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Hummbert Love Lolita
I.Question/Issue Throughout the course of the novel, Nabokov mentions and references the theme of love, specifically when he recalls on Humbert's
feelings toward Lolita. As the narrator of the story, Humbert uses love as a willful and tenacious justification for his pedophilic tendencies toward
nymphets like Lolita. As Lolita is only a young, undeveloped, and immature child, Humbert's desire for Lolita is not only unreasonable and awkward,
but also psychologically and physically obsessive; he is unlike any other pedophile out here, as he experiences very little satisfaction after "fondling",
"kissing", and "groping" Lolita. In every description and detail of Lolita throughout the novel, Humbert reminds the readers of his obsessive affinities
which he has absolutely no control over and the ones that constantly keep him wanting to come back for more. As a large portion of the audience of
this novel find the book to have the basis of "lust", and a fair amount of other readers believes it has the basis of "love", the question of whether or not
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Passages
1."Although I told myself I was looking merely for a soothing presence, a glorified pot–au–feu, an animated merkin, what really attracted me to Valeria
was the imitation she gave of a little girl. She gave it not because she had divined something about me; it was just her style–and I fell for it. Actually,
she was at least in her late twenties (I never established her exact age for even her passport lied) and had mislaid her virginity under circumstances that
changed with her reminiscent moods" (Chapter 8, Page 25).
Context: After finding out that his Uncle in the United States had recently passed away and left him some money to inherit, Humbert moves to
America to start a new business life and describes his short marriage with Valeria from 1935 to 1939. Although she is nearing her thirties, Valeria's
appearance and features remind Humbert of a little young girl, or
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How To Write An Essay On The Catcher In The Rye
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger is a critically acclaimed and highly spoke of book. The book "Catcher in the Rye" is narrated by a
sixteen year old boy named "Holden Caulfield". This teen adolescent is not like any other boy you will ever find, Holden is a sixteen year old teen
going through the most difficult times of adolescence and is discovering that no one understands him. Holden is too complex for our understanding
he speaks in his own vernacular as if not one thing or person can understand him. The story takes place mostly in New York after Holden flunks out
of his prep school, "Pencey Prep". Holden travels to New York for three days before going back to his family. In New York Holden makes many
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The book shows how the misunderstanding of one struggling teen adolescent can affect their very outlook on life. To many people Holden is
negative, rude, depressed, etc. But once you try to put yourself in his shoes you realize that Holden is seeing how the world really is and he is
showing that yes there are negative parts in life but there are also positive parts in life as well and how he knows why things happen for a reason
from his brother Allie dying of Leukemia to seeing his loving kid–sister Phoebe. To me the book has it's rough spots and it's great spots, I like how the
book starts out in first person when Holden says, "I'm not going to tell you my whole goddamn biography or anything." this gives you a quick first
look at Holden's true character and how he speaks his mind with everyone. The book also has some bad parts such as when Holden starts to digress
like when he mentions his brother Allie, his sister Phoebe, or his brother D. B. it starts to bore me when he goes into extraordinary detail about
something that doesn't need to be covered that much. Overall I really enjoyed the book and the story
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Essay about The Perpetual Battle Against Censorship
"There is more than one way to burn a book," (176) says Ray Bradbury when explaining the reason he wrote Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury at the time
was upset about "condensed books", or books which had been simplified for easier reading. Luckily, this fad seems to have passed. However, he was
also upset about people who wrote asking him to change the role of women or African–Americans to make them more or less dominant in some of his
works. One of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451 was just that; a society where everyone got what they wished and literature was eliminated entirely
so it wouldn't offend anyone. Sadly, this still continues to happen in the United States. Many books have been banned from school and public libraries
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According to the ACLU, this applies not only to pure speech (books, newspapers, leaflets, and rallies), but also "nonverbal expressions that
communicate ideas" ("ACLU . . ."). To take the good with the bad, not only does it protect popular ideas, but also ideas expressed by hate groups and
those against the government. The only exceptions that have ever been made to the first amendment are the two Supreme Court cases Chaplinsky v.
New Hampshire (1942) and New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) ("ACLU . . ."). In the Chaplinsky case, the court ruled that free speech was not
protected if the speech was "fighting words" or words meant to provoke the person to whom they are addressed ("ACLU . . ."). In the case of New
York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that free speech is also not protected when it is slander against public officials ("ACLU . . .").
Mostly however, these two Supreme Court cases apply only to journalism, as most classic and contemporary literature is not directed simply at one
person. Despite all this protection, the decision to ban books from libraries is largely left up to the schools and institutions themselves ("Banned Books
Online"), and a federal ban is very rare, practically nonexistent today.
If we have the first amendment, then why are books still federally banned? There is a U.S. law that forbids the trade of "obscene literature, or articles
of immoral use"
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Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon'
Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first
published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.
Although the book has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the US and Canada, sometimes successfully, Keyes refused to make the
change and sold the story to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction instead. and first tried to sell it to Doubleday, but they also wanted to
change the ending. Again, Keyes refused and gave Doubleday back their advance. the Fifth Annual of the Year's Best Science Fiction, Best Articles and
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A 2002 Marvel Spider–Man comic, "Flowers for Rhino."
