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The book I recently finished reading is Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. It is set in Sterling, New Hampshire, a small town. The story begins by portraying a typical day at the local high school, where students are attending their classes. However, during this ordinary day, there is an abrupt explosion in the parking lot…

Adam Canady has found reading JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye to be an interesting experience that has introduced him to a new world of literary analysis and contrasting characters. In this journal, Adam highlights certain passages from the first half of the novel to examine character, theme, and conflict. He also shares his predictions…

There are obvious similarities between Victor and his creation; each is abandoned, isolated, and both start out withgood intentions. However, Victors ego in his search for god-like capabilities overpowers his humanity. The creatureis nothing but benevolent until society shuns him as an outcast on account of his deformities. The creature is morehumane than his own…

Jay Gatsby has been the host from the greatest and wildest parties during the summer. The parties are said to last for hours, and some of them even continue to the next days. Gatsby’s house is not under dry law, actually it is the opposite. Drinks are on the house there and there are thousands…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as…

In the novel, Mark Twain creates instances where the main character, Huckleberry Finn, is torn apart between his conscience and his heart, but in each case he ends up following his heart and not regretting his decision. One example of this is when Houck and Jim are separated in the fog and Houck plays a…

How does Shakespeare retain a degree of sympathy for Macbeth through to the end of the play? “Not in the legions Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d In Evils to top Macbeth” If a play is to function as a tragedy, we, the audience, should feel a certain degree of sympathy for…

Today, rehearsals for the final scene are scheduled to begin. Regrettably, I must inform you that I won’t be able to attend. I hurriedly got out of bed and ended up throwing my back. Now, I am at home, following the doctor’s orders to rest. But don’t worry! I am still fully capable of giving…

The message is that Shakespeare uses characterization, settings and the whole structure of the narrative to present a story about tragedy, love, romance, uncontrollable passion, and violence to he audience. The characterization used by Shakespeare really helps define the tragic Story about two families that are arch nemeses to each other and this subsequently ends…

Course: English 104 Professor: Kathleen McKalister Student: Jeanne Reeser Assignment: Formal Essay Duality In many late-Victorian English writers’ works, there appears this reoccurring theme of a “double” or “split personality” residing in one character. The “double” or “split personality” usually coincided with a specific historical event or social attitude during the time that the novel…