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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne demonstrates the social outcast of a sinned member of the puritan society accused of adultery. The story follows the life of Hester Prone and how she contends with difficulties with her public shaming. Although, the Scarlet Letter is the true symbol that grows in meaning throughout the story. Text-to-Itself:…

Stephen King’s newest novel Elevation lacks his trademark horror, but it makes up for it in hopefulness. Scott Carey is going weightless. Determined, stubborn and caring Scott knows his end is near but commits himself to helping others while suffering his affliction mostly alone. Dr. Bob Ellis is Scott’s first confidant. While Dr. Bob is…

Naturalist writers examine the idea that free will holds no importance, humans are on par with animals, and nature can be both hostile and indifferent. These themes are apparent in Jack London’s narrative, “To Build a Fire,” which emphasizes nature’s antagonistic demeanor. Despite the protagonist’s foolish choices, nature did not provide any assistance throughout his…

The very famous Edgar Allan Poe, author of this short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” has been described in many different ways (which is quite an understatement for such the rare kind of man that he was), but one common description among the accredited seems to be isolated. Also in this tale, the narrator and…

In the Lord of the Flies and in the Stanford Prison Experiment, it shows how the thirst for power corrupts people. According to the psychologist, Scott Barry Kaufman, power isn’t inherently good or evil, rather it’s the person who makes it evil. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding is arguing the same thing…

Fate is to blame for Romeo and Gullet’s deaths, because it cited that they would be star-crossed lovers and have a disastrous ending. The tragic deaths in Romeo and Juliet were fueled by Table’s hatred of the Montague, Romeos irrational decisions, and unlucky fate. Table’s abhorrence Of the Montague was the reason why he picked…

Hemingway’s literature about the Spanish civil war, like most other historical fiction, provides us with a record of the time. However, it is less significant as a record than as meditation on the problems of war writing and expatriate involvement. By historical standards, the war was short, but it was by far one of the most complex wars and at times, complex to…

I am a 30-year-old man that has very little education. I know how to read and write only a little bit. I support my family by working hard every day as a crop sharer. I work from sun break until a little after sundown, breakin’ my back working in the fields. I wake up and…

In The Odyssey and Beowulf, my opinion is that in both epics the two main heroes share some similar components of characteristics and different components of character traits. The stories also reflected on the importance of their cultures and how this shaped the heroes. In The Odyssey, the historical context of this epic is about…

Kurt Vonnegut – Plays the function of himself in the first chapter, as he tries to acquire a clasp on the Dresden book he feels the demand to compose. Appears on occasion in Billy Pilgrim ’ s narrative as a reminder that he was so at that place. Besides appears once more at the terminal,…