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When Wuthering Heights was published it was blasted it’s coevalss as obscene. They railed that Catherine and Heathcliff were the most immoral and in general worst people they had of all time had the bad luck of reading approximately. Although Wuthering Heights has taken it’s rightful topographic point as masterwork of 19th century literature and…

Two crooks, Bill Drill and Sam (we ever learn his last name) have about $600 between the two of them and figure they need another $2000 to pull Off “fraudulent town-lot scheme. ” And by the way, you learn in the first paragraph of the story that these two fellows are the self-educated type who…

Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980’s, this mesmerizing novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. They live in a world shaped by passivity. The place lacks feeling and hope. Three high school buddies, 2 male and 1 female,…

Both novels, Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’, have two pivotal characters that have an amazing mirror-like similarity between each other — more than what would be originally realized. Although the two characters have many relating aspects, there is one specific category which both of these characters fit very well into when both…

            “The Chrysanthemums” written by John Steinbeck is a story about a woman worn and oppressed by a male dominated world. A world which breaks a woman’s will, strips away their humanity, and obscures who they really are what they really want out of life.  Eliza, a married woman forgotten by her husband and the…

Yan Martel’s award winning novel, “Life of Pi”, is about the life of Piscine Molitor Patel, narrating many of the experiences he encounters that give light to many philosophies and ideologies about life. The protagonist in the story, Piscine Molitor, was named after a Parisian swimming pool, which was described in the story as a…

Throughout history, the myth of mermaids has captivated imaginations long before the existence of computers or telephones. Various regions of the world have been recording accounts and depicting mermaids for centuries, initially through calligraphy and later through illustrations found in sailors’ journals. Christie Wilson’s article, titled “Hoax Documentary Dredges Up Mermaids,” provides an overview of…

The Hunger Games series have been a staple to the dystopian style of movie, which were based off the novels written by Suzanne Collins. These movies are a very entertaining and engrossing representation of the novels; the movies include many special visual effects which help lend to the movies’ realism and its gripping storyline. There…

Helen Keller’s life is one of immense challenges and trials. She lost her sight and hearing, but through it all she kept going. Helen’s story is one of inspiration and perseverance, going on where others would fail. Her legacy challenges all of us to strive no matter what our circumstances are. Helen Keller will never…

For my character analysis, in the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” by Tennessee Williams, I intend on researching and analyzing the character Brick Pollitt. I chose to write about Brick because I found that he goes through more emotions and conflicts than anyone else in the play and its seems that he is…