Dangerous Behavior And Narrow-Mindedness Dangerous Behavior & Narrow-mindedness: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Are people from past and present generations living a life of superstition' Some learn that going along with superstitions can cause you hardship in the long run. In Shirley Jackson’s 1948 short story, "The Lottery", the text shows that superstition and narrow-mindedness

DH Lawrence. Capitalism In “The Rocking Horse Winner“ David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885 in Eastwood, Nottingham, a mining town in England. Lawrence grew up in a middle class family with a coal-mining father. He was the fourth of five children. He attended high school at Nottingham High School with the help of a scholarship. The school was “purely bourgeoisie, but the scholarship bo

Harry Potter Website Review: “The Great Harry Potter Debate” I reviewed a website entitled, “The Great Harry Potter Debate.” (http://www.elycia-webdesign.com/harrypotter/debate/) The website discussed the censorship of children’s literature. It focused on the Harry Potter series. The series tells the story of a young boy, Harry Potter, whose parents are killed by the evil sorcerer

A Good Man is Hard to Find “A good Man is Hard to Find”, by Flannery O’ Conner was a suspenseful and kept me wanting to read to find out what happens in the end. It had good foreshadowing techniques and O’Connor did a good job of writing the story. She portrayed the beginning as being just a normal road trip and family would take. By reading the whole story, I found out that it backfi

Jing Mei And Conflicting Values Every parent has goals that he or she wishes for their child to achieve. Often times, the parent will push the child hard enough that they will rebel, as Jing-Mei does in the short story “Two Kinds”. “ The story, “Two Kinds” set in California and written by author Amy Tan, portrays the situation between a young girl, Jing-Mei, whose mother makes numerous

Paradise Lost Meadows 1 John Milton’s Paradise Lost is a work that attempts, in part, to justify the ways of God to mankind. This is a tremendous undertaking, even for as skilled a craftsman as Milton. In his attempt to achieve his goal, Milton crafts the character of Satan with seemingly great accuracy and skill. His success in breathing life into the character of Satan may be his grea

Paradise Lane By William Taylor Although William Taylor is one of the best authors in New Zealand, he well known in the United States. In the small town of Ohakune, he is a mayor and writes full time. He is a former principal and schoolteacher of twenty-five years. He is known for writing several young adult books, including The Worst Soccer Team Ever, and Break a Leg (Reed M

Living A Life Of Lies And Deception: A Book Review Living a Life of Lies and Deception In the novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, by James Weldon Johnson, the author attempts to express his views on the “Negro Question.” By writing in both the North and the South, as well as from the perspective of both a white man and a black man, the author is able to gain a wide arr

Paradox Of Identity In Frankenstein The paradox of identity spans history. A personal identity is a compilation of political beliefs, ethnic background, and religious morals; however, these are all a product of the time and society one comes from. Simply put, personal identity is culturally contrived. The challenge comes when distinguishing how much identity the individual deserves, and

Out Of The Silent Planet The Contrast of Malacondra and Earth In Out of the Silent Planet, C. S. Lewis contrasts the utopian society, located on the imaginary planet Malacondra, with a futuristic earth. This society consists of several different species of intelligent creatures. Lewis draws many parallels between earth and Malacondra. However, earth deals with many problems that the pe

Outstation W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Outstation” tells an entertaining story that comments on the human condition itself. It is a story based on the conflicts of two very different men. These characters seem drawn from reality, each living in their own little world. Pride blinds them to the world around them, and leads them to misery. Conflict and character are central to Maugham’s

Pakistani In this short story “Pakistani”, it tells us of a little Pakistani girl who gets picked on because of her race and culture. She’s new to the school and hasn’t made many friends yet. She is alone but wants to be part of the oneness she sees before her in the playground. She gets asked to play by another girl but it goes on to tell us of the discrimination of the little Pakist

Passage To India Question: In chapter eleven, Forster illustrates the insufficiencies and limitations of three of the major characters: Mr. Fielding, Dr. Aziz and Adela Quested. This will prove to be significant for determining the course of action each character will take as the novel progresses. In a clear, concise essay, respond to this statement using quotes and examples from the n

Ceremony The development of Tayo in Ceremony is a long, slow, and at times, very exhausting journey. We first meet Tayo shortly after his involvement in the Second World War. Tayo is very sick and is confused about how to face his feelings of the world, often turning to alcohol to take his mind off of his problems for awhile. Tayo is finally persuaded by his grandma to go get help from

In Our Time Change Of Nick In In Our Time In Ernest Hemingway’s 1925 short story collection In Our Time, the main character, Nick, changes from a naïve boy to an educated man. Through the stories, his view, on relationships, sanity, and death develop and intensify. His dynamic characteristics become apparent through his actions, dialogue, and inner monologue. Through the short stor

