Outline for Literary Analysis Paper for English 230 I. Introduction: a. Brief intro to each work—title‚ author’s full name‚ and short summary of each b. Topic (relationship with father‚ violence‚ colonialism‚ loss of culture and identity‚ personal development‚ role of missionaries‚ death of innocent‚ child soldiers‚ justice‚ second chances‚ role of women‚ voice‚ native traditions‚ historical accuracy) c. End with a clearly worded thesis that compares how each of the two
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Ride of Her Life In “The Story of an Hour” (1894)‚ Kate Chopin presents a woman in the last hour of her life and the emotional and psychological changes that occur upon hearing of her husbands’ death. Chopin sends the protagonist‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ on a roller coaster of emotional up’s and down’s‚ and self-actualizing psychological hairpin turns‚ which is all set in motion by the news of her husband’s death. This extreme “joy ride” comes to an abrupt and ultimately final halt for Mrs. Mallard when
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The Aspects of Parenting in Silas Marner “Love and Respect are the most important aspects of parenting and of all relationships.” Jodie Foster says. There are no constraints to love In the book of Silas Marner by George Eliot this is very true‚ all children need love and respect from their parents because all children have a privation of wanting to be loved. In the novel‚ Silas is a man who is living the life when his best friend William Pane accuses him of stealing from the church and Silas’s
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Cameron Olson COM 112-02 The Brechtian Authority Bertolt Brecht‚ a key German dramatist‚ playwright‚ poet and director of the twentieth century developed what became known as epic‚ or nondramatic‚ theater. Brecht ’s overall idea was that drama should not model real life‚ or try to convince audiences that what they are watching is actually occurring‚ but instead should mimic the art of the epic playwright and simply present a story of past events. Brecht’s theory is fully explained in
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Helena Baldwin 9th Lit/Comp H Mrs. Jurskis Spring‚ 2010 Inglorious Swine: The Similarities Between Adolf Hitler and “Comrade” Napoleon There is a Chinese proverb that states “Gold cannot be pure and people cannot be perfect.” It is a very true statement. It is also true that the former is infinitely more likely to come close to perfection than the latter. It is almost appropriate that such a proverb is used to highlight the similarities between German dictator Adolf Hitler and the character
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“That Evening Sun” by William Faulkner is a good example of a great emotional turmoil transferred directly to the readers through the words of a narrator who does not seem to grasp the severity of the turmoil. It is a story of an African American laundress who lives in the fear of her common-law husband Jesus who suspects her of carrying a white man’s child in her womb and seems hell bent on killing her. Many critics refer to "That Evening Sun" as one of the finest examples of narrative point of
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In the first few chapters of Lord of the Flies‚ we learn of a group of boy’s plane crash and their struggle of surviving on a deserted island. Some of the characters step up and claim the role of a leader‚ such as Jack and Ralph. They form groups‚ and are given responsibilities such as hunting and building shelter; and try to survive with each other on the island. While reading Lord of the Flies‚ I have enjoyed some elements and not enjoyed other elements. Some of the elements I have enjoyed are
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Before The Fall‚ Adam and Eve existed together as one in the Garden of Eden‚ but soon their unity began to dismantle throughout the course of Paradise Lost (Sims 1). Tempted by the lavish fruit from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil‚ Eve is persuaded to take a bite of the fruit by Satan‚ God’s second in command‚ who is now the leader of fallen angels. Then Adam‚ lead on by Eve‚ took a bite as well‚ which lead to The Fall of humanity. But this whole experience is different; the temptation
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The Picture Perfect Man In the film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis one of the most inspirational movie characters ever was born‚ Forrest Gump. Forrest symbolizes the way we wish to deal with the problems we face throughout the course of our lives‚ and how we would go about solving them if the Universe was on our side. Forrest had 3 essential qualities to separate himself from others. Honesty‚ integrity‚ and compassion; if you have these 3 qualities as Forrest did‚ life will seem to work
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The American Dream The book Of Mice and Men has a major theme put in the story which is the “American Dream”. Although everyone’s dream dies with Curley’s wife in the end. Lennie‚ George‚ Candy‚ and Crooks had a dream set together‚ and when George has to kill Lennie that dream died with him and all of the men sunk more into the depressions hold (they became depressed). The characters talked about all have something in common‚ they contain a lack of confidence from something they cannot change. These
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