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Columbus, Smith, and the Beginnings of American Identity Literature Essay
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Columbus, Smith, and the Beginnings of American Identity. In the writings of Christopher Columbus and in the later writings of John Smith one can begin to see an American identity gradually being formed. Obviously, before America became a country unto itself, we can also see how the New World was still subservient to European laws and traditions.
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Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness Literature Research Paper
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Marlow is employed as a ferryboat captain by a Belgian trading company. His job is to carry ivory downriver, but the main task assigned to him is to bring Kurtz back to his society. The incidents occurring during the execution of this task are detailed in the story providing a deep insight into the psyche of Marlow.
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Defining Freedom in Susan Hills A Bit of Singing and Dancing Literature Essay
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Generally speaking, Hill is able to create an understanding of the ideas of freedom and the absence of freedom with the use of different literary techniques.  The focus on different techniques becomes important in identifying the concept of freedom and how this relates to the main theme of the book.
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The Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Literature Essay
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The middle class on the other hand would get jobs since they could afford proper education while the lower class cannot. Unlike the upper class who managed to read and write Latin or French, the lower class did not afford to learn their native language. Shaw portrays this system of classes as corrupt and highlights reality.
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The English Patient Written by Michael Ondaatje Literature Essay
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The English Patient’ written by Michael Ondaatje is a story set against the backdrop of war and humanity. It talks about how Hana, a young nurse, spends most of her time with a patient whom she grows to care a lot about. Despite not knowing his name or his identity, she tries to heal his body which has been burned black in carnage by a plane crash.
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The Selected Letters of Marie de LIncarnation Literature Essay
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Religion was an integral percept of life in contemporary Europe and the Catholic Church was determined to create influence in the new world too. In order to ground themselves into the new and emerging system, the Catholic Church sponsored a number of missions into Canada. However, this was not without opposition. As religion was too well-grounded in personal belief and society, the opposition was more or less private in nature.
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The Collection Gallery in Denver Art Museum Literature Essay
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The decorations in the art can even be therapeutic, and some people are always excited about it (Denver Art Museum). Denver art museum is located on a rocky mountain, and the building itself is impressive in that it captures the interest of the visitor. Outside the building, there are red-colored posts carved which are eye-catching.
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Catherine Belsey's theory of ideology and its relevance to Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo Literature Essay
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It was used to combine culture, language and the society (Belsey 3). She compared the relationship between human beings and language, scholars and their reading materials, politics in people’s culture and writing. In her critical practice, she argued that theories matters a lot because they open people’s minds to the perception of literature and culture.
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Role of Anne Sextons Mental Illness in her Poetry Literature Research Paper
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Anne sexton is often grouped with such poets as Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, and Robert Lowell who were the leading figure in the so-called 'Confessional Movement'. Colburn says that “confessional poetry is the poetry of suffering. The suffering is generally unbearable because the poetry often projects breakdown and paranoia”.
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Preventing a Brave New World Literature Essay
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According to the paper, Kass abrasively states that there is that need due to nature that compel the humanity to decide on the issues not less than whether humanity procreation is to be terminated or it should remain. Additionally, it is whether children are going to be obtained by placing orders rather than begotten.
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The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer Literature Essay
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Mehring remains blind as he is unable to live like a human. He is unable to think about what is right and what is wrong. He is unable to keep all his relationships intact. Moreover, he cannot respond to emotions, be it of her mistress, her wife, son, or poor workers. He is unable to keep up with the little happiness of life or lovemaking.
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Structural Complexity and Its Effect on the Reader in Margaret Atwoods The Blind Assassin Literature Research Paper
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Laura Chase dies in a car crash that is an apparent suicide shortly after the end of World War II. Iris is an elderly woman at the time of the novel, and her role as the center of the book becomes apparent throughout the course of the story. The narrative of The Blind Assassin is particularly complex. Three narrative threads weave throughout the book.
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Character of Protagonist in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Literature Essay
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In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the protagonist is the most interesting character. I have chosen Tom Sawyer for this character analysis essay because he is a rebellious boy with full of enthusiasm. The focal point of this work is Tom Sawyer who is able to manipulate others, but not to fulfill any selfish motive.
