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The story "A & P" by John Updike is a tale of a young man who lets
his desires and his anger get a little to far ahead of him and in the end winds
up quitting his job. The main character of the story is Sammy. An eighteen year
old boy from a small suburb outside Boston who works at an A & P
Supermarket. Sammy seems like an average boy who seems a tad bit tired of the
regular cust... Full-text essay
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“Sammy is a sexist pig who suddenly sees the light” In John Updike’s short
story, “A & P,” the main character, Sammy, is a cashier at a small
grocery store. He is seen by many to be a sexist pig, describing in detail how
he sees the three girls that walk in to the store. Sammy is in fact a sexist pig
by what he says about them. With evidence and quotes from the story, Sammy can
be determined t... Full-text essay
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I think that in A&P the author describes how life was decades ago and
how it seems to me how life should be today, with out the arguments over petty
situations. I think that the story line of A&P is a typical situation in a
small town in which the story is situated. I think that this particular story is
based in a small vacationing town on the east coast where family’s come back
every ye... Full-text essay
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In the story "A&P," by John Updike, the main character Sammy makes
the leap from an adolescent, knowing little more about life than what he has
learned working at the local grocery store, into a man prepared for the rough
road that lies ahead. As the story begins, Sammy is nineteen and has no real
grasp for the fact that he is about to be living on his own working to support
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In the story "A&P," by John Updike, the main character Sammy makes
the leap from an adolescent, knowing little more about life than what he has
learned working at the local grocery store, into a man prepared for the rough
road that lies ahead. As the story begins, Sammy is nineteen and has no real
grasp for the fact that he is about to be living on his own working to support
himself.... Full-text essay
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John Updike's A & P and James Joyce's Araby share many of the same literary
traits. The primary focus of the two stories revolves around a young man who is
compelled to decipher the different between cruel reality and the fantasies of
romance that play in his head. That the man does, indeed, discover the
difference is what sets him off into emotional collapse. One of the main
similarities betw... Full-text essay
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The twelfth century was divided into two phases: Early Middle Ages or Dark Ages
and the High Middle Ages. It’s during the High Middle Ages when things started
to take a turn both mentally and physically. Churches developed more stamina and
papal bureaucracy was created. The government was revived. Urbanization
increased and most of all a sudden increase was brought in cultural
revitalization and c... Full-text essay
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Abigail's importance in the play is that without her the play would not exist.
The play starts with the girls of the village dancing naked in the woods with a
fire burning. Then the girls are caught and they all run away. Whilst at this
meeting Abigail drinks the blood of a chicken. Her reasons for doing this are as
follows. Abigail worked in the Proctor household and then she had an affair with
J... Full-text essay
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There is many meaningful personal connection that was made to a key aspects of
the play. For example the people that were accused and/or convicted of something
based on little or no evidence. This incident happened very often in this play.
The characters that were involved were John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail,
Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Salem girls (including Rebecca, Ruth, and others),
a... Full-text essay
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While giving the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 there were three major
factors that helped Abraham Lincoln to convey his message that all men are
created equal and should be so treated. Those three major factors were the
audience, his attitude while giving the address, and the techniques that he used
while giving the address at Gettysburg. One of the reasons why Abraham
Lincoln’s Add... Full-text essay
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In "The Ache of Marriage," Denise Levertov attempts to explain the
pain this marriage experiences. It is a pain that affects both emotional and
physical states of being. Levertov describes the pain as if someone were reading
her thoughts. Through Levertov's use of non-conventional form, the theme of the
pain of marriage and overcoming that pain jumps from the page. The author
divides the... Full-text essay
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"From where does your strength come, you southern jew/ split at the root,
raised in a castle of air". This is a quote from Adrienne Rich's 1982
essay, "Sources". Adrienne Rich is a southern jew who grew up in the
forties. As she grew up, her father hid the fact that they were Jewish. Her
father acted like he was fully assimilated and didn't show ethnicity in any way.
He did thi... Full-text essay
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The author writes about her personal experience as a woman writer in a male
dominated society. Her essay consists of poems, which she had written throughout
different times in her life, to demonstrate the transformation in her writing.
