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In James Joyce’s Dubliners (1914) and Seamus Heaney’s late twentieth century selected poems the treatment of personal loss simultaneously reveals similarities and reinforce the texts’ distinctive qualities addressing the question. Within both texts’ treatment of personal loss, each explicate critical and perceptive (context) insights regarding their respective social milieus (context) which expound visceral revelations relating to societal constructs and existentialism (context)…

Mockingbirds- the title of the book is known as To Kill A Mockingbird. Mockingbirds are used throughout the story as a symbol of innocence and peace. To kill a mockingbird is considered a sin. Throughout the story, a majority of the characters symbolized mockingbirds such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. Tom was innocent and was accused of rape. He was later killed by prison guards when he tried to escape. In the end, Scout believed exposing or hurting Boo to the public is like shooting a…

Literature has the amazing ability to convey a culture in different ways. Through the development of Irish culture, literature was able to follow closely behind. Leading this was Jonathan Swift and Antoine Raftery and even though both were widely known, there is a difference in their works and how they influenced authors like W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory. In order to properly reflect on these differences it is necessary to first provide the respected backgrounds of these authors. To begin,…

In the years following the 1916 Easter Rising the GAA, according to its many historians, including Padraig Púirséal and Marcus de Burca, claimed that the GAA had provided a great number of the men who had played an active role during the insurrection. As much of the literature available from this time is in some way sympathetic towards the rebels, it is hard to discover whether or not the Association did support the insurrection or not, despite the GAA having a non-party political stance for…

"Every ethnic minority, in seeking its own freedom, helped strengthen the fabric of liberty in American life” -John F. Kennedy. The Irish immigrants did exactly so when they faced the obstacle of having to come to the United States. In 1740, the Irish faced famine and persecution, forcing them to immigrate to the United States in hope of better opportunities, but instead were discriminated against their Catholic practices. The Protestant Reformation was a conflict for the Irish Catholics but led…

Symbolism The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, has little connection to the actual plot, yet it holds great symbolic weight in the book. The story is based off of innocents destroyed by evil, making the mockingbird the symbol for innocence. A number of characters can be represented by a mockingbird throughout the book, including Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and the mad dog. The connection made between the title and the main theme of the novel is made explicit in the novel multiple times. After Tom…

Throughout the book, Scout develops an understanding or her reclusive neighbor, Arthur Radley. Scout, the youngest child of Atticus and her deceased mother, spends her summers playing with her brother, Jem, and their neighbor. Their favorite and frequently played game is a play of their solitary neighbor’s life in which they act out his delinquent past. Scout describes their game, “[the children] had manufactured a small play upon which [they] rang changes every day.” (39) Every day, Scout…

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” Harper Lee once said. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover without reading the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird, people were judged on the outside without knowing them or their story. Also their innocence had been destroyed for doing nothing. Harper Lee uses symbolism throughout her entire book. It helps each and every reader to put themselves in the characters shoes and relate to them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird,…

Gurindji people and Vincent Lingiari during their argument about land rights at Wave Hill station in August 1966. The Gurindji strike at Wave Hill station was an revolutionary incident that occurred in August of 1966 at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. On the eponymous date in 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a spokesman for the Gurindji people, led his fellow Gurindji compatriots and walked off their worksite and began a seven year strike. The strike was first assumed to be a strike by the…

What’s my complete heritage is it only one or a couple? Heritage has never been an endeavor I have looked into and because of this I know very little about my family’s origin. My grandmother is originally from Ireland and the only reason she ever came to America is because she found a man she really loved. That is the extent of all I know about my heritage and family history on that side. I will now try to explain the way of the Irish people and the traditions they uphold, as well as some…