... 's identity the immigration into American experienced with his wife, Ashima. However, while Ashima is often confused and discomforted at the new culture that surrounds her, Ashoke's reaction is that of fascination and amusement by the American world around him. His character is used to portray this theme of the alienation faced when immigrating, but to contrast with those who find it difficult ... . Ultimately, even though Ashoke does to some extent remain attached to the family's Bengali's traditions, his ability to take on a new culture so easily is a testament to his character and port...

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... both cases, Futurist and Anarchist art became symptomatic of the movements' wider desire for political and social liberation, as Varias puts it, "Paris' fin-de-siècle character was also evident in the struggle for stylistic freedom and aesthetic expression that its avant-garde poets, painters, and sculptors led against the conformist demands and... the rigid, oppressive ... 's anarchism, for he regarded any authority, whatever the source, as a potential evil"13. The multi-dimensionality of Les Mauvais Bergers, its many political and artistic interpretations, is testament firstly to the...

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... Butler proves that these characteristics of American culture and the American people have their origins in the late colonial era. The only difference is the character of the economy. While today's American economy is geared primarily towards the service sector and advanced manufacturing, the economy of the late colonial era ... indescribably repressive institution of slavery, they experienced a near-total "spiritual holocaust."" It would take reforms in the Anglican and Puritan establishments and an entirely new Christian revival to reverse this decline in faith and deliver Americans from...

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