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Through an exploration of plots, themes, and conflicts, it may be argued that both Roald Dahl’s “Beware of the Dog” and Liam O’Flaherty’s “The Sniper” provide varying perspectives on the hardships of war. Both short stories feature main characters pitted against an enemy in a struggle for survival. Both themes have to do with a…

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…

Movie Review: Pulp FictionQuentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is one of the most daring, puzzling, and ultimately exciting pieces of cinema to hit the screen in years. As wholly original as it is a copy of hundreds of films before it about tales of hit-men and criminals, it dares you to step out of the dull…

How does Hamlet fall into the pit of despair in Act 1? Hamlets soliloquy reveals a whole range of captivated emotions. These emotions are all released at the same time leaving him slightly suicidal. We are shown that he is profoundly upset, mostly by what his mother has done as throughout the act, Hamlet’s anger…

In this essay I will be exploring Scout’s character, and how her opinions and herself have changed throughout chapter 10. At the beginning of chapter 10, Scout is disillusioned about her father. She believes that Atticus is very boring and old, unlike other children’s fathers. ‘Atticus was feeble, he was nearly fifty’. Scout obviously is…

They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of…

The Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingI. THEME”The author is making a comment on man vs. man and man vs. nature.”II. PLOTThe story is about a group of kids who got stranded on an island. Quickly and almost instinctively, they formed a hierarchy among the group of the older boys. With the ingenuity of most adults,…

In the novel Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, the theme of impulsive young love is explored through the rapid development of feelings between the two main characters, the gender roles they assume, and the brevity of the play. Romeo, one of the protagonists, is depicted as falling deeply and quickly in love with…

Elizabeth and Juliet have both rejected their parents choice of husbands In Act 3 Scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet strong feelings are portrayed through out the scene. One example of this is at the beginning of the scene Juliet shows strong emotions of grief towards Romeos leaving. Yet let me weep for such a…