Death is not an end, but a new cycle of life through which the deceased get an opportunity to have a more thorough understanding of their life. In The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, Eddie’s meeting with five different people provides...
Have you ever noticed the similarities and differences between characters when reading different books? Like Arnold (Junior), from The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. A 14-year old boy who’s condition leads to him being bullied by others. This causes him...
Teenagers deal with a lot of opportunities for self-discovery and growth. Adolescence is likely the most difficult time in one’s life because everybody seeks their true selves, hopes and dreams, and true friends. Adolescents will meet new people and go to new places in search...
There are thousands if not millions of people constantly fighting for their beliefs every single day, however, they have commonly been considered as godless people or sinners by others. This is the case for the one and only, Henry Drummond, the best lawyer in all...
The book “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” is a novella, the main character is the Ivan Ilyich, he and all his friends and his family are part of bourgeoisie, he distances himself from his family and focuses only on his work, living conformed to society in...
In the play “Zoot Suits,” by Luis Valdez, tells the struggles of Mexican-Americans through the mysterious case of “sleepy lagoon.” In the story there is a modern tragic hero, Henry, and a mythical, altered ego of him, El Pachuco along with many other characters. Henry’s...
There are a variety of reasons that may lead to a characters collapse. For example, Willy Loman has dreams of having a successful fortunate life, but unfortunately he is unsuccessful working as a travelling salesman his whole life. The psychoanalytic theory is noticeable in Willy’s...
Was Willy Loman, a good role model for his family? What were his teachings, virtues, and shortcomings as a father? Has he helped his boys or has he destroyed their lives? In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, he introduces us to Willy Loman’s and...
In the play, “Death of a Salesman,” Willy Loman experiences both the positive and the negative aspects of bipolar disorder: one moment he is upbeat and pleased, and the following he is furious and swearing at his children. Their connections are clearly difficult ones. Willy...
In the Death of a Salesman, Willy is portrayed as an interesting character who has dreams to be liked and make money on the basis of being liked. He was a good handyman and would have been happier working in Alaska with his brother. His...
In the book, The Death of a Salesman, written by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman is a businessman from New York City. He has a concerned but loving wife, Linda, and his two sons, Happy and Biff. Willy is a man with a vision to live...
The short play “Trying to find Chinatown” is about an encounter between a Caucasian male named Benjamin that considers himself to be a Chinese-American, and an Asian male street musician, Ronnie. The play is set in the lower east side of New York. Benjamin believes...
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a black man named Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. He was put on trial with probably the best lawyer he could have, Atticus Finch. He provided more that...
There has never been a period in the history of humanity without victimization of some category of people. Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of different types of victimization. There are two characters, each of which is not welcome by society...
An experience can allow an individual to gain knowledge and skill in a certain area. It helps people understand the consequences of behaviours and lose their innocence in the process, but also gaining wisdom and maturity along the way. As well, it is a way...
Harry, an American writer and World War I veteran, who is suffering from gangrene in one of his legs, is the protagonist in the short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” written by Ernest Hemingway. It is clear how the author through this character, utilizes him...
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right path, the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” You do not have to steal to get everything you ever wanted. This is shown in the story Thank you,...
The play “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” was written by Tom Stoppard in 1967, during a time when existentialism popular amongst many of the philosophically inclined. Existentialism mainly focuses on the need for humans to make rational choices that determine their own meaning in life,...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the predominant characters in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, are defined unceasingly by questioning their identity, environment, and what their believed purpose is. This astounding piece of literary work written by Tom Stoppard shows the trek that the two characters (originally from...
Through the use of characterisation, the true identities and traits of characters are able to be revealed to readers, particularly when viewed through qualities such as leadership. Collectively, this leads to narrative meaning becoming a tool that initiates thinking through the use of emotive language...
In the novel, Obasan, Kogawa uses Naomi’s character development to convey that early life racism, internment and abandonment from loved ones can lead to one feeling confused about their identity. The narrator of the novel, Naomi, goes through a series of traumatic events as a...
Edmund Burke once said, “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.” In today’s society, power is taken and used in manipulative ways by prominent people in the public eye. We see celebrities pay their way out of punishments all the time. Julian Hayden...
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice has a big focus on many issues that are still prevalent in our 21st century, marriage and relational commitment being one, but it is portrayed as convenience or for an individual’s profit, instead of love. In the play, love...
Shakespeare’s play ‘The Merchant of Venice’ displays an array of human experiences, lived out by the characters. These experiences differ between people due to the context of the play. Set in Venice, the atmosphere is multicultural, exotic and extremely money and power driven. This text...
In John Green’s Looking For Alaska, Miles Halter proves to be an unreliable narrator. His emotions tend to cloud he how sees his crush, Alaska, especially after her death. As a result of grief, Miles romanticizes his relationship with her, thus altering the truthiness of...
In the novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, the author enlightens the reader on the history of a war in America and the “savages” who fought within it by introducing a cast of colorful characters and their journey through the bloody...
The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper’s most well-known novel, is one of the most best-selling and acclaimed books about the American Frontier. The story took place at the height of conflict during the French and Indian War. Interspersing with hatred and fights, interracial...
In the novel, Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami, the protagonist Kafka Tamura, a fifteen-year-old Japanese, runs away from home intending to escape his father’s curse, which is that he will sleep with his sister and mather, then kill his father. During the escape,...
In Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun, the casualties of World War One are expressed through the eyes of the main character, Joe Bonham. Joe loses his arms, legs, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears after a bomb drops on him while fighting in a war...
The novel Johnny Got His Gun was about a young man named Joe going through hard times. His life was always a struggle since he was a kid. Joe had many friends and worked to help his mom make money. Many conflicts occurred throughout the...
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