George Orwells 1984 A DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE PROLES IN THE NOVEL If there is hope wrote Winston it lies in the proles Placing this quote at the beginning of the essay was not accidental since the book left me feeling the same way as Winston Smith felt about those dumb masses who we habitually refer to as the proles The book compares the proles to the Party members on several levels First one mentioned might be the language They might be seen as the preservers of the language spoken befor
The Storm by Kate Chopin is a story that shares emotions and passion between two characters named Calixta and Alcee The story was written in the late nineteen hundredths where women were looked down upon and where their needs or wants were hardly considered During this time women were considered to be innocent and faithful to their husbands Rebecca Long Kluckner stated in Universal Journal that Kate Chopin wrote in a time period that believed women did not even possess sexual desires but only b
A Christmas Carol Essay A Christmas Carol is one of Dickens most famous books alongside Oliver Twist Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities or David Copperfield A Christmas Carol was written and set on Christmas Eve 1834 Victorian times Dickens may have written it because his experience made him want to make others aware of the misery of the poor and injustice of the law He wanted to fight poverty and criticise the attitude of the greedy In this essay I will explore how Scrooge changes as a re
The Theme of Miss Brill Katherine Mansfields short story Miss Brill is about an elderly lady who spends her Sundays on a park bench listening to the conversations of others She never joins the conversation herself The author tells us of her character that She had become really quite expert she thought at listening as though she didnt listen at sitting in other peoples lives just for a minute while they talked around her 307 It is this very conservation that Miss Brill enjoys listening to that w
Toni Cade Bambaras story The Lesson is a coming of age story for an inner city girl The story is told in the first person point of view by Sylvia Sylvia is a very angry girl She begins her account by professing her hate for her self appointed teacher Miss Moore 1107 Miss Moores lesson for the day is about the unequal distribution of wealth To relate the lesson to Sylvia and the other neighborhood children Miss Moore conducts a field trip to F A O Schwartz an expensive toy store Opposed to the i
Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne In Salem Massachusetts in the 17th century in a community of god fearing Puritans lives Young Goodman Brown He is leaving his house and his young wife of three months Faith at dusk on an errand which will keep him away from home the whole night He is going to a witches sabbath to be inducted into devil worship His journey takes him through the forest which he enters with mixed feelings of doubt and excitement There he meets a strange man with a staff that
As we read The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin we learn the main character of the story is Mrs Mallard She is the character we know the most about and the person around whom all the other characters rally with their concerns when she is informed about the untimely death of her husband At first her reaction to Mrs Mallards death appears to be normal however after a period of reflection things begin to change A closer look at Mrs Mallard will reveal that she is a character who is emotional develo
In fact Frodo Baggins Gandalf the Grey and Aragorn each in a remote way embody one of the three aspects of Christs ministry as priest prophet and king Each also undergoes a kind of sacrificial death and rebirth The priestly role belongs to Frodo and he is the sacrificial lamb of Middle earth who bears a burden of terrible evil on behalf of the whole world like Christ carrying his cross Frodos Via Dolorosa or way of sorrows is at the very heart of Tolkiens story just as the crucifixion narrative
Critical Research Essay on Everyday Use by Alice Walker It is argued that Dee Johnson is a shallow insensitive self absorbed daughter and sister Critics say she passed up her right to her true heritage for a false African heritage all because she has adopted an African name and she has failed to learn how to quilt a skill that critics will have you believe is vital to Dees understanding of her true identity Her hair and style of dress are called into question as though they are a deliberate sla
Death Becomes HerStory of an Hour After reading The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin it seems as if she was expressing a newfound freedom that Mrs Mallard had just received after hearing the news of her husbands death The author shows how after a brief moment of sorrow Mrs Mallard experienced joy and happiness Does this mean she didnt love her husband or that she will enjoy her newfound freedom This paper will take a reader response analytical view into the meaning the author was trying to conve