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… F Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' are set in different historical and cultural contexts. However, there are common themes and moods that both writers create within these different settings to help convey their social comments. But there are also…

… the Holocaust through his point of view. The quotation, "Everywhere rooms lay open. Doors and windows gaped into the emptiness. Everything was free for anyone, belonging to nobody. It was simply a matter of helping oneself. An open tomb. A hot summer…

… plot on the idea of a certain fate. Fate is defined as an inevitable and often adverse outcome, condition, or end. In Oedipus Rex, there is one main fate. The whole plot of the play is actually built around the fate of King Oedipus. When Oedipus…

… the reader's interest and imagination racing, but Dava Sobel manages to make what is a seemingly boring topic into a tale that is gripping, exciting and educational. She does this by the quality of her writing. She has the happy knack of being able…

… Paper Parcel are three New Zealand short stories written by New Zealander Owen Marshall. In these short stories the events that unfold around the boys contribute effectively, as they highlight what happens to the young boys when growing up. Through these…

… to show the common people of Greece how powerful the gods are and that your fate is pre-determined and nothing you do can change that. According to some, all people are slaves to fate, especially the fate of Oedipus. He does this by showing how…

… remaining link to the unknown." In his satirical novel American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis provides the framework for his readers moralise on a level unobtainable through traditional narrative. Through his protagonist, Patrick Bateman, the author…

… slabs of chocolate and stale biscuits. We have slept like logs through the evening meal-all except Tosh, who never misses a food-call on principle. It is her turn to make the Bovril. We gloatingly watch her light the little spirit lamp. We are hungry…

… Two texts that have recently been studied are, "Stolen Car" by Archie Wellar, "Manhood" by John Wain, and "Through the Tunnel" by Doris Lessing. All these texts presented the reading that boys feel the need to be men. The various factors that produced…

… Church, and its most prominent leader, the Pope, remained quiet. Pope Pius XII chose not to speak out against what was happening all over the world, and even in the Holy City of Rome. The deportation of the Jews should have been spoken out against,…