The glass castle by Jeannette Walls is a story of a dysfunctional family which does not conform to the norm of society And through this their children suffer due to their unconventional methods Mom and Dad liked to make a big point about never surrendering to fear or to prejudice or to the narrow minded conformist sticks in the mud who tried to tell everyone else what was proper Jeannetees parents always thought the normal was an unacceptable way to live They stressed this idea and it applies t
Constant Change It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure to embrace the new But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful There is more security in the adventurous and exciting for in movement there is life and in change there is power Cohen In the novel Glass Castle through Jeannettes eyes she portrays her father Rex to be adventurous and a good figure in her life keeping everything exciting and new keeping things positive even when you could find
The Lord of the Flies Savagery William Goldings novel The Lord of The flies presents us with a group of English boys who are isolated on a desert island left to try and retain a civilised society In this novel Golding manages to display the boys slow descent into savagery as democracy on the island diminishes At the opening of the novel Ralph and Jack get on extremely well We are informed Jack shared his burden and there was an invisible light of friendship between the two boys Jack changes con
Othello A Critical Review Othello A Critical Review Prof Niamat Ali Depatment of English Govt Islamia College Kasur Pakistan Shakespeare the crown of English literature can rightfully boast of his marvelous achievements as a dramatist His plays both comedies and tragedies have a sterling worth of their own The magnet of his plays pulls the iron dust of thoughts and the reader feels himself bound by silky ropes of interest and pleasure He maintains such an artistic balance in his writings as is
Life and death are opposing forces of nature that one can not escape In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poet uses natures forces to represent procreation which is the giving of life and destruction which is the dealing of death The poet expresses through out the poem how these two forces life and death are interconnected In the beginning of the story King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year until the Green Knight sent by Morgan Le Fay Arthurs sis
Sir Gawain and the Green Night Death is the permanent termination of all functions of life in an individual Death is about confronting the frightening manifestation of ones final tribulation In turn death is a part of life that many people do not want to experience Imagine a world in which there was no death no closure no growing old It would be like a movie with no ending a song with no chorus without death life would not be complete No one knows when death is creeping up around the corner awa
Heroic Ideals of Three Stories The protagonists of both the anonymous Beowulf and Thomas Malorys Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are true heroes However the traits they have in common are far less numerous than those that set them apart As each of the two is dubbed perfect by their peers it is possible to illustrate them as both model warriors and ideal knights The first question to arise is that of leadership In Beowulf the hero is referred to as prince of the Geats and master friend This is n
The Green Girdle During the start of the poem King Arthur celebrates Christmas merrily with his knights in Camelot During the festivities an elegant green skinned knight wielding a holly branch and a monstrous axe crashes the party He challenges the legendary Knights of the Round Table with a test of bravery and strength Sir Gawain nephew of King Arthur courteously accepts the challenge and subsequently chops off the Green Knights head Much to everyones shock and dismay the Green Knight picks u
The ideal of chivalry and knighthood is deeply grasped by Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and portrayed as flawed Within this display of knighthood it is recognizable that human nature simply ruins knighthood This is the key image that is taking place in the background throughout the entire narrative poems This image is the basis for all the events that fall into play and eventually foreshadow an imminent downfall The downfall may be imminent but its not going to happen just yet Chivalry is thr