Category: Literature
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David Von Drehle Critique: The Fire That Changed America
Table of Contents Introduction The American woman worker Workers Rights violations Corruption Conclusion References Introduction In his book ”the fire that Changes America”, the writer explores the social problems that faced the American people in their social settings. He describes these problems using different illustrations. The writer addresses the social problems faced by both men…
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The Epic Poem “The Song of Roland”
Table of Contents Introduction Social Structure: People Coming Together and Working Together A Mechanism for Mobilizing Ordinary People To Become a Military Force A Conceptual Framework Defining Moral Duties and Obligations Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The French epic poem entitled La Chanson de Roland or The Song of Roland offers a glimpse of the socio-economic…
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The Remains of the Day’ by K. Ishiguro: Destructiveness and Servility
Table of Contents Introduction Main part Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Ever since Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “The Remains of the Day” was published in 1989, the foremost message it conveys has been discussed from a variety of different perspectives. However, most literary critics agree that in “The Remains of the Day”, Kazuo Ishiguro was striving to expose…
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Characters in “The Tortilla Curtain” by Boyle
The Tortilla Curtain is a novel that touches upon the issues of racial discrimination, illegal immigration, and middle-class virtues. The story makes the reader realize that life is subjected to snobbism due to the social gap that existed between Latinos and Americans. Two couples, the Ricans and the Mossbachers have their outlooks on the American…
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Apollonian and Dionysian in Euripides’ “Bacchae”
The opposition between Apollonian and Dionysian can be described to be in the center of modern literary analysis since literary work is a difficult interrelation between form and contents, norm and abnormality, which can be described as a great confrontation between rational and irrational, order and measure and immeasurability. This paradox can’t be best described…
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Landscape Mapping in King Solomon’s Mines by Haggard
The map in King Solomon’s has a lot of race and sex bias. The use of terms like “nipple” to describe the tip of a mountain and “breast” to denote the mountain begins a series of the sexual orientation of this map (McClintock 2). While it is evident that the creator of the map had…
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“The Everlasting Regret” and “The Autumn of the Lustrous Emperor of Tang: Rain on the Wutong Tree”
The two literary works under consideration are the poem The Everlasting Regret by Bai Juyi-Yi and the play The Autumn of the Lustrous Emperor of Tang: Rain on the Wutong Tree by the famous Chinese playwright Bai Pu. Both works cover the life of a Chinese Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, namely, his personal and political…
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“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders
Table of Contents Introduction Arguments Counterargument Conclusion Work Cited Introduction Divisions within communities have been observed since the times of ancient civilizations. Nevertheless, the streaming growth of the industrial revolution of the 19th century brought some significant changes to the understanding of social inequalities. “The Semplica-Girl Diaries” is one of the chapters from the diary…
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Eric Liu: Racial Categorization in “The Accidental Asian”
Table of Contents Introduction Disagreement with the Notion of Asian Americans Hypocrisy of Race Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Eric Liu, through a collection of seven memoirs and essays wrote the Accidental Asian. Having worked for former president, Bill Clinton, as a speechwriter, Liu narrates his personal and cultural identities through the book Accidental Asian. Largely,…
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The Book Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid
One of the main items in the world is the understanding of personal identity in this world and how person is related to it. The question is how the person feels in the stream of events and among other people, who make up the crowd, how person sees him/herself in this wide and infinite world.…