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Plot Summary: Private Paul Berlin arrived newly at the Americal Centre combat centre in Chu Lai in June 3, 1968 . which is the single largest unit in Vietnam. It was by the sea. His hair was cut immediately on arrival. .Training started from the next day for all the new arrivals of 50 Training…

Jane Austen and Discourses of Feminism, edited by Devoney Looser, is a collection of original essays designed to take the measure of current feminist thinking about Austen and to establish, as it were, a kind of feminist context for that thinking. In “Privacy, Privilege, and ‘Poaching’ in Mansfield Park,” the penultimate essay, Ellen Gardiner observes…

Quinn, David. “Detective Plotting” in Garcia Marquez “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.”, Eureka Studies In Teaching Short Fiction, v2 n1 p.50-60 Fall 2001 Quinn analyzes the short story by Marquez from positions of formal logic and attempts to use critical approach to understanding the plot of the story. He notices, that throughout the…

            To be blue refers to a mood of being sad or depressed. The blues in music and poetry are reinterpretations of this mood by musicians and writers into an art form. Baldwin and Hooker are right when they declare that the blues are universal in that the mood or the emotion of melancholy is…

In every culture, in every nation around the world, there are those names which echo in the minds of the people. These names are bred into every individual from childhood as masters of their crafts, whether such a craft is in the arts, athletics, or academics. One such name in American history that must be…

Throughout the epic poem, Homer portrays Odysseus as a leader who fails to meet the qualities valued by the Greeks. In ancient Greek society, loyalty, hospitality, assertiveness, and responsibility were highly esteemed traits in a leader. The Greeks upheld loyalty as crucial, as their social hierarchy revolved around devotion to the gods. This was evident…

Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire of Long Island, may be a fraud and a rimming but readers see Gatsby as a sympathetic figure and root for Gatsby. Gatsby is like any other person. As a young boy, Gatsby dreamed Of living a successful life like many young adults do. He equates a successful life to lifting…

The concept of rebellion in Fahrenheit 451 involves standing up for one’s beliefs, facing hardship and struggle, experiencing betrayal from loved ones, and gaining a deeper understanding of human nature. In Ray Bradbury’s book, Montage undergoes a journey that revolves around betrayal, hardship, and a greater realization of the world. Throughout his journey, Montage encounters…

The number-one bookseller today was born in 1971. Barnes and Noble’s (B&N) founder and Chief Executive, Leonard Riggio, started out with a stagnant Manhattan book store. Today, it operates over 1,000 store-chains. The chain includes about 504 B&N superstores, 507 B. Dalton mall stores, and 300 university bookstores. The college bookstores are leased and they…

The Oxford Paperback Dictionary provides a definition of narcissism as an unusual fondness for oneself or self-admiration, which is also associated with vanity, conceit, egotism, self-importance, and arrogance. Throughout the book, Anne demonstrates varying narcissistic behaviors that are frequently expressed through her imagination. Upon her arrival at Green Gables, Anne is initially depicted as an…