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Analysis of Mrs Dalloway Novel by Virginia Woolf Literature Research Paper
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In conclusion, it can be said that Mrs. Dalloway is one of the most famous modernist novels. Woolf uses the literary style of stream of consciousness to great effect. The reader throughout the novel is able to delve into the depths of the thoughts or consciousness of the characters as the thoughts of the characters fly here and there 
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Growing Misery - Isabellas Tragic Tale Literature Essay
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At the time and place the Decameron was written - Italy in the 1300s - women did not have many rights. They were not independent beings, but relied on their fathers - or their brothers, or any male relative if the others were no longer alive - for everything. They could not earn their own living and were subject to the whims of the men in their families. 
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The Gods Are on Earth Literature Research Paper
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The classical stories are still ingrained in the collective consciousness of humanity. The cyclic journey of the hero of monomyth actually reminds us of the cyclic evolution of the concept of the monomyth. The basic patterns of human thought seem to be identical. The basic colors are same; the only difference is that of shades  
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Libertine Fiction Charts the Decline of the Aristocracy in France Literature Coursework
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The realm of literature narrated the story of the time and laid before the readers the society of France of that time. The ascendancy and decline of aristocracy in that period and their frivolous pursuits found their depiction in a specific literary form which is named as Libertine fiction.
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The Quantum Change: Gradual Epiphanies in Two Novels Literature Book Report/Review
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The descent into acceptance with Ditie often feels like it is ascension into a plane that few understand: the reader almost feels a kind of envy at his ability to make do with so little and yet be so content. It is more a decision than complacently allowing life to take over as it may. With Salim the ending is not so clear cut: it is allowed to melt into a metaphorical river of time.
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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler as a Living Document of the Socio-Economic Anxieties Literature Case Study
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The novel was published in the year 1939 and at that time Raymond was aged fifty. So, Chandler showed all the traits of maturity in his novel. The characters were fully developed and the plot was complete. But these are general attributes of any good novel. This novel is a more matured perspective and overview of a socio-economic condition.
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An Analysis of Great Expectations Literature Essay
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Indeed, the purpose of literature is not simply to amuse us or make us while away our time. It makes us open to reality. It teaches us more about the lessons in life that we must learn so that we will grow in wisdom. It is in this context that we are going to analyze a certain part of Great Expectations, a classic novel written by Charles Dickens in 1860.
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Features Of The American Dream Image In West Side Story Literature Case Study
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Infuriated at the death of his best friend, Tony kills Bernardo. When Tony explains the situation to Maria, she forgives Tony for killing her brother as she is deeply in love with him. But Tony is killed by Chino, a member of the Sharks gang when Tony comes out in the streets, upon hearing the wrong message of Maria’s death.
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The Language of Paradox by Sherman Alexie Literature Essay
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Poetic language reconciles opposites, according to Coleridge and this is a perfect example of paradox. According to Cleanth Brooks, “paradox is the language appropriate and inevitable to poetry”, as he explains it in his seminal essays on literary theory and criticism “The Language of Paradox” in his “Well Wrought Urn”. Paradox is used to present contradictions, irony and highlight the implications in a situation, relationship, themes, and so on.
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Oroonoko, the Royal Slave and Sir Gawain and Green Knight Literature Essay
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Oroonoko, the Royal Slave and Sir Gawain and Green Knight belong to the British English Literature and have many things in common. In their literary style, theme and characters, there are many parallels. They can also be compared with reference to the style and approach their authors have used to convince their readers of the characters. 
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Midsummer Nights Dream by Shakespeare Literature Book Report/Review
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Love is not only magical but is also dreamful. As suggested by the very title of the play, dreams become a significant thematic scheme of the play. The love juice is applied mostly when the characters are sleeping and they wake up dreamful into the wrong reality, leading to all the magically bizarre mishaps in the forest. Characters talk about dreams throughout the play. 
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Paternal Affections in To a Sad Daughter Literature Book Report/Review
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The author states that the first stanza introduces us to the omniscient subject of the poem. It indicates her hobbies and interests which obviously revolve around sports, specifically hockey, which she avidly follows. The daughter also devotes time to playing a number of possible sports which she busies herself with.
