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New historical criticism places a literary masterpiece within the context of prevailing socio-cultural milieu of the time, the biographical elements of the author and other contemporary influences. “Shooting of an Elephant” by George Orwell is also located within the framework of the prevailing socio-cultural set-up and ideas circulation in that historical era. It is a…

George Bellows achieved the ends of the “ Ashcan school ” and “ The Eight ” but differed in the sense that he painted with an expressionist daring yet kept modernist ideals. George Bellows was an American painter known for his bold word pictures of New York City, and harmonizing to some was “ the…

What do a talking caterpillar, ancient Turkish kings, and over 100 million people around the world have in common? They all indulge in hookah smoking. So what exactly is a hookah? A hookah, also referred to as a water pipe or narghela, serves the purpose of smoking flavored and completely natural tobacco through its water…

The history of the word nigger in England or Britain is not very well documented however in America it is a linguistic hand grenade that is being hurled around a bit too much recently and it is in much debate at present. It is the worst and most offensive word in the English language. It…

James Baldwin was born into the world August 2,1924 in Harlem, New York. Although, he never knew his real father, at the age of three his mother, Emma Jones, married a man named, David Baldwin. At the age 14, Baldwin decide to follow in his step father’s footsteps and became a minister at Fireside Pentecostal…

The historical novel work of Tracy Chevalier “Girl with a Pearl Earring has merge seamlessly artistic and sensual awakening which weaves a sensitive story of a girl’s coming of age and the meaning of art around Vermeer’s painting, and in it, the painting ignites the curiosity of why it becomes significant and intriguing. Was it…

Throughout history, many talented writers Hagiographas have reflected the clip period in which they lived in. Often the overall tone, and attitude of the novel is due to factors, that they have been born with, such as the environment they grew up in, who raised them, or moral morals were instilled into their manner of…

The Scientific Theory of Evolution and the Manufactured Evidenced used Drunken Scientists to Support this Exaggerated Theory. Preface: Teaching the Theory of Evolution is like teaching the Bible in a public school. Its biased and unsupported and is banned by the constitution. I attended Catholic schools for four years. I was subsequently expelled. That experience…

economic exploitation of African AmericansThroughout history, America has benefitted from the economic exploitation of African Americans. As a youth, Anne Moody experienced life growing up on the plantation as a child of sharecroppers. Her powerful and honest autobiography described the economic hardship in the rural south. Anne’s early memories of the Carter plantation depicted the…

Slavery this is a system that was made to sell or buy people to holding them at the workplace through force in most places without paying, they were also used for sexual purposes and they don’t have a choice to do what they want or make any decisions because they were a property of slaveholders….