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  • The American Dream in On The Road

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    The novel serves as a forceful and complex rejection of the white middle class American Dream On the Road exemplifies how the Beat generation was a multi levelled and powerful rejection of the traditional American Dream The fundamental messages of the American Dream are stability and that to be an accomplished person one must own a house in the suburbs On the Road contradicts this point as all enjoyment and progression of the characters comes through a nomadic and unstable lifestyle This impuls

  • Corruption in Fahrenheit 451

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    Could you imagine a world where firefighters start fires rather than putting them out What if you lived in a society where the people do not read books enjoy nature spend time by themselves think independently or have meaningful conversations Instead they watch excessive amounts of TV on wall size sets drive super fast and listen to the radio on seashell sets attached to their ears This is Guy Montags strange world presented in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury In Fahrenheit 451 Guy Mont

  • Conventions of a Detective Novel in Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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    How does Marquez modify the conventions of the detective novel in Chronicle of a Death Foretold The New York Times in 1983 reviewed Gabriel Gracia Marquezs novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold Pub 1981 as a sort of metaphysical murder mystery in which the detective Marquez himself reconstructs events associated with the murder 27 years earlier of Santiago Nasar a rich handsome fellow who lived in the Caribbean town where the author grew up It is interesting to read this novel as a work of detect

  • The Importance of the Narrator in An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

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    While many would argue that it is the characters who create the story it can be easily argued that when the narrator is considered into the ultimate development of a tale it is he who truly propels the story forward Yes characters do mark the movement of the story and are often the idea that audiences can relate to best with but in reality characters are simply the puppets the narrator is the puppet master that is pulling the strings Thus brings us to the importance of the narrator and his or h

  • Aldous Huxley And The Modern Novel

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    CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi

  • Post-Colonialism in Several Works of Literature

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    Colonialism and Beyond in Chinua Achebes An Image of Africa Racism in Conrads Heart of Darkness No Longer at Ease Things Fall Apart Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness Emmanuel Nelsons Chinua Achebe Postcolonial African Writers Willene Taylors A Search for Values in Things Fall Apart Colin Turnbulls he Lonely African This course on colonial and post colonial literature satisfies my cravings for thought and literature that falls outside of the mainstream of the Eurocentric view of things Achebe Wal

  • Critical Analysis of Utopia

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    True happiness within a community is attainable when our enjoyment and the enjoyment of others are at the heart of the pleasures we seek In Sir Thomas Mores Utopia Utopia is a perfect society where everyone is treated equally and everyone is concerned about the total happiness of the entire community In a Utopian society all the needs food clothing shelter of the society are met The society members pleasures are balanced with and connected to the pleasures of others More wrote to the intellectu

  • Dystopia In Fahrenheit 451

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    Dystopia represses the ones who are identified as intellectuals with particular force because most people are willing to accept it and the resistance to it consists mostly of intellectuals In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury dystopia is exposed to portray the evolution of a corrupt society by the overwhelming use of technology strict governmental control and the questioning of society Technology is the biggest benefit to mankind It brings many wonders to society such as entertainment as

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