Mark O'Connor

1840s which involves with Huck facing against dangers of a slavery, superstition, and the dangers of a southern society. Unlike the Southern society, Huck’s mind is different by being independent, causing mischief, and taking risks. (thesis statement) Mark Twain shows how Huckleberry proved he grew as a person throughout his journey. The first example of his knowledge growing is in the novel chapters 5-7, Huck starts to think of a plan of escaping from his alcoholic father. How he does it and…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an iconic story, as it deals with many ideas that people face at some point during our lives. The main theme of the novel is that society tends to conflict with the natural being of people. Society shapes the identities of people and strips us from our natural right to act kind and moral to people around us. Throughout Huckleberry Finn’s story we witness how society raises people [of Huck’s world] in strict and conservative ways, which leads to people…

In his famous novel, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh weaves a lavish tale of one man’s aristocratic adventures, mainly concerning the Flyte family, in the more peaceful years between the first and second world wars. As that man, Charles Ryder, is looking back on those times from the 1940’s, a period brimming with strife and suffering, it is only natural that nostalgia plays an important role in defining his character and narration. However, it is not only Charles who seems to romanticize the…

Mark Twain wrote his first short story in 1865 and it was named “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”. The story had a great success, and still the readers all over the world love it. The plot of the story is simple and looks like an anecdote, told by the barmen Simon Wheeler. The narrator was looking for Leonidas W. Smiley, who may or may not have stayed in the mining camp where barman worked. Still, Wheeler had remembered only Jim Smiley and decided to tell the story about the…

The play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare took place during a period of Roman political disturbance which parallels to the monarchy Shakespeare was in when he wrote the play. Like most playwrights in that time, Shakespeare created plays that reveal adherence to the throne. However, in Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses the play as an opportunity to express his criticism for the monarchy by sympathising with the conspirators who were against the throne through the actions of the…

The story, “Brokeback Mountain” by Annie Proulx presents us with a character named Ennis del Mar who is unwilling and unable to reach for his heart’s desire, a man named Jack Twist. Jack and Ennis meet when they are both young men, having grown up in almost identical situations. Both were high-school country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation, both rough- mannered, rough-spoken, inured to the stoic life. Both are real cowboys, both are also living the life expected of…

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” the main character Huckleberry Finn is given a voice to the readers where he narrates the story from his own perspective. Throughout the novel, we can see some of the adventurous, scary, terrible, and sometimes tragic things that happened to Huck. It is no surprise that he acts irresponsibly, considering that he is only a child and these bad circumstances happened to him. However, as he strays away from the people that he knows, Huck is given time on his…

The play Aias by Sophocles demonstrates the consequences of living one’s life focused solely on honor. Aias commits suicide after experiencing great dishonor because he could not live without honor. However, Aias’ strict focus on increasing his own honor is not the fundamental cause of his suicide. Aias’ hubris induces his tragic death through his lack of loyalty to the Atreidai and by angering the goddess Athene. Aias’ hubris is evident through his boasts and his interactions with Athene. In…

The writer analyzes the moral code within Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The writer depicts the meaning of a moral code and its differences in societies. The writer questions the origin of an individual's moral code. The writer analyzes the inevitable conscience, its power, and meaning. The writer depicts and interprets Mark Twain's thoughts on the conscience and society's moral codes. Individuals often face many decisions in life where they must decide what they…

Bildungsroman stems from the German “bildung”, which means education, formation, or growth, and “roman”, which means novel. A typical bildungsroman is set in the life of a young protagonist who is distinct from the majority in a socially undesirable way, and follows them through their journey to assimilation into mainstream society and their eventual acceptance of the rules and constructs society has in place for them. To categorize Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave…