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of spiri-tual paralysis, James Joyce loosely but thematically tied together hisstories in Dubliners by means of their common setting. Each of thestories consists of a portrait in which Dublin contributes in some wayto the dehumanizing experience of…

or Fiction? by Was God an ancient astronaut? Do legends centuries old, of gods and heroes tell of space travelers who came to earth from distant parts of the Cosmos? Are some of the ruins of antiquity remnants of great airfields, the favoured landing…

his head, things he had never seen before, was what the young boy dreamt of. At ten years old, David met Sophie, a special young girl, taking in every detail very clearly about her. David seemed to have an attitude much more mature than his years…

best seller of crime, John Grisham. Set in Clanton, Mississippi back when there was great division between white and black people and when the Ku Klux Klan was most prominent is when this story takes place. Should a lesser crime be acquitted in face…

you.'" (3) Is this not an ironic beginning for a memoir? When in fact, Maxine Hong Kingston, the author and narrator of The Woman Warrior, is doing the exact opposite, and telling everyone. The use of voice in her memoirs is not present merely on…

introdution Written in 1945 J.B Priestley`s "An inspector calls" is set almost four decades previous in 1912 at the heart of the industrial revolution. As with "Time and the Calyways", "dangerous corner" and several other of his plays Priestly introdu…

depicts not a fantasy realm or the depths of hell. Rather, the novel focuses on the two main characters' battle with the restrictions of Victorian Society. Societal pressures and restrictive cultural confines exile Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff…

on the Russian Revolution. The utopia ideas are based on the ideas of Karl Marx's Communist Manifest. The characters are in fact based on real participants in the Russian Revolution. The author has used animals as the main characters of the…

of the hero, Oedipus. He is a person of great importance; in fact, the security and health of the community depend upon him. And he has to meet an urgent crisis, something which threatens the continuing existence of the city. And because…

Dickens' most favored books. This book opens in the year 1775 by contrasting two cities: Paris, France and London, England. Throughout this story various characters are 'recalled to life', meaning that they have had a new chance at life. …