Conrad of Montferrat

1. Compare and Contrast the differences and similarities between the setting in each text. Both the texts ‘Once’ and The Book Thief’ are set during the same World War Two, but they are set in different locations. ‘Once’ takes place during World War Two, just like ‘The Book Thief’. We can tell this because both of the main characters, Felix from ‘Once’ and Liesel from ‘The Book Thief’ are hiding from the Nazis. We know that Felix is hiding from the Nazis when Barney makes comments like ‘The…

In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe paints a portrait of Igbo society. However, he does not paint a perfect portrait. In addition, events and characters are carefully weaved by Achebe to criticize certain aspects of pre-colonial Igbo culture. In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe uses Okonkwo and Obierika to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo culture aspect of masculinity, Okonkwo to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo culture aspect of sexism, Okonkwo's exile to criticize the pre-colonial Igbo…

Safari - just speak the planet as well as your pulse quickens. You almost hear the heart beat of drums and also the trumpeting of tigers, and glimpse the wonderful huge flatlands and mountain tops of distant Africa. It's almost enough to help you mind on the internet and book your African safari holiday today. Before you need to do, it's wise to think about what type of safari you want. The term 'safari' joined the British language within the late 1800s like a borrowing in the Swahili word…

Jerry and Jerry, the Duality of Jerry Cruncher Light and dark. Inside and outside. Good and bad. These are just a few atoms in a world of contrasts. As one of the most prominent writers in history, Charles Dickens uses a plethora of simple but effective contrasts throughout his writing, particularly in his unique characters, one being Jerry Cruncher. Although a seemingly unimportant character in A Tale of Two Cities, Jerry Cruncher is an all-encompassing figure of duality; he displays…

One of our own, Upton Sinclair has now published his novel, The Jungle, in its entirety. Despite the “muckraking” as our very President might deem it, this novel is pivotal to the causes we believe in. Sinclair has used The Jungle, to simultaneously expose the problems layering our very federal and local governments, as well as the society in which we all partake in. His novel has forced the federal government to finally take action and begin to impose regulations on the Union Stockyards and the…

The Picture of Africa Africa has long been described as a ‘dark’ continent by Europeans. The common idea is that it was, and still is an undeveloped continent. Is this really true? Christianity, slavery and unjust power is the legacy of one of the world’s largest continents. History did not show mercy to the African people. Nor did Europe or the rest of the world. Why is it that the blood was shed where peace and culture prevailed? Angela Thompsell, writer of the article “Why was Africa…

Africans have been portrayed and depicted as savage animals by many people throughout history. Things Fall Apart is a novel written by Chinua Achebe about the Igbo tribe in Africa and their true way of life. Chinua Achebe is a black man originally from an Igbo tribe, and he believes that the portrayal of Africans as savage animals is false. Because of this, he writes Things Fall Apart. In an interview with Achebe he states, “There is that great proverb—that until the lions have their own…

How do Steinbeck and Gilman explore the themes of isolation, confinement and loneliness within Of Mice and Men and The Yellow Wallpaper? Isolation, confinement and loneliness are major themes within Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper. Without isolation, confinement and loneliness, the novels would have an entirely different consequences and outcome. With the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper and Lennie from Of Mice and Men being isolated in the setting of the novels,…

Joseph Conrad had dreamed of traveling to Africa since childhood. Unfortunately, his trip to Africa in 1890 was described as less of a dream, and more of a nightmare. Conrad reflected his experiences while writing his short novel Heart of Darkness. The novel follows a sailor’s employment for a Belgian trading company and his journey up the Congo River. The sailor, Marlow, encounters intense brutality and cruelty towards the natives forced into work for the Company. As Marlow searches for the…

Therefore, he did not see “benevolent project” to civilize the natives, it was a “civilized” effort to use Africans as tools. Although, Marlow really saw was the damage that lead to the breaking of the white man’s soul. “A sentimental presence” (Conrad 8) not a feeling, but a knowledge that it was an unselfish believe that…