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The Symbolism in The Death of Ivan Ilych Literature Essay
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According to the research findings,  this symbolism, the black sack, is connected to the theme of the inevitability of death. Even though Ivan never wanted to reach the bottom, he finally did. His story of approaching death steadily is his recognition of death as well as his attempt to compromise with his nullifying and dreadful power. 
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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift's Essay Literature Essay
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This proposal is actually plausible, however, it is quite a bit outlandish. The essay can be disturbing and offensive to some readers as it may become graphic. However, Swift writes with an air of authority, as he triggers an emotional aspect of the readers when he mentions the “melancholly” [sic] sight of women and children being beggars in Ireland.
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A Letter to Ovid Critique Literature Essay
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How did you know that your words will be read by all the ages? While reading your book, I recognize a particular style emerging and I am prompted to ask, how did you choose which stories to include? Why, of all things did you choose to deal with change? What made you think that people would want someone to explain what life is all about?
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Edgar Allan Poe: Rhetoric and Style Literature Research Paper
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He wrote some pieces of work on sci-fiction as well but people say that most of his work, especially Annabel Lee which is one of his most famous poems, is in the remembrance of Virginia, who was very dear to her and he was unable to come to terms with her death. He died a mysterious death but many analysts state that it was because he had immersed himself in alcohol and drugs uncontrollably.
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Analysis of the Nectar in a Sieve Novel Literature Research Paper
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Besides, the novelist tries to portray the real-life situation in the Indian context. Thesis statement: In the novel Nectar In A Sieve, Kamala Markandaya makes use of the character Rukmani to analyze the basic human instinct to survive in critical situations in life, and attempts to portray the bond between Indian farmers and their land.
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Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman Literature Essay
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This may be attributed to its peculiar form as a comic book and Spiegelman’s metaphoric presentation of various races as species of animals. At the same time, Maus I & II, which documents a variety of traumatizing experiences of the holocaust survivor Vladek, may well be used as an additional source of historical evidence of the Nazi atrocities against the Jews in the war.
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Reflections of Violence and Nostalgia in Jazz Literature Essay
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Created by contemporary era African American novelist Toni Morrison, Jazz serves as a powerful elucidation of the cultural patterns of ethnic-racial hatred and prejudice, which had been in vogue in different parts of the USA till the first half of the twentieth century; consequently, racial prejudice between the white and black population.
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Evaluation Argument Literature Essay
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This has provided the focal point for a new, unique and distinct stage in human development, which has not been thoroughly elucidated yet. In the United States, marriage age for a large heap of the population between ages 18 to mid-twenties has gradually increased over time.
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A Woman in Jerusalem by B. Yehoshua Literature Research Paper
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The author explained that the woman is claimed to have worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery. But there is no record of her service at the bakery.  A Jerusalem daily indicts the bakery of "coarse negligence and inhumanity toward an employee," the bakery's owner is beleaguered by guilt and takes upon the task of entrusting a human resource.
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Conflict between Human and Nature in To Build a Fire Literature Research Paper
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Conflicts arising from political disagreements between countries might have been devastating but the battle between humans and nature has the potential of initiating worse conflicts amongst humans as well as between humans and other creatures. The humans stubbornly ignited the conflict but they might be limited in dealing with it. Across history, there has been conflicting between man and nature.
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Poetry Makes Us Feel that We Are not Alone Literature Essay
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The number of people who love poetry exceeds the number of those who do not because poetry can help a person to express something that just could not have been expressed otherwise. Poetry makes us feel that we are not alone and it is easier to express ourselves in the poet’s beautiful words. It can define who a person is.
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Critical Analysis of Two Poems Literature Book Report/Review
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They paint a picture without color and the strokes of the brush. Poets are choosy about the words and take care to see that they convey the intended meanings. The literal meaning, origins, and connotations are equally important for the total effect, as the alternative beats of the same heart. Diction is the poet’s special way to convey the internal fire.