A 2013 episode of the comedy TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in season 9 titled "Flowers for Charlie" which has a plot similar to that of
the novel
A 2013 episode of the comedy TV series The League in season 5 titled "Flowers for Taco" which has a plot similar to that of the novel
Film, television, and theatrical adaptations
Flowers for Algernon has been adapted many times for different media including stage, screen and radio. These adaptations include:
A 1961 television drama, The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon, starring Cliff Robertson.
A 1968 film, Charly, also starring Cliff Robertson, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
A 1969 stage play, Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers.
A 1978 stage musical, Charlie and Algernon by David Rogers and Charles Strouse.
A 1991 radio play, Flowers for Algernon, for BBC Radio 4 starring Tom Courtenay.
A 2000 television movie, Flowers for Algernon, starring Matthew Modine.
A 2002 Japanese drama, Algernon ni Hanataba wo for Fuji Television, starring YЕ«suke Santamaria.
A 2006 French television movie, Des fleurs pour
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Book Review : The Great Gatsby
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – tomorrow we will
run faster, stretch out our arms farther . . . . And one fine morning– So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
This is one of some famous quote about The Great Gatsby. Today, I want to discuss this book, which is one of my favorite book and movie.
The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is always considered to be the "must read" novel by book critics around the world. The
Modern Library ranked The Great Gatsby at number two on the list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. Time magazine honors The Great
Gatsby as one of the 10 greatest literary works of all time.
The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway's memoirs of what happened in 1922 with Gatsby's close friend and secret relationship with his
cousin–in–law, Daisy, "for the rest of Gatsby's life set up a property. , this estate is also due to get the beauties. For Gatsby, it's an ideal life. "
The year 1912, The beginning of the later period is referred to as the "Roaring Twenties," "golden age" or "jazz age" (like the way F. Scott Fitzgerald
calls it). This is a time when the world economy, especially the US economy, developed to the peak of prosperity and then ended with the Great
Depression of 1929. The life of Gatsby, the protagonist of the film, is about Essentially, it was Fitzgerald's
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Humbert Humbert of Lolita and James Gatsby of The Great...
At first glance, one might find it difficult to draw comparisons between the two protagonists: James Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby, and Humbert
Humbert, from Lolita. Gatsby's is the tragic story of a self–made man who built himself an empire for a woman who would never love him. Humbert
Humbert, on the other hand, is a manipulative and witty pervert who lusts after the vulgar nymphet, Lolita. Both men are extremely similar in one key
aspect, however. Both Gatsby and Humbert have idealized an encounter from their youth and that idealization has become a driving obsession in each
of their lives.
In her essay, "Attachment to the Missing Object: Infidelity and Obsessive Love," Lucinda Williams says that "the passion displayed... Show more
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Another striking resemblance to William's description of the 'common' form of obsession stems from the fact that when Humbert meets Annabel, his
father is away touring Italy. He states that he "had nobody to complain to, nobody to consult" about sex (11). Instead of speaking to a parental figure
about his sexual desire, he tries to figure it out for himself and in the process projects what he is really missing, a loving parental figure, onto this
adolescent girl.
The relationship between Annabel and Humbert is one marked with sexual restraint. Humbert describes an important sexual encounter, when they
escaped to a mimosa grove while their chaperones play bridge, in great depth and it is this encounter that haunts Humbert for the rest of his life.
Shortly after this moment, Annabel is called away by her mother and Humbert never gets to reach his sexual climax. He also never sees Annabel again
because she dies of typhus four months later. Because of her death, Annabel is kept sacred and perfect in Humbert's memory. The unsuccessful first
tryst plagues the rest of Humbert's relationships with women. Ellen Pifer reiterates this in her book, Demon and Doll, saying that "It is Humbert's
longing for the unattainable, for ideal perfection – what he calls the 'rosegray never–to–be–had' – that fires his imagination and fuels his desire for
nymphet beauty" (68). This unattainable perfection which Pifer speaks of appears to be the ever–young Annabel.
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The Relationship Between Utopia And Dystopia
Utopia one can say Utopia is portrayed as an ideal society in a hypothetical "no– place". A central difficulty of utopian fiction is the lack of dramatic
conflict, a state of perfection, is inherently uneventful. The counter concept to Utopia is Dystopia, in which hopes for betterment is replaced by
electrifying fears of the ugly consequences of the present day behavior. Utopias tended to have a placid gloss of phony benevolence, while Dystopias
displayed somewhat satanic thunder. Utopias commonly featured "moderns" undergoing an experiment to the utopian mind–set after which all action
stopped. On the other hand, Dystopia is a character representing modern is excitingly chased down, persecuted, degraded, and commonly killed.
