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Rachel Sexton Flower References In the 1950s, Colombian culture was very biased towards gender and their roles in society. As in many other countries, women were seen as a lower class compared to men. Women were only valued for being a good mother, wife, and caretaker. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez…

The Bluest Eye is a complex book – disturbing yet relatively easy to read. Toni Morrison adds complexity to the hidden depth of the text by playing with the narrative structure. Throughout the book, the author presents a series of point of views, taking turns in narrating the story. However, by the end of the…

Sequel After a few minutes of sobbing, the boys got themselves together and began looking at each other. Everyone was silent until the naval officer came back to where the barbaric boys were standing. “Chief Ralph,” said the officer, “Tell everyone to come abroad. ” Before, Ralph could turn around to tell them, a huge…

Frederick Douglass, an orator, newspaper editor, and prominent civil rights activist in the nineteenth century, offers insight into the harrowing reality of slavery in his excerpt “Learning to Read”. Douglass employs ethos, logos, and pathos to connect with his audience, recounting his personal struggle to emancipate himself both mentally and physically from slavery. Thus, he…

            Pictures portray Emily Dickinson as a seemingly Puritan looking frail young woman with pale skin and a tightly drawn mouth.  Her portraits never exhibit any trace of life or happiness, much as her actual life may have been – empty, sad, and alone, waiting for death.  Dickinson is a noted poet on the subject…

As its most central concept, the whole of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet revolved on the topic of love. However, despite the overexposure of the topic of love that often leads to numerous authors and poets to provide love a shaky and shallow framework, Shakespeare managed to provide a fertile ground on Romeo and Juliet…

From the start it was ruble for the two, in and out of jail. But nothing was stopping them from being together. The relationships Romeo and Juliet and Bonnie and Clyde are similar with how started and how they ended. The relationships of Romeo and Juliet and Bonnie and Clyde are alike when it comes…

Despite the decline in personal and societal morality over the past century, it is clear that every civilization still maintains a universal standard of ethics today. Similarly, communities continue to impose consequences on individuals who do not meet those principles. The severity of the punishment depends on the offender, the offense, and the society itself….

Symbolism is one of the major leading and critical part of the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Each character in the novel represents different meanings and ideas. However, the main character who develops into an appealing symbol is Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne. Pearl’s representation changes throughout the novel, but she is…

In the story of “First Confession” Frank O’Connor has us look at the story from the boy, Jackie’s, point of view. Jackie is a seven year-old boy who must go to make his first confession before he can take his first communion. The story takes places in various settings that include Jackie’s house, Jackie’s school…