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Struggle for Freedom in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Native Son Throughout history, great authors have served as sentinels for racism and prejudice in American society. The Mark Twain novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a graphic story of 1840s America that depicts the plight of an uneducated black slave named Jim moved many to empathize…

Atticus is a central figure in the novel, playing a crucial role in all major events. He serves as the moral backbone of Maycomb society and a voice of reason for the oppressed. Lee presents Atticus as unconventional for his time, portraying him as someone who will bring moral change to Maycomb. The timing of…

The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and takes place in a small town, on the 27th of June. In this story, the lottery occurs every year, around the summer solstice. All families gather together to draw slips of paper from a black box. When reading this story, it is…

What is madness? Is any individual mad purely due to the fact they are different, and do they in return see the same about the world? In the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart ” by Edgar Allen Poe The story is based on a confession from the unknown narrator, who starts addressing the reader of…

Rhetorical Devices in Fear No More by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare utilizes simplistic language to emphasize the themes in “Fear no more” however, he exercises complex metaphors to depict the struggles one undergoes during a lifetime and as a result urges the reader to overcome all melancholic sentiments that lead one to oppose a peaceful…

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is structured much like a classical tragedy. John Proctor, the protagonist of the play, qualifies as a tragic hero because he has a tragic flaw. Proctor fits Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero, which states that one of the most important aspects of a tragedy is the tragic hero. He…

Critical Analysis of “A Modest Proposal” John was simply observing what his country was like when he came up with this idea for the Kingdom to look at. He was just thinking about ways he could help his country and people on the wealthier side happy to. First, he thought that he would say how…

Although the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est “by Wilfred Owen, and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke, share the elements of writer passion and subjectivity, they differ with regards to tone, theme and literary devices. The lyrical poem, “The Soldier” was written during the period before the World War, and thus presents an unrealistic viewpoint of…

Leonardo DiCaprio is a well-established actor who has made quite an impact in the film industry. He was born on November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California and just recently turned 39. Leonardo grew up as an only child to parents George and Irmelin DiCaprio who quickly noticed his talent and aspiration to be different….

Have you ever thought of eating dolphins? In Japan, it truly exists as many Japanese have tried dolphin meat. However, they did not know anything about the story behind. This documentary tries to disclose the dark side of Japan, international dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. Besides, it also reveals the hazardously high levels of mercury…