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This year at Howard Days, I talked to a couple of people about my obsession with the minutia of Robert E. Howard’s life. While I am a firm believer that the more we know, the clearer the picture of the writer from Cross Plains will become, I still think some of the things that intrigue…

Although Dexter’s dream analogues to that of the American Dream. Fitzgerald presents this thought of idealism in a negative sense. stating that in world accomplishing this dream is impossible. The American Dream can be defined merely as the American ideal of populating a happy and successful life. However each individual has their ain idealistic perceptual…

How do the contextual factors of Othello shape your understanding of the play? Shakespeare’s Othello encompasses a wide variety of contextual factors which shape my understanding of the play. These contextual factors include historical, cultural, political and social factors. Othello is believed to have been written between late 1603 and early1604 during the period of…

Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations, which was first published in 1861, just eleven years after the Great Exhibition in London. The Great Exhibition showcased the best of England and its empire to the world, highlighting Britain’s position as the greatest and most powerful nation during that time. The novel’s second book begins with the statement:…

In chapter three, Pecola’s mind is pre-occupied by the idea of whiteness. This idea was originally gained from her mother Pauline, who envisions everything good in the world to have blonde hair and blue eyes, therefore setting a white sense in her home. It is here in the white house that Pauline takes her identity…

Criticism is inevitable and unstoppable. Criticism can either be constructive or destructive. Criticism can affect a person’s daily life. It’s implausible to not criticize actions taken in front of us because we, human, have expected moral standards which can lead one to promote both the growth and compassion towards the person being criticized and oneself’s…

The Sun Also Rises (1926) has been considered the essential prose of the Lost Generation. Its theme of alienation and detachment reflected the attitudes of its time. In fact, the term “Lost Generation” was originally coined in a conversation by Gertrude Stein, a member of the expatriate circle in 1920’s Paris. While spontaneous and meaningless…

“The only thing there is to fear, is fear itself” by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Through the holocaust many fear on topics of death, but if one always fears looking into the future we will never be able to enjoy the present. In the novel, Night by Elie Wiesel we know the holocaust is horrific, which…

Everyone in the world has faced obstacles in their life, which can range from small inconveniences to major challenges. These obstacles may include financial difficulties or even being homeless and trying to navigate life alone. People often learn from their own obstacles or by reading about the experiences of others. Although nobody wants to encounter…

The chief character, Andy, is an comptroller who was convicted of slaying his ain married woman. He is taken out of a life in which he is comfy and placed in an environment that is wholly foreign to him. The of other captives’ life styles are non similar to his ain. Andy is educated and…