As a woman writer in a male dominated society, Rich begins writing in the
traditional style, "the man's way," but as she continues writing, Rich
breaks fr... Full-text essay
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Aeschylus And Euripides About Woman Roles
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Due to the fact of similarities between authors writing in the same place and
time, we often make the mistake of presuming their viewpoints are identical on
the given subject. It would be a mistake to expect Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and
Euripides’ Medea to express identical views on the subject; each author had a
unique way. The opinions of these two writers on this subject are actually
different. Aes... Full-text essay
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The African- American Community has been blessed with a multitude of scholars.
Two of those scholars include Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du bois. Both of
these men, had a vision for African- Americans. They wanted to see the
advancement of their race of people. These great leaders just had different
viewpoints as to how this should be accomplished. Mr. Washington’s viewpoints
are based on his ... Full-text essay
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After the Bomb, written by Gloria Miklowitz, is a thrilling novel that takes
place before, during, and after a bomb, which supposedly was sent from Russia by
accident. The disastrous happening alters all of Los Angeles and surrounding
cities. Philip Singer, a teenager, is in a position as leader of the family. His
brother, Matt, is awfully sick, possibly from radiation, his father was away at
work... Full-text essay
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Susan Sontag, in “Against Interpretation,” takes a very interesting critical
standpoint on the idea of literary interpretation. Unlike most literary critics,
Sontag believes that literary criticism is growing increasingly destructive
towards the very works of art that they, supposedly, so greatly “appreciate”
and “respect.” Her standpoint could not be more accurate. Reading her work
generates nume... Full-text essay
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In Aeschylus' tragedy Agamemnon the character of Clytemnestra is portrayed as
strong willed woman. This characteristic is not necessarily typical of women of
her time. As a result, the reader must take a deeper look into the understanding
of Clytemnestra. In Agamemnon she dominates the action. Her most important
characteristic is like the watchman calls it, "male strength of
heart." She ... Full-text essay
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The Characters and short about their backgrounds: Mr Justice Wargrave - Had
worked as a Judge for many years and had a fine reputation all over the country.
He had killed several people by giving them the death sentence one of them is
Edward Seton. Seton was probably innocent. Vera Claythorne - Worked as a
Schoolmistress. Her crime was killing Cyril Ogilvie Hamilton, by not trying to
help him by w... Full-text essay
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Alec Guinness writes My Name Escapes Me - The Diary of a Retiring Actor - in
purpose of documentation of his performance to commit his story to the public
record. In the diary, Alec Guinness, at 82, shows his wishes to spend his
declining years as, "a retiring actor"; he has not done with acting;
he is still performing; yet retiring. This time his performance is committed to
words in the... Full-text essay
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Alfred Edward Housman, a classical scholar and poet, was born in Fockbury in the
county of Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. His poems are variations on
the themes of mortality and the miseries of human condition (Magill 1411). Most
of Housman’s poems were written in the 1890’s when he was under great
psychological stress, which made the tone of his poems characteristically
mournful and t... Full-text essay
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In this play, being earnest is made as superficial a trait as possible; it means
simply having the name Earnest. The characters are motivated and controlled by a
hollow and artificial set of social standards that have little substance but are
used to maintain social distinctions and social class privileges. Against this
rigid system of controls the young lovers pursue their dreams of romance. The
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Like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole, we don't know where things will lead
us. Perpetually falling, landing, trying t claw our way up the slick metallic
walls only to lose our grips and fall back into the blackness, on our way back
to wonderland. But sadly we never quit get there. I wonder to myself. What are
we getting accomplished? Why live just to die? And why do things go so
drastically wr... Full-text essay
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Knowing the meaning of heritage in Everyday Use The story “Everyday Use”, is
being told by a mother who describes herself as a big boned woman, with a second
grade education. She had always had to do the work of a man to provide for her
family. A mother of two girls with different views on the family culture. Dee, a
light skinned girl with nice hair and a full figure. Dee has always scorned the
wa... Full-text essay
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I believe All New People by Ann Lamott was chosen for the Independent Thinkers
Ser Sex, drugs, presidential scandals, all this and more is to be found in the
magnificently written novel All New People by Anne Lamott. Probing into a
timeless array of chaos and personal tragedy, Lamott manages to tie the story
together with a mixture of personal experiences and documented historical
references creat... Full-text essay
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Poetry is often written as a result of reflecting on an intense emotional
experience or a significant event. Examine the techniques used by one poet to
convey the significance of an experience or an event, which gave rise to a poem,
