As depicted by Chinua Achebe in “Things Fall Apart” (1958), the South African Igbo Tribe of Umuofia encompasses layers upon layers of complex social order. Every aspect of Umuofian life is defined by a complex balance of rituals, transmitted orally. …
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Zane Grey’s Riders of the Purple Sage reflects the slight shifts in social and gender hierarchies and power relationships. Grey portrays the masculinity of Cowboys, Lassiter, Venters and other characters, but gives greater power to women like Jane and Bess. …
The Canterbury Tales documents the social, political and economic climate of England in 14th-century. The stories use generic characters to demonstrate the turmoil that characterized this time period. During the 1340s bubonic pester decimated England. During the Middle Ages and …
William Butler Yeats created in his many works an unavoidable gyre of cycles that the history of mankind and its lives seem to follow. Yeats explores the cycle in history where every two thousand year a new messiah appears. In …
A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of a poor Chicago family. Five members of the family have big dreams of improving themselves using insurance money that was left over from their father’s death. Lena Younger is the focus …
Freud described the three aspects of personality: the id or ego, the ego or superego and the personality dynamics. The self-defence system is a key part of personality development. Today I’ll be focusing solely on the character structure and dynamics. …
In Search for Respect: The Sale of Crack in El Barrio (Philippe Bourgois) is a well researched ethnographic book. It provides an in-depth view of a neighborhood in East Harlem where crack is sold. The author has raised a variety …
The protagonist of Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, Pi Patel, struggles to survive, but maintains a calm and rational outlook. Despite his physical despair, he doesn’t give up on God. He remains rational by holding onto the irrational. He …
The American Dream is a common theme in both Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman,’ as well as F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘The Great Gatsby.’ Many Americans believe that the American Dream is a way of life full of happiness and …
Both “Bartleby the Scrivener”, a work by Herman Melville based on Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants, and “Hills Like White Elephants”, written by Ernest Hemingway, use minimalism to express a more profound meaning. Both authors make use of this …
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