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Where Are You Going, Goodman Brown? Temptation is a universal theme shown throughout both of the stories. Nathaniel Hawthorn’s “Young Goodman brown,” a story about a man being tempted to go on an errand to find the devil in the woods, and Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” a story about…

Upton Sinclair has famously remarked, “All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda. ” These words are especially befitting for Sinclair’s most famous novel, The Jungle. Sinclair’s novel follows the devastating collapse of an immigrant Lithuanian family as a result of the ruthless practices of capitalism. Thus,…

The Great Gatsby This Research, paper – which is a mixture of a book review and an analysis of a problem will present ideas about searching the American Dream in connection with The Great Gatsby and the main characters and how successfully they could live the American Dream according to the work of F. Scott…

Have you ever felt that there were two of you battling for control of the person you call yourself? Have you ever felt that you weren’t quite sure which one you wanted to be in charge? All of us have at least two selves: one who wants to work hard, get good grades, and be…

Blind dates are full of uncertainty as you can never really know someone until you spend time with them and communicate. Several years back, my initial blind date occurred at my workplace. A colleague would often bring up her daughter and propose that I should go out with her. This colleague depicted her daughter, Kelli,…

By the way, I recently took the liberty of using your mythical “Arkham” in a single-stanza rhyme which Mr. Wright accepted for Weird Tales, and which fell far short of doing justice to it’s subject. Here it is: Arkham. Drowsy and dull with age the houses blink On aimless streets the rat-gnawed years forget— But…

A bureaucracy is a large organization that is designed to achieve a common goal through a hierarchical organization. The classic perspective on bureaucracy was proposed by German sociologist, Max Weber at the beginning of 20th century. Weber developed a theory of authority structures and described organizational activity based on authority relations. He described an ideal…

It is very hard for someone to accept the fact that our treasured loved one was already dead. The day before my elementary graduation, my grandfather also died and it was hard for me to accept. But this is the life, so we should hold on tight and move on. It’s just saddening that I…

When comparing the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck to the 1939 film version directed by Milestone, it is evident that one is a print text and the other is a visual text. Analyzing a visual text involves considering camera angle, sound, lighting, editing, and mise en sc�ne. On the other hand, when…

In the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Edgar Allan Poe compares the house to its owner, Roderick Usher, in various ways. Poe employs personification to liken the house to a person, describing it as having eyes in the form of “eyelike windows” (p. 308). Additionally, when Usher is seen again, Poe…