The Overcoat I found the story of The Overcoat to be the most entertaining story we have read thus far The main character is a very poor government employee who is in desperate need of a good overcoat to survive the very harsh winters of Russia It tells a story about how far someone will go and how much they will sacrifice to get the thing s they know they need It also tells of how people are changed after they get the thing s that they need The main character Akaky Akakievich was an underappre
The Metamorphosis Though difficult to interpret an explanation can be found upon close inspection of Kafkas works As with most of his stories The Metamorphosis can be explained in several different ways Unusual from the start the Metamorphosis begins with Gregor Samsa waking up transformed into a bug As the story moves forward Gregor appears to accept this fact fairly voluntarily he never stops to question how such a transformation could realistically occur One might expect a person who transfo
Why would a civilized and peaceful town practice terrible acts of violence that would take place anywhere at any time and the most ordinary people would commit them Shirley Jackson was successful in delivering her message which was to shock the storys readers with a graphic demonstration of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives She conveyed how indistinct the morals and values of the village are The Lottery was first published in The New York on June 26 1948 The story
Symbolism The Great Gatsby The definition of symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or meaning to objects events or relationships F Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby is known for its uses of symbols and symbolism Symbolism is a great way to connect a literary work to everyday life It helps us to learn more about the novel and connect it to things that have happened or are happening in our lives F Scott Fitzgerald uses many symbo
Marji and Gilgamesh are two very different types of people in totally separate categories in fact Heroism is a player in both their games but in totally different ways They are so separate that it would be like putting red light next to blue light in order to compare them This is why you cannot attempt to classify them as one undivided character brand Marji is many things She is rebellious studious punk friendly courageous and heroic Sure she has many definitive qualities but the situations whe
I saw Goody Sibber with the devil Miller 1 1068 Random people are being falsely accused in Arthur Millers The Crucible It all starts when a group of young girls dance in the forest one night and one of the girls suddenly falls sick the next thing you know is the whole town crying witchcraft As a consequence the young girls start to accuse casual people to save their selves and put the towns dwellers life at stake The main person behind the accusations is Abigail Williams the head minister of th
The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in a theocratic society in which the church and the state are one The religion is a strict austere form of Protestantism known as Puritanism Because of the theocratic nature of the society moral laws and state laws are one in the same Sin and the status of an individuals soul are matters of public concern There is no room for deviation from social norms since any individual whose private life doesnt conform to the established moral laws represents a threat n
Lord Byrons opening couplet to She Walks In Beauty is among the most memorable and most quoted lines in romantic poetry The opening lines are effortless graceful and beautiful a fitting match for his poem about a woman who possesses effortless grace and beauty About the Poem She Walks In Beauty In June 1814 several months before he met and married his first wife Anna Milbanke Lord Byron attended a party at Lady Sitwells While at the party Lord Byron was inspired by the sight of his cousin the b
There are many typical love stories in the world all of them having different themes The book Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen is indeed a story of love and sorrow I have read many love stories before but this one caught my attention The three Dashwood sisters show an amazing amount of courage passion and romance throughout the novel There was definitely some drama stirring up in about every chapter which kept the book flowing and made me want to read more As predicted with the title sense
We have all heard the axiom Follow your heart but in reality this is not a simple procedure In Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility she addresses the emotional restrictions placed on society women in the early 19th century Marianne and Elinor as metaphorical embodiments of a persons mental state versus their outward appearance struggle with these restrictions throughout the novel Marianne the youngest and most vulnerable sister represents ones feelings as she is impulsive and honest Her sis