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    Beneatha Sparknotes

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    Beside Hansberry’s depiction of Africa through Asagai‚ she also portrays the significance of the ancestral past of African Americans through others characters – such as Beneatha Younger. Throughout the novel‚ Beneatha frequently demonstrate her pride in being able and allowed to study medicine‚ since her deepest desire is to become a doctor. Notwithstanding‚ being African American forms an obstacle in American society. Even her brother Walter Lee is unwilling to support her‚ as he says‚ “Who the

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    The Mission Sparknotes

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    The Mission by Roland Joffé is a historical drama focused on the power of ones faith and defying the odds of humanity; these ideas coincide that of the philosopher Rousseau. The main characters consist of a mercenary and a missionary who unite to protect a South American tribe and anchor the film’s main conflict between Spanish Jesuit priests and Portuguese colonialists during the 18th century. Although the film reflected Luther’s and Machiavelli’s ideas as well‚ Rousseau’s beliefs are the most clearly

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    Chigurh Sparknotes

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    Money also drew a line between the rich and the poor. The rich due to their wealth determined the fate of the poor such as Chigurh. Chigurh was a hit man meaning that he made a living out of killing people. The rich people who hired him to carry out the killings sealed his fate as a ruthless murderer. This makes him kill almost anyone he comes across in his quest to recover the money from Moss. After getting into an accident as he was fleeing‚ Chigurh paid off the witness to remain silent and for

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    Kanyini Sparknotes

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    Kanyini is a story about how these generations of aboriginal Australians who had to go through these hard times of being treated worse than a criminal‚ locked up to be forgotten about. Bob Randall was one of the many aboriginal Australians to go through this. Bob Randall guides us through the story with every important detail and aspect of his and other aboriginals lives. This story opens up our eyes about how aboriginal Australians lost not only their land but their kanyini. Aboriginals had their

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    Disgraced Sparknotes

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    In Ayad Akhtar’s play Disgraced‚ the religious and cultural tensions that arise between family and coworkers allude to greater societal conflicts in America. The main character‚ Amir‚ attempts to navigate and balance his Muslim faith with his “Americanness.” At the beginning of the play‚ it seems as though Amir has struck a delicate balance‚ prospering in America as a Muslim man‚ albeit one who tries to obscure his cultural background. His eventual unraveling appears to be the product of repressive

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    recognized in the setting such as weather and atmosphere‚ however they may not be apparent in every story. In the short stories The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell and The Destructors by Graham Greene elements of setting can be seen pretty clearly. Although the settings of these stories are very different‚ The Destructors taking place in London after WWII and The Most Dangerous Game taking place on a remote island in the Caribbean‚ these stories do draw some similarities as well. The setting of

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    The myriad of characters present in The Destructors are varied in their caricatures and diverse in their motivations. The Destructors is a short story written by Graham Greene and set in WWII period London after the Blitz. The story follows the exploits of a certain juvenile gang and their interactions between one another. The short article Why Young People Join Gangs briefly outlines some of the reasons why youth‚ or juveniles might be inclined to willingly join a gang. When you compare the motivations

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    Ah Q Sparknotes

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    “The story of Ah Q” by Lu Xun is a historical fiction written during the period of the Xin Hai Revolution. Sun Zhong Shan and other knowledgeable people trying to save China from corruption. The protagonist Ah Q is a peasant who possessed the lowest social status in Qing dynasty. The low social status deprived his name despite the fact that Ah Q is a “good worker”. Ah Q wants to be one of the revolutionaries to revenge the Chao’s family who had the greatest power in Weichuang village. However‚ the

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    Lolita Leaving Sparknotes

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    The novel begins as a foreword given by John Ray Jr. PHD‚ who explains about the events that will take place that will be talked about in psychiatric circles for a long time. He describes how he received the transcript from the lawyer of Humbert Humbert‚ the transcript’s author who died while awaiting trial. In the beginning of the story‚ Humbert describes his childhood at his father’s hotel. During this time‚ he met his first love Annabel‚ whose death left an imprint on Humbert. Humbert later describes

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    Ben-Hur Sparknotes

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    Book one: The beginning of the novel Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the three wise men meeting in the desert. The beginning of the movie Ben-Hur‚ starts out with the birth of Jesus. This doesn’t make very many differences in the rest of the story. Book two: Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Judaea. His best friend Messala comes back to Judaea after five years. In the book Messala leaves Judaea to get an education in Rome. Five years later he comes back and insults Ben-Hur’s religion and they

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