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The coming of the missionaries brings great disruption amongst the village of Umuofia. After thousands of years of unviolated and untouched tribal existence, Okonkwo returns after just seven years of exile to find his village almost unrecognizable.…

for humans to love unconditionally. Even God, the supreme being of the human race, cannot be loved unconditionally by His people unless they totally give themselves to Him and worship Him -- in other words, unless they sacrifice themselves. Considering…

love. Why?" After going over it in my mind, my response is this, because to experience love makes one feel completely alive, where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the…

topic of marriage in her short story "The Story of an Hour." Kate Chopin took chances by presenting ideas of women's rights at a time when that type of thinking was taboo. Kate Chopin's boldness and bravery were pioneering steps towards the rights…

dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke's story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited, so he must piece together…

writing from time to time at Stanford between 1920 and 1925, but never graduated. He later moved to New York, where he did manual labor and worked as a journalist. While he was there, he wrote his first two novels, which were unsuccessful.…

were a period when the economy was going through the roof and people were carefree and partying all over the place. Despite their accepting personality, many of these people were not as attracted to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as he…

life. Since O' Henry spent some time in jail for embezzling, his stories all seem to have a lawless element. Running from the law seems to be a big part of his short stories, and even more than his famous surprise endings, the obvious similarities…

Dealer's Daughter," symbolism is used to fulfill the pursuit of happiness and love. This love story, written by D.H. Lawrence, has many images, which show hidden meaning. The reader can fully understand a story, if he or she can point out certain…

main character, professes his love to Roxane, whom he has loved for quite a while, but finds she is in love with another man. This man, Baron Christian de Neuvillette is in his own company, the Guards, but Cyrano does not kill him, because Cyrano…