The Friar's Tale

Among the short stories that I have read, I chose “Thank you ma’m” by Langston Hughes. The author from this story have developed the protagonist Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones from negative to positive way. When I first read this story, I had a negative impression about Mrs. Jones because of her strong appearance and powerful actions. However, as the story goes on I got to know her real human nature. An example for Mrs. Jones symbolism will be a bear. The moment when a bear look angry and…

The novel 'Brave New World' was written by the English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley and published in 1962. Chapter two deals with the tour from the D.H.C and his students. He teaches them about the importance of social conditioning. The D.H.C and his students are in a Infant Nurseries Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning Room. It is a bright and sunny room with one window. In the room are many nurses and some of them put flowers and books in a row across the floor. Then they bring eight-month-old…

stories passed down from generation to generation that includes Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales “Legends- a traditional story that is told over and over throughout several generations that is historic but sometimes unauthentic. Myths- a traditional story, that concerns the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Fairy Tales- a children's story that involves magical and mysterious being or things. Native…

Have you ever been treated like no one wants you? Well, Cinderella has a pretty good idea of what it's like. In her story she is being mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Anastasia, and Drizella. In both the Disney's version and the Grimm's version she feels this way. As she tries her best to please them it seems that it's just not good enough, but with a little help her dreams can come true. While some similarities between Disney's Cinderella and Grimm's Cinderella are evident, the…

The movie “Snow White and the Huntsman” takes a lot of creative liberties. It expands greatly on the original story which many new elements and even removes some parts. Like the addition of an evil queen with super powers. How she not only wants to be the most beautiful and powerful person, but can take life from other people to maintain her beauty and power. The opening of “Snow White and the Huntsman” is done just as the story in the Grimm brothers’ book. The queen pricks her finger (on a…

The book Linger is the second book in the trilogy, ‘The Wolves of Mercy Falls’, written by Maggie Stiefvater. Every chapter is told from the perspective of different main characters so you get a good understanding of all the characters feelings. The story continues on and connects to the first book Shiver which is a love story about a girl and a boy/ wolf who fall in love. The main character is Grace Brisbane who, in the first book, gets bitten by a wolf when she was a child, but was locked…

Daughters of the Air who offer her another chance to achieve her goal in exchange for good deeds during 300 years. Andersen 's tale reveals that the story is a far more complex fairy tale compare to the classic one: through the several separations, the complexity of the protagonist…

Chapter 1 every Trip is a Quest (Except When It 's not) Summary: Foster discusses the idea that though many details are different, every quest has the similar archetype or makeup. There is always a protagonist on a quest, a place they must go, a stated reason to go to their location, and challenges and trials they encounter on their way. Also, Foster states the reason any quest truly occurs is self-knowledge. This is proven by the fact people who go on quests are young, showing they have an…

for which she yearned; her beauty could only get her so far. The mermaid is so depressed by not having a voice, and losing what she loves because if it, that she decides to let herself die. Anderson teaches readers another lesson through his fairy tale, as well. When the mermaid dies, she finds what can make her happy: eternal life. And this was granted not because of her beauty earning her a place at the altar next to the prince, but because of her kindness. So along with the importance of…

“He pulls down one of my straps […] I lie there like a dead bird […] I can’t afford pride or aversion” (Atwood, 294). The Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood are dystopian novels where the roles of men are women are explicitly distinguished to achieve one goal. In both novels, men oppress women from their feminism ideologies to reach the paramount goal of restoring the ability to conceive babies without deformities; however, the women differ in…