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- 1031: All Quiet On the Western Front: Themes
- ... source of all things, supporting his themes, Remarque has a seemingly unbiased witness bearing testament to his observations. Remarque can use nature as the judge to condemn war, along with shocking imagery, so that his literature remains without a trace of nationalism, political ill will, or even personal feelings. It should be noted that the nature motif is carried consistently throughout the novel, and that it supports many of the author ...
- 1032: The Effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The Effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin Seldom does a one work of literature change a society or start it down the road to cataclysmic conflict. One such catalytic work is Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). It is considered by many, one the most influential ...
- 1033: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... the many truths that have aroused since it was written such as the fact of overpopulation. Huxley's life was cut short on November 22, 1963, a few months after he wrote his last essay Literature and Science. He had spent most of his life in the United States by the time he died in his home in California. Brave New World is set in the future A.F. (After Ford ...
- 1034: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World: A Comparison of Themes
- ... his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to look at the role of science and literature in the future world, scared that it may be rendered useless and discarded. Unlike Bradbury, Huxley includes in his book a group of people unaffected by the changes in society, a group that still has ...
- 1035: "The Miller's Tale" and "The Reve's Tale": Similarities
- ... The Miller's Tale" and "The Reeve's Tale" although they have some differences and some similarities, their premise and the conclusions drawn from them are basically the same. They are two different pieces of literature that serve the same purpose: to insult the other person. These tales perform this to such a degree of vulgarity that they provide an adequate amount of information to reveal many character traits of the ...
- 1036: Analysis of "The Tell-Tale Heart": First Person Point of View
- ... out many feelings in the readers mind. Without the use of this point of view, this story would not contain the clarity and suspense it does. Works Cited Poe, Edgar Allan. The Tell-Tale Heart. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Sixth ed. Ed. Lisa Moore et al., New York, NY: Harper Collins. 1995. 61-65.
- 1037: The Scarlet Letter: Background
- ... That technique is his "atmospherical medium" which is the ability to manipulate the light in the scenery to illuminate the shadows in the scenery. His theory is what makes him such an important figure in literature in the whole world. "It is because of his mastery of that form of fiction known as the "romance" ..."16
- 1038: The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: Proctor and Dimmesdale's Sacrifices
- The Crucible and The Scarlet Letter: Proctor and Dimmesdale's Sacrifices In many works of literature, a character makes a sacrifice that can affect his life in order to achieve something more important. In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the character John Proctor sacrifices his life, while in the ...
- 1039: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Innocence vs. Experience
- ... in two fashions, innocence and experience. Neither can exist without its opposite. Innocence is where humans begin, and they must pass through experience on their way to heaven. One figure from turn-of-the-century literature are prime examples of innocence lost which characterize this idea. Maggie, author Stephen Crane's main character in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a soul whose story shows the trauma of the loss ...
- 1040: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... play the role they have chosen for themselves" (Bookshelf 95). From Hollywood movie stars to professional athletes, people have and will continue to lead false lives, under the public spotlight, concealing their personal travails. In literature, the preceding statement has held true numerous times, in works such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Minister and respected citizen, Arthur Dimmesdale, was perceived as an upstanding member of the community who preached ...
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