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Eyes of a Soldier Due to the rise of reform and fear of communism undulating throughout the United States during the 1960’s, Americans had gradually begun to transition from traditional values. Unequal rights had finally come to a conclusion legally and the voice of young Americans grew audaciously. At that time war also plagued the…

The author, Robertson Davies, illustrates in his novel titled Fifth Business the lasting impact of guilt on one’s life. Throughout the story, guilt is shown to be a powerful force that can haunt individuals for many years. Davies emphasizes the role and significance of guilt through the characters Dunstan Ramsay (Dunny), Paul Dempster, and Percy…

This song is about a young girl named Angela Carter who is abused and killed by her mother. It is sung my Martina McBride, a well known country singer. In the first and second verse of the song Martina sings about how the young girl has to make her own lunch and walk to school…

“The Landlady” by Roal Dahl is a horror fiction story that aims to scare, unsettle, or horrify readers. In my opinion, it is an excellent representation of this genre. The story follows Billy Weaver, a young insurance salesman who visits Bath for business purposes. While searching for accommodation in the evening, Billy comes across a…

Several authors contributed to the greatness of American literature, but Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe made a significant impact on their own. They often explored how the conscience and subconscious influence behavior, revolutionizing typical storytelling standards. Their works have set a remarkable template that most modern writers aspire to imitate (Southam and Crowley 432)….

Victoria Louis Perspective Through the Eyes of George Eliot What separates The Mill on the Floss from other novels of the Victorian era is its unique narrative style. The narrator gives readers a detailed insight into all of the characters and tells us their thoughts and feelings. However, the narrator sometimes switches over into the…

ArabyIn James Joyces short story “Araby,” several different micro-cosms are evident. The story demonstrates adolescence, maturity, and public life in Dublin at that time. As the reader, you learn how this city has grown to destroy this young boys life and hopes, and create the person that he is as a narrator. In “Araby,” the…

Possible Contents: The text explores the act of intruding to comment on writing that involves the personal involvement with fictional characters and directly addresses the reader. It openly questions how narrative assumptions and conventions transform and filter reality in an attempt to prove that there are no singular truths or meanings. It generally employs metrification,…

In 1975, Steven Spielberg made a movie based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley. Both the movie and the book tell the story of a giant man-eating great white shark that attacks the beachgoers on Amity Island. This results in the hunt to find and kill the shark to protect the people. The movie…

The Gangster We Are All Looking For by Le Thi Diem Thuy and Drown by Junot Diaz are two riveting literary masterpieces that tackle the common theme of immigrants struggling to survive in America. Both books strike a chord with every refugee or settler in a foreign land who, at some point in their lives,…