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…"Topdog/Underdog" by Suzan-Lori Parks calls brotherhood into question. Like most brothers in history, the two characters of this play have to fight with each other in order to be the topdog. Be just brothers or to be blood brother is the question…

…of this story had thought that his brother Sonny was safe. Or at least, that was what he had made himself believe. "I told myself that Sonny was wild, but he wasn't crazy. And he'd always been a good boy, he hadn't ever turned hard or evil or disrespectful, the way…

…very close to him. The story, set in the northern North Carolina coastline consists of a Doodle, his mother and father, and his older brother. Doodle, born paralyzed has somehow embarrassed his older brother because he can not walk. That, is when…

…George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty Four , in 1921 joined the Indian Imperial Police but seven years later resigned having come to hate imperialism. This was evident in the novel when George Orwell portrayed the Party of Big Brother…

…, the car, to create a bond between two brothers. The car, which is used as a means of traveling, is used as the means to build a strong relationship between Lyman and Henry Lamartine, two Native American brothers living on a reservation. The story begins…

…Literature Response Paper "Sonny's Blues" illustrates a story of a brother in need of help. Through conquering a hostile environment and difficulties within his family, man often obtains a true sense of his identity. The people in "Sonny's Blues…

…Equality believed that he was born under a curse that made him different. This curse caused him to be unlike his brothers, making him a misfit in the Anthem society. When Equality was a child he did not look like his brothers. He was taller than his…

…In the novel, “Metamorphosis”, by Franz Kafka, The sister of the main character (Grete) has matured drastically throughout the novel. She has changed from the time that her brother (Gregor) transformed into a vermin. By her brother going through…

…A Canticle for Lebowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. Copyright date: 1959 In A Canticle for Lebowitz, the character that starts everything off is Brother Francis. Brother Francis was just a young novice looking for a place of refuge, in the time were…

…create confusion and anger between the people involved. A prime example of failed communication presented in Sonny’s Blues was the narrator’s lack to hear Sonny’s request to be a musician, and Sonny’s inability to understand his brother’s concerns. After…