Essays on Geography & Travel

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The Options to Achieve Peace with China

1 page / 468 words

I believe that the United States should not attempt to put any militaristic or economic restrictions on China. This is because the United States simply doesn’t have the power to back up whatever threats they may give. The United States should instead try to keep...

China Foreign Policy Peace

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Directing Transcendence in The Film Tokyo Story

3 pages / 1543 words

Tokyo Story, directed by Yasujiro Ozu, is a deeply meditative film. The plot is deceptively simple: an old couple visits their adult children in Tokyo. However, their children does not treat them well. On their return, the wife falls ill and passes away. At the...

Film Analysis Tokyo

2549

The Personification of Oil and Religion: Daniel Versus Eli in ‘there Will Be Blood’

2 pages / 1057 words

?The central conflict in There Will Be Blood (2007) is found in the relationship between the two main characters, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Eli Sunday (Paul Dano). Daniel’s plain-speaking oilman customs and Eli’s archaic spiritual beliefs represent the overall struggle between oil and religion....

Adventure Movie Review

2550

The Sound of Waves and Post World War 2 Japan

3 pages / 1284 words

In The Sound of Waves, Yukio Mishima conveys the loss of traditional values in Japan due to Westernization in after the Second World War. Through powerful symbols and juxtaposition, Mishima effectively expresses his anger towards the devastating effects of the war, such as a corrupted...

Japan Japanese Culture Novel

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Christianity, Culture, and Conflict in The River Between

3 pages / 1491 words

The River Between The novel by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, The River Between, tells the story of two tribes that hold very different beliefs central to themselves. However, though they agree on very little, there are still people that believe in peace and unity. The clash...

Kenya Novel

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Challenging Or Naturalizing Ideas About Australia in Remembering Babylon

3 pages / 1503 words

In the grace period of Australia’s colonial development, many cultural assumptions and ideas were created in response to the increase of British immigration. Australia was a home away from home, a land of opportunity and adventure that allowed the English populace ‘freedom’ from the almost...

Australia Cultural Identity Literature Review

2553

The Transformative Power of Drama in "Our Country’s Good"

4 pages / 1614 words

Wertenbaker wrote Our Country’s Good in order to depict a developmental process for the characters. Through the Howardian theory of redemption, by learning from each other, and by acting in their production of The Recruiting Officer, they transform into what Phillip calls “members of society...

Countries Drama

2554

Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Challenges of Motherhood as Illustrated in Joys of Motherhood

1 page / 1888 words

The idea that childbirth can test a woman and perhaps lead to self-awareness serves as a major theme for Buchi Emecheta’s Nigerian novel The Joys of Motherhood, in which a young Ibo woman marries twice, the first marriage highlighting her infertility. In her second marriage,...

Nigeria Novel

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Nigeria Vs Western Capitalist Society as Potrayed in Things Fall Apart and The Joys of Motherhood

1 page / 1298 words

The novels Things Fall Apart and The Joys of Motherhood both present Nigeria as a competitive, consumption-crazed country. Each novel, therefore, also creates a parallel between Nigeria and capitalist, Western societies–yet each one shows that the differences are not in degree, but in the details....

Nigeria Novel Things Fall Apart

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Herodotus Account of Events Leading Upto The Greco-persian Wars in The Histories

1 page / 1298 words

Introduction: Understanding the Greco-Persian Wars In The Histories, Herodotus offers an account of the events leading to the Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states of the 5th century BC and attempts to determine “the reason why they fought one another” (Herodotus, 1.1)....

Greece Narrator

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Personification of Jerusalem in 'Awlad Al-kaaba' and 'Face Lost in The Wilderness'

1 page / 1568 words

In the poems Awlad al-Kahba (Sons of a Bitch) by Mudhafar Al-Nawab and Face Lost in the Wilderness by Fadwa Tuqan, there is great commonality in each poet’s personification of Jerusalem as a raped girl. Through the perspective of each poet, both works reflect upon...

Jerusalem Poetry Rape

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The Trope of Masquerade in "The Rover" and "Marriage A-la-mode"

1 page / 1534 words

In England, the Baroque was a partly useful concept when discussing about the Restoration Comedy. The English theatres were closed for 18 years, during the English Civil War and English Commonwealth. They were reopened in the Restoration of Charles II (1660). During this period, the...

Comedy England Literature Review

2559

The Brothers Karamazov and Their Contemporary Russia

2 pages / 1087 words

The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, exaggerates the extremes of Russia, saying that “[Russians] need continually…two extremes at the same moment, or they are miserable and dissatisfied and their existence is incomplete. They are wide, wide as mother Russia.” In many of his works, Dostoyevsky’s...

Novel Russia The Brothers Karamazov

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Ostriches and Elephants: a Perspective on Family Values

3 pages / 1487 words

In Fiela’s Child, the two families, the van Rooyens and the Komoeties, have a strong connection with animals, albeit not always a positive connection. The van Rooyens have a problem with elephants in the forest. The Komoeties’ ostriches give the family all kinds of trouble....

Novel South Africa

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Portrayal of Individuals and Scenes in The Art of Travel and Wild

2 pages / 1026 words

Representations of authors’ experiences of particular landscapes hold great significance for their audiences, as they portray the multifaceted relationships between people and landscapes, such as how interactions with landscape shape awareness of identity. This is potently represented in Alain De Botton’s postmodern collection of essays...

Journey Novel

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Through The Eyes of The Author: "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"

2 pages / 856 words

In her Slouching Towards Bethlehem essay, Joan Didion vividly constructs her view on the hippie movement in San Francisco through her anecdotal experience in 1967. Her belief captures a strong disliking of this social movement, as her experience indicates she did not condone the society...

California

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The Way of Gaining Experience in "Goodbye to All That"

2 pages / 1104 words

New York City is an iconic hub of activity and acts as one of the most distinctive cities in the United States. Many people, mostly young, move to the metropolis each year seeking fame and fortune, and in the early sixties, Joan Didion adopted the...

California

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Ben Johnson's "Volpone" and "Epicene"

5 pages / 581 words

Ben Jonson’s plays, Volpone and Epicene, showcase his mastery of comedy and moral storytelling. While both works share thematic elements of deception and trickery, they diverge significantly in their treatment of the consequences of such actions. This essay will explore the similarities and differences between...

Comedy England Literature Review

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Execution in North Korea

2 pages / 993 words

If there were such a thing as cruel and unusual punishment, it would be the purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek. North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un, who is also the nephew of Jang, hailed the execution of his once powerful uncle. Kim Jong-un became...

North Korea