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When placed in a desperate situation, the human mind tends to grasp at any sort of escape possible. In James Joyce's "Araby," readers are introduced to the narrator, a young boy, who has to face such a situation. Living in a difficult environment, the unnamed narrator fixates himself on his neighbor's sister, who he finds beautiful. Through descriptions of the wearisome environment and its effect on the young boy, examples of emotion towards Mangan's sister from the narrator and use of symbols,…

James Joyce, in his genius, cleverly placed food and drink throughout his short stories in his collection Dubliners. Despite how subtle and meaningless they may seem, they have a very specific meaning and were deliberate, that is, they were a way of giving the story much more meaning through one of the three themes of the entire collection: paralysis, gnomon, and simony, express his character’s situations into materialistic substances such as food, and communion, which aren’t exclusively in…

In Henry James’ short horror story, The Turn of the Screw, James challenges the reader’s conception of reality and reliability. Moreover, the ambiguity of truth permeating the Governess’ psyche acts as a central motif throughout the story. Whist his work prompted many literary critics to provide their own explanations, not all interpretations are of equal merit. In this regard, one can consider Wayne C. Booth’s reader-response perspective on The Turn of the Screw deserving of such merit.…

papers are a thing of the past, they contribute and play a major role in our society today. From aiding our government in making decisions to contributing in the manner our political system is set up today. Many different people such as: John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton composed The Federalist Papers. Even though numerous and distinctive minds put their hard work, determination, and outstanding ideas into these documents, they all had one purpose. The hope that everyone could come…

“I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything that I do” (James 444). In the text Daisy Miller by Henry James, an untraditional relationship develops and unfolds between Mr. Winterbourne and Miss. Daisy Miller. Upon meeting in Vevey, Switzerland, they immediately connect. After talking for half an hour, Winterbourne concludes that Daisy is an American flirt, which is not the type of woman Mr. Winterbourne is used to meeting where he lives in Geneva. As a…

In James Joyce’s Dubliners, readers can get a brief look into the world of Ireland at the turn of the century. In his stories, Joyce brings to light some of the struggles and disappointments that many of the Irish faced in their daily lives. Joyce’s stories are marked by epiphanies, specifically ones where the character realizes the absence of the divine opposed to the recognition of it. Examples of this can be found in “Araby” and “Eveline” in the way that both main characters undergo the…

The State of the Governess’ Mind The literary choices made by Henry James in The Turn of the Screw cultivates a numerous amount of theories to the stumping question: are the ghosts the governess sees real, or are they symptoms of her insanity? As the story goes, a sheltered young woman is hired on as a governess for a charming man’s niece and nephew, with the instructions to never contact him again. While staying at the estate of Bly, the governess sees two ghosts and claims that they are…

This would fall into the connection that Donald Murray pointed out when he states “The final point of the story is that the narrator, through his own suffering and the example of Sonny, is at last able to find himself in the brotherhood of man (“James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues”: Complicated and Simple” SSF, 357. There are some things more apparent than others and within this story there is a clear disconnect within the narrator and…

The invention took place back in the 1891 . This sport was invented by James Naismith , Mr.Naismith was born on November 6 1861. He taught multiple sports for kids to interact with like Physical education which was used in many schools you may know it by the name P.E . This class would have many different sports you are welcome to play. Naismith had gotten an idea of the game of basketball when he realized what all an football and a soccer ball are capable of doing. Naismith was told by many…

The work Daisy Miller, by Henry James contains many key words that stand out to a reader. Many of these words repeated through out the text, and their meanings can change as a reader continues to read. Some of these words appear as many as 51 times like “American”, or “society” which only appears 12 times. When put together, these key words tend to show the reader what the story or work is truly about. One word that appears more than any other is “young”, which appears 138 times in the text. The…