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Introduction to the Paper: “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his…

My favorite British writer and his famous book ‘Treasure Island’ My favorite famous British writer is Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850. Robert went to Edinburgh University to study law. Later on he decided that he wanted to be a writer, not a lawyer. In his early 20s…

In chapter four of Whirligig, a marching band is the whirligig that Brent created. For instance, when Brent got off the boat and walked down to the pier, he came to a “wooden marching band” in which he stopped and looked at (62). He saw a trumpet, trombone, clarinet and drum. Then he thought to…

There was one major conflict among smaller conflicts combined with it. These conflicts are the major key points in the story plotline. These conflicts are with the main characters of To Kill A Mockingbird, in whom are Scout and Jem Finch. As well as their brother, atticus finch, but who is the most important in…

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels initially appears as a fantasy/adventure story, but it is actually a satirical commentary on society. The novel serves as both a satire on human nature and a parody of the literary sub genre known as the “traveler’s tale.” While each phase of the tale may seem easily understood, the overall subject…

Revenge, it was a common theme among the plays, and works of literature published during Shakespeare’s time. It is only natural that it would be a topic that the writer himself would touch on. While not his most well-known play dealing with revenge the Tragedy of Titus Andronicus was likely Shakespeare’s earliest delve into the…

LetterTruth and Hypocrisy In Animal Farm and The Scarlet LetterLies are often distorted into truth by those in power, who eventually become hypocrites as they continue to delude for selfish gain. In the process of this distortion, they will do everything possible to conceal and maintain their hunger for dominance and deference. This theme of…

Elie Wiesel’s Night and Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz are both memoirs of the authors’ experiences in Nazi concentration camps, but they depict vastly different experiences and have different approaches. Where Wiesel’s is more humanistic, showing how his protagonist finds the spirit to survive, Levi’s account is more scientific, showing an almost Darwinistic milieu where…

The constituents of drama are recognized as the visual expression of feelings, the depiction of connections, and the illustration of various stages of human existence. Drama delineates diverse identities and showcases a vast range of emotions through its characters. Aristotle, a philosopher who wrote on various subjects such as poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, biology, physics,…

creatureThe Beatles composed and sang many beautiful and timeless songs during their musical career. One song, however, captures the essence of Victor Frankenstein’s creation. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818. The Beatles wrote a song off their The White Album entitled Blackbird in 1968. Generations apart from each other, these two artistic masterpieces are more…