Margaret Fuller

The title, Sana Maabot ang Langit, in Velutha’s point of view, the Langit represents Ammu who is in the higher position in the caste system and Velutha, an untouchable can never reach her. Based on the novel, this is a book that is a letter to the powerless, whether it is women who are not allowed to follow the direction of their heart or men who suffered because they are from the wrong caste. Therefore the designed poster is a form of triangle that represents the caste system in India, and Ammu…

Explore the issue of belonging and how it is presented in ‘An Unknown Girl’ (Moniza Alvi) and ‘The Necklace’ (Guy de Maupassant) Although one is a poem and the other a famous short story, both ‘An Unknown Girl’ and ‘The Necklace’ are united by one ubiquitous theme: the issue of belonging. ‘An Unknown Girl’ explores how the narrator, who remains anonymous, finds her sense of belonging in an Indian bazaar through hennaing, with the help of an unknown girl. In ‘The Necklace’, Maupassant tells…

Manju Kapur’s fourth novel The Immigrant (2008) is a story of two immigrants, Nina and Ananda. Manju Kapur chose Canada as the background for her novel The Immigrant and discusses the Indian diaspora in Canada. The novel explores the issues of cultural conflict, alienation, dislocation of Indian culture, diaspora and quest for identity. It reflects the loneliness and the search of self being experienced by the immigrants. The beginning of the novel poses the identity issues of the immigrants by…

This novel challenges the modern standards of beauty and their inherent racism. This is a novel by Toni Morrison. The story rotates around Pecola. Pecola is a young girl from black the background. Author begins by mentioning the fact that Pecola ails from a dysfunctional family unit. A drunkard father and constant fights between the parents was the order of the day in her life. She is suffering from inferiority complex (Morrison 32). She believes that she is not very pretty and this could be…

Many characters in Margaret Atwood's fiction novel The Handmaid’s Tale break various rules. These characters consist of people high up in ranks like commanders to people low in ranks like handmaids. Even characters who you would not expect to break the rules do. For example, Serena Joy she is the commander's wife and also high in ranks but as soon as we meet Serena Joy in the novel she breaks one of Gilead's laws by smoking which is forbidden. During the novel, it reveals that breaking the rules…

“Perfect,” that is what people what to be. Nowadays, people are obsessing over the fact to be perfect. Both stories “The Falling Girl” and “They’re Not Your Husband” presents how society has standards that everyone should want to attain and how it is glorifying by the ways Marta and Doreen introduces with societal pressure, how they alter their self-image, and what they are left with from the culmination on striving for perfection. First, both female characters face societal pressure and realize…

Literary Analysis Essay The Handmaid’s Tale It is scary to think of a government that exists only to serve a specific group of citizens. However, this story contains such a government. In The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood, she demonstrates that some ideologies lead to the suffering and oppression of others as shown by the beliefs and practices of the Republic of Gilead. The main protagonist, Offred is forced into procreating due to falling birth rates in the…

“Girl Unprotected” by Laura Robinson was published on May 11, 2008. In this essay the author informs the reader about the dark side of hockey culture in Canada. Serious, formal, and objective tones are used throughout this essay in order to create a negative connotation without using negative forms of diction. This technique is used so that the persona created in the writing shows no bias, however has the ability to sway the readers opinion. In doing this, the author keeps an objective,…

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,…

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…