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    The other novel THE BINDING VINE depicts how the educated earning woman helps poor women inculcating the spirit of solidarity among women. The novel is about the agony of a wife who is the victim of marital rape; and the plight of women raped outside marriage, who would rather suffer in silence in the name of family honour. A MATTER OF TIME portrays a woman who is more mature and dignified than her predecessors. When others cannot think of themselves outside the familial bond, she,…

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    all its limitations, The Serpent and the Rope is a dazzling performance, … Few Indian English novels have expressed the Indian sensibility with as much authenticity and power as The Serpent and the Rope has. (Naik in History: 170) In a nutshell, the philosophical profundity and symbolic richness, with its lyrical beauty and descriptive power go hand in…

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    William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies is the story of a group of English schoolboys who crash-land on a deserted island and have to survive until they are rescued, without the structure and convenience of modern society. There are many characters who take prominent role in this story. Piggy, a fat glasses wearing kid whom has asthma is the helping, more feminine boy. Ralph, a tall, somewhat carefree person is the leader. And Jack is a tall, long, bony kid, that’s the hunter. Although, all of…

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    The other novel The Binding Vine portrays how the educated and earning women helps poor women including the soul of solidarity among women. The novel speaks the truth about the anguish of a wife who is the casualty of conjugal assault; and the predicament of women raped outside marriage, who might rather endure peacefully for the sake of family respect. A Matter of Time depicts a women who is more develop and stately than her antecedents. When others can't consider themselves outside the…

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    The Dark Room is novel written by an Indian author, R.K.Narayan from Madras, India, whom is known as the English language novelist. This novel was very well known during 20th century because the first novel that shows the social life faced by the women during this era. This novel is portrays the life of a married Indian woman, being discriminated by her husband and being betrayed although she was loyal towards her married life. The protagonist of this novel is Savitri, who is a typical,…

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    focus on the interpretation of English culture in the eighteenth century. Each literary work focuses on different issues and has hidden purposes from presenting these issues. As such, the significance of the literature results in the readers’ better understanding of the society. Jane Austen’s fiction portrayed the social world of English society in the eighteenth century. Austen’s fiction also demonstrates the values of the English gentry class, women’s position in English society…

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    in her narrative novel - "Mother Tongue", recounts her thoughts of her mother 's "broken English". Tan 's purpose is to explicitly express the influences on her life exerted by "Mother Tongue", in order to attract readers with similar feelings and experience. She employs delicate rhetorical arrangements such as classification order, narrative anecdotes, and comparison. These delicate rhetorical arrangements are effectively beneficial to Tan 's purpose of writing this short novel. This paper will…

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    had multiple teachers who inspired me to be a better student and immerse myself further in the English language and the historical background of our country. I was awed to learn the understanding of symbolism and irony, and taken aback by some of the horrific actions taken by Americans in the past. I have always been sure I would become a teacher after graduating high school, and I dreamed of writing novels and editing narratives at a renown publishing house. I wrote stories in my free time and…

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    The novel « Things Fall Apart » by Chinua Achebe is written in English. However, there are some Ibo expressions set in this novel to introduce the reader’s mind into a more authentic and unique African atmosphere. The author, Chinua Achebe, is the first to write a novel about colonialism in the perspective of a colonized tribe from within. Furthermore, he is the only African who has ever described the African culture before and after the settlement of the Christians. This essay will examine how…

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    already had her life planned out for her. Since Tan’s parent’s were from China and neither ever attended college, she already expected that she would be the first generation to finish an education and have a real job when she would grow up. Coming from a family who did not know english well, Tan struggled from having a broken english at first. In one…

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