Have you ever read a work of literature that had a simple theme, like about nature or animals that you can connect to real life situations? For instance, many authors of poems write a moral in their poems to teach the readers a life lesson. They convey their message through characters’ actions and life decisions, […]
In 1853, Solomon Northup in his memoir 12 Years a Slave, illustrates the story of his life from his perspective as a free man who was kidnapped and sold in to slavery. The editor, David Wilson statement states that this book is a true story without biases that explains the horrendous situations that many people […]
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Get startedWhites have for years have argued that slavery was great for African Americans to be slaves because it civilized them, and they would be content within bondage. This was not the case, at least according to those who were held in bondage. The accounts of slavery are importantly known because of those who were emancipated […]
In 1853 Solomon Northup, an African-American born a free man, wrote his biography about how at the age of 33 he got kidnapped and separated from his wife and 3 children by two men he met who offered him lucrative work with a circus. Believing both men’s words Northup followed them to Washington D.C. where […]
The term “feminism” may be described as the advocacy of women’s rights. Throughout history, there has been four different waves of feminism. However, the most influential wave of feminism was the third wave. The third wave contradicts the conservative and modest ideologies of the former waves. “According to third wave feminists, post feminism can be […]
All heros, in fact, all people have character, but what separates the common-folk from the great heroes of our time is a hero’s ability to maintain moral character. In Susan Thompsons’ rendition of “Gawain and the Green Knight”, Gawain not only proves this time-tested quality, but he also portrays why it is optimal. One of […]
Throughout the poem of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Sir Gawain is approached by the hosts’ wife, as she challenges the value he has placed on his courtesy and chastity. The Lady imposes her sexual desires with Sir Gawain in the three bedroom scenes throughout the play. The Lady challenges Sir Gawain’s politeness as […]
America has had many influential leaders over the past 200 years, including the most famous Andrew Jackson. Jackson has been seen as a very important figure in the United States history and was well known even before becoming president. Jackson was born in the Carolinas in 1767. Andrew was the youngest of three boys, raised […]
Andrew Jackson was a King because he passed the Indian Removal Act which led to the horrific Trail of Tears, and he approved and abused the Spoils System. Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. He was President from 1829 to 1837. He believed in and wanted equal opportunity for everyone. Jackson […]
Racism is the belief that a particular is a superior or inferior to another , that person’s social and moral traits are predetermined by his or her inborn biological characteristics. In the novella , Heart Of Darkness , by Joseph Conrad. Marlow dehumanizes africans , he uses racial slurs , and wants everyone in their […]
Throughout the book Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad consistently refers to heart of darkness, describing the people he encounters and the surroundings he is presented with. Through the novels numerous depictions of this, Conrad directs us to the thought that a heart of darkness or the inability to remain civilized lies in all humankind. Conard […]
Conrad’s heart of darkness has sparked all types of reactions and opinions from people. For example, Chinua Achebe believes the book is racist and shouldn’t be studied. But there are people, like Edward Said, who argue that who that Conrad wasn’t trying to be racist but was trying to dig deeper on the topics of […]
Written in 1985 by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel that presents a totalitarian theocracy that has replaced the United States and forces the few fertile women left to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving. The main protagonist in the novel is referred to as Offred and she is a […]
In Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood creates a dystopian society where the freedom of women is stripped away because of the new Christian government. Through Atwood’s style of writing, she helps the reader understand the meaning of this oppressed society by using symbolism, biblical allusions, and repetition. Atwood gives us an insight on […]
What is freedom? According to Webster’s Dictionary, freedom is the quality or state of being free. In fact, people define freedom in many different ways. Most of us can agree, however, that one of the most oppressed groups is women. Throughout history, women have been seen as a second-class citizens and objects. Many writers have […]
My paper is going to be about the one and only Andrew Jackson. In this paper I will be talking about the early life of Andrew Jackson, education, military experience, family life, and early political career. Also, I will be discussing his rise to presidency, along with his first and second term as president and […]
Andrew Jackson had many accomplishments throughout his life. He was successful both before he was elected as well as during the presidency. Jackson had a career in military, law, politics, and then became president. Many of his successes influenced the way the United States is today. Before Jackson’s life as president of the United States […]
Andrew Jackson had many accomplishments throughout his life such as creating the democratic party and as a general in the War of 1812. Even though he had these achievements, he is well-known mostly for his time in office. During Jackson’s presidency, there were many controversies that had a very powerful impact on U.S. history such […]
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the U.S.A. Did you know he was the first president to have an attempted assassination? He was born of immigrants and had a tough childhood. This made him more inclined to join the militia. All of this made him a strong president. Andrew Jackson was born on March […]
Many events have shaped the United States. They carved our society, laws, and beliefs. For starters, before Europeans and other peoples set foot on American soil, it was inhabited only by Native Americans, or Indians. These indigenous people built towns, hunted, and some even farmed. However, when the Spanish, Europeans, and others broadened their horizons […]
Oppression, by definition, refers to an authoritarian system that controls its citizens by denying certain individuals purposeful human rights. It’s a type of injustice that prevents people from being equal. Sexual oppression of women has continuously been one of the most crippling forms of oppression seen throughout humanity. In many societies around the world, women […]
When reading a short story, often readers look for certain things that make the story insightful and unique. In the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the author really starts off by giving the reader an insight between good versus evil. It begins with what a reader would describe […]
In Flannery O’Connor’s story, a family plans a trip but there is a dispute between the adults on a destination. Bailey and his wife decide they will go to Florida. “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing every chance […]
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood takes place in the dystopian society of Gilead. Offred the story’s narrator lives in Gilead and was taken against her will to become an Handmaid. The woman in Gilead have lost their freedom and are succumbed to the strict orders of Gilead. In The Handmaid’s Tale, the class divisions […]
‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ and ‘The Necklace’ uncover two hero characters to be specific Grandmother and Mathilde separately. Beginning with the contrasts between the two characters, Mathilde, in The Necklace, is a youthful and dynamic woman who has been married not while ago, while the grandma in A Good Man is Hard […]
In Flannery O’Connor’s story, a family wants to go on vacation but there’s a disagreement about where to go, Bailey wants to take his family to Florida. His mother doesn’t want to go there; “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she […]
The story begins in Atlanta and the family travels few hours south to the Town of Toomsboro. The second half of the story and the most important scenes take place in a ditch in the middle of nowhere. Throughout the story, the narrator seems to bring out the worst in each character. She points the […]
Dystopian novels emphasize a sense of the powerlessness of the individual in the face of the oppressive and brutal government. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and George Orwell 1984 intensely dramatic scenes to heighten the idea of the powerlessness of the individual. George Orwell’s in his novel 1984 presents a totalitarian regime that uses […]
The Handmaid’s Tale is an astonishing novel filled with well-executed symbolism and figurative language used to engage readers with the underlying themes and morals of the story. Margaret Atwood depicts the remarkable story of Offred, the narrator of the novel who lives in a patriarchal dystopian society and is directly affected by its morals. We […]
As a reader, it’s our job to know the author’s purpose, Margaret Atwood’s book “The Handmaid’s Tale” may be a dystopian novel that was published in 1985 during the backlash against the progress of second-wave feminism. To people that don’t know what the second- wave feminism period was, it had been the women’s movement of […]
