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  • A Personal Matter

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    A Personal Matter is a semi-autobiographical novel by Kenzaburo Oe, written in 1964. The novel deals with themes of morality, mental illness, despair and acceptance. A man named Bird has a son who has a benign brain tumor (originally diagnosed as a brain hernia) and is mentally handicapped. Bird struggles with his duty to care for his son but attempts to kill him somewhat half-heartedly. His marriage falls apart as he turns to drinking and an affair, though eventually he keeps the child.

  • Help and Harm in Don Quixote

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    The novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes shows how humanity can be expressed by helping others and harmful to others by interfering in their personal matters Carroll B Johnson says that the best reason of all to read Don Quixote to learn about ourselves and to explore our own humanity Throughout the novel the characters show their humanity kindness by helping others but at times that humanity turns into cruelty First of all Don Quixote shows his humanity by trying to help the poor boy who w

  • Feminism in The Yelow Wallpaper and The Bloody Chamber

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    1 Both The Yellow Wallpaper and The Bloody Chamber deal with the perennial feminist theme of the confinement of women in particular rooms chambers houses and roles Discuss This is essay attempt to discuss the role of the women in literature both about the protagonists and the authors of the stories As an example two influential short stories will be discussed in depth in order to shed light into the lives of the two authors and their stories The short stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1860193

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