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The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Sinful Consequence of Eternal Youth and Beauty Literature Essay
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This novel proves that external appearances do not reflect what's inside a man. While Dorian himself appears to all as ageless and gorgeous, his actions are horrifying and scandalous. With every bad choice, his soul becomes more and more twisted, and the painting, hidden away in his attic under a tapestry, grows uglier and more demented.
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Literature Essay
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Being a realist and naturalist, Flaubert described the situation in his contemporary society in general referring to the heroes of the novel and realistically described the position of women in French society of the nineteenth century. Emma was a daughter of a farmer and was raised in the cloister.
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Symbols of Life and Death in Franz Kafkas The Castle Literature Book Report/Review
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Franz Kafka represents existentialistic perspective in literature, and his novel titled “The Castle” is known as the quintessence of the philosophy claiming that human existence is pointless, but one might find there sincere absurd and comedy, mixed with personal tragedies, identified as trivial issues.
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Who Is the Hero of Antigone Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that after a bloody battle in which one of Antigone’s brothers, Polyneices, refuses to accept Creon’s claim and tries to plunder the city, in the process fighting against his own brother who has sworn allegiance to Creon, both brothers are slain. Creon immediately issues a decree that Eteocles will be buried with all honors.
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Character Personalities from the Novel Little Scarlet Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Little Scarlet fundamentally deals with a historical theme concerning Los Angeles, and the historical background and point of view make it a spellbinding tale. However, the contribution of the characters and their personalities to the success and wide acceptance of the novel is indubitable.
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The Brothers K Literature Book Report/Review
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The author of the book reflects himself on Kinkaid and then injects his own thoughts about controversial questions. He further legitimizes his own opinions by having them spoken by Kinkaid. Much of the questions posed in this book are centered upon religion. There both direct and indirect connotations to be drawn.
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Mark Twain's Fascination with Bad Boys and the Impact of This Fascination on Modern Society Literature Essay
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Few figures in the brief history of American literary life loom as large as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain.  Born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 and growing up in nearby Hannibal, Twain lived out a somewhat restless and rambunctious boyhood, and received only a few sporadic years of formal education, culminating when he was 11 or 12 years old. 
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Symbolism of Rain in Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms Literature Essay
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We think of Italy as a sunny, warm place. We conjure images of lush vineyards and olive groves kissed by Mediterranean breezes under a gentle sun. There is a different Italy however. There is the Italy that Hemingway writes about in A farewell to Arms. The story is set in the Italian Alps during World War One.
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The Hoax of That House of Horror Literature Essay
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Jay Anson's The Amityville Horror (1977) sold more than three million copies and was turned into a major motion picture that grossed more than $80 million dollars. The family happily went on a nationwide tour to promote the book as their "true story." Nevertheless, questions remained about the validity of their claims.
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The Adventures of Pinocchio Literature Book Report/Review
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Most people think Pinocchio to be a wooden puppet that changes into a human boy; that he was swallowed by a huge fish; and that when he told lies his nose grew longer. These assumptions are right, though in a limited way. For, they are based on an understanding of Pinocchio from the sentimentalized Disney cartoons or the condensed versions of the novel.
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The Heroism of Othello Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Othello is correct by marrying Desdemona because he loves her and has been with her. This is an honorable action that puts him above blame. He is wrong in trusting Iago because the latter’s ambition makes him scheme to plot Othello’s ruin. He does not run away to hide although he has been advised to do so by Iago.
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Dangerous Minds by Louanne Johnson Literature Book Report/Review
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Dangerous Minds book by Louanne Johnson describes the classroom atmosphere and individual lives of students, which make this more than just a story of her teaching years. As you read through the book, you can glean a similar sense of Love, openness, attention, and hope that LouAnne shared with these students.
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Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis Literature Essay
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Gregor Samsa is clearly unhappy with his life and alienated from the expectations placed upon him by his family in particular and society as a whole. "If I didn't have my parents to think about I'd have given in my notice a long time ago, I'd have gone up to the boss and told him just what I think, tell him everything I would, let him know just what I feel," Gregor says.
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Conrad's Heart of Darkness Literature Book Report/Review
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Certainly, these facts represent at some remove the historical case of the Belgian exploitation of the Congo, with Leopold's pious claim of working for the betterment of the natives while killing as many as ten million of them and maiming countless others, and the seeming inevitability that genocide (not yet a word) would become the ultimate result of colonialism (Hawkins 369-75).
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Critical Analysis of the Wollstonecraft and the Rights of Women Literature Essay
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She speaks of the “tyranny of man” and is concerned that men keep women from being educated, saying that they “try to secure the good conduct of women by attempting to keep them always in a state of childhood” (4.7-8). Wollstonecraft disagrees with the arguments that have attempted to prove that women are indeed the weaker sex.
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The Father of English Drama Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that at a party organized by the Capulets, the scion of the Montague family, Romeo crashes in and falls head-over-heels in love with Juliet, who happens to be the daughter of the Capulets. She too loves Romeo and professes her forbidden love to the stars and the night at the window sill of her room, when Romeo hears it.
