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  • Symbolism in Old man and the sea

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    Reading a story can sometimes be like reliving a piece of history Through symbolism authors can bring to life a piece of the past and show it through someone elses eyes Ernest Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea tells the story of Jesus Christ in a simple and plain way Hemmingway who was not religious uses subtle symbolism throughout the story and adds Christian imagery to his writing Santiago was once a strong and well respected man in his community but now washed away by age he is fighting f

  • Power and Independence in Woman At Point Zero

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    In her essay From the Womens Prison Third World Womens Narratives of Prison SJ1 Barbara Harlow argues that the solidarity that transcends race gender class and other social categories is a vital component in the fight against oppressive forces She also claims that Firdauss affiliation with the psychiatrist ultimately allows Firdaus to share her story and become part of the collective struggle against the authoritarian political structures and patriarchal hierarchies of Egyptian society Harlow 5

  • Commentary on Dreamland

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    Another book that I like is Dreamland by Sarah Dessen On the day of Caitlins birthday she wakes up to find that her older sister Cass has left her family and ran away All Caitlins life she felt like she had to follow her older sisters footsteps Cass runs away with her boyfriend after being accepted to the University of Yale Caitlins family is very upset and tries everything in their power to get her sister to come back home While their trying to get Cass to come home Caitlin feels guilty and tr

  • Symbolism in Wise Blood

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    A Car and A Church Flannery O Connors novel Wise Blood 1952 is the story of a very confused man named Hazel Motes who lives in Taulkinham Tennessee Hazel has recently been let go from the military due to his injuries During Hazels time spent in the military he is told that he does not have a soul and believes this assumption His grandfather was a preacher who taught Christianity from the hood of his car and also traveled Hazel later creates his own church after he witnessed a blind man preachin

  • Fire in Wide Sargasso Sea

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    In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys presents parallelism with the motif of fire The first occurred in part one when Antoinette was younger where she suffered from a weak identity because her mother closed her off and left her to emotionally deal with life alone The second fire occurred in part three where Antoinette finally came to terms with her purpose and knew what she had to do to set her free Both these fires have significant effects on the future and set Antoinette free on both occas

  • Commentary on Treasure Island

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    Treasure Island The Journey of Jim Hawkins For the duration of existence people undergo the physical and mental stages of growing up During this phase people establish through their dealings who they actually are in addition to what they are worth For instance Treasure Island is an adventure tale but it is also the story of one boys Jim Hawkins coming of age On the outset of the voyage Jim was a timid adolescent but by the closing stages he had matured incredibly In his novel Treasure Island au

  • Vices and Suffering in To Kill a Mocking Bird

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    Evil in To Kill A Mockingbird Our greatest evils flow from ourselves Tripp 192 This statement by Rousseau epitomizes many points of evil that are discussed in Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird In our world today we are stared in the face everyday with many facets of evil These nefarious things come in several forms including but not limited to discrimination of sex race ethnicity physical appearance and popularity alcoholism drug abuse irresponsibility and even murder The occurrences of evil an

  • Prejudice in To Kill A Mockingbird

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    Harper Lee deals with prejudice in large ways in To Kill A Mockingbird The novel is staged in the tired old town of Maycomb Alabama in the 1930s Maycomb is a classic southern town full of gossip tradition and burdened with a legacy of racism Atticus Finch narrates Id rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard but I know youll go after birds Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird Lee 90 After careful study one begins to see that this is j

  • Prejudice in To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Racism or Discrimination Its Still Prejudice To Kill a Mockingbird During the 1930s in the southern states people were poor white or black and they had to behave according to their colour gender as well as their social standing Prejudice a judgment or opinion formed before hand or without thoughtful examination of the pertinent facts issues or arguments especially an unfavourable irrational opinion The Readers Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary 1063 In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harpe

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