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Authors use novels to show others their own unique views and perspectives of the world. Although this is not just limited to females, enslaved, and/or racially oppressed writers, this essay will focus on them. All of the pieces of writing we read in class were written in various time periods, and the authors came from…

Facing challenges places limits while trying to achieve a goal. In the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, the author, Zora Neale Hurston, reveals the limits placed on Janie Crawford’s quest for identity. Although there are many limitations, the attitudes of others and Janie’s sex challenges her the most. The first limit that Janie faces…

Among the many illustrious Filipinos who have distinguished themselves in the service of their country, the highest place of honor belongs to Dr. Jose Rizal. For Rizal possess an outstanding degree of virtues which together make up true patriotism. He loved his country not in word alone but in action. He devoted his time, energy…

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is not only controversial but is incredibly reflective of today’s American society. A majority of the points Atwood had pushed, such as the objectification of women and the loss of importance to words, have progressively been proven correct. Many references back to the worst of times in humanity show…

The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper, middle, and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family, scholar bureaucrats, and landowners. Below them were peasants, artisans, and merchants, and the last class were slaves, indentured servants,…

The book titled The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, narrates the story of Jonas. He is the main character residing in a world known as The Community where everything remains identical. Nonetheless, Jonas eventually uncovers the existence of another world outside The Community, and he yearns to break free from it. The Giver is both…

Hurston’s use of nature (the pear tree, the ocean, the horizon, the hurricane) functions as both as a plot device and a metaphor. The pear tree is used as plot device in the beginning of the novel when Janie admires its complexity and relates it to a marriage. Her young teenager desires are seen as…

Paul Baumer is a German, young boy, who, together with his classmates, enlists for the army to fight in the Great War. Full of enthusiasm and adventurous thoughts, they arrive at the front, but then are faced with the horrific and soul-destroying war. One by one the classmates are fall in action… 1. What is…

In the book “The Giver,” every aspect of your life, from being born to dying, is carefully arranged without any opportunity for personal decision-making. The elderly, a chosen few, have complete control over your family, profession, and all aspects of existence. Within this text, various symbols are present. One of them is an apple that…

In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Janie have shown many of her traits from being a black girl who lived in a white family backyard with her grandma to a wife of a first and second husband. Janie, the protagonist, is a grand-daughter of an ex-slave grandma, Nanny Crawford, and is…