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In Dubious Battle - Jim's character analysis
... Communism, a cause that, in the end, would make all social injustices better. The desire for a belief that everything would turn out ... and Islam have done to countless other downtrodden people - And that belief led to his death, as well as a final, bloody ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Great Gatsby": Symbolism of the eyes
... that Fitzgerald chose to represent God by a lifeless pair of eyes shows his belief that we no longer have a belief in God, that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
How "Triage" by Scott Anderson challenges us to examine our beliefs and assumptions about life.
... demanding environment. His firm belief in fate prevents him from being crushed by guilt, and thereby solves that problem before it even ... realize how our beliefs can be barriers to protect us from pain. Triage is endlessly effective in confirming that we are ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Crucible": Deconstructing the American Dream
... two texts which deconstruct the dream and resist the common beliefs that everyone has equal opportunities. Through their use of historical ... Apple Picking by Robert Frost is one poem that also contests the dominant beliefs of the American Dream. In the poem ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck
Emily Dickinson: Transcendentalist or Anti-Transcendentalist?
... that she knows they exist (Fu). This mention of the divine nature could be an expression of transcendentalism. Dickinson's belief that God and Heaven exist and that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Racism in Huck Finn by Mark Twain
... defines racism as 'the belief that some races are inherently better than others.' Mark Twain holds this belief, and his writing ... its reading claim, but encourages an attitude of superiority that is unnecessary and intolerable. In order to rid ourselves ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
"Mrs dalloway" Virginia woolfs
... belief in reincarnation. That her inner-communicating self, if not revealed in this body, may be revealed in the next. The belief that herÔ that ... The belief that herÔ that everything will work out, eventually. Mrs. Dalloway before the party remarks that, ' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Example of a commentary on the grapes of wrath.
... of bleak and unpleasant imagery throughout these passages supports his belief that technology causes people to lose their love for the ... earth. Steinbeck 's use of diction further proves his belief that technology causes people to lose their love for the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Why Thoreau's ideas in Walden are useless in the twenty-first century
... different compare to his time period. In addition to the belief that it is impossible for one to have a simple life, ... follow that path they are going against Thoreau's belief in following one's own route. Equally important is the fact that studying ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The Morality of Puritan Faith A Critique of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
... the Puritan belief that to outside world is an iniquity and fearful life form. The human characteristics are meant to communicate that ... . In addition, Hawthorne criticizes the ways of the Puritans belief that nature has free will and is controlled by the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American