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Of Mice And Men This novel is set on the Californian Grain Farms in the 1930s. The town is called Soledad and is four miles south of San Jose. The inspiration for the book probably came from a poem by Robert Burns. The poem was about the plans of mice and men going wrong. The…

A very popular poem written by Robert Frost is called The Road not Taken. In my opinion this poem reflects the theme of choices. Robert Frosts poem The Road Not Taken, leaves its readers with a number of different ways to understand its significance. I feel that the readers life experiences pertaining to the past,…

Understanding written material requires careful analysis of the society, culture, and context in which it was composed. Neglecting this can result in disregarding the work as insignificant or without meaning. T. S. Eliot, a celebrated poet during the interwar era, sought to avoid such perceptions by introducing his distinctive concepts, employing precise language, and leaving…

The Odyssey Have you ever found it hard to prove someone is your equal? The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, proves she is her husband’s equal. So by being both very intelligent and loving she accomplishes this task. Penelope and Odysseus are both highly intelligent but in two…

1984 is a dystopian novel written in 1949 by George Orwell. This novel talks about the story of Winston Smith and presents the world in the year 1984, after a global atomic war. This novel is placed in Airstrip one, a province of Oceania ,where everything is controlled by Great Brother and his party,and shows…

The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare was one of the greatest poets of all time. What made him that poet? Why hasn’t he been forgotten? One answer was the fact that he wrote about ideas and concerns that remain close at heart with people of all cultures and backgrounds. His plays were not confined to…

Introduction  Slaughterhouse-Five; or the Children’s Crusade, a Duty Dance with Death is a personal novel that was written by Kurt Vonnegut explaining his experiences during the Second World War. Being an advance scout in the 106th infantry division, Kurt Vonnegut was a first hand witness to the Dresden bombing in February of 1945. It is…

He risks going out to meet his companions at a remote camp many miles away, despite the worrying signs of traveling alone. He eventually perishes along the way, leaving his dog to complete the journey alone. The man had three main causes that led to his death: his stubbornness, his failure to accept weakness and…

The story of Icarus is one of the most commonly known myths. Daedalus, a skilled Greek craftsman, fashioned two pairs of wings out of wax and feathers; one was for him, the other for his son, Icarus. Before the two of them took flight, Daedalus warned his son not to fly too high for the…

In this chapter Machiavelli stressed out the importance of avoiding those things that makes a prince being hated or held in disdain by the people within his land. Its chief intent is to province and present Machiavelli’s thoughts on what makes a prince being prone to hatred and disdain. To show the reader a clearer…