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Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1 Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that Shakespeare describes that the death of Ophelia is heavy for her relatives and Hamlet. The passage has an important meaning for the whole play unveiling traditions and values of the society and confrontations between Hamlet and Laertes. The passage opens with a conversation between Laertes.
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Call me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo Literature Book Report/Review
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The experiences of the author, Kuzwayo, are directly and rather simply stated in a particularly nonliteral style, allowing the reader to be able to really put themselves in her place and understand about her life, and the history of her and of South Africa as a whole.
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The Raven by Edgar Poe Literature Essay
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The author has rightly presented that Poe ended the poem not only because he didn’t want it to be exceeded, but because his symbolic imagination was exhausted and he couldn’t say anything more. In conclusion, it is needed to say that “The Raven” is very peculiar and unique poem which touched eternal problems of death, beauty, sorrow, and consciousness.
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The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne Literature Book Report/Review
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A character called Hollingsworth is a monomaniacal philanthropist and a confirmed misogynist whose sole intention is to use the farm for reforming criminals; Zenobia – another interesting character of exotic origin who also happens to be a passionate feminist and perceives Hollingworth’s misogyny as irresistible.
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The Rights and Rank to Which We Are Entitled Literature Essay
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Dr Thomas has also authored a book ‘With Fire and Sword: Arkansas, 1861 – 1874’, published in 2003 by the University of Arkansas Press. His doctoral thesis on Lakeport Plantation is also likely to be converted into a book.
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Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Literature Essay
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The author states that The Lottery is a gruesome depiction of modern life. It is a story that affords an uncomfortable and unforgettable shock of recognition, which makes it a stand out piece of literature. In the story, the villagers are caught in a social trap (which could have been avoided with enough motivation).
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English Myal by Erna Brodber Literature Book Report/Review
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The author of the paper states that the main characters address such universal virtues as equality and faith and give an insight look into the spiritual world of every person. Religious context and unique storytelling bring freedom and innovation to the narration through illusion and syncretism.
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Zora Neale Hurstons Sweat Literature Book Report/Review
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The paper reflects on how gender stereotypes of the day imposed an unspoken form of societal pressure on women and challenge our moral fiber in the context of the evil husband’s death. Was Delia responsible for her husband’s death, in light of the prevailing circumstances? And did her action/inaction reek of immorality?
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New York Literature Book Report/Review
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He specifically makes mention of a young couple, barely eighteen years of age who engage in an interlocking embrace in the glare of public view and kiss each other passionately, quite oblivious of the hustle and bustle around them and are only aware of each other and no one else.
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Holistically in Examining Lawrences Work Literature Essay
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The majority consensus on Lawrence seems to be that he was a man much influenced and driven by his own experiences and the relationships he had with family, friends, and environment. However, like all great writers who inspire debate, there is a minority who believe that critics have paid too little attention to Lawrence’s own advice to ‘trust not the author but the tale itself’.
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Poems of Robert Frost Literature Essay
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This paper illustrates that Frost wants to suggest that at first glance a poem might be a source of ‘delight’ but through analyzing and decoding its symbols, it can turn into ‘wisdom’. The author uses a comparison to explain the changeable state of a poem. It can be like ‘love’ that changes in time:”no one can really hold that the ecstasy should be static”.
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Structure and Meaning in Literary Discourse Literature Literature review
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The author states that foregrounding, which “refers to a form of textual patterning which is motivated specifically for literary-aesthetic purposes,” contributes greatly to the appreciation of the poem “in Just” by E.E. Cummings. Lexical deviation, grammatical deviation, and deviation of meaning are elements of linguistic deviation.
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The Golden Legend Literature Essay
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To what extent do you think that this is true? I do not think that this essay’s opening statement-question is true. The martyrs died in defense of their faith. The male martyrs were not challenged sexually.
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Prosody of Dickinson and Whitman Literature Essay
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When examining a poem one should, with pencil in hand, read and reread the poem. Poets use all sorts of cues to get their poetry to speak beyond what the words alone can do. Examples of cues used are the structure, rhyme, line breaks and language.
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that from the theoretical debate of nuclear energy to the bright glare of Trinity there was a duration of hardly more than twenty-five years. What began as merely an interesting speculative problem in physics grew into the Manhattan Project, and then into the Bomb with frightening rapidity, while scientists knew only to their peer.
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Comparison of A Room of Ones Own, The Prince, and Stranger in the Village Literary Works Literature Essay
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The first story under analysis “A room of one's own” by Virginia Woolf was published in October of 1929. In this novel, the author investigates the phenomenon called “androgynous” mind trying to find factors which influence a writer. Woolf is convinced that female writers need two things to write fiction: enough money and their own room to write. 
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The Social Structure in the English Society Literature Book Report/Review
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All of Austen's novels function around the plot variations involving young women's courtships and eventual marriage, and Sense and Sensibility is no exception. She worked on a small scale, describing small social groups in provincial environments, and is often accused of being too real in her examination of the nature of society, marriage, and family, and how these affected and shaped each other.
