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Forgiveness Drives change and attitude

Raymond Carver’s “A Small, Good Thing” follows the story of a family that tragically loses their son in a car accident. After the son’s death the parents continually receive phone calls from the baker of their son’s birthday cake, enraging the grieving parents. Mary Hood’s...

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An Analysis of Love Medicine’s “Lulu”

Lulu Nanapush Lamartine is a symbolic and admirable Chippewa Woman in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine. As a Native Woman character, Lulu reclaims and redefines space that is usually taken up by unfair stereotypes by using her shameless beauty and compassionate sexuality. Margaret Galloway argues that...

Character Fiction Love Medicine 1 Page

Women's Fight for Gender Equality in Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz’s novel, Midaq Alley, is a story about a group of people living in an alley in Egypt in the 1940’s. Already, from that description, the reader can see that the women of this tale have a significant disadvantage in equality. Surprisingly enough, the...

Feminism Fiction 1 Page

Naguib Mahfouz's Impact in Midaq Alley

Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, revolutionized the world of Arabic narrative. Neither the novel nor the short story were common forms of expression until Mahfouz’ works became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His writing is unique, both in Arabic culture...

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The Image of Home and Its Impact on the Fate of Main Characters in Robinson’s Housekeeping

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson portrays the life of its narrator, Ruthie, alongside her sister Lucille as the two grow from mere children to young women while being surrounded by the confusion of shifting guardians, as well as the influence of transiency. Once the final guardian...

Fiction Novel 3 Pages

Peace-Out Troublemaker

The last page in Emily BrontÃ«’s Wuthering Heights leaves the reader with many new connections and symbols, as well as a feeling of satisfaction that peace has been restored to the Earnshaw and Linton families. The three members of the older generation have reunited to...

Fiction Wuthering Heights 2 Pages

Role of Superstition in “The Tiger’s Wife”

Fear is one of the strongest emotions experienced by humans, so much so that it plays a drastic role in influencing the actions of men and women. This concept is one that appears frequently throughout Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife, a riveting tale of the...

Fiction 3 Pages

Deep thoughts about future plans and Intentions

It is very common in literature, both in the past and modern-day, for characters to have dark backgrounds. Many authors choose this approach because it creates an approachable character with whom the reader can identify, and provides the reader with an admirable protagonist. This darkness...

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Colonialism and Character Development in Season of Migration to the North

Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North was first published in 1969, and has come to be regarded as outstanding in its genre. Originally written in Arabic, the book features notable parallels to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, which it is considered by many...

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THE THEME OF SUBALTERNITY IN MHASWETA DEVI'S RUDALI

Mahasweta Devi is a major literary force in contemporary literature. Born on 14th of January, 1926 in Dhacca, in a privileged middle class Bengali family. She is an extraordinary woman who has written and fought for the marginalized tirelessly for the past six decades. She...

Fiction Indian Culture Literature 3 Pages

paper chains and Exquisite laces

Often in literature, central themes are based around two or more opposing forces. Whether it be religion, socioeconomic class, or race, conflicts allow the author to challenge the audience’s beliefs and societal expectations of the past and present. This aspect of creativity is especially apparent...

Fiction Love Medicine 1 Page

Woman’s Best Friend: Esch’s Responses to China in “Salvage the Bones”

Throughout Savage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward places considerable emphasis on growth and change within Esch — whether the multiple descriptions of Esch’s pregnant belly, or how she sees herself as a fighter who breaks the stereotypical male-female dynamic by becoming the stronger, more mature party...

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The Role of Mentors in ‘My Brother Jack’ and ‘On the Waterfront’

Mentors play an important role in shaping the values and morals of the individuals they guide; however, the impact of their contribution ultimately depends on their understanding of the individual’s inherent characteristics. Both Elia Kazan’s film ‘On the Waterfront’ and George Johnston’s ‘My Brother Jack’...

Fiction On The Waterfront 3 Pages