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    Conflict of two cultures in Kate Grenville´s The Secret River The aim of this essay is to analyze the conflict emerging after the arrival of British convicts to Australia‚ which is portrayed accurately in Kate Grenville´s The Secret River. “It explores the collision of cultures that occurred between these groups‚ raising questions of identity and belonging‚ and writing the violence back into the story of early frontier contact.” (Crawford 236) In this novel the idea of a conflict is

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    Encountering Conflict - Secret river ’A conflict’s importance lies not in its causes but in its consequences.’ In today’s rising society‚ where we experience people willing to strive to their maximum potential by any means necessary‚ it becomes blatantly obvious to why we often overlook the implications we inflict on others. We are sometimes aware of our actions‚ acting in spite or in fear‚ and sometimes ignorant to the situation‚ unaware of the consequences we deliver. The question is however

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    I read an article published by San Jose Mercury News regarding a crime committed by an illegal immigrant. Authorities in San Fransisco‚ California‚ which people consider as a “sanctuary city”‚ wouldn’t hand over a certain illegal immigrant to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Additionally‚ the illegal immigrant was very dangerous considering he had seven felonies and the U.S. deported him five times. While enjoying a sunny day with her beloved father‚ Kate Steinle was shot by this man

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    Samsa with Literary Theories: Biographical‚ Marxist‚ and Deconstruction One of the great novella’s of the twentieth century‚ Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis” demonstrates the plight of our protagonist Gregor Samsa and his transformation into a beetle and his response to such adversity. As a traveling salesman‚ Gregor must work not only to support himself but the rest of family as well. To understand the density of the novella we must employ the use of literary theories. The literary theories

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    symbolism‚ and his use of stream of consciousness. He is still considered one of the great writers of his time. The view of James Joyce has been immortalized through his personal history‚ interpretations of his stories‚ and is well analyzed by the literary community. “James Joyce was born on February 2‚ 1882‚ the oldest of ten children born to John and Mary Joyce” (Araby 2). He was raised in a suburb of Dublin‚ Ireland called Rathgar. His family was a middle class family‚ but suffered from major financial

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    AP Literary and Rhetorical Terms 1. 2. alliteration- Used for poetic effect‚ a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. The following line from Robert Frost’s poem "Acquainted with the Night provides us with an example of alliteration‚": I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet." The repetition of the s sound creates a sense of quiet‚ reinforcing the meaning of the line 3. allegory – Where every aspect of a story is representative‚ usually symbolic‚ of something

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    Marxist Literary Analysis

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    "Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality." --Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice  of Self-Conscious Fiction.New York: Methuen‚ 1984. In many respects‚ Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried concerns the relationship between fiction and the narrator. In this novel‚ O ’Brien himself is the main character--he

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    The Nature of Control Is it the common human nature to feel power over others? A totalitarian government seeks to utilize its message of confinement and authority to control the many aspects of life. In the novel 1984‚ Orwell portrays totalitarianism through psychological manipulation‚ physical control and the control of language. The totalitarian party manipulates and invalidates the minds of the outer party and proles. Orwell describes the surroundings of Winston‚ showing totalitarianism‚ writing:

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    The Odyssey is a heroic tale of a man on a mission with many obstacles to overcome. When called away from his homeland and his family to fight in a battle against Troy‚ Odysseus‚ king of Ithaca‚ overcomes several different obstacles and portrays many different heroic characteristics over the ten years he is away in order to reach his beloved wife‚ son‚ and homeland again. Throughout his journey home‚ he encounters many things such as an uncivilized giant with one eye called a Cyclops‚ a witch-goddess

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    Individualty Symbolizes Happiness Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem‚ Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful? “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon paper no others see.” “It is a sin write this.” So begins Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ a dystopian novella

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