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Butler, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K.Le Guin, Moving The Mountain and Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Joanna Russ's 1975 The
Female Man is groundwork in the library of feminist science fiction. It is the 1970s, Jeannine who is a librarian is waiting to be married in a world that
never saw the end of the depression. But in an alternate reality, she is also Joanna, a radical feminist, Janet, an inhabitant of far away, a utopia where
men do not exist, and Jael, an animalistic warrior at war with the males other planet. The four meet and the realities turned on their heads. It is
innovative, thought–provoking novel featuring four incredible female characters. Midnight Robber written by Nalo Hopkinson's also comes in the list
of feminist science fiction. It is a dark and powerful coming of–age story which deals with issues of sexual abusive, incest, and abortion. Hopkinson's
novel is deeply personal that intricately weaves a futuristic world, ancient mythology and modern day women's
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What Is The Theme Of A Bend In The River
Rivera Jose Gabriel
Hankins
English 116
05/20/2015
A Bend in the River – Book Review
"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it". That's how V.S. Naipaul starts his novel
"A Bend in the River". The book describes the post–independence struggles of an unnamed Africa governed by a dictator, "The Big Man". A Bend in
the River is a story of historical upheaval and social breakdown. The collision of cultures in India, Arab, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean
inform the extraordinary view of Naipaul's creative imagination. He was born in Trinidad in 1932 from a Hindu family that had come generations
back as indentured servants from the subcontinent of India to a tropical island in the Caribbean, where Hindus were a minority. Perhaps the shape of
his vision owes something to his own placement in the world. Salim, our first person narrator whose roots come from mixed Muslim Arab–African but
more closely related to Hindus of northwestern India. He and his family had been living at the Eastern coast of Africa that was filled with people who
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It is during his brief stay in jail that perceives the world from the place of the African inhabitants, this alters his views about native Africans. The part
from the jail clearly suggests the kind of wisdom Salim gains through his experience, regardless of feeling different from the other prisoners, he reaches
a certain understanding of their situation within the context of them and not his own assumptions. A Bend in the River brought to light a whole world, a
culture, a historical experience, and it did so in a way that felt true and insightful at that time. It gave us an understanding of the experience of these
people that we couldn't get from any history of Africa even
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Gender Issues In Brave New World
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is a novel set in London, England of AD 2540 or 632 A.F., "After Ford" as Huxley refers to it (Baldassarro).
The novel predicts developments in reproductive technology, sleep–learning, psychological manipulation as well as classical conditioning that, through
joint effort, impact a society as a whole. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New Worldas fifth place on its list of 100 best English–language
novels of the 20th century (Modern Library Board Members). Then in 2003 a writer for The Observer, Robert McCrum, said that Brave New World
was at number fifty–three in the "top 100 greatest novels of all time" (McCrum). It was then later listed as eighty–seven in BBC's survey "The Big
Read" (BBC). Yet despite... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
From the very beginning, children played erotic games in the hatchery and conditioning center; it is normal in this society for children to take part in
such "games" and to have in the process (Huxley, 31–32). It is frowned upon not to openly enjoy such erotic behavior–even for adults. There are
pornographic movies called "Feelies" that stimulate more than just the eyes, but the entire body; they are described as "practically nothing but pure
sensation" (Huxley, 221). There are also ceremonies where groups partake in sexual conducts, known as soma orgies, just to be happy. Just
introducing these ideas to students already clashes with the basic health education curriculum that teaches that sex is for marriage. It caused a scare
among parents thinking that reading this kind of fiction would cause their kids to go out, do drugs and have sex. This completely ignores the idea that
students cannot separate fiction from reality; it does not give readers credit in handling literature. Literature will not always deal with easy to read
subjects, just like health classes do not always deal with the easy to stomach
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Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov
In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator, Humbert Humbert, writes to the reader, whom he regards as "the jury", of his attraction towards young
nymphets. Humbert, through utilizing intricate language and wordplay, emphasizes his appreciation of his Lolita, and diverts the jury's attention from
his perverse pedophilic ways, suggesting that horrific things can be temporarily veiled behind the beauty of art. Evidence of Humbert's entrancing
language can be seen straight from the beginning of the novel. The very first sentence of the novel, "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin,
my soul. Lo–lee–ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta", reads with such stirring ...
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In the world of Lolita, Humbert is writing this memoir for the jury of his trial, and by using his "fancy prose style" to cover up the disconcerting details
of his relationship with Lolita, he attempts to convince the jury the "purity" of his relationship with Lolita. Whenever Humbert involves pedophilia or
Lolita, his matter–of–fact tone shifts into rich, indulgent language, which amplifies the aesthetic appeal of Humbert's nymphets as the jury reads
along. For instance, in the scene where Humbert becomes aroused by Lolita spreading herself over Humbert, his recountance of the incidence is so
complex and enthralling, in hopes that the jury can feel empathy for his lust for Lolita. He paints Lolita as: "She wore that day a pretty print dress that
I had seen on her once before, ample in the skirt, tight in the bodice, short sleeved, [...] and was holding in her hollowed hands a beautiful, banal,
Eden–red apple" (Nabokov 57). The poetic elements in Humbert's description, such as alliteration (pretty print, short sleeved, hollowed hands),
parallelism (ample in the skirt, tight in the bodice) manipulates Lolita's otherwise indecent description into a piece of art, exceeding beyond the moral
values that prohibit other people, such as the jury, from enjoying the allure of nymphets. Yet,
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The Truth : Ethics, Arithmetic, And Synthetics Of Life
The truth, something that has been searched for since the beginning of time. Throughout history, man has been on a mission to discover the truth. To
discover something that can bring greater value to our lives and reform the way we experience the world. It is through our quest for validity and
authenticity that we find ourselves straying onto what we consider the opposite of truth, fiction. A place where anything is possible and everything is
somewhat unexplainable. However as we examine fiction, we can't help but realize that the emotional truth which becomes possible through fiction is
not possible without facts. It is through analyzing parts of fiction that we are able gain access to truths that relate to the ethics, arithmetic, and
synthetics of life.
