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  • The Theme of Faith in Zeitoun

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    The theme I will be focusing on is faith in Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is a book that illustrates one mans faith when faced with a disaster The book is set in New Orleans and the surrounding United States during August September and October 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Zeitoun the main character of the story is a devout Muslim who strongly believes in a God He was brought up in Syria a country with a reputation of stubborn people He believes that everything happens for a reason an

  • Commentary on Ulysses

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    Ulysses which may be the most brilliant novel in English was written by James Joyce in 1922 It is a very complicated book because there are allusions to other literary books such as Homers Odyssey Shakespeare or even the Bible The book is divided into 18 chapters and each one represents one hour from 8am until 2am of June 16 1904 Joyce as an excellent tenor said he can justify every syllable of the book There are three main characters Leopold and Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus The whole book i

  • Themes in The Tortilla Curtain

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    Major Themes Walls The building of literal walls is not a hidden theme in the novel much of the controversy from the start concerns the building of first a gate and then a wall for Arroyo Blanco and the entire novel is based on the consequences of immigrants jumping the wall of the Mexico U S border The literal wall appears in several other ways as well The coyotes must get over the Mossbachers fence in order to grab their dogs and they are able to do so with skill and cunning similar to the wa

  • Sam's Character in The Pact

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    In the U S today retaining students in schools has been a big problem Retention in school is defined as having the ability to prevent students from dropping out of school According to Colin Powell in his article Keeping Americas Promise 1 2 million students per year nearly 7 000 students per school day one student every 26 seconds drops out These figures are disturbing because it seems young adults are unavailing about education they rather enjoy their social life and have fun For young people

  • Brutality Versus Beauty in The Book Thief

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    In the novel The Book Thief Marcus Zusak explores and compares the juxtaposition between great brutality and beauty in the human spirit The author demonstrates how the characters in the novel can overcome cruelty and ruthlessness with acts of extraordinary kindness and humaneness This is shown through the novel with Max and Liesels friendship when Hans gives one of the Jewish camp prisoners a piece of bread and when Rosa and Hans protect Max from the Nazis Zusak illustrates that a humans capaci

  • Janie's Relationships in Their Eyes Were Watching God

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    In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston the main character Janie goes through a series of different relationships with three very different men As time goes by and her husbands change she starts learning more and more about herself In the beginning of the story she has no confidence and hardly knows how to live her life but by the end of the story she is strong minded and pleased with the way her life turned out Before she knew how her life was going to turn out Janie wa

  • Commentary on The Pearl

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    English Final Essay Many people see the theme of the novel the Pearl by John Steinbeck as one concerning the dehumanizing nature of greed Greed is referred to as evil in the book many times and many of the characters seem to be affected by this greed at one time or another throughout the story The storys main character Kino is the one most heavily affected by greed At the beginning of the novella Kino is a simple man he cares for providing for his family and his peoples culture There are two ma

  • Shylock in Merchant Of Venice

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    In the thought provoking comedy The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare we are introduced to a Jewish money lender Shylock Shylock helps build the main them of the play Prejudice and All is not what it seems In this essay I will be analysing and observing Shylock to understand whether he is a victim of prejudice or villain who deserves his misfortune Antonio a rich merchant is without any reason depressed His friends suggest he worried about his cargo ships or he is in love He dismisses b

  • Characters in House Of Mirth

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    Looking at the characters in Edith Whartons novel The House of Mirth two of them played vital roles in the book Lawrence Selden and Simon Rosedale Both are after the same girl Lily Bart but both have different motives on why they want to marry her A lawyer by profession Selden is an outsider of the social class Lily hopes to be in one day Although he holds his own in the real world Selden is not of the class of high society Lily and him are very good friends they care for each other dearly and

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