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In The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde writes, “The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test reality we must see it on the tight rope” (ch 3). In many ways, this line captures the spirit of the entire novel. This book cannot exist entirely in a vacuum, for it was too…

Philosophers boldly challenged their the monarchs rule and people felt cheated in controlling their own destiny. Yet people worldwide lacked rights but did not rebel yet. The philosophies of Rousseau, Voltaire and Locke inspired the revolutions in France, Haiti/other Latin American Colonies and North America. The main values of the Enlightenment ultimately became the justification…

Finally the novel has many inappropriate themes and la nguages. However the reader of this novel can take the best lessons from it. So The Catcher in the Rye should be taught in high school classrooms. Throughout the novel Holden explains the transformation from a teenager to an adult, by the wrong choices Holden makes….

The interpretation and meaning of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” can be better understood by analyzing his specific word choice and sentences. Despite critics believing that studying Frost’s life provides deeper insight into the poem’s theme, their overanalyzed ideas fall short. The key to understanding Frost’s message is the content and diction of the…

Journal Entry #1 Integrity is a virtue that has always been around and it is an important characteristic to have. In the play, The Crucible, Tituba finally confesses to who all saw the devil. When she fessed up, Betty, Abigail and Parris all joined in and were being honest to Mr. Putnam. This started a…

Specific Purpose Statement To inform my audience about the South Korea Central Idea: South Korea is more modern and more like the United States than people think. Organizational Pattern: Topical Order Introduction There are many things that are interesting about South Korea like their geography, history, economy, and culture. After South Korea gained their freedom…

The poem stands as perfect example for a war poem. The poet brings out his war experiences in through this poem. In “Dulce Et Decorum Est”, Owen expresses his reaction to the war by using the seemingly perfect traditional poetic form with deliberate imperfect execution suggesting the topsy-turvy situation of war. Owen’s violation of the…

The Kreutzer Sonata, named after Beethoven’s violin sonata no. 9, is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy in 1889. As the anti-hero, Pozdnyshev, relays his life story to the audience on the train, he introduces a conflict between human nature and spirituality, what one is versus what one should strive to be, and challenges the…

The story of Jurassic Park was written about fourteen years ago by a man named Michael Crichton. His book has now evolved into three movies of Jurassic Park I, II, and III. Steven Speilberg has taken the story of Crichton is transformed it into one of his action packed, suspense thrillers. The first main theme…

In Literacies of Power, Donaldo Macedo basically contends that schools and the media in the US are being used as institutional mechanisms to prevent independent critical thought and impede the dissemination of truth and knowledge. The famous example given in this book is the case of David Spritzler, a twelve-year-old student who almost faced disciplinary…