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Cultural Synthesis in ‘Dream in Hawaii’ by B. Bhattacharya
India
Novel
Spirituality
The process of interculturation between two divergent ideals started in India during the British Empire. The Cultural tradition of India, imbued with many socio-religions, economic and philosophical, has an excellent integration. The impact of the colonial rule is reflected in life, literature and culture. Bhattacharya has witnessed the colonial and post – colonial situation in…
Ernest Hemingway’s
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (1926) has been considered the essential prose of the Lost Generation. Its theme of alienation and detachment reflected the attitudes of its time. In fact, the term “Lost Generation” was originally coined in a conversation by Gertrude Stein, a member of the expatriate circle in 1920’s Paris. While spontaneous and meaningless…
Edmund Burkes Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies
Speech
Edmund Burke’s ideology about the existence of state for the people is evidently present during his speech about conciliation about the Colonies. Burke believes that the state should work for the people and not for the people to work for the state (Auerbach, 1959, p. 57). Corruption on the side of the state blinded…
Fear Paralyzes the Worth of Living
Elie Wiesel
Night
“The only thing there is to fear, is fear itself” by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Through the holocaust many fear on topics of death, but if one always fears looking into the future we will never be able to enjoy the present. In the novel, Night by Elie Wiesel we know the holocaust is horrific, which…
Everyone’s Dream is to Strive for the Best in Life
American Dream
Of Mice and Men
IntroductionThe American dream was created by James Truslow Adams in 1931, James Truslow Adams believed that the American dream was of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunities for each according to ability or achievement, the American dream was targeted at poor people who wanted to…
Delphine Lalaurie and Celia Blassenville: Monsters from Hell
Ghost
Monster
I first saw her face on a beignet break in the French Quarter. My native New Orleans tour guide/friend lay sleeping off our binge at a wine bar appropriately named Bacchanal, so I decided killing some time eating deep fried goodness to be a bonne idea. After reveling for the umpteenth time in the sinful…
Shirley Jackson Research Paper Shirley Jacksons
Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson Essay, Research Paper Shirley Jackson? s, The Lottery, has raised inquiries in the dorsum of every reader’s head towards the destructive yet unsighted rites of world. A contemplation of ourselves is what we see when looking through the pool of Jackson’s head. The Lottery clearly expressed Jackson’s feelings refering traditional rites through her…
To Kill a Mockingbird and Animal Farm
Animal Farm
To Kill A Mockingbird
TrumanCapoteHarper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a classic text because it is based on the meaning of a mockingbird, the idea of growing up, and the theme of prejudice and racism which still is a problem today. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is considered a classic text because it holds historical importance and shows…
The Knowledge Economy and Higher Education
Books
Knowledge creation and the deployment of new knowledge in the workplace have given rise to the aerospace itself being recognized as a site of learning and knowledge production. This concept is an integral feature of the ‘knowledge economy’ and the growing intellectual capital of businesses has the potential to erode awarding bodies as being the…
How the Great Powers Shape the World BOOK REVIEW
Book Review
“A century’s journey: How the great powers shape the world” For all the claims of globalization, says Robert A. Pastor, a handful of countries still define the world at the end of the 20th century–and will continue to do so in the 21st. This statement infuses new blood into the current foreign policy discussion about…