The cruel actions of Californian characters demonstrated throughout the novel creates tension for a nation as they try to find a place to settle down in California. John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath takes place during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930’s. The narration follows the Joad family and their struggles of poverty‚ grief‚ and the cruelty of mankind. The Joads are not aggressive people‚ however after being on the road for months and the hope of finding jobs and a home dwindle‚ their priorities
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METAPHOR AND DIALECTICS AS LITERARY DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIVE TOOLS By Odum‚ ikechukwu A. B.a‚ m.a‚ PGD (sc/antr)‚ Mnipr Metaphor as a Literary Device The classical Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle declared metaphor one of the highest achievements of poetic style. According to him‚ “it is the mark of genius – for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances …” (Dukore 50). Our literary world especially‚ the African literary world is pervaded with metaphors. Metaphor has become an indispensable
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The Interplay of the Gender Dialectic: “Dialectic”: According to the oxford dictionary the word Dialectic stands for the meaning; “The way in which two aspects of a situation affect each other.” The poem Rape of the Lock discusses the relationship between men and women and how they affect each other. Pope examines the oppressed position of women infringement on a woman’s personal space‚ her person and pride by an aggressive male (the Baron) are certainly problems not to be taken lightly. In
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changing in undesirable ways. The result was a veiled “cultural civil war‚” in which a pluralistic society classed bitterly over such issues as foreign immigration‚ evolution‚ the Ku Klux Klan‚ and race. The decade was both a decade of bitter cultural tensions as well as a period in which many of the features of a modern consumer society took cause. The 1920s in most commonly thought of as a self-indulgent interlude
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What is any good story without suspense and tension that keeps readers intrigued and eager to turn the page? Although throughout the story the plot was small and not much happened; it still revealed many tones‚ suspense‚ tension‚ jealousy and in the end exposed symbolism. In the first sentence‚ “This blind man‚ an old friend of my wife’s‚ he was on his way to spend the night.” I sensed tension when the narrator identified his wife’s friend by his visual impairment and not by his first name. For
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A View from the Bridge - Catherine and Eddie causing tension. The play ‘A view from the bridge’ is by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1930s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the characters Eddie and Catherine and their relationship together. Eddie and Beatrice are Catherine’s Aunt and Uncle. Catherine is Beatrice’s sister’s daughter. Her parents have died so she now lives with them. Eddie and Catherine
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The research topic I chose‚ is the struggle a soldier may endure when trying to conform back to society after being away at war. Ernest Hemingway enlisted in the military shortly after graduating from High School in 1918 and was severely wounded before coming back home. In the short story “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway the character Krebs has enlisted in the military also. When Krebs arrived back home in the United States‚ he struggled with everyday life and trying to fit back into society
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Tension and Atmosphere in “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in 1859. His mother Mary Doyle regularly read to him which is where he began his own love of books. Some years after graduating from college in 1876 he began writing. His first Sherlock Holmes book was “A Study in Scarlet”‚ written in 1887. “The Hound of the Baskervilles” was written in 1902. The plot of this story focuses on a hound‚ supposedly trying to kill off the Baskerville family
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Racial Tension in Micronesia Research Paper 11/21/11 SW110 Professor Natividad By: Team Fried Rice (Diverse but mixes well in one dish) Group Members: Melissa Pillias Kevin Alegre Chieriel Desaminto Rensy Masang Dante Dodd Micronesia is defined as a region of the Western Pacific Ocean‚ located north of Australia and East of south East Asia‚ which includes the Mariana‚ Caroline‚ and Marshall Island groups and Kiribati. As it may define
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Aneka Dixon The Political Economy and Urban Racial Tensions Summary In the article “The Political Economy and Urban Racial Tensions” there are several different areas with race that the writer William Julius Wilson explains his viewpoints about. In this article Wilson writes about many political economy and urban racial tensions. The importance of me writing this paper is to summarize the main viewpoints that Wilson has about the different topics in his article; also‚ to state how I feel about
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