The first type of truth, ethics, is somewhat unusual because it isn 't at all clear that such a thing even exists. It is certain that many people believe in
the actuality of ethical truths. At the very least, even if ethical truths exist, it isn 't at all clear how we can come to know them with any degree of
certainty. In Section 2 of the memoir of "Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi the book "The great Gatsby" written by Scott Fitzgerald is mentioned.
Throughout this section, the reader is exposed to a varied range of themes relating to each other. One of the primary themes that recur within the pages
is of dreams and its relationship with reality. The protagonist Jay Gatsby of "The Great Gatsby" fantasizes of getting
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F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby
Scott Fitzgerald 's, "The Great Gatsby", is used to teach us the prime example of the American experience or the American dream. On the other hand,
J.D Salinger 's book, "The Catcher in the Rye", is generally about the story of a young boy, losing innocence and trying to keep children from falling
off of this metaphorical cliff, or in reality, losing their innocence. While these two stories may seem drastically different from each other, they both
share a deeper meaning. Throughout both of these books, while the plot line and thematic ideas may seem different, both of these characters share the
same trait, idealism; they both desire things that they cannot possibly reach or things, or something as simple as fitting in and feeling like... Show more
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Gatsby, who is generally an unhappy person, this situation, and a feeling of emptiness in life, drowns himself in worthless people, doing worthless
things. This relates to the idea of the American dream, everyone wants to achieve this in a sense "social/wealth greatness" and when they achieve
this, they expect to live an amazing life and get whatever they want, whenever they want it. Gatsby 's whole life is taken over by one hopeless ideal,
and he doesn't even notice or acknowledge it until it 's too late. Gatsby has many great ideals within his heart, yet cannot use them to his advantage
bease the only thing on his mind is to achieve a hopeless impossible goal. While he is the ideal gentleman, and he has in a way achieved idealism, his
wealth and fortune is gained through illegal activities, and on top of that, he is still in love with another man's wife. Gatsby has ideals, and then he has
reality, and he cannot seem to understand that they both don't go hand in hand. While holden Caulfield is not trying to attempt the same ideals that jay
gatsby, his efforts are just as similar. Holden caulfield is an extremely idealistic character. Holden attempts to be the "catcher in the rye,", he essentially
wants to stop the corruption of youth growing out of innocence and into adulthood, which is equally impossible as having the past and reality go hand
in hand. While Gatsby also had some
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The Banning Of John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath
John Steinbeck is a very well respected author and has many awards to prove it. He received the National book Award and Pulitzer Prize for many of
his novels, including The Grapes of Wrath that was written in 1939. When he received the Nobel Prize in 1962, The Grapes of Wrath was cited and
was called a "great work" and one of the top reasons he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1998 it was ranked tenth by the Modern Library
on a list of the 100 best English–language novels of the 20th century. It was included in Time magazine in "TIME 100 Best English–language Novels
from 1923–2005". The novel was still receiving reviews in 2009 from The Daily Telegraph in its "100 novels everyone should read". The novel was
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Steinbeck wrote about what he saw when he was in the camps, and many of the things he saw were not pleasant or wonderful happenings. Here is an
example of some of the things the farmers did to the workers so they would be worse off. When readers read what was really happening, it was hard
for them to believe that anything like this could happen and thought it was just made up by John Steinbeck. These things really did happen, but people
banned it because they thought they were just "idea", and they didn't want the coming generation to think like the book was thinking or know the
truth.In the book the Joad's come from Oklahoma and travel west to California. The book is set in Kern County, California, and surprisingly enough
that was where the first banning was of the book. Soon enough it was being banned and burned in many different towns, states, and even countries. In
the 1950's it was banned in Ireland and in 1973 some Turkish booksellers were taken to court for "spreading propaganda" (Business and Heritage
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The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald was the author of the Great Gatsby.He was born on September 24,1896,in St.Paul Minnesota.Fitzgerald. In the 1917 he dropped out
of the U.S. army. Fitzgerald wrote his first novel called The Romantic Egotist. Fitzgerald also was a second lieutenant infantry assigned to camp
Sheridan. He fell in love with an 18– year girl named Zelda Sayre. He wanted to get a good career to convince Zelda to marry him. Few months later
he Quit his job and went to St.Paul to rewrite his novel. The Great Gatsby was written by Fitzgerald in 1925. Fitzgerald got inspired by the book he
wrote,about the parties and actually went to Long Island on the North shore. The Great Gatsby book is mostly about how a girl named Daisy fell in
love with two different men. The Great Gatsby,written by Fitzgerald was published on April 10,1925. In the first year after writing the novel sold
20,000 copies.This novel put a big history on the Roaring Twenties in america society. It was a really good tale about the american dream. It's in Long
Island, North Shore in New York city during the summer of 1922. His third novel was the highest and had many people loving the novel. It was the
Great Gatsby and won of the best novels he has ever written they say. The first movie came out in 1974.The newest movie came out in 2013.
