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John Steinbeck’s short story, “The Chrysanthemums,” establishes an explicitly ironic and dismal tone towards female empowerment in society through the contradictory characterization of Elisa and her duality as both a strong, independent woman, and a wife who is constantly being socially oppressed by the world around her. Steinbeck reinforces this idea through constant, selective detailing of the environment surrounding Elisa, and the inclusion of symbolic visual imagery throughout the text.…

Theme in “A & P”: Transition From Adolescence To Maturity and Sexual Difference An independent life has always been essential in our society where we want to control our lives and stand up for ourselves, especially during our adolescence. In “A & P,” John Updike focuses on the narrator, Sammy, who is left to face the consequences after his chivalrous yet immature act goes unnoticed by Queenie and her friends. Updike utilizes character development to emphasize that Sammy’s immaturity results…

“ If you’d saved up on the days when you had plenty, then there’d never be a day when you have nothing,” This is what the Ant, the one from “ The Ant and the Grasshopper” By Rob John, says about the Grasshoppers choices. When the Grasshopper didn’t prepare for what’s ahead there was consequences for his actions. The Grasshopper doesn’t listen when the Ant tries to help and doesn’t store food for winter. This shows that he is not preparing. The first reason is that the Grasshopper thinks that…

In each John Steinbeck novel, the protagonists experience a sense of anxiety or intolerable measures of stress that causes them to act in unexpected ways. Stress is shown especially in The Pearl, “Flight”, and The Moon is Down through many of the characters actions and decisions. Through The Pearl, The Moon is Down, and “Flight,” John Steinbeck demonstrates various positive and negative responses to stress. In The Pearl, the main character ,Kino, has many negative responses to stress…

In 2013 when John Szarkowski left us, the photography lost an influential and defining figure. Szarkovski known for his importance in post-war American photography, but many others know him for his skills as a great critic and an extraordinary curator. His role of curator and critic was very innovative, he started lots of arguments based on his unconventional thinking. 
In 1962, when just 36 years old John Szarkowski started his career as a director in The Museum of Modern Art in New York, he…

In “A&P” by John Updike, the story takes place in a 1950’s grocery store called A&P. This story reflects the life and culture of what life was like in the post-war era of the 1950’s. A&P is a small town grocery store located in downtown Massachusetts during the 1950’s. During this time, the country is recovering from the Great Depression and World War II. After the Great Depression and World War II, “new items constantly appeared on the racks” (Young 81). In the store, brand names of food…

empiricism, believed that human knowledge derived from sensory experiences. In addition, empiricist philosophers adamantly supported the tabula rasa, preaching how humans were born with a clear mind where experiences molded the mind; henceforth, in John Locke’s essay, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, he portly extols how humans should be able to freely think for themselves. With Locke’s claim of human liberty, he additionally implies how men would be able to…

In the bible, the devil is portrayed as a fallen angel who had wronged the Heavenly father but “ disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). In Paradise Lost by John Milton, Milton decides to introduce the idea of Satan as a hero who cares for us in his heart and acts as a slick politician whom we firmly believe in. In doing so, Milton opened up his writing to be intensely criticized and speculated. In Paradise Lost and the politics of the corporation, Liam D. Haydon discusses…

Have you ever thought what it would be like if everyone around you was the same. The story A&P, by John Updike, is about a cashier named Sammy that works at the grocery store called A&P. Sammy thinks everyone is the same, comparing them to sheep. When three unique girls come in he gets the motivation he needs so that he doesn’t become just like the rest of the ‘sheep.’ The manager, Lengal starts telling off the girls because they don’t act or dress the same as the other customers, and Sammy…

According to John Locke in “Of Identity and Diversity” being the same person has nothing to do with remaining the same substance. Instead, remaining the same person has only to do with consciousness and the continuous link of memory. Locke supports this claim with his idea of identity, which he defines by comparing something that exist in the present and the existence of that thing at an earlier time. This concept of identity arises from the principle that two things of the same kind cannot…