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    Erica Clark Professor Kachman WR 121 20 February 2013 Adverse Effects of Oppressive Dystopias A genuine identity and individuality is not possible in an oppressive environment especially when one’s daily life‚ actions‚ and thoughts are dictated by domineering societal expectations. Oppressive environments such as regimes controlled by a dictatorship and that run off a totalitarian government system strip an individual of their civil rights as a human being in order to gain ultimate control

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    help but to put into his crazy and chaotic book. In The Sound and The Fury‚ William Faulkner involves the decline of the South through some tragic and humorous characters and events. From the chaos of Benjy’s mind to the obsessive mind of Quentin and even the money driven and arrogant mind of Jason‚ Faulkner shows us how the Compson family represents the decline of the South. Falkner‚ having lived through the early 1900’s and even through the 1920’s‚ shows how the male‚ female‚ and even entire family

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    A short literary analysis of Maxine Kingston’s classic “No Name Woman” As part of the first generation of Chinese-Americans‚ Maxine Hong Kingston writes about her struggle to distinguish her cultural identity through an impartial analysis of her aunt’s denied existence.  In “No Name Woman‚” a chapter in her written memoirs‚ Kingston analyzes the possible reasons behind her disavowed aunt’s dishonorable pregnancy and her village’s subsequent raid upon her household.  And with a bold statement

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    Stella Brooks Mrs. White English 9 L2 6 January 2015 “The War of the Wall” Literary Analysis The short story “The War of the Wall‚” by Toni Cade Bambara takes place someplace during the mid to late 1960’s to the mid 70’s‚ shortly after America’s integration and in the middle of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War era was a very troubling time and effected almost everyone living in America at the time. The war was to prevent and resist communism in Vietnam. America was losing the battle‚ and they

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    “Keep your friends close‚ and your enemies closer...” Why would you want to associate with your enemies? Well‚ if you keep your enemies close‚ you will most likely know what they would try and do rather than expecting your friends to do anything to you if they really are your friends. How does this apply to this story? Read and find out: An example of Zaroff being wealthy would be when he had offered Rainsford the clothes‚ and just by the way Zaroff’s room and house looked demonstrates the wealth

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    Androids and the Mind/Body Problem The Synopsis: Star Trek Episode “The Measure of a Man” deals with the thought that android could have physical and mental properties. In order to fully understand or evaluate this we have to have a clear understanding of the Mind/Body Problems and solutions. Humans are material objects consisting of physical and mental properties. Physical properties examples are height‚ weight‚ color‚ shape or size and mental properties are awareness‚ consciousness‚ feeling

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    Literary Analysis on The Great Gatsby ”The American Dream” “Hurry‚ hurry‚ hurry! Step up and see the Great Gatsby” So many things have been said about the American Dream; so many people have struggled against themselves to prove that it does not only exist but can also be achieved. So many people worked hard and devoted their lives to this dream. Do we really and profoundly feel what it means‚ or do we keep following the stereotypes that we have created in our very own minds. To make a long

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    Literary Analysis In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ it makes people strongly connect with the characters in the book and it helps people understand what the author was trying to tell or teach the readers in the book and it’s purpose. In the book Harper Lee uses tone‚ imagery‚ and figure of speech to help us understand the theme of the book. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee skillfully shows the bad and good things about the society that is described in the book and it shows the injustice

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    something or someone that you desire. Such was Jay Gatsby’s goal‚ the true intentions for his extravagant bonanzas. Gatsby‚ alike the many before and after him‚ consistently devotes a surplus of resources to win the heart of a woman. From the literary analysis team at Swiss Education‚ the celebrations “symbolize how desperately he wanted to be reinstated with Daisy Buchanan‚ and the willingness to go through unnecessary glamor to impress her” (SwissEduc). However‚ this symbol is also related to the

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    Dreams take place in the subconscious of the human mind‚ and many times‚ humans are unaware that these dreams are taking place; however‚ as shown in A Raisin in the Sun‚ dreams often are at the forefront of the human mind and motivate those looking to follow them to do anything they can to achieve them. As analyzed using the Freudian literary theory‚ A Raisin in the Sun contains many examples of this theory‚ including each character’s individual goals and dreams and how the dreams are personified

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