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Jose Rizal was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era and its eventual independence from Spain. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal’s death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal’s 1896 military trial and execution…

The House on Mango Street is a piece written by Sandra Cisneros, an American of Mexican Heritage. It was published in 1984 and details a year in the life of a young girl, Esperanza Cordero, who moves to Mango Street, a Mexican enclave of Chicago, at the age of twelve. The story deals with relationships,…

Poet Elizabeth Bishop was every bit simple as she was complex. The lucid and unsophisticated images she created with her apparently simple manner were anything but; in fact, the complexness that resides within her characteristically simple prose, which demonstrate a pureness and preciseness like no other, are known merely to those who can see beyond…

Sinclair Lewis was a fagot male child, ever an foreigner, lonely. Once he had become celebrated, he began to proclaim an official position of his young person that represents possibly an grownup want for a unoffending life that ne’er was. He was Sinclair Lewis ( Hutchisson 8 ) . In the old ages from 1914…

Struggles in life influence people to develop into who they will truly be. The struggles depicted in Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns caused certain characters to be the way they are. Will Tweedy is the narrator and the main character in the novel. He is a fourteen-year-old boy growing up in Cold Sassy,…

Cormac McCarthy ‘s fresh No Country For Old Men centres on Tom Bell, an quaint honest, small-town sheriff who has n’t had much problem maintaining the peace in his Texan town until a new strain of criminal appears and he finds himself fighting to maintain up with the cross boundary line trade in drugs and…

There are many good interesting things about angels.Many people in the world believe in angels , others do not.Whether you believe in them ornot , they are all around us. Angels fight for your soul , against the powers of darkness.In the book Angels written by Billy Grahm there are three main points , angels…

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby, the main character, Jay Gatsby, puts in a lot of effort to achieve the American Dream. The novel serves as Fitzgerald’s way of commenting on and criticizing the American Dream. According to Bewley (113), Fitzgerald both defines and portrays the allure and splendor of this Dream. Through…

Odyssey: The Journey of a HeroThe Heros Journey is never an easy one. This particular journey, as detailed in Homers The Odyssey, is one of struggle, loss, heartache, pain, growth and triumph. It is comprised of many steps that Odysseus has to overcome and battle through in order to achieve his final goal of reaching…

An epic hero possesses strength, courage, and an insatiable desire for immortality. Beowulf, the courageous son of Higlac from Geatland, stands as the epitome of an epic hero. His unmatched strength sets him apart from all others who preceded him. His unparalleled courage eclipses that of his successors. Moreover, his burning ambition to achieve immortality…