inhabitant ’s lives. The handmaids are controlled within society by means of the self worth lowering ignorance‚ de-humanizing abasement‚ and the fear instilled by strict consequences to illegal actions. ’Control ’ is a major theme throughout the novel - whether it be by the regimentation of life‚ the strict communication laws or the way in which people are stripped of their individuality. The whole environment in Gilead is carefully monitored and observed to ensure the ’smooth ’ running of society
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FUNNY BOY Pigs Can’t Fly The first part of the novel begins with the spend-the-days‚ in which the grandchildren congregate at Ammachi and Appachi’s home. Arjie and his female cousins‚ as usual‚ play their game of “bride-bride‚” which is interrupted when their cousin Tanuja (Her Fatness) refuses to indulge Arjie’s desire to be bride. The adults ultimately discover their game‚ and one uncle tells Arjie’s father “you have a funny one here” (14). Arjie is no longer allowed to play with the girls. When
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There is some binary opposition in the novel Frankenstein: * Life-Death * Good-Evil * Human-Monster * Right-Wrong * Male-Female * Loyalty-Betrayal * Teacher-Student * Parent-Child * Science-Nature * Protagonist-Antagonist * Success-Failure * Land-Sea * Knowledge-Feeling * Innocence-Guilty * Fire-Ice * Rich-Poor As for the theme for the Novel Frankenstein‚ I choose the binary opposition Life-Death. Beside of the fact that there are
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sons and lovers by D. Lawrence as an autobiographical novel the label‚ ‘autobiographical’ can safely be attributed to this superb specimen of fiction‚ bearing the mark of Lawrence’s genius. The most salient characteristic of the characters portrayed by Lawrence is according to Albert‚ “the resemblance they bear to their creator. In fact Sons and lovers is one of the most autobiographical of English novels. D.H. Lawrence is one of those great artists who write because of internal compulsion‚ and
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Jhllmpa Lahiri‚ a Plllitzer prize winner novelist explores the dilemma of name and immigrant ’s sense of identity and belongingness in the novel The Namesake. The paper discllsses the term ’diaspora: and their role in the present dt!Y world‚ the mqjor isslles of mllltimltllralism‚ stmggle for name‚ identity and belongingness sJ(fJered0 ’ the characters in the noveL Some light is also thrown on the movie ’Namesake ’ based on the novelprodJlced I!y Mira Nair. Keywords: Diasporic writlng‚ Indian poetlcs
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which he lives‚ that it is impossible to call The Great Gatsby a realist novel. In The Great Gatsby‚ Jay Gatsby lives a life of pure decadence and luxury. He enjoys his life primarily according to the hedonistic view that life should be lived purely for pleasure. The utter materialism of his property and belongings‚ and his incredulous outlook on life all polymerise to fabricate a far-fetched‚ exaggerated and Impressionistic novel. The Great Gatsby is written in the 1920’s‚ an era of optimism and new-found
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Jessie Redmon Fauset’s novel‚ Plum Bun‚ is a story of African American self-hatred told through the life of the protagonist‚ Angela Murray and her family‚ who are divided by color. Plum Bun was set in the 1920s‚ which was a time of tremendous change in America in many areas including technology‚ economics‚ and civil rights. During that decade‚ people were moving from farms and rural areas into cities where they began to focus on education in the school systems and civil rights. Cities like New York
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Novel Test True or False - Please circle True or False. (1 Mk) 1. The novel is set in the late 20th century‚ in Paris‚ France. True or False 2. Kamal is Rachel’s ex husband‚ Anna’s current husband‚ and Megan’s lover. True or False 3. Megan is killed because she is pregnant. True or False 4. Rachel travels back and forth on the train to london to fool Cathy into believing she is currently employed. True or False 5.
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war and by using narrative techniques throughout his novel. Rivas is successfully able to achieve this by using first person narration and the haunting motif throughout his novel. These two narrative techniques then shed light on character’s development throughout the book and helps readers thoroughly understand the collective memory that is being presented. Rivas used first person narrative as a strategic writing technique throughout his novel. Although readers should be cautious when encountering
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The significance of the title to the novel ‘The Pearl’. The novel ‘The Pearl’ by John Steinbeck is such a novel that really interest me as a reader. What is really appropriate is the title itself which incorporate ‘the pearl’‚ the essence of the story. The pearl is very significant to the title because without ‘the pearl of the world’‚ the story just would not exist. The novel could not stand by itself if the pearl is not found. We can also see that any story would not be interesting without conflicts
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