Demanding More Two Kinds a story written by Amy Tan is about a troublesome relationship between a mother and her daughter Jing Mei This Chinese mother felt as though her daughter could do anything that she set her mind to Because she had moved from China and felt as though America was the open door to opportunities to become anything you wanted to be Like a typical parent Jing Meis mother wanted more for her daughter than Jing Mei wanted for herself She had so many ideas in mind that could help
Hesse and Kafka make specific use of their main characters Kafkas Samsa is a trapped man We are introduced to him just after his metamorphosis into a bug He remains in this state until his death at the end Hesses eponymous character is portrayed as an enviably successful attractive intelligent revered character that nevertheless chooses to set out upon a spiritual journey in order to reach enlightenment Thus Hesse emphasises the quality of his main character and shows us that a privileged life
The Picture of Dorian Gray Revealing the Poison In the classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray published in the Victorian period of England in 1890 a young heir Dorian Gray is heavily influenced by one Lord Henry Wotton which leads to the downfall and poisoning of his entire life The Picture of Dorian Gray captures the nature of human beauty and the harmful consequences of manipulation Lord Henry is a character enthralled with ideas of philosophy that challenge normal societal ideas He is a we
Perception and reality have two very different meanings To perceive something is to attain awareness and understanding of sensory information It is a psychosomatic process strongly dependent on the position of the perceiving body Whereas reality relates to the ability to observe and comprehend something that is fact and true Perception and reality together play a vital role in gaining awareness of what is and what could be Robert Louis Stevenson masters the art of perception in his famous novel
Control Is Power The first duty of government is to protect the powerless against the powerful The Code of Hammurabi This quote tells us that our government should protect the weak instead of shunning them and only caring for the strong In dystopian literature memory and history are often altered or changed completely as a form of control This is true in the books 1984 The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451 In the dystopian novel 1984 the world has been taken and controlled by three super states t
Discuss the theme of education in To Kill a Mockingbird The theme of education is important in To Kill a Mockingbird for several reasons Firstly the inadequate schooling reveals the general decay in the south at the time Secondly the character of Atticus shows us a kind of ideal educator who contrasts sharply with the representatives of state education Thirdly through education we see another aspect of the discrimination faced by black citizens Finally we understand through this novel that educ
Education in to kill a mockingbird Scout is influenced by a number of people in the novel There are the main people in the family her friend Dill the neighbours and the whole society of Maycomb Atticus Finch the father of Scout devotes himself to instilling social conscience in her and giving her advices that she finds very useful later on in the novel She puts herself into another persons shoes and sees things from their point of view that helps her to appreciate life more and leads her to gre
Brave new world depicts a society in which every single person is synthesized through hi technology process without a biological mother Unequal conditions are set ahead of time for different stages however everyone is instilled with the idea that his or hers life is the best of all In the sacrifice of free will emotions as well as a basic understanding of the world around them people in this distorted utopia lead a superficial happy and full filling life While Brave New World sufficiently revea
Emily Bront and Wuthering Heights Art is part of its creator and authors poets singers and artists are part of the work they create Every idea has to come from somewhere and work is usually inspired by something in the creators life You can see an author in her characters her plot her setting and strewn throughout the rest of the novel Emily Bront was no different her writing reflected her as a person Many aspects of Bronts novel Wuthering Heights are based on the authors own life whether these
Transformations How has your perceptions of transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts The responders understanding of transformations has been illuminated by a comparative study of Jane Austens Emma and Amy Heckerlings Clueless The word transformation refers to the change of form or appearance In order for Heckerling to transform Emma she needed to change the context of Austens 19th Century English novel Emma to better fit her 20th Century American film