Category: Literature 5177
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Jane Austen and Her Accomplishments
Jane Austen was born on 16th December 1775 and died on 18th July 1817 at the age of 41. She is considered to be among the world’s greatest novelists and she is mainly known for her six major novels which portray the British manners, customs, and beliefs of landowners near the end of the 18th…
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“I Too” and “The Ballard Of Landlord”
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion References Introduction In their works, the two poets send out a message that indicates that something is wrong in the society. Discrimination of the human being in any form is an injustice. This is because once someone is discriminated against he is automatically denied a chance to compete and…
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Cinderella’s Love Story by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm
Table of Contents Introduction The Levels of Violence The Presence of Cinderella’s Dead Mother Cinderella’s Relationship with the Prince Significance of The Differences and Similarities Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Cinderella Tales are one of the most popular types of fairy tales known today. The most popular ones seem to be Charles Perrault’s Cinderella and…
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“When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine” by Jhumpa Lahiri
Every person’s journey through life is marked by the presence of at least one individual who has made a profound impression on them. The influence may be favorable, but it might also be detrimental. Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine is a short narrative in which the reader can relate to the main character, Lilia, who…
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“The Crescent City Lynchings” by Tom Smith
Tom Smith’s book “The Crescent City Lynchings: The Murder of Chief Hennessy, the New Orleans “Mafia” Trials, and the Parish Prison Mob” is about the some past violent and related events back in 1800. The events took place in New Orleans. In 1980’s New Orleans was a different place than it’s now, lawlessness was normal,…
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Review of “New England Bound” by Wendy Warren
New England Bound is a social-historical book written by Wendy Warren in 2016. The book is about slavery and colonization in the period between 1600 and 1775. Warren’s main argument is that the growth of European colonies in North America was closely interconnected to slavery. Slavery existed in New England way before the slave trade…
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“One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey
The story is the confrontation of feeling and reason The book has a very interesting heading that transfers into some fictional world with awkward creatures depicted by the author. To my mind, the novel’s goal is to show that what people consider normal is uninteresting. Instead, the author reveals his own vision of the essence…
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Irony of “Nebraska” Poem by Bruce Springsteen
The poem is about a man who went on a murder spree alongside his girlfriend. As he went into the badlands of Wyoming, he killed everything that appeared on his way, including humans. The person is not sorry for the murder he has committed. Instead, he insists that he had fun with his girlfriend during…
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“Behold the Dreamers” by Imbolo Mbue
Behold the Dreamers is the novel by novice author Imbolo Mbue. The story revolves around Jonga and Edwards families that are both affected by the 2008 economic crisis. Jende and Neni Jonga are immigrants from Cameroon who desperately try to get American citizenship and stay in the country. Employed by Cindy and Clark Edwards, Jonas…
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“Out, Out” by Robert Frost
“Out, Out” is a poem by the US poet Robert Frost published in Frost’s Mountain Interval collection in 1916, and based on the actual incident which occurred to the son of Frost’s friend. The poem starts in remote Vermont, where his sister calls a young boy chopping firewood with a buzz screw to eat. However,…