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Ideas by Judy Brady in the Context of Feminist Struggles and Activism Literature Research Paper
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Some women never try to yield to male domination because they know that the same is inhuman and is against equal treatment. Within this scenario, Judy Brady’s ideas and views on feminism in the 1970s are noteworthy because she tries to portray how womenfolk are marginalized within their private domains by emblemizing them as wives, mothers. 
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann and The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche Literature Essay
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann and The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche share similarities and differences based on their structures and themes. For instance, Death of Venice narrates about a suffering writer, who goes to Venice for a break from all the activities he has engaged in. While in Venice, he gets liberated, uplifted and obsessed with a young boy.  
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Madame Bovary and The Lady with the Dog Literature Assignment
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The novel, Madame Bovary, and the short story, The Lady with the Dog, are two different narratives written in the 18th Century. Madame Bovary is a marriage and relationship story authored by Gustave Flaubert. This novel was first published in the year 1856. The latter, The Lady with the Dog, has a quite similar story line even it was published decades later in 1899; authored by Chekhov Anton.
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Boxing the Compass Literature Essay
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It is the same kind of cooperation that is required in the effort to save the Earth from global warming and the subsequent climate change which threatens to wipe off the Earth and all its contents. Florian does not choose the path of nostalgia but presents solutions through the woman she uses in the story through sweetness.
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Junot Diazs The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao Literature Book Report/Review
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Oscar stays in New Jersey with his mother Beli and his big sister Lola. He is a fanatic of comics and science and due to this, he has no luck with women. In this culture, Oscar is expected to be a highly masculine and sexual dynamo. Instead, Oscar prefers to live his life with his comics, dungeon, and dragons.
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A Novel: The Benched Literature Book Report/Review
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My wife fired me for being a husband. Which fired me as a father. What a fiery life I live in.” It was Tom Mota. He couldn’t even remember where he was. He was just walking and talking and stopping to sit or stand, so he could talk some more, whether someone was there to hear him or not. Liza was surprised that Tom was sitting near her.
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Perspectives in A Rose for Emily Literature Literature review
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Such an aspect is portrayed in the essence that when her father dies, the whole town is in the expectation that Miss Emily is to be in a state of grief, but contrary to such perception, she is not. To Emily, she believes that the father is indeed well with her, an aspect that is considered to mean that to her, the father is still alive.
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Comparison between the Tragic Heroes Literature Essay
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The arrival of the white man who introduced different customs it seen as a tragic event in the story. The people had to abandon Umofian customs and embrace European religion, weapons and the government system. Okonkwo wanted to fight the white men when he came back from exile, but nobody was behind him (Achebe).
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein and Johann Goethes The Sorrows of Young Werther Literature Essay
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That doesn’t mean that they lose battle absolutely. If not for their destruction they could not understand their situation and only reaching the bottom they became able to see everything clearly. Werther kills himself but he was in a position to ruin Lotte’s life and life of her husband. Here shyness and loneliness help Werther to commit a lesser evil both for his love and because of it.
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The World Set Free by H. G. Wells Literature Annotated Bibliography
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In contemporary society, the word has been coined to refer to realistic communities that try to make an ideal society through their scientific innovations. This paper is set to carry out an analysis of Wells’ novel, The World Set Free, in which case utopian idealism forms the central theme; to explore the characteristics of the utopian movement. 
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Symbolism in Louise Erdrichs Works Literature Essay
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The author has made use of symbolism as a way of revealing the hardships and trials that Henry brought home from the battlefield that took place in Vietnam. The author shows the difficulties of Lyman when it comes to handling a separation from his brother. The ultimate purpose of this short story is to communicate the war emotional afflictions. 
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Strategic Literary Techniques in Tono-Bungay by H. G. Wells Literature Essay
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The author achieves unity in the plot not only by the systematic narrative chronology of the plot but also by the use of appropriate patterns and metaphors. The author of the novel uses a number of appropriate literary devices to develop a cohesive plot. In doing this, he develops a number of realistic conflicts among the characters in the novel. 
