he feeling of guilt can only be present in someone who has come to the realization that they or someone around them have done something wrong In the Robertson Davies novel Fifth Business the concept of guilt both for ones self and for others is a major recurring theme The reader sees this theme grow and materialize through the eyes of Dunstable Dunstan Dunny Ramsay who is the major character in the novel Dunny as Davies implies with the title fills the role of fifth business The definition of w
Cold Mountain People usually begin a journey to achieve a goal or arrive a destination but more importantly through the journey they can find a self they have never noticed before or create a new self who adapts to the current environment In Charles Fraziers Cold Mountain the Cold Mountain is the destination the Inman wants to arrive at Although not physically starting a journey Ada goes through a mental journey which causes physical and spiritual changes in her Metaphorically she reaches Cold
In Khaled Hosseinis book The Kite Runner Hosseini describes the relationship between Amir a young upper class Pashtun boy from a wealthy family and Hassan a young Hazara boy who lives in his home as Amirs servant The two boys are close friends and later turn out to be brothers The author has written about the close friendship that the two boys had and highlighted many of the social and historical issues that the boys had confronted such as the discrimination and persecution of Hazara people by
Oroonoko Word Count 1301 The story of Oroonoko is about a prince who loved her wife so much that could afford to do everything for her He is also a prince with dignity He makes sure that even if he dies he has his dignity as the prince of Africa It was hard for him to kill his wife but this is the only way to avoid his son from be slave Her wife Imoinda agreed with him and let him kill her with dignity It was a story of fighting for love and dignity along with some aspects of discrimination soc
Fast Food Nation Cogs in the Great Machine After reading the meatpacking industry astonishes me in several ways Iowa Beef Packers IBP is one of the biggest meatpacking industries in the United States and in my opinion cruel to their animals Meatpacking industries are competitive and personally believe that the industries are mostly concerned with the money The old Chicago slaughterhouses were usually brick buildings four or five stories high Cattle were herded up wooden ramps to the top floor w
Brownies is a story by ZZ Packer a young African American writer and it was published in 1999 This story takes place at Camp Crescendo a summer camp for fourth graders near the suburbs of Atlanta Georgia Laurel the narrator gives a glimpse into the day to day world of the black girls parents in suburban Atlanta In addition to the theme of racial prejudice Brownies makes another serious point It shows the power of group thinking and the pressure to go along with the actions of the group to which
Sympathizing with a Terrorist The initial reaction of an American reading Alan Moores V for Vendetta may not be hmm their fascist government seems immensely similar to our own government Why is this Is it because the American government has directed its public away from this thought After all the United States is the self proclaimed greatest democracy on Earth The government in V for Vendetta can be seen as more than just a criticism of the British government at the time it can also be seen as
Betty Wehner Smiths unique ability to capture the reality of American society in the early nineteen hundreds is seen in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The setting of the novel stems very much from the authors own childhood Society can truly relate to this story as it has a place in every American familys roots The time defying novel evokes sympathy by telling the story of a young impoverished family comparing their rough lives to a relentless tree native to Brooklyn New York Betty Smith was
Nathaniel Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown is about a Puritan man who through an unrealistic journey in the forest discovers that there is evil inside people The story begins at sunset with Young Goodman Brown leaving his house at Salem Village His three months wife Faith steps out of her house into the street and tries to persuade him to stay Goodman Brown is reluctant to postpone his journey and he says good bye but not without promising to return to her and follow her to heaven After leaving F
Treasure Island The Journey of Jim Hawkins For the duration of existence people undergo the physical and mental stages of growing up During this phase people establish through their dealings who they actually are in addition to what they are worth For instance Treasure Island is an adventure tale but it is also the story of one boys Jim Hawkins coming of age On the outset of the voyage Jim was a timid adolescent but by the closing stages he had matured incredibly In his novel Treasure Island au