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Spunk by Zara Neale Hurston Literature Essay
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This story inspired this reader to read more of the stories in the book because they are interesting. Hurston seemed to have a unique view of black America and she did not hesitate to show it in her stories. Some of the characters may be foolish, others may be simple, but in the long run, she has created a canvas of stories that all people can relate to on a global level.
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Comparison of William Faulkners and Theodor Roethkes Literature Literature Literature review
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The sleeping status of the boy in Theodor Roethke’s poem and the comfortable state of the speaker in the poem “The Road Not Taken” also give a convincing example for the reader. The two roads which symbolize two professions in poets living in the poem” The Road Not Taken” gives similar situations of conflict or inner struggle.
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Comparison and Contrast Between Shankara and Tao Te Ching Literature Essay
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To respect every life as one's own and to merge in the source of all nature, we call God.  Unite with the self through the self by the self unto the self is the teaching of Tao Te Ching and Shankara in their spirituality, philosophy and ideology for humankind. Comparisons and contrasts illuminate but the same goal of Tao and Shankara. The realization of the self. 
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Novels And Social Writing Of Jack London Literature Case Study
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The novel was published in 1904 when the age of sail was coming to a close in terms of commercial enterprise. Although large numbers of vessels in the maritime continued to carry sail, the steamship had already laid irreversible claim to the high seas, and the next decade would see large numbers of sailing vessels scuttled or converted to steam.
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The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Relation between Love and Money Literature Book Report/Review
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The Merchant of Venice, the celebrated romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, has been one of the most renowned plays by the author and it deals with various themes including the relationship between love and money. The play is generally recognized as a lively comedy of love and money in the sixteenth century Venice and the major plot of the play brings out the relationship between the two. 
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The Myth of Romulus and His Brothers Birth Literature Essay
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 It is essential to state that Romulus, a Roman hero, is believed to be the son of Mars. Rhea Silvia is his mother and she is a Vestal virgin and the daughter of King Numitor. Rhea Silvia gave birth to twins, Romulus and Remus, who had usurped the throne earlier and ordered the children to be thrown into the Tiber. 
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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Literature Book Report/Review
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This book is presented with a straight-forward, clear-eyed approach that leaves no room for modesty or evasion.  This makes it easy to read and the lessons very approachable.  Even when you try to resist the idea of being taught something, the book is not overly preachy and is instead interesting enough to keep you wanting to read further. 
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Sex and Greed in Chaucers The Canturbury Tales Literature Book Report/Review
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Within each story is reflected one or the other moral of life and a satire of the contemporary society. In the tales, the most sensitive issues Chaucer raised are the way women perceived in the middle ages, her sexual instincts and the quality which she adored and had to wear as prescribed by the society along with the avaricious attitude many people had to adopt in their lives.
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Henrik Ibsens A Dolls House Literature Literature review
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As the paper highlights, to understand this, one must take a closer look at the history of women’s liberation in Norway. Inheritance rights were gained in 1854, women were given higher education rights in 1882, but the first female professor started teaching in 1912. However, independence was something that was still really distant. 
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American Dream in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Literature Literature review
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The forefathers of America even had a dream. The dream of seeing it becomes the most successful democracy(Abraham Lincoln), the dream of liberty, equality, and justice to everybody, irrespective of caste, creed or color(Martin Luther King) and the dream of an America where moral values and virtues are not compromised for the purpose of wealth and material possessions.
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A Post Modernist View on the Works of Ernest Hemingway Literature Assignment
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Hemingway attempts to deal with the social, ethical, and personal problems of the people of his times. At the same time, he also dares to draw out a contrast between the ideologies of two English-speaking nations. The ‘givens’ of the Englishness of a British culture versus the ‘takes’ of an American culture pops up.
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Cultural Pollution by Immigrants in Anne Tylers Digging to America Literature Assignment
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American’s always tended to look at this aspect of Immigration from their point of view only, which was almost always unsympathetic with the realities of the immigrants. That’s what is making Anne Tyler’s Digging to America interesting since this novel is trying to look at the issue from the point of view of the immigrant. 
