... world. This is why Pygmalion and Catcher in the Rye are not just stories but, in fact, lessons that are presented in their themes. These themes teach that being middle or upper class does not guarantee happiness, treating others with good manners and equality are important, and pronunciation and terminology ... These two authors, J .D. Salinger and George Bernard Shaw have created two stories that are effective in many different ways. They are not only great literary pieces of work written with great intelligence but they are also geared toward the average reader. This method of creating ...

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... solid education and reading about other societies, he realized that he must take upon the responsibility of telling his story. Throughout all of his literary works, Gaines has created stories which reflect the ideas of marginalization and the past. In his latest novel, A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines continues to ... Jefferson stood tall and walked bravely to the chair. The writings of Ernest J Gaines display his talent of relating the main themes through all facets of the stories. This literary style is very prominent in this particular novel. One example is how the theme is reflected in...

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... lenses are helpful to view texts in different viewpoints. The lens that was chosen for the novel is the feminist lens. Feminist literary criticism views literature to see how the culture, economy, politics, and society in the text oppress women . Anderson communicates the power that ... men hold over women through the characters, themes, symbols and imagery in relation to the Feminist Lens. In the novel Speak characters play a critical role in helping the reader see ... The characters that Anderson creates aids the reader to visualize the different gender roles, in our patriarchal soc...

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... is satirizing the government and its treatment of the people. W. H. uses symbolism, irony, tone, and diction to convey the themes of conformity of individuals in a society and the threat of government control. "The Unknown Citizen" is filled with many symbols that help create the ... themes of conformity and the threat of government control. One of the major symbols that help to develop the themes is the unknown citizen whom the government is commending. The unknown citizen symbolizes all the ... being dedicated to the citizen. These symbols are representative of the monuments dedicated...

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... that embrace elegant and graceful writing combined with sophisticated language. As Dmitri Merejkowski describes, Dostoevsky writes "hasty" with "clearly neglected language". Dostoevsky defies all elements of literary convention, concentrating primarily on the content of his novel rather than the fundamental practices of literature. Exploring into the depths of human mind, Dostoevsky grasps the true psychology ... . Crime and Punishment could be considered an allegory because Dostoevsky was not merely trying to write a fictional story with the sole purpose to inform readers about political...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Bradbury is a twentieth-century writer who uses many different symbols and extreme changes that people and things go through to underline his main theme of censorship as well as other themes in his novel Fahrenheit 451. There are many different symbols throughout the novel that can help the reader interpret Fahrenheit better. Perhaps the most obvious symbol in Fahrenheit is machinery ... a loyal fireman, burning what he is told to burn, progresses through a period of doubts and questioning, and ends up rebelling against the system and doing his part to keep man's literary heritage alive...

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MacLeod1 Brave New World Literary Essay Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a futuristic story of a dystopian society that has rid itself of instability through science and politics, as well as the sacrifice of certain cultural ... ideal, the author portrays it cynically. His ideas of progress, science and politics are reflected negatively in the novel as their employment in the society cause the sacrifice of such themes as religion, history, and freedom. The forfeitures made for stability creates a fear in the reader of the methods used to dispose of them. The theme of progress is one fundam...

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... is her existence at Madame Lebrun's summer home in Grand Isle. This setting is filled with those tangible items that we typically associate with family and traditional values. On the literary website "Symbols in The Awakening,"" the setting is described as portraying a "women's sphere-: "Porches and pianos, mothers and children, skirts and sunshades - all these are the props and properties of ... the young lovers. Her solitude and mourning symbolize the eventual failure of every union and, thus, the imminent failure of Robert and Edna's relationship. Water and the sea are recurring them...

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... amendment to the Constitution, Southern white society still looked upon them as subhuman creatures without souls or feelings. "However, for his time Twain was liberal on racial issues." (Smith) The themes of Huckleberry Finn portrays Mark Twain's unrelenting belief in the equality of all races. (Mark Twain, 530) Although, Huckleberry Finn is primarily a novel about freedom and the quest for freedom ... of his version of the story, in spite of the white world's attempts to ridicule him. (Fishkin) A thorough examination of Mark Twain's life, characterizations throughout Huckleberry Finn, ...

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... a totalitarian society, yet they can be seen as representative of groups in modern-day society. A major theme in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is capitulation. According to the Dictionary of Literary Biography, capitulation can be defined as "the act of surrendering or giving up"(Zehr 419). Many characters in the novel do not rebel against the party; they give in to ... result is a picture too credible for the thoughtful readers comfort (Magill 4224). In the novel the party uses a number of techniques to corrupt the citizens minds. These techniques also represent themes in the novel. T...

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1) Discuss and analyze the author's use of one of the following literary elements: setting, symbolism, allusion or irony. In this novel, the author used the element of the setting as a way for the reader to understand the characters. The city of St. ... confess. The author made the city come across as harsh and unclean. The descriptions are dark and depressing. This sets the mood for the book. Everything about the setting and themes of the book is somber. If the novel was set in a sunny and happy town, the situations in the book would not come across as dramatic as they did. I believe ... ...

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... , or integrity. You will be hallow. We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves." (Pg. 211). While "The Party" is an important theme, two other themes are far more important. The first is the destruction of language. By eliminating more and more words from people's vocabularies, "The Party" eliminates the ability of people to unite against ... -Four symbolize Orwell's rage about everything in the political world from the disastrous state of unemployment of the 1930's, to the ignorance of the leftist intelligentsia, stupidly justifying Stalinism. Some literary cri...

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... corners of the human heart and reveal the evils that remain foggy to human comprehension. Characterized by a fearless desire to achieve originality, the writings of Golding present new and daring themes. Lord of the Flies, a story illustrating the idea that without civilization our values are lost, was Golding's first novel (Bloom 8). Within this work, symbolism plays a dominant role in the development ... of the novel. This literary technique is used to give a significance to the major characters and objects which represent a minor theme or figure relating to the story. Lord of the Fli...

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• Grade Level: High School