Frankenstein In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley makes many references in regards to parenting and education. She seems to be sending a message that without discipline and guidance, as well as unconditional love, a child cannot reach their full potential.As a result of his early childhood where he was indulged and spoiled, his adolescence where his parents were not very interested i

Manchild Claude Brown’s novel, Manchild in the Promised Land, is not only a story about one man's struggle to find freedom and intellectual happiness, but a story about his discovery of his own inherent strengths and abilities. Throughout the novel, he progresses from compliance to independence, from invincibility to harsh reality, and from self-doubt to dignity. Aided by intuitive mento

Ordinary People What exactly makes a world and it’s people ordinary' In the spellbinding novel Ordinary People, Judith Guest gives readers a taste of life after having to deal with a terrible crisis, and introduces us to an ordinary family living in an ordinary world. The novel’s descriptive nature highlights the main character, Conrad’s, struggle in maintaining sanity in an ordinary wor

Paradise Lost John Milton’s Paradise Lost is a work that attempts, in part, to justify the ways of God to mankind. This is a tremendous undertaking, even for as skilled a craftsman as Milton. In his attempt to achieve his goal, Milton crafts the character of Satan with seemingly great accuracy and skill. His success in breathing life into the character of Satan may be his greatest succes

Paradise Lost In order to determine whether Adam and Eve forfeit paradise, it must be determined whether Eden, as presented by John Milton in his epic work Paradise Lost, truly serves as a paradise for it occupants. Milton’s Paradise successfully serves as a paradise for Adam and Eve because it induces unqualified happiness in its inhabitants by engendering a sense of self-worth in Adam

Paradise Lost The book “Paradise Lost” is quite confusing to read, not only the language, (which I need a dictionary to understand), but also the ideas. I think Milton himself was quite unsure where he really was going with that. From the first view it appeared that the whole book is basically the re-telling of the Book of Genesis, just in poetic verse, but it is not so. However, fo

Paradise Lost & Frankenstein In the story Frankenstein and Milton’s epic Paradise Lost there are beings of enormous power. We often times give them the name gods. In Paradise Lost Milton’s god is the same God we all believe to be the one creator. The God who created Satan and booted him out of heaven. Through many a dark and dreary vale they passed, and many a region dolorous, o’er m

Parson Adams Although the title of the novel by Henry Fielding is, “Joseph Andrews”, it is Abraham Adams who captures the main interest of the reader. Parson Adams, who is a friend of Joseph Andrews, is an idealistic clergyman as well as the comic hero of the novel. The following is a brief character evaluation of Parson Adams. Parson Adams appearance does not depict the typical well

Catherdal In Raymond Carver's "Cathedral," the narrator's character develops in a way that is hard to believe. At first, the narrator has preconceptions about a man he does not even know. The narrator feels this way because of the lack of knowledge he has about blind people. He feels he can prejudge the blind man because he thinks he knows enough about his "type." The narrator will s

Paul Baumer Paul Baumer—All Quiet On The Western Front The story of Paul Baumer, the narrator from the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, is one of the stories that have a great impact on my life. The story centers on Paul Baumer, who enlists in the German army with glowing enthusiasm. But in the course of war, he is consumed by it and in the end is “weary, broke

Pauls Case In Willa Cather’s short story Paul’s Case we learn of a young man who is fighting what he fears most: to be as common and plain as his world around him. How others perceive Paul only encourages him to fulfill his dream of escaping his monotonous lifestyle. Paul feels he is drowning in his everyday environment and his only breath of air is his savior: the theater. Paul has

Changes in Roger Chillingsworth Changes in Roger Chillingworth In the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, there is a character by the name of Roger Prynne. He changes in the many different ways. His changes are physical, moral, and spiritual. Roger Prynne changes physically over the course of the book. First of all he changes his name. He is the Roger Prynne and chang

Oceania Vs The US THE DARK SIDE The fictional world of Oceania was a horribly depressing place to live. The only freedom the people of Oceania had was freedom to live for Big Brother and his corrupt system. It’s hard to imagine a world like that if you’re from the United States of America where every citizen has the freedom to do anything within legal limits. Only actual bad con

Frederick Douglass’ Status Elevation Through Disassociation From Slavery Frederick Douglass states he found himself regretting his own existence. Douglass is humiliated by his slavery status, and attempts to elevate himself in other’s eyes. Douglass writes about slavery from a third person point of view, free of personal accounts. Douglas attains an education; something very uncommon

Pearl Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in a time of great change in America. Americans started to shift there focus from a very strict religion known as Puritanism and started looking at the things of nature and how they related to religion and the unknown. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote many things having to do with religion and the aspects of nature. In a famous novel he wrote called the Scarlet L