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The theme of death has intrigued readers and authors for thousands of years and will continue to do so in the future.  It is the vast unknown that has left humans in fear and amazed.  There is no one who can tell others what it is like to die because everyone who knows is dead…

The Handmaid’s Tale is a piece of speculative fiction that imagines an alternate world where the US has been taken over by a religious totalitarian regime. I agree that the statement is an accurate description of the Handmaid’s Tale as, in the novel, Atwood imagines a near future that could feasibly be ours by satirizing…

Naturalist writers examine the idea that free will holds no importance, humans are on par with animals, and nature can be both hostile and indifferent. These themes are apparent in Jack London’s narrative, “To Build a Fire,” which emphasizes nature’s antagonistic demeanor. Despite the protagonist’s foolish choices, nature did not provide any assistance throughout his…

In the Lord of the Flies and in the Stanford Prison Experiment, it shows how the thirst for power corrupts people. According to the psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman, power isn’t inherently good or evil, rather it’s the person who makes it evil. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding is arguing the same thing…

In J. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins faces numerous obstacles that propel his personal growth. His encounters with these challenges allow him to mature at a faster pace than the peaceful atmosphere of the Shire would have permitted. Prior to the arrival of Gandalf and the dwarves at his doorstep, Bilbo led an uneventful…

What would be your first impression if you saw a homeless person asking for money? It would either be; ‘what a bum? They are trying to scam us because they are just lazy to work’ or feel sympathy for the struggle the individual and give them leftover change. In the Straight Down E 14th st,…

“All Summer in a Day” is a short story by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1954. It is a story that has captured the hearts of many readers with its poignant themes of hope and despair, as well as its vivid imagery and powerful message. Set on Venus, the story follows a group of schoolchildren…

Fictional Analysis of'A White Heron' All good stories, be they fiction or truth, require some type of plot path to allow the reader to easily follow the direction of the story.Different types of plot structures will cause to reader to focus on specific details and apt authors can manipulate these structures to force the reader…

The Chrysalids is a scientific discipline fictional book of suspense, sarcasm and poignancy. The six chief characters in the novel are David Strorm, Joseph Strorm, Gordon Strorm, Petra Strorm, Rosalind, and Sealand adult female. They have different state of affairs and different sentiments in the narrative which adds more suspense and keeps the reader interested…

In The Odyssey and Beowulf, my opinion is that in both epics the two main heroes share some similar components of characteristics and different components of character traits. The stories also reflected on the importance of their cultures and how this shaped the heroes. In The Odyssey, the historical context of this epic is about…