Fitzgerald became an alcoholic and Zelda, the one he fell in love with was jealous of him. They say he became an alcoholic after written about the
novel of the
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Catcher In The Rye And The Great Gatsby Analysis
How are Holden Caulfield and Jay Gatsby characterized as existential heroes and used to emphasize the motif of isolation in novels The Catcher in the
Rye and The Great Gatsby?
1. Intro/ background
Highlighting the luscious American lifestyle, these novels both take place in New York City.The Great Gatsby during the roaring 20's and The Catcher
in the Rye during post World War II era. Both of these time frames in this vast city boasted a prosperous, thriving culture and was the embodiment of
the American Dream itself. These novels, however, show us a different side of America, the isolation, and the utter meaningless of life, the same from
one path to another. This absurdity is depicted from two vastly opposite point of views. Fitzgerald and Salinger each portray their protagonist as an
existential hero to emphasize the isolation and fragmented state of the rich culture and American society beneath the surface. Fitzgerald depicts Gatsby
as a likable and more idealistic character and a hopeless romantic pursuing Daisy even though; she has already picked Tom over him. While we do not
see the inner thoughts and emotions from Gatsby as often as with Holden, due to Nick being the narrator, the center of the fragmented society and the
novel is, without doubt, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby also is surrounded by people yet immersed in isolation, all his party guests are either not invited at all or
merely acquaintances. Just as is his fake life he created for himself as, despite all his
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Why Was Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind Banned?
Why was Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind Banned? On June 30, 1936, Macmillan published Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind". The
1,037 page novel became the fastest selling novel ever printed despite its price of $3. By Christmas of the first year, the novel had sold one million
copies. Soon after Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer released the motion picture of the same name on December 1939, sales of the novel reached 2,153,000
copies (Corbett). The motion picture went on to win 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and made $1.6 billion in ticket sales when adjusted
for inflation (Lang). Nevertheless, the beloved novel ranks #26 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most–banned or challenged
classics (Stephenson). Although "Gone with the Wind" has been banned/challenged due to its offensive language, depiction of slavery, actions of the
main heroine, sexual tension, and suggestion of marital rape, Margaret Mitchell's novel should not be banned because it offers students an opportunity
to discuss the evolution of ideas and an exercise on how humans remember their past. According to the American Library Association, a challenge
occurs when a person or group objects to the contents of a book or other media and attempts to remove or restrict materials. A banning is the removal
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According to Debra Freer, Mitchell historian, the Nazis banned Gone with the Wind (1936) because it inspired the French Resistance. They were
afraid the novel gave people hope and the will to survive under tyranny and oppression. The Russians later banned her novel throughout the Soviet
Empire for similar reasons until about 2001. By then, the first approved edition of the novel was sold despite numerous translated bootleg copies.
Margaret Mitchell herself stated that the novel's theme is one of survival
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Literary Features in The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in...
Symbolism is used in different ways in both the novels, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and I have explored the ways in which
two different authors have used this literary feature to enhance meaning behind their novels. Fitzgerald uses colour imagery throughout 'The Great
Gatsby', especially using the colour white which cleverly changes meaning as the story progresses. When the reader is first introduced to both
Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker, they are first described as being "dressed in white" which portrays a sense of innocence and purity about them,
especially as Fitzgerald then uses the metaphor "short flight around the room" which makes them appear angelic and portrays them as very
beautiful, almost perfect women 1. This image demonstrated for the colour white is slowly diminished as the story continues as I believe
Fitzgerald then uses it to establish a sense of corruptness and coldness within the upper class, this is evident when Nick dreams about a woman on a
stretcher who is wearing a "white evening dress". Fitzgerald juxtaposes the innocence and purity with her hand which is "cold with jewels"
ultimately recreating the image in the readers mind of the colour white which creates a more sinister and corrupt meaning which then begins to
become evident in the majority of the upper class. It also proves the carelessness and selfishness of the upper class as she is left alone and that most
of this class seem to have a "cold" personality. Darren
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The Dehumanization Of Women In Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita. The epic journey of a mentally deranged peodophile and his descent into complete and utter madness, accompanied by his fantasy girl. A girl
that exists only to please and torment Humbert Humbert, the main character of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Lolita. A novel that completely negates the
female character, dehumanizing and objectifying them, to the point where they could easily be replaced by inanimate objects or abstract thoughts. This
is done through the thoughts, comments, and actions of the main narrator, Humbert Humbert. This is driven by Humbert Humbert's own misogynistic
needs to have power over all things, the female sex in particular.
