As readers we explore and traverse through time, being able to go to places unimaginable or out of reach. Literature has its way of preserving a certain history depending on when it is written and leafing through pages of even a fictional story gives us ripe and supple knowledge of how maybe life would be at that given time. William Shakespeare, an author most high schoolers dread and professors squeal upon, allows us a glimpse of what life would be like in his time through his numerous plays. In
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Edgar Allen Poe’s works are all interesting and intriguing. Many of Poe’s stories leave the reader wondering, “What the hell was wrong with him?” “Is he insane?” “Is there any other explanation for this?” In “The Black Cat,” the narrator is insane because he killed his wife and cat with no remorse. Alcoholism drove the narrator to insanity. He did not care about the consequences of his actions anymore. He just acted on the spot due to his poor judgement caused by the effects of alcohol. He was trying
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In Catch 22, Joseph Heller exposes the random structure of a person’s lifetime by revealing how the format of the story governs the characters lives, and noting the inevitability of death. The motif of time is reoccurring throughout the novel. Joseph Heller shares his opinion on life and death, which could be interpreted as; Death is not to be feared but shows us that we need to use the time we have in a fruitful and advantageous way. If we look at Yossarian, we see that he is controlled by the thought
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Dreams Control You Migrant workers in the early 1900s created dreams to give them hope during the hard times. Most of their dreams were not completed. Lennie and George are migrant workers who go and work on a farm in California. Just like real migrant workers George and Lennie have a dream. Their dream is to buy a small farm with cows, chickens, and rabbits. John Steinbeck shows the power of dreams with Lennie through his following of orders, his fear of losing the dream, and his hope at the end
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Telling a tale within a tale is a challenge for writers. Geoffrey Chaucer used the frame story technique to create legendary tales from the medieval times. Both “The Pardoners Tale” and Beowulf are tales that depict the power of greed, fame, and glory. As the stories got passed down there was and still is a lesser and lesser value but the lessons to be learned are still important in today’s society. The frame story is included in “The Pardoners Tale” by the teaching of a moral lesson and is also
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Felix Harding 20 Wyvern Avenue St Ignatius College Riverview Street Lane Cove NSW 2066 Mrs Williams English Faculty Riverview Street Lane Cove, NSW 2066 24th of February 2016 RE: Letter of recommendation - The Death of Ned Kelly Dear Mrs Williams, I am writing, to inform you of a magnificent poem, which I strongly believe should be studied by students, within the Australian curriculum, due to its distinguished reputation. Manifold’s ballad, named “The Death of Ned Kelly” will educate the reader
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In the gruesome first person narration of “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst. The author tries to show people that excessive pride can not only hurt oneself but can be harmful to others. This is shown by the thoughts and words of Brother, it is also shown by the reactions of other characters. In the short story the thoughts of Brother really have an impact on the theme. Brother’s thoughts cause Brother’s pride to become fairly ignorant. This can be seen as early as the fourth paragraph where
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My favorite Washington Irving story is the Devil and Tom Walker. In this story, the Devil makes a deal with Tom Walker and Tom ends up losing his valuable belongings, his wife, and his soul. Tom encounters the Devil in the woods. The devil offers him a sum of money, but Tom declines it because it means his wife will get some too. When his wife dies and his belongings are taken, he decides to accept the offer and become an usurer. He attempts to escape the devil, but when he makes an unjust decision
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In the novel “Brave New World,” Aldous Huxley portrays his character's heroic and villainous traits by exaggerating their personalities. Huxley assigns unique traits to each character and amplifies that trait. This is because in the futuristic dystopia of the novel, there are only extreme versions of society. There is the gated community in which individuals are grossly infatuated with themselves and whatever will make them happy, while behind the gated community people act like animals. Being
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There are several examples in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton that illustrate that Ponyboy is out of touch with reality. One example is one page 150 where Ponyboy says “ He isn’t dead…… I convince myself he isn’t dead.” This quote refers to Ponyboy being delusional because he believes in his mind that Johnny is still alive, but as the readers we know that he died in the hospital as a result of his injuries from the fire in the church. Another example is on page 151. Here it’s stated, from
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