Francis Austen

The three travel writers, Thomas Coryat, Fynes Moryson, and Thomas Harriot use their experiences to inform others about the different cultures and societies they experience. The language and descriptions used often portray the abroad experiences as different, relying on the otherness of the people encountered. Each author describes scenes and people, often with negative language, which suggests a sense of superiority and that the home is always better Thomas Coryat addresses the reader with…

Thomas King’s short story “Borders” explores the idea of pride and its power to strengthen the Indigenous identity through the erasure of physical borders. The protagonist’s mother teaches him that he should not have to abide by the physical borders of countries to be living on the land because something as deeply personal as one’s cultural identity is worth more than “a legal technicality” (King 292). Her disregard of the American-Canadian border grants the protagonist the knowledge that when…

“Teach Me to Forget” was a fascinating book written by Erica Chapman. This particular book is categorized as young adult fiction. The types of books that I generally read are fiction books. Whenever I go to the library the first section that I go to is the fiction area because I enjoy reading book that I can use my Imagination. The reason why I chose this book to do my report on was because of the title. It grabbed my attention and made me want to find out what they wanted to forget. The cover…

This paper will analyze Anna Fekete in “The Hummingbird”, “The Defenceless” and “The Exiled” by Kati Hiekkapelto. These are the books in the Anna Fekete series and are of the Nordic Noir genre. I will first discuss how Anna is a merge of first generation and second generation of female detectives. I will then examine how her change in perspective on family and relationships throughout the series have led to this merge. Lastly, I will analyze how the discriminated refugees from all three books…

the early 1800’s with an accurate representation of how romantic relationships and marriages actually were. Jane Austen shares many different relationships within one story, such as people marrying for the business side of marriage and young lovers who truly appreciate and love one another. During this time period, marriages were not the same as they are today in society. Jane Austen describes many relationships, but one of them clearly serves as her ideal relationship with the romantic aspects…

and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the relationships between characters show different views on how and why partnerships are developed in the 1800’s. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy’s relationship is established on honesty and love while the bond between Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley is built on love and companionship. In contrast, the marriage of Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins is one created by societal pressures. Based on the three relationships discussed, I believe Jane Austen saw Elizabeth Bennet…

In stories of self-actualization there is most often an incident that is written off as unimportant, and in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” this trend continues. Janie’s relationship with Vergible “Tea Cake” Woods is generally regarded as the point where Janie discovers who she is as an individual, while her relationship with Joe Starks (Jody) is often overlooked. What seems to be overlooked is the fact that because of her relationship with Jody, Janie discovers what she…

Armstrong, Nancy. How Novels Think: the Limits of Individualism from 1719-1900. Columbia University Press, 2006 This book discusses the thematic structure of how an individual is created within a novel. In this work, the critic is making the argument that, historically, novels and individuals are one in the same. According to Armstrong, the character must first find a frustration with their position in the social order, and then work to change it. How Novels Think also reveals how the new…

Imagine being a woman in the Victorian Era, a time where the social expectation for women were the following: to get married, have kids, and perform maternal responsibilities. What if you did not meet the expectations of being a mother? Would you endure being frowned upon by society, during a mid-life crisis? Evidently, there is a possibility of being forced to deal with adversities. Given the setting there are consequences for betraying these social expectations. Edna Pontellier was a woman…

Flora and Fairuza: The Symbols within the novel, The Bluest Eye The definition of beauty is as indistinguishable as the definition of ugliness. However this has not stopped the human race from searching for the true meaning of both, and moreover obtain this beauty for the purpose of social standards. The same can be said within the characters of the following novel. The novel, The Bluest Eye by author Toni Morrison uses symbols to capture the emotional trauma within the African American…