or sequence of poems. The Almond Tree by Jon Stallworthy describes through the
eyes of an expectant father’s supreme emotional joy at the prospect of the
birth of this... Full-text essay
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The idea of having the power of taming an unknown, rugged territory has always
been a significant goal in American society. The early American settlers came
over to this continent to find a better home with the intention to conquer and
make their surroundings fit their needs. In an interview with Ken Kesey, he
said: What I explore in all my work: wilderness. Settlers on this continent from
the beg... Full-text essay
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Every child has fantasy’s of being a super hero and leaping tall buildings in
a single bound or staring death in the face everyday and somehow finding a way
to escape. All of these imaginative thoughts have been derived from the past
literary works by the great writers of the early American literary period. These
early writers entered society into a world of action and adventure, where one
can see... Full-text essay
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In the essay the American Scholar, Emerson portrays the scholar as a person who
learns from three main things. These things by which a scholar is educated are
by nature, by books (the past) and by action. Emerson uses nature as a
comparison to the human mind where he states, “There is never a beginning,
there is never an end to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but
always circular po... Full-text essay
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The play Amphitryon, by Plautus, revolves around a small circle of characters.
The major roles in the play are those of Amphitryon, Jove, and Alcamena. Two
slightly lesser roles, though of equal importance, are those of Mercury and
Sosia. These two characters act as main intermediaries for their masters. This
is one of the similarities I found in their roles. However, I also found many
differences... Full-text essay
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Chicana poet and writer Ana Castillo was born and raised in Chicago, but has
spent most of her writing career studying her Mestiza heritage. In her first
novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986), Castillo explores the relationship
between two women who travel to Mexico in search of a better understanding of
their place in both the U.S. and Mexican societies. The novel, written in the
form of letters... Full-text essay
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By chapter 13 of And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie, half of the ten
guests that ventured out to Indian Island are killed. These incidents cause the
remaining guests to react in bizarre ways. These reactions are common to most
people that are placed in this situation. They protect themselves and react
differently around each other. There are also accusations that are made about
who may h... Full-text essay
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For centuries, animals have been used in medical research. Since 1875, animal
experimentation has been an on going heated debate on whether experiments on
animals are ethical. At the very start, the movement against animal testing
focused mainly on the "inhumanity of hurting and killing living beings for
experimental discovery" (Achor 95). However, in these few decades,
scientific invali... Full-text essay
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These “Annex” people could live with hope by remembering all of the good
times they had together, before they had to go into hiding. They had hope
because they knew one day this would all have to end. Although the “Annex”
people were probably stronger than most other people would be, this is because
some people just can’t live knowing that there can be some people in the world
who have such hatred... Full-text essay
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This book is a book of reality, a book of self-discovery. This is a book that
you read and as you are reading it you can identify with the character, what
he/she does and how she/he reacts to happenings around her/him. The story is set
in and around the Dominican Republic, around the 1950-60’s. The main character
in this book is Annie John, she is a black girl in a English ruled and own
colony. Sh... Full-text essay
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Imagine a world where the individual has been repressed to the point that the
word “I” no longer exists. Now, as hellish as that sounds, imagine that you
are the only one who has the capability to break free from the iron fists that
are choking you and your brothers. This is the life of Equality 7-2521, the
principal character and narrator of Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Anthem takes place in
the dark ages ... Full-text essay
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Placed in various time periods and settings, the novel Heart of Darkness,
written by Joseph Conrad, and the movie Apocalypse Now, produced and directed by
Francis Ford Coppola, both create the same mysterious journey with various
similarties and differences. The journey’s mystery lies in the scene; it is
one down a river by boat, deep in the jungle. The jungle is populated mainly
with wild animals... Full-text essay
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The short story, "Araby", by James Joyce is about a lonely boy who
makes a pilgrimage to an eastern-styled bazaar in hopes that it will alleviate
his miserable life. Throughout the story he battles withdrawal and a lack of
control. Moreover, the themes of alienation and control are inherently linked
because the source of the boy's emotional distance is his lack of control over
his life. ... Full-text essay
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Aristotle’s Poetics is considered the first work of literary criticism in our
tradition. The couple of pages in the book mainly describe tragedy from
Aristotle’s point of view. He defines tragedy as being an imitation of an
action that is a whole and complete in itself and of a certain magnitude.