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Take each character and replace them with a lamp. Not just any lamp, for the sake of such a sensualnovel, the leg lamp from A Christmas Story is the
only acceptable choice. Or perhaps an inflatable sex doll. At any rate, replace that character with a lamp, and see if the basic story and plot changes in
any dramatic fashion. Replace Valeria with a lamp, and the answer is no. Humbert could have bought the lamp to seem normal, kept it for a while–
disused and ignored on a shelf somewhere– and still been jealous when a Russian taxi driver took it away from him. Charlotte does not pass, though
she does show a small amount of actual importance in her own investigative discovery of Humbert Humbert's perverse diary. In the end she is
conveniently discarded, in a manner that shows that her life is quite literally worth less than that of a dog (1.22). Rita does so little in the time span
that she is in Humbert's life, that being a lamp would make just as much sense as her being a human being. Perhaps more so, given Humbert's
propensity to detest the grown female form. Surprisingly, while Lolita fails the Lamp Test, Dolores does not. If one examines them as separate
entities, then it is Dolores who leaves Humbert for Quilty, then gets a job, and a husband. It is Dolores who makes demands over road signs, and
starts soliciting money in an attempt to save for an escape. Lolita is an imaginary being. The
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Characters Of Different Literatures All Share The Same Ideal
Martinez Hannah
Garcia Michael
AML 2020
18 December 2014
The Three Common Men Three important characters of different literatures all share the same ideal. Jay Gatsby, Willy Loman and Holden Caulfield
animate in the past and share the different ideas of society. Although Gatsby and Loman fail to achieve the self–realization and ideals of the real world,
Caulfield wants to protect children and keep them from seeing the ugliness of the world. The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway, who narrates what
he sees when he moves by his cousin Daisy and Gatsby. Gatsby attempts an unachievable goal which is winning Daisy's love back through money
and power, even though Daisy is married to Tom. He desired to win her love by being prosperous, but he became wealthy by committing crimes. But
what keeps him different, as Nick Carraway thinks, is that he is naive, self–importance, and passionate yet ludicrous. "Gatsby has "something gorgeous
about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life" , and "an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found
in any other person" , but Tom has a hard mouth and supercilious manner, two shining arrogant eyes, and a cruel body." As compared to Tom, Daisy's
husband, Gatsby isn't all that great of a person. He had one objective and did anything he could to reach that; Tom was naturally prosperous and got his
way with no trouble. Jay Gatsby is stuck in the past of the time when him and Daisy were profoundly
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Great Gatsby Essay
THE GREAT GATSBY: Study Questions
1. We see all the action of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of one character whose narration seems to be shaped by his own values and
temperament. What is Nick Carraway like, what does he value, and how do his character and his values matter to our understanding of the action of the
novel?
2. Early in the novel, Nick says of Gatsby that he "turned out all right at the end" (p.2) Later, however, after he tells Gatsby "You're worth the whole
damn bunch put together" (154) he abruptly calls this "the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end."
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How does their presence sharpen Fitzgerald's characterization of the rich, and what might the resulting contrasts suggest about the role of class in
shaping social experience in The
Great Gatsby?
7. According to one of the characters in Azar Nafisi's contemporary memoir, Reading Lolita in
Tehran,, the only "sympathetic" person in the novel is "the cuckolded husband, Mr. Wilson."
What aspects of The Great Gatsby might be offered as grounds for such a claim, and is the claim ultimately convincing?
8. At the end of Chapter Five, Nick makes much of the power of Daisy's voice over Gatsby: "I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating,
feverish warmth, because it couldn't be overdreamed–that voice was a deathless song" (p.96). Later on, Gatsby observes that "Her voice is full of
money," and Nick develops the point: "That was it, I'd never understood before. It was full of money–that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and
fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it." Is it possible for characters in Gatsby's world to disentangle different kinds of value: In particular, do
the social conventions and self–understandings of the main characters allow them to
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disentangle the material value associated with economic wealth, the value attributed to a human object of desire, the aesthetic value of a beautiful
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Relationship In The Great Gatsby
Humans are made to have connections with one another. Imagine a life where someone has no friends or no loved ones. The purpose of life is to
enjoy it and simply be good to people. The book The Catcher in the Rye consists of the main character, Holden Caulfield, wanting to feel a connection
with someone. He is very lonely but finds that connection with Jane Gallagher. Furthermore, Holden wants to protect the innocent, especially the
children, from a cruel adult world. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby also wants to feel a special connection. Gatsby is a rather lonely person but develops a
connection with Daisy. Jay Gatsby and Holden Caulfield both want to feel a connection with a special someone, both are dreamers, and they both are
wealthy.
