Category: Literature Review
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Comic Books and The Movies
The movie industry is abuzz with being adapted to the full screen. Not only is it profitable for Hollywood to produce comic book characters, but for the comic book industry too. There have been low budget movies and television series based on the more popular comic books. Usually the low budget movies do not fare…
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The Osho Vision
Osho Vision : Osho philosophy asks to think of yourself as divine and think of everybody else also as divine. It is not a fiction, it is the reality. Except for god, all are fictions, except for god, everything else is a dream of the mind; only god is. Hence, if we follow the mind,…
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Literature Review on Odometer Reading
The odometer was also later invented in ancient China, possibly by the profuse inventor and early scientist Zhang Heng (78 AD – 139 AD) of the Han Dynasty (202 BC–220 AD). Zhang Heng is often accredited with the invention of the first odometer device in China (Needham Joseph, 2004). Chinese texts of the 3rd century…
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Analysis of Symbolism in Ted Hughes’ Poetry
Ted Hughes is a lived from 1984 to 1998. He was a British poet, well renowned in his time and referred as the poet of 20th century. He also won a lot of awards for his extraordinary works i.e. The Whitbread Book of the Year two years running, for Tales from Ovid in 1997 and…
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The Struggles and Significance of Isolation in an Upcoming Teen’s Life
Curtis Sittenfield’s award-winning novel, Prep, and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian illustrate the prominent theme of isolation in an upcoming teen’s life. In Prep, the reader is brought through Lee Fiora’s trauma filled journey through a renowned institution known as Ault. In the novel, Lee endures many of life’s challenges…
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Junior’s Native Stereotypes in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian
Table of contents Introduction Initial Challenges and Stereotypes Courage and Resilience Transformation and Growth Conclusion Introduction In Sherman Alexie’s novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” we delve into the life of Arnold Spirit, a young Native American residing on the WellPoint Reservation in Spokane, Washington. Raised alongside his parents, sister Mary, and…
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Understanding Emotions and Feelings in “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
Imagine living in a community where everything you do is watched through the cameras of your house, school, cafeteria and everything you say is being recorded. Imagine living a life where you can’t feel any emotions, feelings, have no decisions to make any choices, have no memories of the past or can’t see any colour…
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The Issue of Stereotypes in The Story ‘The Myth of The Latin Woman’
In the story “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just Met a Girl Named Maria” by , the author Cofer discusses the how people stereotype Latin American woman generation after generation. Cofer begins her story with her own experience on a bus trip to London from Oxford University, when a drunk man coming from…
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The Rules in Jonas Society in “The Giver” by Lois Lowry
Everything in the world is perfect, right? The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a boy named Jonas, who lives in a utopia community, where there is no pain, no fear, no war. In this community, the people cannot choose who want to marry, their family, their job, etc. Everything in this community is the…
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Self-reflection and Philosophy in The Poems of Robert Gray
Poetry, a language used in various creative elements and forms by distinct poets carries significance in terms of the poet’s ambition, decisions and ambience. The primary objective of poetry is to essentially endow pleasure on an audience or reader. Robert Gray, a contemporary Australian poet exerts a unique sense of purpose and symbolism throughout his…