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…In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O’Connor, one is struck by the unexpected violence at the end of the story. However, if one re-reads the story as second time, one will see definite signs of foreshadowing of the ending. In the course…

…of the morning. In this period of history in which native Hopi and Mayan prophecies predict the "end of history" and the purification of man leading to the Fifth World, The Last Wave, though 25 years old, is still timely. The Aborigines are portrayed as a vibrant…

…George Orwell uses Persuasive techniques in the speech of old major, in order to show us how rebellion can be incited. Orwell conveys his own opinion about a beginning of a rebellion through this novel. His opinion about the beginning of a rebellion also…

…the society and its citizens, and comparing it to an analysis of the old world and of the damage done to humanity in such a world. The World State is a society driven by the need to meet its goals of: "Community, Identity, [and] Stability." The peace is kept…

…Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison, is a novel about the Black experience in America, about race, and indeed about one man’s journey to find truth and identity. The narrator, who throughout the novel remains anonymous, comes from a Southern family who…

…In January 1978 a newly defined sea area in the north in between Norway and Russia was created. The area got the name "Grey Zone", and has a rather complicated and interesting history until this date. The Grey Zone agreement was controversial…

…In a poem of reminiscent adolescence, Sharon Olds defines a young girl who has the capacity to judge adolescent emotion with the benefit of time, for she is now a mother herself. This definitive view of adolescent values and thought is mingled…

…Comparisons and Contrasts of “Ethics” by Linda Pastan, and “35/10” by Sharon Olds The poems “Ethics” and “35/10” by Linda Pastan and Sharon Olds are surprisingly alike. Each poem tells a story…

…this afternoon? cried Daisy, and the day after that, and the next thirty years?» (The Great Gatsby, p.113) In the novel Fizgerald documents what happened to the America in the 1920s, when the old values behind the ideal of the self-made man, somehow got corrupted…

…The old order was not destroyed in some ways, but in others, it was created anew. Many aspects lead up to creating this new order and many of them are family situations. They are not just based on King Lear himself, but the way he treats people…