From the very first steps of the new settlers on the American continent its uncivilized nature full of smell of the forests of freshness of the air and of almost desolate variety of flowers and trees came to be associated with unlimited wilderness However under the vigorous attack of developing civilization the untouched virginity of the New World soon began to recede irretrievably losing its wild independent beauty The short story of an American writer Sarah Orne Jewett A White Heron is one of
Charles Dickens is undoubtedly one of the greatest English writers of all time just take a look at his masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities The novel chronicles the years before during and after the French Revolution Dickens characters come to life especially the grotesque ones through their in depth portrayals The sorrow and horrors of the French Revolution are easily imagined through Dickens detailed and visual descriptions And most powerfully Dickens employs many metaphors throughout the story r
Double take No one likes the idea of being told what to do and how to do it but in some stories both real and fiction there are many people who cannot speak or act for themselves One of the best examples to use is George Orwells book 1984 which describes a totalitarian government at an extreme In 1984 a man named Winston begins to realize the type of society he is living in and he wants out He goes through numerous issues from falling in love with another rebel trying to discover the truth of w
Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade Nexus 6 replicants He is very intelligent fast and skilled at combat and yet still learning how to deal with developing emotions He leads a few of his fellow replicants on what is inevitably a fruitless search for more life As hope slowly fades away and his friends are eliminated one by one it is his experience that brings up the question of What is human The prodigal son of Eldon Tyrell Roy returns to his father by hijacking an off world shuttle with the
The character of Blanche Dubois is a woman with deep secrets and fleeting desire She conceals her dark and dirty past has many horrible secrets And lies and cheats everyone that tries to get in the way of her sinister plans She portrays an image of frail delicate nature when in reality her manipulative ways and cunning mind plays with the emotions of all As Blanche enters the stage she is described to be dressed of far more elegance then the setting of Elysian Fields requires She enters and is
Peter Goldsworthys coming of age novel Maestro discusses the implications of lost dreams deep regret and human limitations but also delivers a message of encouragement and hope The protagonist Paul Crabbe is raised with a sense of self entitlement and a predestined career as a concert pianist but is forced to deal with an inability to attain perfection or concert glory The high hopes of his parents eventually give way to the realization that their son lacks the rubato and musical flair for a pe
58 000 American lives were lost in the muggy jungle hell of Vietnam Mere children thrown into the rage of war expected to be strong to be men to be able to deal with the death and destruction were humping their way through the shrapnel and land mines for a cause even they werent entirely sure of Tim OBrien writes of such horrors in his short story The Things They Carried Through the things the soldiers carried OBrien tells a riveting tale of horror destruction duty and a shred of hope in a very
A Look at James Baldwins Sonnys Blues Michael Clark in a critical analysis essay he wrote on James Baldwins Sonnys Blues examines the ways in which Baldwin uses images of light and darkness to tell the story of two brothers Thus being Sonny and his elder brother Clark points out in his essay that Sonny finds his life a living hell yet he knows enough to try and strive for better for that saving light He also believes that Sonny sees music as something positive and by not mastering music will re
In Kate Chopins short story A Pair of Silk Stockings the protagonist a caring mother is the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars She planned on spending it on her children but temptation causes her to give into her desires The story shows that sometimes people give into temptation to fulfill desires and forget about their responsibilities The story begins with Mrs Sommers becoming the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars and deciding what to do with the money The question of investment wa
A Streetcar Named Desire As the action of the play unfolds dramatic tension is often produced by the contrast of concealment and revelation A Streetcar Named Desire written by Tennessee Williams is a rather striking and intriguing play which presents the shift between the new order and the old order The production takes place in a working class district of New Orleans soon after World War II where aristocracy and pretensions are fading with reality and practicality taking its place Through the