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- 1651: Bartleby and A Gathering of Old Men
- ... during hard times. Choosing to be an outcast of society or deciding to be an integral part of society is a choice that individuals must make. Each option creates specific consequences as these works of literature clearly demonstrate.
- 1652: The Lord of the Flies
- ... II and began to examine the defects of their social ethics. Man's purity and innocence was gone. Man's ability to remain civilized was faltering. This change of attitude was extremely evident in the literature of the age. Writers, who through the use of clever symbolism, mocked the tragedy of man's fate. One such writer was William Golding. An author who has seen the destruction of war and despises ...
- 1653: The Chosen
- ... Hasid. He has earlocks, grows a beard, and wears the traditional Hasidic outfit, but he doesn't have the reverence for it that he should. Danny is a genius. His religion forbids him to read literature from the outside world, so he struggles with his thirst for knowledge and the restraints that have been put on him by both his father and his religion. He lives with his father, mother, older ...
- 1654: Death of a Salesman : A Social Criticism
- ... message is at the heart of the play's success, for everyone who sees or reads it will think something different about the protagonist, the plot, the theme, even the genre. As with all great literature, the opinions continue to grow and change with each generation so that the book will never be closed on Death of a Salesman. Because it would take a short tome to discuss all the classic ...
- 1655: Characters and Their Roles In The Great Gatsby
- Characters and Their Roles In The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic piece of American literature. It signifies the turn of the century and the American ideology that would hold the 20th century hostage. Materialism and the American dream are evident in Jay Gatsby’s pursuit of happiness, which he believed ...
- 1656: The Power and the Glory
- ... his novel, is very good. The elements come together to show the theme, which is pity. Pity for a fellow human being. Setting is a major element of fiction. The setting of a piece of literature can set the mood of the scene. Setting, can also make the reader feel a certain way. Some of the scenes in “The Power and the Glory” evoke certain feelings in the reader. In the ...
- 1657: Kafka: The Reality of Change
- ... same inner self, motivational levels and attitudes. Unless they are willing to change the way they perceive and react to a situation they are forever trading one set of problems for another. As readers of literature we too seek to escape our “reality” and experience life through an author’s imagination while gaining valuable knowledge about ourselves. In Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the nature of Gregor Samsa’s reality changes insignificantly ...
- 1658: The Bluest Eye: Summary
- ... the image of the blue-eyed Shirley Temple and Dick and Jane that she will have the perfect life that they have. The importance of this book goes beyond its value as a work of literature. Morrison speaks to the masses, both white and black, showing how a racist social system wears down the minds and souls of people, how dominate images of white heroes and heroines with blue eyes and ...
- 1659: Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
- ... reality, this is very hard to create. Also, leaders emerge and misuse their power. The message of Animal Farm is still valid today. Andrew Ruffin Mrs. Fisk Works Cited Anderson, Robert, et al. Elements of Literature: Third Course. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc: Orlando, Florida, 1993; pp. 810-854. http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html http://www.zinezone.com/zines/politics/history/hitler/ http://www1.us.nizkor.org/hweb ...
- 1660: Prophecy in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
- ... of our lives. Human nature regularly advises us to plan and prepare for the unknown. However, during the last fifty years, humankind has made some seemingly wise presumptions pertaining to the future. Both in movies, literature, and in everyday life, people are making predictions about what is to come. In his novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury makes some prophetic statements about what is to come for humanity. Should we continue to ...
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