Leatherstocking Tales

parodies its commercialization, while Burgess attacks the mob mentality of religious people and Vonnegut explores the meaninglessness of religious practice. In Survivor, ‘the good people of Tender Branson Enterprises’ take the shameless commercialization of religion to hilarious extremes. This is illustrated by the tacky merchandizing of Tender’s religious fame such as ‘the Bible Diet…the book Money-Making Secrets of the Bible…The Tender Branson Dashboard Statuette.’ Tender himself is acutely…

Persephone ((The story of Persephone is quite commonly known of Greek mythology. Yet, it can be argued that as more and more editions of the story were told, the original was quite different. Whilst the tale told is of a young girl kidnapped by Hades and tricked into staying with him, another lesser known version tells the story of a young woman who sought adventure and chose to visit and then stay with the Lord of the Underworld. This version, deserves to be told. With a new setting to reflect…

young age with images of what the society considers beautiful and aesthetic. The reality television series “Toddlers and Tiaras” representing the lives of participants in children beauty pageants is another example. We are faced with beauty in fairy tales and TV shows at an age when we can barely think yet subconsciously these examples influence later our thinking. “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest of them all?”…

Kong The Adventurous “Thank you Mom but I can do it on my own.” My mom glanced back at me with a blank expression. “KONG! You can do somethings on your own, I know you can, but somethings… you are just too young of a unicorn.” My mom explained to me firmly. “I guess!” I confessed. Me and my parents live together in a magical place known as Uni-Landia, where all the amazing unicorns of the world live. Me and my family live outside (like all unicorns do) right off of Rainbow Dash Street. The…

Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility has been a literary classic since it was published in 1811. Because of this, it has been adapted several times throughout the years, including a theatrical performance in 2017. This performance changed the story in many different and unusual ways, some of which consist of making Mrs. Ferrars (the mother of deuteragonist Edward Ferrars) into a hand puppet because they did not have enough actors to play all the roles. However, among its many differences there…

A simile is when two different objects are compared using like or as. Strasser writes, “Jodie and Dakota froze like meerkats on TV” (20). The author chose to use a simile to show how Jodie and Dakota froze like meerkats on TV. The word like is the word that shows a simile is being used in this quote. In this part of the story, Callie is having a flashback, as she is at her friend Katherine’s house. The girls are talking about true love, and if they have ever experienced it before. In addition,…

Throughout the course of The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer introduces many characters with distinct traits to identify each role in this society. These characters are stereotypes of individuals who Chaucer encountered. All of these characters stand apart from one another; however, there are a few miniscule similarities between a few of the characters. Chaucer stereotypes the characters for the following reasons: to bring change to the current system, to easily visualize each character, and to…

that the poem is often interpreted as explicitly sexual and a direct rebellion against victorian morality, is understandable. Despite this, it was marketed towards children, as, superficially, it is a story with a moral - much like most other fairy-tales - that warns against trusting strangers, and holds female purity and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood in high esteem. The poem focuses on two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who live peacefully until Laura, tempted by the Goblin 's offerings of…

Demetria Magazine Mr. Milliner EES21QH:02 10/20/16 In The Handmaid 's Tale, language is the most important means of communication in the novel. Margaret Atwood creates a world (Gilead) that is all about stripping women 's freedom. It talks about a feminist issue where the identity of a woman has been tore down. She uses language as a form of power. The book is mainly about a society where women are not free. The book is written from a woman 's point of view who was living in Gilead…

The first is that he shows the increasing middle class population. Many of the characters within Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales fit into at least one of the many molds and careers that would make them part of the middle class. The Reeve would be considered a part of the middle class because his job holds a higher, more honorable status than a simple peasant. As the leader of…