1. From this point, the plot proceeds to the forest or the woods where there are more or different characters. In the woods, the audience is made to understand how Titania ends up with Bottom, Demetrius and Helena and Lysander with Hermia.
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Analysis of the Poem Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon by Li Po Literature Book Report/Review
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"Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" is not a sad poem at all costs, though at a first glance, it seems so. A reader can also share the happiness of the speaker if he puts himself in his shoes and in the environment that he is in. In an overall view, "Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" is delightfully great and intriguing. 
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Literature questions Literature Assignment
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between the supposition that hierarchical structures exist in the context of social capital, and the position that horizontal linearity was predominant in economic systems, you would not use: 3. If you were challenged by Satan to a guitar duel, but were reluctant because the
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Shanleys Doubt By Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that no matter how much he tries to convince her, she is never going to get swayed. She is by nature a very doubtful person, angry, cold, and cunning and loves to create fear in people. She believes that Father Flynn has made sexual advances on 12-year-old Donald Miller while they held a private conversation and the boy was given wine.
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Platos Apology, Billy Budd by Melville, Levi's Survival in Auschwitz by Levi, Persepolis by Satrapi Literature Essay
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Plato recounts Socrates' defense where he does not intend to acquit himself from the accusations laid against him but to ensure that he is found guilty and sentenced to death. This text strongly emphasizes the theme of morality in the sense that the reader believes that it would be moral for Socrates to accept the accusations that are true and deny those that he did not do.
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Pushing the Boundaries in Frankenstein Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that upon completing the reading, the book has made me start thinking myself as an object that is possible to re-animate in that science can bring my body to life just by the spark of electricity. Therefore, my relationship to technology has improved significantly upon learning that it is possible to create creatures.
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The Question of Politics in Literature Literature Essay
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.  These works that show glimpses at least and directly address politics at most include William Blake’s “London” from the Romantic period, Charles Dickens’ Hard Times from the Victorian era, Rudyard Kipling’s “Man Who Would Be King” from the later Victorian era and George Orwell’s 1984 written in the period known simply as the 20th century.
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Character Development in The Fall of the House of Usher by Poe Literature Book Report/Review
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With the death of the two characters, excluding the mansion, the story narrates the fact that a mind and its physical counterpart can survive only together. The vivid descriptions and excellent narration almost create visual images in the mind of the readers. The mansion and its inhabitants are haunting characters, with the terror and thrill. 
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Importance of Tradition in Seventeen Syllables Literature Book Report/Review
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Rosie’s mother is much attached to her daughter and her daughter also shows rebellious instincts like her mother. She is indulging in an extravagant activity of sucking tomatoes, which is symbolic that like her mother, she wants to go beyond the norms of her culture. Harvesting is a creative activity that is done by Tome’s husband in contrast to another creative activity.
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Analysis of Charles Dickens Great Expectations Literature Book Report/Review
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He was a little afraid (Ref: Longman English Dictionary Online), partly from being in an unfamiliar place and partly from the discomfort and embarrassment that Estella had caused; to say that he was “afraid” would not reflect Pip’s mood in the proper light. This confusion of Pip is further conveyed when Dickens says that he knocked at the door because “it was the only thing to be done”.
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Myphological Images in English Literature Literature Assignment
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He doesn’t have any function in his native tribe because the author of the story deliberately tried to portray Thomas as a compelling character who is deeply ensconced by the traditional values of his tribe but still he is able to articulate myriad ironies and make effective critique of his own culture and traditions imbibed in it.
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Hesiod and Iliad Literature Essay
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Generally, while Homer wrote about the war glory and history Hesiod dealt with the practical matters of daily life. However together the works of Homer and Hesiod have become a trademark of Greek Epic poetry that provides the readers with an in-depth and interesting analysis of Greek history and heritage.
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Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway Literature Book Report/Review
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When we break the title into two elements we find two opposite things, the hills that are stable and immovable and the elephants that represent movement and wilderness. They enjoyed movement, freedom and fun, but as soon as the lady is pregnant, the man can not stand the fact that now he must settle down like the stable hills.
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Women in the City of the Dead Literature Essay
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In some societies to be born as a woman is a tragedy. Generally, in such societies, the woman works under compulsive circumstances. “Women in the City of Dead,” is a suggestive title. It implies that every woman has a city within her heart, a city that she nurtures from the cradle to the grave and from the womb to the tomb.
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Annotated Bibliography: Of Mice and Men Literature Annotated Bibliography
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The author of the paper provides details about how George and Lennie interrelate to demonstrate their intimate relationship. He also describes setting details and actions to connect the plot to the themes. The author takes a feminist approach, where he focuses on the homogeneity of male relationships.
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Analysis of the Play Doctor Faustus Literature Literature review
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  While Doctor Faustus may have sold his soul to the devil and to evil there is evidence in the text to suggest that he had a Christian moral.   During the play, Faustus displays some atheistic attitudes through his speech when he asserts that religion is false and that God does not exist. 
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Criticize Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness Literature Essay
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You can feel the admiration that Marlow has for Kurtz, the Belgian ivory trader as he travels to go meet him to relieve him prior to him actually meeting him. Marlows journey makes him realize that both Kurtzs faults and temptations that
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Love. A Raisin in the Sun Literature Essay
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Though at the beginning of the novel, he behaves defiantly and belligerently to other family members like his wife Ruth and her sister Beneatha, and though he takes some wrong decisions, he
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Analysis of Two Works to Explore the Theme of Gender Roles and Marriage Literature Essay
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Gender role and marriage-related issues always remain an important area of interest and focus within the literary sphere (Clugston, 2010). From time to time there have been numerous plays, stories, and other literary pieces created to depict the theme of gender roles and marriage from different standpoints. The essay aims to compare and contrast two literary works.
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Orwells Animal Farm Literature Research Paper
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There are various characters presented in Orwell’s book with various character traits. Napoleon is one of the leaders among other pigs in the farm. He emerges as opportunistic and corrupt individual who benefits at the expense of other animals in the society. He always award special privileges to his fellow pigs and in most cases to himself.
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Desiree and Jig: Similarities and Differences Literature Essay
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Jig, the protagonist of Hemingway’s narrative, is a modern, cosmopolitan woman, who is obviously in a live-in relationship with her unnamed partner. On the other hand, Desiree, the heroine of Chopin’s eponymous tale, is a woman of the traditional southern plantations. Both the narratives depict a crisis in the relationships: Jig’s abortion and Desiree’s mulatto baby. 
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Several Meaning the Term Family Literacy Literature Research Paper
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Family literacy draws from multiple academic traditions among these are adult literacy, English as a language of education, child literacy education in the fields of special education and emergent literacy, cognitive psychology. In coming up with a good program on family literacy, one needs to understand the concepts of literacy.
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Reading Log of Robert Frosts poem Literature Essay
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The children are also very familiar with the environment hence the reason for the statement “we own its”. My analysis of the poem indicates an alternating pattern of lines and rhyme of (abcb). The second stanza slightly changes to (abbb)
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