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Colonialism is the building and maintaining of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. Colonialism normally refers to a period of history from the 15th to the 20th century when people from Europe established colonies on other continents. Collins English Dictionary defines colonialism as “the policy of acquiring and maintaining colonies, especially for…

The story “A&P” takes place in the A&P grocery store, located in a small New England town. The narration is in first person by Sammy the cashier. Sammy is a typical example of an “unreliable” narrator. An unreliable narrator is a storyteller who is a complete character in the story and whose opinions must be…

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Mary Shelley’s Frakenstein are two authoritative pieces of literature that are deserving analyzing. This essay will discourse the thoughts and constructs of parenting in both books. While some features are shared between the two. there are besides differences. The specific subjects to be discussed are what makes a good…

Having a moral center is essential for guiding individuals to distinguish between right and wrong in a given situation. It provides the opportunity to remain steadfast in the right course of action rather than succumb to poor judgement. In the play Macbeth, both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth initially possess a strong moral center, but they…

Katherine Mansfield’s experiences growing up in colonial New Zealand heightened her awareness of the discontinuities, lacunae, and tensions of modern life. She was born in 1888 in Wellington, a town labeled “the empire city” by its white inhabitants, who modeled themselves on British life and relished their city’s bourgeois respectability.[1] At an early age, Mansfield…

In 1955, L. Sprague de Camp published a posthumous collaboration with Robert E. Howard, Tales of Conan, consisting of four non-Conan stories written by Howard that were rewritten by de Camp as Conan stories.   This was followed by Conan the Adventurer in 1966 which contained 3 stories by Howard (edited by de Camp) and…

Attention-Getter: Do you know what this is? This is worsening your asthma at the age of 10 and you developing lung cancer by the age of 30. According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 1 in 11 children with asthma (Centers, 2012a) and approximately 208,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer (Centers, 2012b). Fortunately,…

“Old Candy watched him go. He looked helplessly back at Curley’s wife, and gradually his sorrow and his anger turned into words. ‘You God damn tramp,’ he said viciously. You done it di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. ’” Curley’s wife is a key character to ‘Of Mice and Men’ because she plays such a…

Harper Lee was born on April 28th, 1926. She grew up in Monroeville, Alabama. As a child Harper was a frequent reader. Harper graduated from Monroe County High School in Monroeville, and enrolled at the all female Huntingdon College in Montgomery for one year. She then pursued a law degree at the University of Alabama…

Symbolism is a critical factor in numerous books, such as The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The novel heavily relies on symbolism to progress the story. Although they may appear insignificant at first, upon closer analysis, these symbols are crucial in depicting the microcosm of the island. One example is the conch shell,…