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Theme in Lord of the Flies: Children and Fear
... Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes about a group of boys who are stranded on a deserted island. At first, the boys try to make a government to keep the island under control; but their fears start to govern them towards the end of the of book. Fear is a major theme in this book. The ...
"The Handmaids Tale" by Margaret Atwood - exploring the limitations imposed by gender, power and religion
... and needs. Religion is the main source of limitations in the book. Their whole life is based around the bible, but only some bits, not all. They are forced to believe in Gilead's beliefs, and if they don't, they will suffer serious consequences. These three things limit the ...
Examine the incident in which Catherine and Heathcliff go to Thrushcross Grange and are attacked by the bulldog. Discuss the significance of this incident.
... of narrator to Nelly, telling he and Catherine's adventures at Thrushcross Grange. After that Heathcliff was ordered to stay away from Catherine by Hindley because of the adventures at Thrushcross Grange . This incident has often focused upon the differences between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross ...
The Two Sides to Every Greek: Hellene vs. Romoi
... the layers of time, change and history there is another element of Greek culture that parallels the stories within the novel. There is a continuous theme of the conflicting forces of good and evil and the changes that occur when these forces assimilate. This is the Greek dualistic concept of ...
A comparative essay of I Cladius by Robert Graves and Augustus by Alan Massie
... the two novels excellent examples of how effective and entertaining the fictional autobiographical genre is. It is certain that if Lord Altrincham had read Augustus and Claudius the God he would have exempted fictional autobiography from his poignant generalized slander of the genre, and ...
George Orwell's 1984: Methods of Suppression in 1984. A study of ways people were oppressed in the book.
... the foremost theme in Orwell's novel, occurs as the first theme. The ways in which the Party dehumanizes the people are the perversion of sex, the destruction of the family, and the deletion of human emotions. Big Brother despises sex. The Inner Party and Big Brother fear ...
1984: A narrative and analytical overview
... the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party's seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of ...
The Passion and Lifestyle of two different Characters: "Uncommon Carriers" by McPhee, John
... The Passion and Lifestyle of two different characters John McPhee is a writer at the New Yorker and the author of the book Uncommon Carriers. McPhee starts his book with the chapter A Fleet of One, which is mainly about Don Ainsworth, a professional truck driver, who travels across the ...
"Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Bronte), The Feminist Tract
... forced to yield to the overbearing Mr. Brocklehurst, whose philosophy was, 'to render them...self-denying,' (Bronte 62-65). Mr. Brocklehurst singles Jane out from all the other students and declares her an agent of the Evil One. He warns the ...
The red room by H.G Wells
... this story suspense. The author used this imagery to create an atmosphere against good vs. evil or man vs. nature, except this time nature wins the ending of the story. I have noticed that fear (nature) is stronger than superstition because fear controls both the inner and the outer person allowing ...