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Why Does Hamlet Hesitate to Take Revenge Literature Essay
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He gets a number of perfect chances to kill the king but always give excuses for not killing a feature that shows his characters and his relations with the other characters. Hamlet’s hesitations turn to inaction when he later gets perfect opportunities to kill the king. 
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Racist Socialization in Tar Baby Literature Literature review
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This has helped reduce the severe violence of the blacks in the country as some of the blacks gained fame in the country that made them fight for their civil rights and dignity. In reminiscence, the discrimination and human rights violation against the blacks led to the formation of civil rights movements that were geared towards ending the long discrimination. 
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The Novel Tar Baby Written by Toni Morrison Literature Literature review
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The effects of slavery are still rife. Similarly, Dr. Joy had carried research to establish the effects of slavery to generations of Black American society. According to Dr. Gruy, the slavery era had severely affected generations of Black Americans. 
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The Principle Objective of Modernist Writing Literature Case Study
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Modernism cannot be confined in any specific parameters since it encompasses many variations of artistic and philosophical perspectives including “symbolism, futurism, surrealism, expressionism, and others”. This genre of literature becomes even more confusing to define when many modernist writers do not associate with these groups.
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Human Experience in Ovid Metamorphoses Literature Book Report/Review
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One of his most significant works was ‘The Metamorphoses’ which has been translated from Latin to English by Arthur Golding in the year 1567. Golding’s version of the book which was titled ‘Ovid Metamorphoses’ is replete with allusions to myths and legends and explanations offered for morals and sins.
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Fight Clubs Cultural Context Literature Book Report/Review
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The film version of the novel, directed by David Fincher, was released in 1999 gaining cult status. When that cultural/historical context of the novel is compared with the current times, it can provide key perspectives. Fight Club, its cultural/historical contexts would be gleaned thereby interpreting the novel.
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Main Features of The Importance of Being Earnest Literature Book Report/Review
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Paul's argument has enabled me to adopt an open mind with regards to the text. As a result, I have extracted more dimensions of the text than I expected. Rather than read the text with a fixation on its title, Paulun has led me to embrace a more critical and deeper approach that generates more interpretations on top of the obvious ones.
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The Meaning of Struggle in Human Life Literature Essay
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The first work is an example of how courage and conscious people can be when they are determined at noble aims, such as defense of their motherland and protection of population from the aggressive actions of the invaders, and the second literary work is the best proof of the necessity of the permanent struggle with the injustice, which is described by the efforts of the African American people.
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How Is the Theme of Tradition Reflected in Shirley Jacksons Short Story The Lottery Literature Annotated Bibliography
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Du Bose scrutinizes how humanity was dominated by men who govern the town both politically as well as economically. He critiques Shirley Jackson’s works. It states that Shirley Jackson was renowned for her psychosomatic horror story. The story “The Lottery” was frequently observed as sarcasm of social institutions and human behaviour. 
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The Review of the Book Literature Book Report/Review
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Mostly, hip-hop incorporates several elements that include rap music, which is the main component, graffiti that comes along with hip-hop, and breaking which is the dance popular with hip-hop artists. The break-dancers, as people know them, do not call themselves that especially in the groups affiliated with hip-hop music.
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Secrets in Frank Stockton Text Literature Essay
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The author's stories are mostly mere narratives. Besides, he does not make adequate use of the theme of description to localize the story's scene. Stockton is analytically conversant with his art. He can convey a delightful credibility to motivate eccentrically plots (Bowel 458). Also, some of his stories make classification hard.
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Identity in The Awakening Literature Book Report/Review
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The society perceived as inferior to their men counterparts. This is the reason women were strictly given the role of taking care of their husbands and being submissive to them.  Te role of motherhood also made Edna dissatisfied with the labels. In fact, the identity of women in society was demeaning and disenfranchising.
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Analysis of Dante's Works Literature Assignment
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Many consider Dante’s Divine Comedy as a supreme literary work, not only of medieval Christendom but of the Christian faith in general. Rivaled only by Milton’s Paradise Lost. (pv) (The comedy is only rivaled by Milton’s Paradise Lost). Never has a poet given a more compelling vision of Christian love than Dante in his Commedia (The Divina was added after Dante’s death).