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The Impacts of Western and Polish Cultures in Eva Hoffmans Writings Literature Research Paper
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In Poland alone, 3 million Jews were massacred in Nazi concentration camps. Hertz and Dobroszycki have in a book, bluntly put this situation as “There are no Jews in Poland now. The remaining handful is but a reminder of the community of many millions who lived in Poland before the war. That community was eradicated and will never return.”
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A Dolls House - the Historical, Social, Cultural and Political Influences Literature Book Report/Review
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Nora is expected to obey him at any cost, even if it is at the expense of her simple desires like macaroons. The reason given is that it might spoil her teeth. This brings to surface yet another fact about the expectations of a man of position like Helmer in society. An attractive wife could have been one of the conventions.
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Non-Causal Linearity In Contemporary Drama Literature Book Report/Review
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A character that has motives that cannot be thwarted with money is something interesting. Nora’s reaction to Krogstad, using phrases like “that’s impossible”, impacts the audience response towards Krogstad. Krogstad evolves as a villain posing threat to the protagonist by creating an element of suspense and curiosity in the plot for the audience.
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Carolina Maria de Jesus and Sandro Rosa do Nascimento Literature Essay
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Poverty exists in every sense of the word, but the majority ignores it unless something is written or someone has made a scene out of it that the community is reminded of the fact that there are still people who live in extreme poverty, who would make all their efforts to survive.
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Character Values in William Shakespeares Othello Literature Essay
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Although Othello is living among Western civilization and serving as an accomplished soldier among them, Othello is nevertheless alone.  Despite his assimilation to Westernization and his competence as an accomplished soldier, Othello is marginalized and stereotyped to such an extent that his actions and ultimately his fate is preordained by his natural rather than actual history. 
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The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas Literature Admission/Application Essay
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The author explains that Harriet Bailey, a black slave was his mother while his father was said to be a white man. Fredrick had hardly known a childhood because he was separated from his mother when he ran away from Maryland which was his home. In those days it was customary for the child.
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Because I Could Not Stop for Death - Emily Dickinsons Poem Literature Research Paper
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“The very making of a poem involves a transformation from perceived reality or experience into a verbal utterance shaped by the poet’s imagination and craft”.  The effect of the poem will often depend on the ability of the poet to present their ideas, emotions, and impressions in the form of strong imagery that accurately defines the experience.
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Heroic Themes in Beowulf and Gawain and the Green Knight Literature Book Report/Review
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A hero must constantly have definite traits such as bravery and nobility, but the qualities of heroism can differ to a great extent. Even if apparently, some heroic characters might appear to be very unlike, these dissimilarities are accounted for because of the variation between the cultures they lived in. Beowulf opens with a brief account of some of the great heroes of Norse history and legend.
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Michael by William Wordsworth Literature Assignment
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The author states that ‘Michael’ is famous for embodying a feature that Wordsworth is particularly popular for – the feature of ‘nature poetry’. Nature is a part of human life that is connected with the spirit of God. The understanding, experience and the proximity of man with nature define spiritual realization.
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The African Congo in Heart of Darkness Literature Essay
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 Some critics, like Frances Singh, have looked at the ways in which Conrad and his narrator Marlow use language to dissociate themselves from the horrors of imperialism. Singh is particularly interested in the ways in which Conrad assumes the conventions of the Gothic genre to create an atmosphere of unreal horror in Heart of Darkness.
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Oranges by Garry Soto and Oranges by Ronald Wallace Literature Essay
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The poem by Wallace is more of a sensual nature- it is a physical experience of a couple in love. They share their love and get intimate; the poet uses imagery and symbolism to express the heat of desire and the physical attraction of his lover. Soto’s poem is about love at a tender age- the girl seems very innocent and young. The innocence of the two young people in love is emphasized in the poem by Soto in a very subtle manner.
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Charles Marlowe a Life Sketch Literature Book Report/Review
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His life has been an epic journey of conceits and humor and everything that lies within. There was a certain kind of a  parallel circuit running between Shakespeare and him, as far as their early life is concerned, having being born in the same year as Shakespeare and being christened barely two months apart from the baptizing ceremony of the Bard.
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The Characters of Nora and Mrs. Linde in a Dolls House Literature Essay
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Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is notable for its unconventional portrayal of the female protagonist, Nora. She is a wife who, at the commencement of the play, appears to be a  typical, submissive housewife but as the play continues, goes against the grain of Victorian tradition and dares to fight for her independence. As opposed to Nora, another female character in the play, Mrs. Linde. 
