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Baba sat Amir on his lap and explains his idea of sin and says “When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth” (18). To Baba there is only one sin, and this sin is theft. Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is about a wealthy Sunni Muslim boy Amir that is raised…

In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, John’s identities are shaped by two contrasting societies. Despite his efforts to assert his manhood and challenge the norms of the brave new world, he fails to gain genuine acceptance anywhere. John’s mother, Linda, comes from the brave new world but gives birth to him in the savage reservation….

The intent of this undertaking is to analyse Jonathan Swift ‘s Gulliver ‘s Travels from feminist position. To to the full understand the positions that Swift exhibited, with regard to feminist attack, it is of import to hold some background on Swift himself and adult females ‘s function in society in the 18th century. Swift…

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a narrative about the importance of family unity in a neighborhood where families are being torn apart by poverty. As the oldest sister, Esperanza feels responsible for her siblings. She is a strong believer of family support and disproves of the Vargas’ large chaotic family. She…

“Once you have a fair idea of where you want to go, your first move will be to apply yourself in school. You’re a student –whether the idea appeals to you or not” (189). In the novel, The Catcher in the Rye written by J. D. Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield fails himself and…

Your Choice is No Choice. You DecideEveryone has the right to choose so, what if that right was taken away? Would anyone be happy? What if everyone was the same, that wouldnt be fun. Those two sentences described Jonas community. In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry suggests that sameness and conformity have a negative…

During the Middle Ages, civilization was only beginning to form itself and there were many aspects of social life that went through stages of development until it became what it is today. If you compare the middle ages to our time, there are differences is almost every one of these aspects, such as type of…

Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart tells the story of the African Igbo society which was dominated by European imperialism. Achebe uses his own personal knowledge of African culture to portray the Igbo tribes as a complex society with well-established beliefs and traditions. The heart of this novel is not in its context, however, but…

Have you ever dreamed of a place where you will have to hide your true identity to survive. “ The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham shows the reader exactly that. In this novel there are many different themes but the main themes are ; Survival to live in this community, discrimination, and punishment. Survival in this…

Have you ever been forced to move from one home to another? If you have, you know what it feels like to be uprooted away from everything you know and love, and move miles away to something completely new and unknown. Even if you cannot relate to experiencing something like this, try to imagine what…