Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature For example the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole Do not merely summarize the plot In Cry the Beloved Country the setting of Johannesburg plays a crucial role in the development of the novel as a whole
Choose a book you recently read that addresses a culture other than your own Without summarizing the book explain how this work of fiction or nonfiction transformed your understanding of that culture and your own I recently read Cry the Beloved Country This novel gave me a in depth look into the culture of both the blacks and whites in Africa and how that compares to my culture I can honestly say that I do not experience the clash between African Americans and Whites in my every day life I do h
Lena Grove a pregnant teenager has made her way to Mississippi in search of her babys father She hitches a ride into the small town of Jefferson which is home to a planing mill One of the workers at the mill Joe Christmas is a brooding racially ambiguous man who appeared suddenly at the mill one day in search of a job After gaining employment he was soon joined at the mill by another man named Joe Brown The two formed a partnership making and selling liquor illegally and eventually quit their j
Salvation Salvation written by Langston Hughes is an essay where he retells an experience concerning religion I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen But not really saved It is an experience that will impact how he deals with religion in the future The beginning of the essay has a tone that makes the reader feel excited curious and hopeful In the end the tone makes the reader feel disappointed guilty and a non believer A revival that gains momentum for weeks is a climatic flatline for
Chris McCandless was a man with a dream a dream that brought him to his death in Alaska The book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer shows us that McCandless wanted to findout the feeling of living in the wild and the dangers of living alone in the Alaska bush but he didnt make it dying slowly of starvation Why did this very smart man choose to undertake this very dangerous adventure He is not alone in his want to live in the wild for many people have tryed to do the to These people show an important
In both The Boarding House and A mother the mothers try to achieve a better life for their daughters In The Boarding House Mrs Mooney succeeds in achieving her goal of marrying Polly to Doran Whereas in A Mother Mrs Kearney destroys her daughters potential career as a pianist in Dublin Control is their only mean for achieving their goals Mrs Mooney watches closely her daughters moves all the time without reacting Polly knew that she was being watched but still her mothers persistent silence cou
In Crank by Ellen Hopkins Kristina is a character that can not avoid peer pressure and helps one realize living above the influence is a major decision in life that can either make us or break us When she went to Albuquerque she met this gorgeous boy Adam and knowing that he was bad news off the bat when she witnessed him dealing crank the previous day she could not resist but to come up and talk to him when he noticed her Its part of nature for all human beings to encounter with that gut feeli
Giving an informed explanation of the dramatic monologue Compare and Contrast Alfred Lord Tennysons Ulysses With Tithonus Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Ulysses and Tithonus as dramatic monologues A dramatic monologue involves a single character giving an extended speech at a critical moment to a silent listener and is used to characterise the speaker Indeed this form of poetry was favoured by many of the poets in the Victorian period including Matthew Arnold 24 December 1822 15 April 1888 who wrot
In the poem through a monologue Ulysses carries out his last journey and reflects back on his eventful life It seem as if Ulysses is trying to justify his actions and explain his passions for travelling and adventure and that being his hungry heart From the first line of the poem it becomes noticeable that Ulysses is bored and unexcited by his current position It little profits that an idle king His statement reveals that personally Ulysses gains no profit from being a king and that he would ra
The Strong Willed Man Ulysses by Tennyson concerns Ulysses an ancient Greek King of Ithaca and a warrior hero After the Trojan War ends Ulysses is forced to wander for ten years by the Greek Gods before he can come home He has been gone for twenty years when he returns home Ulysses has been King of Ithaca for three years Ulysses desires a life of independence physical adventure and intellectual pursuit Ulysses desires a life of independence Ulysses wants to escape the confines of Kingly respons