People cannot live on this earth without having connections with one another. Jay Gatsby realized this and wanted to build a relationship with
Daisy Buchanan. Before Gatsby went to war, he and Daisy fell in love. The war was five years long; and even though Gatsby didn't move on from
Daisy, she fell in love with someone else. Moreover, Daisy married Tom Buchanan because she did not want to wait around for Jay Gatsby. After
the war, they met again. Daisy declared that she had not seen Gatsby in many years; and Gatsby replied, "Five years next November" (Fitzgerald 87).
The significance of Gatsby saying this is that he still clearly loves Daisy. He feels she is his past, present, and future. However, Tom Buchanan is
wealthy and lives in
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What Is Daisy's Attitude Of Love In The Great Gatsby
Introduction The Great Gatsby was published in 1925,and this book was awarded the second of 100 best novels of American literary history.This
book's writer,F. Scott Fitzgerald,whose shadow has been shown on the Nick and Gatsby.Nick and Fitzgerald were both born in common families but
graduated from famous universities,and thought that the new life with luxury and crazy love is attractive.Gatsby and Fitzgerald are both
mammonish.They thought the money can bring everything and they can prove that they are the qualified lovers with money.Besides,the writer put the
story in 1920s when American economy was developing at full speed. The thesis describes the crazy love between Daisy and Gatsby and then lead to
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When Tom uncovers Gatsby's secret,which is hidden by him for so many years,everything is ruined by time. His status,money,business and all the
things which he works hard for to become an uptown man are all be founded. So he is angry to death and even want to kill him. In that moment,he
thoroughly exposes his essence. When Daisy eventually know the real Gatsby,the poor man,she is back to the rich Tom again and asks him to take
her home. With a wealthy and having high status gentleman is more safe and happy life,which always can be this rich girl's choice. After Daisy
killed Myrtle,and Tom puts every scandal on the Gatsby which straightly leads to the Gatsby's death. Daisy even does not turn up at Gatsby 's
funeral. Maybe she is guilty or she does not want to face her stupid love with a poor guy. Besides,Tom and Daisy continue enjoying their upper life,
like Gatsby never get into their life and they never know
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The Different Adaptations of Dracula
Ever since Bram Stoker wrote his entrancing novel people have been adapting it, and the story is one of the most reproduced ideas in history. Each
innovation of the novel influences the story for the creators own purpose, and in doing so generates another version of Dracula. Count Dracula has
become an infamous character in history, and has been captured in many different mediums, such as the Japanese anime and manga series Vampire
Hunter D, which follows Draculas son D in his adventures (Kikuchi). However, one of the adaptations that endures in modern minds is the 1992 film
by Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker's Dracula. This version of Dracula was meant to be loyal to the novel, but it diverged from the original in many
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Indeed Mina's attraction to Dracula in the film leads to one of the defining alterations between the film and movie adaption, the humanization of
Dracula. The subtitle of the 1992 film is "Love Never Dies," (Coppola) which is the love between Dracula and his wife Elisabeta, who is the
spitting image of Mina, and is also represented by Winona Ryder. Throughout the film Dracula tries to win over Mina in order to regain his love with
Elisabeta, who commits suicide after false rumours of Draculas death are feed to her by priest. The betrayal by the priest and his wife's death, makes
Dracula curse god, and therefore become a vampire. The background story of the character Dracula makes the monster almost understandable, and the
audience begins to sympathize with Dracula. (0:33–5:38)
Even more, the nauseating "cruel–looking" (49) creature described in the novel is turned into a charming young Gary Oldman. Although Coppola starts
the film with a brilliant representation of Stoker's monster, he seems to embellish on the younger Dracula (12:44–13:00). In the novel Dracula becomes
younger by gorging himself with blood, but Jonathan Harker describes him "like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion" (83). Coppola makes the
monster more of a human, and the audience can feel for his and Mina's love affair. Also, Jonathan seems distant from Mina, and this makes the love is
even more
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Vladimir Nabokov and Lolita
A man of many talents, Vladimir Nabokov is known not only for his controversial work Lolita, he was also an avid lepidopterist – in particular,
butterflies. There is no doubt that when penning Lolita's character, Nabokov imprinted several butterfly characteristics on her. This essay however does
not seek to investigate the parallels between Lolita and the metamorphosis of a butterfly. Rather, it takes the road less travelled and examines the
parallels between Nabokov and Humbert Humbert, not as a pervert, but as a scientist. Nabokov's interest in butterflies stemmed from a childhood
obsession as he recalls "chasing butterflies (Time) in Switzerland in 1964. While most people relinquishes their childhood hobbies, Nabokov pursued
his interest in lepidopterology throughout his adult life where his passion for butterflies lead him to become a specialist in lepidopterist. As a scientist,
Nabokov was acquainted to the clinical ways of science experiments and observations. While this is greatly illustrated in Humbert's interaction with
Lolita – in both cases, the former assumes the role of the scientist and the later the object of investigation – Humbert's analytical nature is also reflected
in relation to other characters and incidents – including himself – as Nabokov draws from his scientific persona in crafting Humbert's character. In both
cases, the former assumes the role of the scientist and the later the object of investigation. Scientists have to approach an
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Compare And Contrast The Great Gatsby And Catcher In The Rye
In the novels The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, we see how truly artificial and stone cold people can
really be, and how they will do anything and manipulate anyone just to get ahead of the others. People like these become isolated and alone. We
see how other characters alienate themselves from society, because they do not like the way that it works. Finally, we see characters who are
automatically isolated from society because they are pushed aside, since they are not like the rest. They seem to be pushed along with the crowd,
but never really walking with it. Those who choose to keep themselves alone end up dying alone, especially when they are in need of a friend.
