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Sometimes what an individual perceives something as can be the complete opposite of what it truly is. People create illusions or almost fantasy perceptions on what they believe something to be. False perception verses reality is seen in Joyce Carol Oates’ short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” The major theme in the story is the conflict between fantasy and reality. The main character Connie tries hard to create an adult persona using her attitude and appearance to attract…

Penny, Wendy, Darren 11A Literature Compare and Contrast Hazel and Augustus Hazel and Augustus are two main characters from the book “the fault in our star”. Their lives are restricted by cancer, but cancer also brings them together. After reading the book, we found that Augustus and Hazel are similar in their perceptions and attitudes, and partly difference in their characteristics. Hazel and Augustus are two distinctive individuals, which can be attributed to their marked difference.…

“Everything Stuck to Him” Literary Analysis “Everything Stuck to Him” is a short story in which Raymond Carver, the author, presents a father telling his daughter a story of him and his wife when the daughter was a baby. The symbolism help expand the story in many ways, such having a change between the seasons; showing a symbolism of boyhood to manhood. Carver uses indirect characterizations to add to the development of the piece. Not only that, but the story is a frame story, a story within a…

metaphors relating to the Holocaust and the resurrection from the dead. The female character has an obsession with death all throughout the poem. Because of this many people that have read her works and have a brief understanding about her personal life believe that Sylvia Plath was suicidal. This was because she had already tried to commit suicide but failed. To my interpretation of the poem we are advised to not be afraid of death as she is proof and a miracle of rebirth. One limitation…

However, with just as much assertion, internal conflicts infiltrate both in and between Finny and Gene; but yet, they still ignore them, ultimately causing the problems to dissipate. Because of the overbearing weight of the internal and external wars of life, Finny and Gene seek an escape found in one another…

lives equal and comparable by determining that saving one present life is just as good as saving one future life and vice-versa. The next point states that there will continue to be people in absolute poverty in the future. This is an important point to make because absolute poverty is decreasing every year and the hope is that absolute poverty will be eradicated eventually. By establishing that poverty will still exist, it helps support that delaying aid is beneficial because no good…

directly lead to the death and poverty of the working class, Shelley wrote Frankenstein to challenge the presence of cultural inhumanity. Shelley’s novel chronicles the life of scientist Victor Frankenstein, whose studies and ambition lead to the creation of a living being out of the remains of humans and animals. Immediately after giving life to this new creature, Victor shuns it as monstrous and flees, leaving the monster on his own in a society that fears him due to his outward appearance.…

element of symbolism, connecting an object to an underlying meaning in a way to represent ideas or qualities, in order to stress her message to the readers of her work. Joyce Carol Oates emphasizes the significance family will always have in one’s life, regardless of the situation or circumstance, by utilizing the literary element of symbolism with objects such as Connie’s older sister, June, her own physical appearance, and music. Oates strategically…

The Poet’s Patriotic Orientation in “Song of Myself” BY Reem Abbas 43380421 The forefather of modern American poetry Walt Whitman writes “Song of Myself” in his great production Leaves of Grass. This poem is one the most enjoyable, controversial, and pioneering poem among twelve other poems. Many poets and critics from the day of its publication until now have debated about it. This influential poem makes Emerson greet Whitman in his great…

forget time, to forget life, to be at peace.” This was similar to how Emily Dickinson viewed death, it was not something to be feared, but something to be embraced. Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems focus on this theme of death. Emily Dickinson’s early life and encounters with death led to the themes of death and dying in Dickinson’s works “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain”. Many of the events that occurred during Dickinson’s early life caused her obsession…