The story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid is a dialogue between a mother and daughter though the long and list like form of the narrative implies that perhaps the guidance the mother is providing is actually a memory The mother is the primary speaker based on the volume of her comments but it is clear that the daughter is the protagonist the story is written in such a way that the reader responds along with daughter to the mothers comments which take the form of a series of lessons the point of the les
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night An inspiring poem written by Dylan Thomas showing a Villanelle form of six stanzas given a situation where the father is dying and the son wants him to fight death and not give into it The poem then starts in the first stanza with the speaker urging the father to not go gentle into that good night and the phrase good night is as we all know said to some one who is going to sleep and in fact in Christian context death is considered to be a long rest and no t
Success is being able to achieve what you want In Arthur Millers Death of a salesman the characters Willy Biff Happy and Linda all have their own ideas of what success is and their own American Dream But the Loman family lacks the ability to make the necessary and suitable choices to pursue the American Dream The Lomans idea of what it takes to be a success has a lot to do with their inability to achieve the American Dream Willy Loman is the main character in the play He is a 60 year old travel
Every story book novel epic poem has certain literary elements that are needed in order to keep a readers interest and to keep them reading throughout the story Needed to keep the reader on the edge of their seat Some of these elements are plot theme setting conflict climax antagonist and protagonist The antagonist in the story is the character that creates the problems in the story for the protagonist and all but symbolizes what is wrong with society The protagonist is the one in the story tha
Clues of Collective Oligarchy Do you spy collective oligarchy A collective oligarchy is where a single political person or class attempts to police every small and large aspect of the public and personal life as much as possible George Orwells novels 1984 depicts the Party to have total control of the people in Oceania The Party controls the personal and political aspects of the people of Oceania through psychological and personal manipulation The people of Oceania are psychologically controlle
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
12th Night Feste Foolish or Wise Those wits that think they have thee do very oft prove fools and I that am sure I lack thee may pass for a wise man 1 5 30 31 In the Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare the role of the entertainer was fulfilled by the character named Feste Festes purpose was to entertain the nobles through songs and witty jokes at the expense of others however his role was far more important than a simple jester or fool When Feste says Those wits that think they have thee do ve
The title of this novel is A Christmas Carol which is written by Charles Dicken In this novel the main character Scrooge has a callous personal He doesnt recognize poverty kindness and love During nights he faced the four ghosts who were trying to teach him life lessons After that he realizes money is not the only thing that matters in the world Scrooge learns a great deal about himself and the world him as a result of the visits by the spirits Marley is Scrooges former business partner but he
In John Knowles book A Separate Peace he communicates how the war was taking its toll on him He uses the characters in a complicated plot to show the destructive forces of war The characters Gene and Finny are the opposing forces in a struggle between the reality of war World War II and a separate peace A peace away from the real war and the awful things that come from it Through their relationship which is a struggle on both sides Knowles establishes the reality of war through a relationship G
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most admired Afghani authors of the 21st century He is best know for works such as The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns that explore the hardships of living in Afghanistan during the Soviet Invasion and Taliban regime This paper will discuss the life and work of Khaled Hosseini with special emphasis on the effect on women in Afghan society in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4 1965 He is the eldest of five children and wa