Aristotle also points out terms such as catharsis, which can be said that is the
purification of one’s... Full-text essay
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Thoreau’s Art of Living In Thoreau’s Walden, he explores the art of living
by presenting a dichotomy of sojourning in nature. The life of participating
with nature considers living simply and wisely while cooperating with both its
lowest and highest elements. Thoreau calls for a change in life by changing the
conventional ideas of standard societal views and its participation with the
torpor of th... Full-text essay
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In "Arts of the Contact Zone," Mary Louise Pratt introduces a term
very unfamiliar to many people. This term, autoethnography, means the way in
which subordinate peoples present themselves in ways that their dominants have
represented them. Therefore, autoethnography is not self-representation, but a
collaboration of mixed ideas and values form both the dominant and subordinate
cultures.... Full-text essay
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During high school, two friends and I decided to try and backpack all over the
country. Andrew, Jeff, and I took trips to places like the Grand Canyon, Santa
Fe, and the Buffalo River. After each trip the three of us would say, “we’ve
got to go somewhere better, more challenging.” So during the spring break of
my junior year we decided to pack the Wet Mountains in Colorado. We planned the
trip for... Full-text essay
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It is true that all people are created different, and thus no two cultures will
ever be the same. Throughout Asian American literature there seems to be a
struggle between the Asian culture and American culture. More specifically,
there is a struggle between Asian women and their Asian American daughters, and
what it means to be feminine, and how a woman should act. The main struggle is
between h... Full-text essay
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Throughout Bernard Malamuds, beautifully written, The Assistant there were
references to cultural icons or to religious symbols that sometimes represent
The writers major theme. In this book it is Franks constant resemblance to St.
Francis Of Assisi, and Franks subtle conversion to Judaism. The most important
religious symbol in the book is St. Francis. Frank Alpine's name two important
connotatio... Full-text essay
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The Atlanta Exposition Address is the fortieth chapter of Booker T.
Washington’s autobiography. This autobiography was called Up From Slavery and
it was written in 1901. The chapter begins by telling the reader that Booker T.
Washington, the author, was in the Atlanta Exposition representing the Negro
enterprise and Negro civilization. He then describes how he gave a brief speech
to the white and ... Full-text essay
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What is suicide? "(Suicide is) the act of self-destruction by a person
sound in mind and capable of measuring his (or her) moral responsibility"
(Webster 1705). "No one really knows why human beings commit suicide.
Indeed, the very person who takes his (or her) own life may be least aware at
the moment of decision of the essence of his (or her) reasons and emotions for
doing so. At ... Full-text essay
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There are many important paths that we must follow on our journey through life.
We follow the path without questioning its intent. The path informs us when we
should learn to talk, to walk, to marry, and to have children. We are told that
we should never stray from it, because if we do, society will make it certain
that we are bound for damnation. In the novel The Awakening the main character,
Edn... Full-text essay
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Throughout “Away” many characters go through changes, Gwen
changes from a nagging housewife into a sympathetic and more balanced
individual. Roy goes from being very insecure about life to knowing how to deal
with his problems and live life as it comes. Coral, is also very insecure about
life after the death of her son, she is longing for attention and doesn’t know
how to be around people. By the... Full-text essay
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Adventures on the Way Back Home, and Quite a Year for Plums, author Bailey White
offers readers an inviting refuge from our increasingly fast-paced society.
Using humor, White transports the reader to the rural South, where the setting,
the way of life, and the characters the reader meets contrast strikingly with
life in the typical Northern city. Bailey White’s South has a warm and
hospitable atm... Full-text essay
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Just why did Seymour kill himself Picture walking into a hotel room and finding
a man dead on a bed. Upon closer inspection it becomes obvious that he has
supposedly taken his own life with the gun that lay beside him. In talking to
his wife who was asleep on the bed next to him when this incident occurred, it
is learned that he just walked in the door and shot himself late the previous
night. Out... Full-text essay
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