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Obsession as Depicted in 'The Collector' and 'Enduring Love'

Both John Fowles in The Collector and Ian McEwan in Enduring Love use complex symbols and metaphors to expose the theme of obsession. In Enduring Love, the opening events and metaphor of the balloon act as a foreshadowing device for obsession. This is shown by…

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Terrible run and Captivity of badluck

“Oh I know everything is dead.” So says Billy Waldron to Ruth Prynne in chapter two, ‘Nickelodeon,’ of the third section of John Dos Passos’ ‘Manhattan Transfer’. This statement embodies several techniques Dos Passos uses throughout his novel – such as an almost insignificant ‘throwaway’…

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A LESSON in HIDING

Triѕtаn nаrrоwеd her eyes and glаnсеd оvеr her slumped ѕhоuldеrѕ as she hаѕtilу сrоѕѕеd the ѕtrееt to her usual lunchtime spot, Cal’s diner. She ѕmilеd соngеniаllу at the big man behind the grill and wаvеd at the rеdhеаdеd wаitrеѕѕ. “The usual Trish?” Melanie’s tinkling vоiсе…

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Supernatural Nature of Wind in 'Epic of Gilgamesh' and 'Hong Gildong'

In many cultures, wind has taken on its own personal identity. Through story telling wind has been given power of the supernatural in order to be used by the gods to influence or punish the heroes of Earth. The supernatural power of wind can be…

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Fleetwood’s Upbringing and How to Make Friends

In William Godwin’s novel Fleetwood, readers are introduced to a character who is predominantly solitary and is socially inadequate when he is within society. This is due to the fact that he grew up as the only child of a father who was withdrawn from…

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House of Mirth: What Does It Take to Conform?

According to the Marxist theoretician Louis Althusser, society’s class structure and gender roles depend primarily not on economics, but on the power of attitudes and ideas. In Edith Wharton’s classic work, The House of Mirth, characters show varying cognizances of this social force. Wharton’s novel…

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The national identity crafts ones identity but not personality.

Who we are is shaped by where we are from. This is a common thread in the human experience; our backgrounds give way to our personalities. But what happens when a person disagrees with the confines of their nation upon their identity? The English Patient…

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Applying School Skills in Life: The Message of The Wednesday Wars

In the book the Wednesday Wars, Holling Hoodhood is a seventh grader at Camillo Junior High in suburban Long Island in the 1967-1968 school year, with the entire book set in the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Holling’s teacher is Mrs. Baker, whose husband is…

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A Further Look at Watchmen

In the graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, a more realistic depiction of the superhero figure is achieved by allowing genres to be imbedded separately within the thoroughly developed identities of Rorschach, the Comedian, and Dr. Manhattan. Rather than being bound by…

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Creating to Belong: Tuyen’s Artwork in What We All Long For

In Dionne Brand’s novel What We All Long For, each of the central characters attempts to define and redefine what it means to belong through their own experiences and interactions. For Tuyen, belonging is not defined by identifying with specific communities, but by fluidity and…

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