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            Although Iola Leroy heads in one general direction down two roads it seems that it is most properly interpreted as having only one purpose.  That is to say that Frances Harper’s book speaks plainly about progress; its two roads to that direction are individual and social progress.  That is where this fork in the…

Heroism has been viewed differently between various people. Their ideas can become altered with the experiences they go through. For some, heroism deals with courage, strength, power, and honor. For others, as seen in The Seafarer, they do not believe in rewards, but see that heroism is found in the past. The idea of comitatus…

Discuss about identities includes different ways of how people act, feel and think. People sometimes change their identities just because they want to join or fit in some groups, but they do not really act as how they are. David Berreby explains that in his article “It Takes A Tribes”. He explains how students try…

Introduction: The Poet Who Contained Multitudes Born in 1819, hardly 43 years after the United States had proclaimed their independence from Britain, Walt Whitman is considered the most representative poet of the America of the XIX century, an America where the growing States were not only struggling to develop their political entities and institutions, but…

The power of a story, whether written or spoken, has a lasting impact on the way we perceive almost everything around us. Sometimes they are too simple and a particular story becomes the only way something is understood. The risk of a single story is that one perspective can lead us to default assumptions and…

The poem “Ode to Indolence” is a short poem about three figures who appear to a poet. The poet is confused on why they appear to him and ask who they are and what they are doing. Later in the poem, the narrator realizes they are not simply three figures they are one man and…

The significance of Act 3 scene 5 lies in the strong connection it forms with the audience in Romeo and Juliet. The emotions of Juliet have a profound impact on the audience, who are aware of the secret marriage between her and Romeo, in contrast to their parents: Lord and Lady Capulet, and Lord and…

The Puritan society persecutes Hester Prying for committing adultery, while the persecutors themselves are guilty of hypocrisy. Hawthorne exposes the true two-faced mind-set of the Puritans through their regard of corporal punishment: “[The] society shall have grown corrupt enough to smile, instead of shuddering at it” (39). Hawthorne inserts his own commentary, averring that the…

Critical Commentary on Chapter One of ‘The Great Gatsby’ * Nick Carraway and his function as narrator of Gatsby’s story Nick as a first person narrator – ambivalent character – aspires to fit in and be the man of the people, yet is often seen as too desperate and has distorted opinions Nick as a…

Heritage is one of the most important factors that represents where a person comes from. Basically, “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker written in 1973 is a short story about Mama and her two daughter; Maggie and Dee who hold different views as to how culture and their heritage should be represented. The main theme of…