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The Empty American Promise in the Great Gatsby Literature Essay
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The Great American Dream of the twentieth century is not so great going by the types of repercussions that it has caused. The consumption pattern adopted by the people in the mad race to fulfill that Dream has resulted in the ruination of cultures and ecosystems. The foundation stone of the Dream is consumerism to secure individual and family happiness and security.
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Exotic Settings and Motifs in the Poetry of the British Romantic Period Literature Research Paper
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This paper explores the Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a representative poem of the romantic period through one of its traits of exotic settings and motifs, traceable in the poetry of the period.  The title of the poem, “Kubla Khan” relates to the name of a king in Xanadu, the province at Shantung in China, the founder of the 20th Chinese Mongol dynasty.
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Barn Burning by William Faulkner Literature Essay
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The family seems to be in existence outside the society and outside the law, and their moral code is about the loyalty of the family rather than the conventional notions of wrong or right. Sartoris is told by Snopes that he needs to remain loyal to his family, or he will be alone.
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The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela Literature Essay
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The novel begins on a dark night when a riotous group of Federals arrive in the Rancho of Demetrio Macias, who had already gained recognition for displaying valor in the skirmishes of the Mexican revolution. This group was fighting from the side of the despicable Mexican military dictator, Victoriano Huerta, who formed an exploitive regime.
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place Literature Essay
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A clean well lighted place Not everything is visible to man’s naked eye. Every single thing placed on the earth’s surface has a meaning, perhaps a hidden one which can only be deciphered by those who seek to decipher them through introspection. Often, things that are right in front of us are not the complete truth which means that nothing can ever be comprehended by simply looking at things.
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Use of Empathy in Judging Androids in Blade Runner Literature Term Paper
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The Earth becomes virtually uninhabitable prompting the devastated human populations to seek refuge on other planets. To foster emigration and colonization efforts, humans receive robots or androids that are supposed to help them. These humanoids can barely be distinguished from real human beings due to their high level of sophistication.
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Perversity in Edgar Allen Poes The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Literature Essay
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Chapter 13 provides evidence of a further level of “perversity”. Ultimately, due to the fact that the mutiny upon the ship and the subsequent struggles that it had taken place had deprived these individuals of necessary resources, including food, water, and bedsheets (to be used to catch rainwater).
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Mancur Olsons Power and Prosperity Literature Book Report/Review
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Olson’s main argument is that individual rights are a cause of prosperity, not a luxury that the less developed countries may need to do without. These individual rights must be protected from predation by the government or by other private parties. This places Olson alongside Nobel prize-winner, Amartya Sen, who argued a similar case in his book.
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Intricacies between Cathedral and the Red Convertible Literature Essay
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The author states that both the stories, ‘Cathedral’ and ‘The Red Convertible’ evoke the compassion and feeling of comradeship and brotherhood which often gets lost amid the complexities and subtleties of the post-modern cosmopolitan life. Both these stories echo the fact that amid a self-centered cosmopolitan way of living.
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The Epoch of Dream: The Great Gatsby Literature Essay
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The author states that the use of symbolism has been unique in this novel.  A green light here in this novel, portrays a strange thread of hope in Gatsby’s life.  There is a green light in the dock of Daisy’s East Egg house, that is hardly visible from the West Egg place of Gatsby, but that is a constant hope to Gatsby signifying a future to Gatsby.
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A Classic Art Form: Nature and Function of a Tragedy Literature Essay
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Both stories expound on the constant human themes of loss, regret, pain, and suffering to have a profound impact on their readers and have attained the status of literary classics. Modern literary tragedies still espouse the compelling narrative that the lesson must in some way lead to catharsis and reformation.
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The Romantic Era: Wordsworth & Coleridge Comparison/Contrast Literature Research Paper
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The romantic poetry of both poets incorporates theological concern through a meditative focus on the nature of imagination. According to Barth (p.1), imagination is the “faculty that allows the human person, whether instinctively or consciously to shape the world into meaning, much as in the beginning God shaped chaos into cosmos”.