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Comparison and Contrast of Literary Pieces Literature Essay
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Somehow, Bendrix keeps on observing jealousy that has forced him to appoint a detective in order to intrude into the personal life of his ex beloved. Thus, all the three works under investigation demonstrate different postures of jealousy, though all of which depict possessiveness, where no lover allows any sharing of love altogether on the part of their beloved.
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Marriage in Literature Literature Essay
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Marriage is an important social institution as it retains and provides the basic infrastructure to the family system. For the effective and smooth running of this social system, the role of the wife is of crucial importance. In the English literature, a woman has been identified with strange tendencies which represent her immature and incapable of retaining a strong and stable marital relationship.
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The Use of Character and Setting in Literature Literature Book Report/Review
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In particular, the book creates a link between the students and the literary works of the authors to help them understand reading and writing skills such as the use of symbols, plot, setting, characters, point of view, theme, language, and style. 
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Insanity in Edgar Allen Poe's Works Literature Essay
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 Individuals would constantly or irregularly develop those thoughts based on external situations. When it is the right time, he/she will try to “translate” or actualize those thoughts into actions and reality. When that actualization happens in a smooth and expected manner, it will provide optimal happiness and contentment to the individuals.
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Contemporary Writing Literature Essay
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It is the unique characteristic of man, to visualize the world of fantasy. Such a cavernous obsession for the fantasy led many writers to fabricate the amazing books on science fiction. According to Carl Freedman, “Of all genres, science fiction, is thus the one most devoted to the historical concreteness and rigorous self reflective-ness of critical theory.
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Cornell Notes Analysis Literature Assignment
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The Cold War and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan are some of the wars that both made the U.S. a superpower nation and also a failure for many Americans who did not want to have an image of a violent America. The cultural influences are also present in the chapter, which included the Civil Rights Movement.
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The Theme of Power in the Disgrace Novel by Coetzee J Literature Book Report/Review
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The main character is a confusing individual, at once one of the intellectual snobs, the contemptuous of others and being one who will commit outrageous mistakes. The story is also local the theme and the aging challenges both on a societal and individual level that lead to no country for the old men line. 
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Analysis of the Novel Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee Literature Book Report/Review
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The novel ‘Disgrace’ looks at the effect the social and political agendas have in the creation of the identity of a person. Coetzee articulate that the part of our identity developed upon the social and the political grounds may have a harmful effect on both the advantaged and disadvantaged within the system.
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The Theme of Marriage in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Literature Assignment
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The first sentence in Pride and Prejudice is also one of the most famous sentences in English literature as well as a representative of the times. It can also be understood as the plot of the novel as well as many others of the time since it describes as a universal truth that a single man who has had good fortunes will automatically be looking for a wife.
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A Spiritual Quest of Life: Self Realization and Human Consciousness Literature Book Report/Review
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Ron Kovic rightly says that he became a messenger, a living symbol, an example, a man who learned that love and forgiveness are more powerful than hatred, who has learned to embrace all men and women as my brothers and sisters. He also eschews the element of hatred and feels that no one will ever become his enemy no matter how hard they try to frighten and intimidate him.
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Kurt Vonneguts Harrison Bergeron and the Propaganda of the Welfare State Literature Book Report/Review
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When equality is taken too seriously, it can have counterproductive effects. All of us have experienced inequality of power, fortune, and endowments in our personal and social lives. We accept it to be part of the game of life and adapt ourselves to the fact. In contrast, the political realm endeavours to offer equality of individual rights. 
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Elie Wiesel and His Beliefs and Observations which Shook His Faith in God Literature Book Report/Review
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The selfishness of people makes them think about their rights and concerns. People remain totally unconcerned about other people’s problems and sufferings. The cycle completes itself, with no one helping out no one. This matter of self-centeredness has arisen many bloodsheds in the world, in the political, social, and religious scenario. 
