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Joyce said that in “Dubliners” his intention was “to write a chapter in the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because the city seemed to me the centre of paralysis”.The 15 stories which make up the collection are studies on the decay and banality of lower middle-class urban life…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story, Phoenix Jackson, is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif, which is the continuous walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey….

The story of Concord has been told many times by countless authors; this story is one that has inhabited a special place in the hearts of Americans. Tales of heroism by the typically unnoted country farmers inspired not only the revolutionaries of the time, but also inspired Americans thereafter to have pride in their ancestors…

The main character name is Esperanza. She is only about thirteen and is telling the story of her life on Mango Street. Esperanza is definitely a dynamic character. In the beginning of the st of her experiences, she describes how she had to walk home everyday for lunch and how she wished she could eat…

Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is centered around the mass hysteria created by accusations of witchcraft in the Puritan village of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. These accusations can be blamed on Abigail Williams’ affair with John Proctor, the secret grudges that neighbors hold against each other, and the physical and economic differences between the citizens…

John Oakhurst is the main character in The Outcasts of Poker Flat. John is an outstanding person and has some phenomenal traits. Such as that he is unusually calm, courageous, and modest. John has shown numerous times in The Outcasts of Poker Flat, that he is an extraordinarily calm person. One time in which Mr….

A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a complex novel that portrays war in many different forms. Gene Forrester was attending Devon School during World War II. This was a representation of different wars he was having within himself. Gene was feeling a kind of jealousy toward his friend Finny. He also felt like Finny…

Mother Tongue is by Amy Tan and it is a nonfiction passage that talks about her problems with where she stands on language ,her mother’s not so good English and their bond. Earlier in the story she talks about how she conversates with her mother and husband differently than she does when she giving a…

The story of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley began in the year 2540 C.E which the book introduced as the year 632 A.F (After Ford) in London, England. The story mainly occurred in a utopian part of the city called “the World State”. Just like its name, the place is depicted as a very…

Publisher: William Heinemann Australia Setting: Angels Gate is set in fairly modern times around about 1980-1990. I know this because of the way the people dress and by the way the people talk. The way the people in the novel talk is very similar to how people talk now but the people in the novel…