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Commentaries and Attitude Towards traditional Society Literature Essay
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Where do the authors seem most different? Introduction The novels ‘Maru’ (1995) by Bessie Head and ‘The Suns of Independence’ (1970) by Ahmadou Kourouma have interesting commentaries and very different attitudes toward traditional society as shown through their various characters.
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Marketing Strategies to Maritime Industry Literature Essay
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The elements of the marketing mix can be grouped into four primary variables i.e. ‘Price’, ‘Product’, ‘Promotion’ and ‘Place’. The number of P’s can be extended i.e. ‘People’, ‘Process’, and ‘Physical Evidence’ to describe the service sector as well. Each element of the marketing mix is interrelated with another.
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Recommendation in Toby Fyfes Study Literature Essay
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Generally, with the advancement in technology, the way of life and means of communication have changed such that there is not a requirement for face-to-face communication. With this advancement, there have been several limitations which have not only been limited to exposure of confidential information. 
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French Literature: Balzac's An episode under the terror Literature Essay
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The whole story revolves around him. He is the one who follows the old nurse in the start, and makes use of the priest and the two nuns to accomplish his heinous goals without letting them know of the gravity of their act. The stranger spies on the old nurse in the beginning.
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Huckleberry Finn and Jim Literature Essay
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Huckleberry Finn, the protagonist of the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and his companion Jim travel a long way together with the mission that Huck will help to free Jim. Both the characters match each other in some ways. Huck and Jim, both want freedom from society and social norms that are imposed on them.
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The Role of Women and Children in the Book Uncle Tom's Cabin Literature Essay
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This novel, published in 1852, was also one of the widely discussed works in the nineteenth century. This book, since was published during the time of political unrest caused by the anti-slavery issues and women’s rights movement, became a powerful tool in the hands of the advocates of the Abolitionist Movement.
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Much Ado About Nothing Literature Essay
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The play keeps true to the title as many of the characters participate mainly in the actions of just observing, listening and nothing. The play deals with the masculine feelings pertaining to women's chastity and the subjugation of women by the male dominated society.
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The Flaws in the Concept of Knighthood Literature Research Paper
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A Knight was supposed to be brave and fearless during any fight and was to show all the knightly qualities. He was supposed to guard the Castle and to ensure that the king was safe in medieval warfare. There were very many virtues of the medieval code of chivalry. These virtues included truth, faith, charity, justice, hope, prudence, and diligence.
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What Characteristics of the Ideals of a Hero are Revealed in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Literature Essay
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liad and The Odyssey: The Characteristics of Epics and their Heroes We see that Homer’s epics are written, and many scholars think that his epics were transcribed and fused stories (folk stories) of Greece during the Bronze Age. As we can see, Homer’s epics are centered on the Trojan War.
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Fruhlings Erwachen and Woyzeck Literature Essay
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Lust is pervasive in the play and has consumed teens. One girl in the play is beaten by her father yet another one wants to be in her place. The teenagers do not understand the problem not even how to address it. What follows is suicide, rape, beatings, teenage pregnancies, masturbation and abortions among other vices.
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The Merchant and The Wife of Baths Tales Literature Essay
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Patterson’s problem with the merchant is not that he does not believe in the future; his problem is that the merchant seems to want to do both at the same time. He wants to believe and yet he is not ready to commit to any kind of belief. He is a man sitting on the fence unable to make a decision on whether he should believe in love or not.
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Elements of Fantasy and Romanticism Literature Essay
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In neoclassicism, there was a belief that both fantasy and romance were the rejection of the real and the truth that was a part of the social and cultural class as well as the literary elements. This was combined with the use of these two elements as a technique in which fantasy and romance were created through plot lines for love interests, relationships or to develop plots that could not manifest into a specific reality.
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Analysis of Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez Literature Essay
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Adolescent literature is a form of literal writing that targets teenagers and issues affecting them. With teenagers as the audience, the type of literature has specific characteristics that identify with the group. Such features include issues affecting teenagers such as in orientation of themes, and simplicity that captures the group’s attention.  
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