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Childrens Literature in the Victorian Period Literature Literature review
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Early Victorian books written for children display a great deal of emphasis on educating children in the strict moral lessons of the day. Regardless of the subject matter being discussed, such as simple mathematics or the alphabet, these ideas are usually brought together with ideas of religion, moral and ethical ‘correctness’.
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The Historical Background of the Play Lysistrata by Aristophanes Literature Literature review
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The author states that the play is centered on Athenian women who were tired of the Peloponnesian war. The play can be absurd for many as it has many situations where there is much sexual explanation that can be bold and sultry. I would look at the play from many angles like historical, contemporary and production basis.
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History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding Literature Book Report/Review
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Henry Fielding’s novel A History of Tom Jones: A Foundling conveys the story of a young man who was found, as an infant, asleep in the bed of a kind-hearted and loving country gentleman, Squire Allworthy and his life as a young man. Published in 1749, the novel is set in the countryside where Fielding himself was born and is thought to contain at least some biographical information.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Literature Book Report/Review
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Through the poetic story, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the lessons told about the nature of the fair-sex are, one may cross the moon and beat the stars, but to probe the mystery unfolding within a woman’s mind is no ordinary mission. The challenge of love that Gawain faced was no less than the challenge in front of a battle-ready warrior.
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Harper Lee's Vision and Depiction of Courage in To Kill a Mockingbird Literature Book Report/Review
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a well-penned narration of the racial issues in the South before the Civil Rights era, say published in 1960. The author Harper Lee sketches out the story as a fluent description of the views of Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout, a young girl. The story runs through lots of action and emotion but the key focus is on the projection of the theme of courage.
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Gender Roles in Wildes Lady Windermeres Fan Literature Essay
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The approach used by the writer mainly focuses on the showcase of such women as elements of a new societal force which is capable of doing well to society and contributing significantly to its goals. In a world that only relied on its men folk for intellectual thinking, this approach served to change the stringent mindset of the 19th-century audience
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Analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelleys A Defence of Poetry Literature Book Report/Review
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It is essential to state that the literary text itself begins in the mind of the author and cannot be appreciated without reference to the author.  It becomes necessary to learn who the author is, his or her particular style of writing and the times and social norms that influenced his or her authorship. 
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Roles of Women in the 19th Century Literature Essay
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, another issue that can be found in the writings of Jane Austen, specifically in Pride and Prejudice, was the right of women to inherit their father’s land.  During that time, only a male heir has the right over the succession of title and the land.  The land and title goes to the nearest keen without consideration to the female members of the family.  
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Feminism and Frankenstein Literature Case Study
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Women often found means of breaking out of their limited spheres enough to express some of the greater issues encountered within this male-dominated system. It is worth mentioning, that one of the more successful female writers emerging during this time period and addressing this issue was Mary Shelley. 
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The Relationship between History and Violence in the Twentieth Century Literature Literature review
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World history in the twentieth century is especially noted for the various wars, bloodsheds, violence, etc and the modernist literature, including fiction and poems, has attempted to represent this human situation. Significantly, there is an obvious relationship between history and violence in twentieth-century and modernist literature.
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We Are Not Concerned With The Very Poor, They Are Unthinkable by Edward Morgan Foster Literature Essay
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In novels of Edward Morgan Foster, he dealt with different topics like- middle-class materialism, conflict of cultures, and marginalized sexuality. His personal life was with full of scandals related to his homosexuality. So, some publishers were not ready to publish his short stories in his lifetime. 
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Features of the Novel The Buddha Of Suburbia, Written by Hanif Kureishi Literature Book Report/Review
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In the novel The Buddha Of Suburbia, the author, Hanif Kureishi, portrays a message through a character named Karim Amir about how his life resembles Hanif’s own personal life growing up. The paths that the author and his character follow are very similar, as biographical information on this author shows this parallel. 
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Literature Book Report/Review
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It will not make a man happy to live in a world chained to the dictates of someone’s will. A society that is a puppet of someone else’s power or influence is miserable. Deprivation, oppression, and terror do not create a real utopia but the opposite. Dictatorship, as Huxley shows it, the theme that exists all throughout the novel.
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