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Fences - August Wilsons Play about Racial Discrimination Literature Research Paper
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Black people living in Northern cities also had to deal with a great deal of racism and lack of opportunity.  Even though these conditions are not as recognized today because they never became a part of an official law, boundaries set on black people in the North could be just as harsh as those set upon them in the South. 
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Analysis of The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck Literature Book Report/Review
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Unfortunately, Elisa's spirit dies again when she finds out that the tinker betrayed her trust. She is devastated when she sees that her hard work, her "children" have been cast adrift on the side of the road where they will be destroyed. She entrusted her chrysanthemums to this stranger who she thought was trustworthy and she finds that he did not care (10).
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Theme of Racism in Samuel Selvons The Lonely Londoners Literature Book Report/Review
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Samuel Selvon, a Trinidadian by birth, grew up in a multiracial, multicultural society. His powerful sense of displacement and feelings has found its way in a subtle form into his fiction. The Lonely Londoners, the first novel of his Moses trilogy has been given recognition as a landmark in the literature. It has been treated successfully with a narrative in Caribbean English. 
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Changing Roles of Poets, Writers and Critics Literature Essay
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In the Romantic era, roughly 1780 to 1830, poets were regarded as slightly apart from mainstream society. The Romantics were fond of radicalism, sentiment, a return to the pastoral way of living, a glorification of their classical history, among other things.  
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Bless Me, Ultima - Rudolf Anaya's Novel Literature Research Paper
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Antonio is a young boy who faces many deaths and has to face issues related to religion. His childhood is disturbed owing to the conflict between his mother trying to make a priest out of him and his father who was ready to help him find his own choice of career. After meeting Ultima he understands that there are other concepts of gods.
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Rip Van Winkle and the Other Works in the Folk Tale Tradition Literature Assignment
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"There is no such thing as plagiarism in oral tradition,” (Jones, p.4) from where such tales originate and are transmitted to generation after generation. They grew, expanded, and were modified effortlessly and unintentionally with the addition of the emotions of the storyteller, but their essence remained the same. 
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From the Joys of Motherhood to The Color Purple - How Motherhood is Portrayed in Black Womens Literature Literature Literature review
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The following document outlines the proposed research process for examining “How Motherhood is Portrayed in Black Women’s Literature.” Through the use of primary texts and secondary academic sources, this study aims to define what motherhood is for the African American woman and how that role, in the literature.
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The Fires of Jubilee - Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion Literature Book Report/Review
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Nathaniel Francis was among this group of children and he was especially close to one of the three sons of his Master who was named John Clark Turner. Besides playing among themselves, they collected small treasures, swam in ponds or rivers, explored the expanse of the forest, raided the neighbouring melon fields.  
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Italy and England During the Renaissance and Machiavelli's Prince and Thomas More's Utopia Literature Essay
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More has a strong moral and humanist grounding and would not approve of the cold pragmatism of power that represents the height of politics in Machiavelli’s Prince. And yet, both arrive at times at similar tactics, for example in the defense of morally unsound practices employed by the Utopians to prevent the greater evil of bloodshed.
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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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The Theme of Hunger and Poverty in Angela's Ashes Literature Term Paper
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Frank has to carry lots of burden of responsibility of the family on his young shoulders. But he remains loyal to his father and this is the typical Irish quality of familial love. He loves his father’s intellectual brilliance, his flair for storytelling and the style in which he tries to kindle the spirit patriotism. 
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Conflicted People of Any Country Literature Annotated Bibliography
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The local inmates had overpowering dispositions to forming friendly ties with each other so that outsiders can be warded off in case of external invasions. Now in the cultural-political context of the early colonialism in the Americas, it was almost predefined as to who should rule the territories and settle disputes.
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In Between Masculinity and Society - Ian McEwan's Dead as They Come Literature Essay
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The solid and well-crafted story is both haunting and disconcerting as the reader witnesses how the narrator's selfishness and insecurity slowly lead to his ultimate demise and insanity. McEwan uses his reader's knowledge of culture and society to help showcase his narrator's masculinity throughout the piece. 
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