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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World depicts characters that symbolize specific political and social ideas within the portrayed society. Huxley drew inspiration from his own observations of the world during the book’s writing, envisioning a future where government control creates a utopian society. However, he did not view this development positively. Through characters such as Bernard…

Throughout “Things Fall Apart” various proverbs are used to teach the cause and effect of decisions, warn against certain events, and poetic words to find meaning. These types of proverbs are the most traditional and prominent ways of teaching in the Bio culture. Another prominent way in the Gobo culture is trying to obtain a…

The red hunting hat is one Of the most recognizTABLE symbols from twentieth- century American literature. It is inseparTABLE from our image of Holder, with good reason: it is a symbol of his uniqueness and individuality. The hat is outlandish, and it shows that Holder desires to be different from everyone around him. At the…

Often individuals choose to conform to society, rather than pursue personal desires because it is often easier to follow the path others have made already, rather than create a new one. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, this conflict is explored. Huxley starts the story by introducing Bernard Marx, the protagonist of…

The two books that I am comparing are The Catcher in the Rye. and Lord of the Flies. The two books are really interesting and are really opposite yet the same in many ways. In The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is an idealistic character who becomes more of a realist as the novel progresses….

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger narrates the journey of Holden Caulfield, an adolescent boy grappling with his sense of self. Although Holden yearns for adulthood, he also secretly clings to his youth and innocence. This is demonstrated when he pays for a prostitute but chooses not to engage in any sexual…

The Turn of the Screw and the Wuthering Heights can be considered as a ghostly narrative stories that involves mystery, love, and hatred. The plot of the two stories is of different settings but the main theme evolves on the presence of a ghost and its relative influences on the different characters involve. The Turn…

In Brave New World, Huxley emphasizes the idea that in order to achieve stability, individualism and relationships must be eradicated. The prevention of individualism is a prominent theme in the novel. To live in a Utopia, one cannot be an individual. Huxley highlights this from the beginning of the book, when he introduces the World…

In Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holder Coalfield, is introduced to the readers as a troubled young who desperately wants to protect his youthful innocence. Because Holder constantly faces harsh realities of adulthood and world, he is even more compelled to protect innocence. He wants to protect not only his, but also those around…

Views on America: Charles Dickens America in the 1800s was often understood by many countries in Europe to be a land that had finally managed to free itself of the various wrongs of the old world and institute a new era in which men were born free and died free, where all disputes were settled…