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Robert Redford’s 1992 film adaptation of Norman Maclean’s real life story, A River Runs Through It, tells the tale of the two sons of a Missouri Presbyterian minister. The film is a coming-of-age story that follows the narrator, Norman, and his rebellious younger brother, Paul, as they grow into men. As the film progresses it highlights the differences between the boys despite their shared upbringing. The first major difference the movie highlighted was in the professions/ chosen…

Starting with Thomas More’s famous work Utopia, a wave of writers began publicly questioning the societies they live in and their own human nature. Anthropomorphism quickly became a popular technique of exposing flaws in these areas. Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Miguel Cervantes’ The Dogs Colloquy each utilize the technique of anthropomorphism to educate their readers on certain morals or values they believe in. Each of these authors anthropomorphize different animals in their…

From the wild west to the tropical south, adventure and challenges fill both High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”. High Noon is a movie written by Carl Foreman about a marshal trying to fight for his life against a convict he had locked up. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story written by Richard Connell about a hunter, who finds himself stranded on an island, and he finds out the man he is staying with will only let the hunter leave if he can survive being hunted by the man for three…

Research Question: How does the author of ‘’The Man in The High Castle’’ by Philip K. Dick explore the theme of racial prejudice and how people of different races perceive each other? Introduction: Literature is one way to emphasize or show some facts about the past and future. In ‘’the Man in the High Castle’’, Author, Philip K. Dick, examined a glimpse of a possible future in a very detailed way. The author was able to illustrate…

The short story, "Desiree's Baby", written by Kate Chopin, set in Louisiana's 1892 slave era, was influenced by the irony of love and prejudices. In the story, Chopin depicts how racial bias overthrows the love a man had for his wife and child. An analysis of the story proves the irony by illustrating judgment on appearances, through racism, and self-destruction. In the beginning, it's ironic that appearances don't seem to matter. At first sight, Armand falls in love with Desiree, without…

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning." Peter Pan is a fantastical children's book published in 1904 by Sir James Matthew Barrie, more commonly known as J. M. Barrie. The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas in 1844, is a historical young adult fiction. These two books could not be more different. Peter Pan focuses on the imagination of young ones, one of which will never grow up. The Count of Monte Cristo follows the betrayal of a man and his revenge. However,…

1930’s America was very different than the America that we know today. It was a time where all minority groups, namely African-Americans and women were treated worse, solely because they differed from the status quo. A book that inadvertently highlighted these misdeeds directed towards minorities through the use of symbolism is John Steinbeck’s novel, “Of Mice and Men.” John Steinbeck’s book follows George Milton, a small, smart, and easily angered man, and Lennie Small, a giant man who has a…

religious hypocrisy, and gullibility in order to illuminate the corruption of society. Mark Twain satirizes mob mentality to attack the corruption of society. Twain believed that mobs were made up of corrupt people. In “Mark Twain and Human Nature”, Tom Quirk describes how the satirization of mobs leaves an impact on the reader, “Twain’s representation of these sorry specimens of bipeds is stunning, and chilling too, for the…

has dealt with a lot of backlash.In this essay I will address how two people could view this book differently all bacuse of the N-Word. Here is a little backstory of the book In this book, we have the main characters, Huckleberry Finn, Jim and Tom Sawyer. Tom is Huck’s best friend and fellow peer. Jim is Miss Watson’s slave. Huck’s father is a drunk. Huck was adopted by Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson is whom she lived with. Although Huck is racist to Jim because he is Mrs.…

NVM Gonzales’ “The Bread Of Salt” and Gregorio C. Brilliantes’ “The Cries Of Children On An April Afternoon in the Year 1957” are stories that both similarly center on a teenage male protagonist and somewhat broach the idea of innocence and naivety brought about by youth. “The Bread Of Salt” is about an ambitious fourteen-year old, lower class boy who dreams of success and aspires towards winning the heart of a young lady named Aida. Unfortunately, Aida belongs to a prominent Spanish family. And…