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“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter?tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And then one fine morning? So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ” This quote…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Flannery O’Connnors “A GoodMan Is Hard To Find” are stories that deal with mans inhumanity to man byillastrating different situation, but lead to the same conclusion and with nothought of the consequences. Jackson and O’Connor use central characters to showhow man has the power to distort reality into something the…

The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948 and takes place in a small town, on the 27th of June. In this story, the lottery occurs every year, around the summer solstice. All families gather together to draw slips of paper from a black box. When reading this story, it is…

What is madness? Is any individual mad purely due to the fact they are different, and do they in return see the same about the world? In the short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart ” by Edgar Allen Poe The story is based on a confession from the unknown narrator, who starts addressing the reader of…

The poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning depicts the arrogant Duke Alfonso II D’Este. The speaker, a wealthy nobleman, takes great pride in his long-standing lineage, declaring “My nine hundred year old name.” Throughout the poem, the Duke endeavors to persuade the Count of Tyrell that he is a suitable match for his daughter….

Symbolic importance in Lord of the Flies In “Lord of the Flies” written by William Gilding, there are several symbols throughout the novel that are significantly important due to their meaning. In my opinion, the three main symbols are the signal fire, the conch and Lord of the Flies. A symbol represents something else; Gilding…

This paper seeks to support the proposition that that there is a demand for single differences for humanity despite society’s expressed desire to achieve equality. The Communist and socialist political orientations may hold theorized the what is an ideal society. one that is egalitarian or classless but there are merely unacceptable effects if there is…

Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the female characters in ‘The Great Gatsby’ reveals an underlying hatred of women. With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel, and relevant external contextual information on Fitzgerald’s own experience of, and attitude to women, give your response to the above view. In The Great Gatsby women are often presented in…

In the novel Of Mice and Men, various conflicts arose. These conflicts included both external and internal conflicts. One example of an external conflict is the tension between Candy and Carlson, as Carlson wanted to put an end to Candy’s dog. Carlson deemed the dog useless, old, and unpleasant, leading him to desire its death….

In his essay “The Damned Human Race,” Mark Twain uses satire, irony, and a scientific approach to argue that humans are the lowest of animals. While successful in presenting evidence that humans descend from animals rather than the other way around, Twain’s bias and pessimism towards the human race is evident throughout the essay. He…