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Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy Literature Book Report/Review
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Piercy uses fluctuating tone and imagery to describe what the girl is going through in her teenage years and the results of these experiences. The title itself is a suitable representation of the physical appearance that most people expect other people, particularly girls, to have.
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Reading Journal for Why Socialism by Albert Einstein Literature Essay
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Capitalistic community of production and consumption contributes to this fear. Oligarchy of private capital which power cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically political society impacts all its spheres. Capitalist's competition results in labor waste and deformation of the social consciousness of humans, in education as well.
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Confronting the Bomb Literature Book Report/Review
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Instead, he argues that a mass nuclear disarmament movement has mobilized millions of people worldwide and has pressured governments to adopt nuclear disarmament agreements. In short, Wittner contends that the antinuclear movement--not "peace through strength"--has saved the world from nuclear Armageddon.
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Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Literature Book Report/Review
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Plot Summary intended to clarify and introduce the points that the critic is presenting. Its analysis is focused on the devices such as irony, foreshadowing, juxtaposition, and figurative language. The essay illustrates the theme like the selfishness of the individual is shown in grotesque caricature, dangers of conformity are painfully obvious, and this conformity leads to brutality.
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The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that later in the novel, we learn that his real name is James Gatz; he was born in North Dakota to an impoverished farming family. While serving in the Army in World War I, Gatsby met Daisy Fay (now Daisy Buchanan) and fell passionately in love with her. He worked briefly for a millionaire and became acquainted with the people.
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Analysis of The Race by Sharon Olds Literature Essay
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The poem showed to me that in pursuit of solutions, we are to be careful as we may be trying to solve one problem, but in the end, we create more problems. Patience in all things and self-control is needed as we do answer our calling every day. When we do not have the solutions right away, we must not put the blame on others. 
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The Lord of the Rings Literature Essay
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"In the pantheon of fantasy writers, no deity is treated with greater reverence than J.R.R. Tolkien, who is regarded by most readers as the Father of Modern Fantasy." - says James Berardinelli, the author of the comprehensive review of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).
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Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit by Knight Literature Book Report/Review
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This current paper aims to discuss the theory of Frank Knight and his distinction between risk and uncertainty.  It also aims to prove through mathematical inquiry to what extent long-term investment appraisal based on discounting techniques is rendered a futile exercise in the valuation of investments.
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Bambi vs. Godzilla Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the chapter is about individuality. Mamet begins it by asking what a good screenwriting course can offer. By the end, his answer is that what potential screenwriters need the most is the ability to not cow-tow. What comes in between is a mixture of good advice, personal hyperbole, and an incoherent divergence.
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Heart of Darkness by Conrad Literature Essay
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According to the paper, Conrad was an exemplary Saussurean writer. He exceeded the Saussurean model, and the ways he did so actually provide the grounds for a compelling critique of Saussure and the whole idea of a language machine. Saussure based his theory of language on the self-contained system of signs in a given linguistic community.
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Race Relations in the Poetry of Langston Hughes Literature Essay
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His blackness lies at the core of much of his work, and he is not shy about pointing fingers when he sees a guilty party, although he is just as likely to joke as to get angry. The race was a prominent theme in his work, but even more obvious in his earlier writing is the hopeful optimism of the idealist.
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The Debt What America Owes to Blacks Literature Essay
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Robertson supports his arguments by Jewish and Japanese Americans reparations, but, they were completely different processes that took place during WWII. If we accept Robertson's view, we should agree that the USA has to pay the population of Iraq for the damage caused by military operations, which ruined their houses and life.
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The Narrative Voices Between The Works of Lucine Finch and Gladys Marie Fry Literature Book Report/Review
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The first-person point of view “is usually subjective” as “we learn the narrator’s thoughts, feelings and reactions to events” (Kilian). There is also the objective first person point of view in which the “narrators don’t delve into thoughts or feelings, but only tell what was said or done without further comment” (Kluz).
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The Lord of the Flies Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that without society’s rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light. Almost immediately in the book, Piggy finds the conch shell — the symbol of civilization and society — and Ralph thereby becomes a leader. Jack Merridew enters as both a comrade and a competitor. Jack cannot kill the first pig.
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Jurassic Park and Cloning Literature Essay
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With a terrifying scope and with plenty of heart pounding danger as well, the characters and science hold readers spellbound and leave them with questions and new views of science and nature. Many issues of today are addressed in the book including breakthroughs in genetic bioengineering, biotechnology and new age philosophy, religion, etc.
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The Tyger by William Blake Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the imagery that links the tiger to the idea of hell includes the diction Blake uses to describe the animal. For instance, he uses terms like “burning bright,” and “fire of thine eyes.” He also makes a direct reference to the devil when he mentions “On what wings dare he aspire”.
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Journeys of the Self in The Catcher in the Rye and A Room with a View Literature Book Report/Review
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The main idea of this book review is a comparison of two novels’ central theme. Both their characters, Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye and Lucy Honeychurch from Room with a View decided to do the act of flight. One of them wanted to escape the “phoniness” of the adult world, another one - the petty-minded provincialism of his upbringing.
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