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Precious or Push by Sapphire writes about a 16 year old obese and illiterate girl who is named Precious Jones who lives in a 1987 Harlem era, which is in Upper Manhattan, New York City as a fictional story. In the beginning of the story, Precious was impregnated with her second child by her biological…

The objects people keep in their homes can tell a story about who they are or were. Each item possessed by the residents of a house is evidence of how these people may have lived. Ted Kooser’s poem “Abandoned Farmhouse” takes the reader on a walkthrough of the remains of a farmhouse where a poor…

The novel’s title, Around the World in Eighty Days, provides a concise summary of its plot. It chronicles the adventures of Phileas Fogg, an affluent Englishman who bets that he can complete a global journey within just 80 days. The narrative showcases Fogg’s exploits as he traverses various countries. Although Fogg is depicted as wealthy,…

Edward Morgan Forster wrote among many other novels, A Passage to India in 1924. The novel happens to be his peak hit in the ladder of success. The novel exposes a dramatic comparison between the colonial political reign using a brief but fictions narration of an English woman named Adela Quested and the Indian man…

Chapter five of ‘Frankenstein’ is crucial to creating a sense of horror in the novel. How does Shelley achieve this? The gothic horror novel published in 1818 called ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ consists of the major themes of life and death, love and sex and also how man challenges god. The alternative name for this novel…

Introduction. The book Shake Hands with the Devil” centers on the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which shocked the world. The author, Romeo Dallaire, is the former head of the U.N. Peacekeeping Force that was deployed in Rwanda during the chaos. He tells us the story of the great evil where he and his men had to…

The Red Badge of Courage is a fictional story about a young soldier named Henry Fleming who faces his fears and grows during the Civil War. Henry, an ordinary farm boy from New York, aspires to be a genuine war hero and joins the 304th New York regiment, fighting for the Unionist forces. The main…

What are the major themes of The Handmaid’s Tale? Choose one character and assess how they contribute to any of these themes. What does this character reveal about Atwood’s attitudes and values? How does the narrative voice of the novel affect the reader’s understanding of this character? I feel that the major themes of The…

In my personal analysis of ‘At Land’, the waves symbolize Maya being pulled away from her own life. When she wakes up on the beach again, it signifies an opportunity to start fresh, similar to how water represents a new beginning. The reverse motion of the waves gives the impression of a carpet, symbolizing Maya’s…

The lottery INTRODUCTION             Who would ever imagine that a community of supposedly civilized people would take time out once a year to draw lots on who they should hit with stones?   The story of “The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson, is a metaphorical reference to a hyperbolical fiction.  Symbolisms triggered the theme of the…