Being alone can give you a view of the outside world and how it feels not to be exactly like everyone else. It can make you more educated and
worldly, but overall it can make you more real. It gives people a time to reflect, and really think about what they want. We see three themes of
isolation and loneliness; because of sacrifices, because of a different class, and because of choice. In The Great Gatsby, Jay is wrapped up in money and
riches, obsessed with winning back his one love, Daisy. He withdraws himself from society, although people still admire and look up to him, hiding
from the manic of life. He does not care about what people think, in defiance of the fact that there are many rumours floating around about him. He
purposely moved across the lake from
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Oppression In Lolita
In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Humbert Humbert is a disgusting pedophile who took Lolita's self–worth as he realizes his mistake as he is locked in
prison until he dies. People are mistreated every day, but still rely on the abuser. Lolita may seem like a victim but she is really in control of
everything which is seen in her controlling where they go, her manipulation of Humbert, and leaving right as soon as Humbert was not of any use to her.
Reading through the story, people will think or see that Lolita is an innocent little girl who is a victim of Humbert. She was just a child who "knew
nothing" (43). She is seen as any other child who likes to play around and goes around doing what they want, not knowing anything. Doing things that
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All along during the story, Lolita knows that Humbert does attempt "to violate her several times" when he was her mother's husband (147). She
wanted to escape from him and when she had the chance from Quilty, she took it. She takes advantage of any kind of moment she can get, so she
can have the life she wanted and she knows that she does not deserve the life she is having. By starting over would mean she will have a happy life
and she thought she did when her and Humbert began their "extensive travel all over the States" (102). The life she wanted was showing and that
is why she did everything that Humbert wanted him to do and she thought it would work out like she thought. By travelling, she will be able to go
to places and will see where she wanted to go live at and start the life she wanted. She is like that, because of how Humbert is "firmly resolved to
pursue my policy of sparing her purity" (89). She notices that Humbert treats her as an object instead of an individual and she does not like that,
that is why she is trying to get away from him. Trying to get away from Humbert is a first step for her, so she can find a new person who can
actually treat her like she deserve it and will treat her like a person. This is why Lolita is the way she is, because she knows her childhood is being
ruined by Humbert and she just wanted to leave him so she can start
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: Jules Verne
"The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on
all sides. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite". (Jules 199) This part of a Quote written by Jules Verne himself can be found in
one of Verne's most famous bookTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. it Gives a clue to his fascination with world travel adventures and the
knowledge he was inspired by. Jules Verneis a globally known bestseller and is often referred as by many "the father of science fiction" (Derbyshire 1).
According to biography.com he was Born in the seaport city of Nantes, France on February 8, 1828, he himself since was revealed to his city's
port activity of ships in and out. Which would later as growing up inspire him to write such vivid and wild adventure stories. At that time Verne's
father a lawyer decided to sent Jules Paris to follow his footsteps towards a law degree. As soon after Verne's boarding school studies ended, he
attended LycГ©e Georges Clemenceau. This degree would be used by him for a short amount of time . According to Biography.com Jules went on
to reside in Paris, and during his residence there he put very little focus on law and more interest towards the theater. Before Verne was a well known
author he started to write many plays after starting a law practice. Being more Captivated with plays, he started a career as a playwright writer alone not
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Rhetorical Devices In The Great Gatsby
Many of the people in the world regard The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, one of the greatest literary classics of all time. However there is always at
least one, most the time few and far between, that disagrees with this statement. H. L. Mencken is one of these persons. After reading the novel
Mencken writes an excerpt to be published in the magazine Evening Sun, after all he is one of the leading literary critics of his time. In this essay we
will discover how Mencken uses rhetorical devices to portray his thoughts of the novel, The Great Gatsby. First of all, in H. L. Mencken's
Argumentative Analysis, we see how he conveys his tone to show his views of Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The tone of this analysis is
disinterested and unexcitable. Mencken is disappointed in the novel because it is talked up to be one of the best literary achievements ever seen.
However according to the tone of Menken's analysis, he seems to be greatly disappointed in the novel that is supposed to be so great. We see this
here, " ... the plain fact (is) that it is simply a story–– that Fitzgerald seems to be far more interested in maintaining its suspense than in getting under
the skins of its people" (23–24). Through this we see that Mencken's tone is conveyed. Mencken is obviously disappointed in the novel, because he
simply calls it a story. If however, Mencken had been impressed with the novel, he may have called it something more exciting like a "page–turner" or
a "compelling read".
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Aldous Leonard Huxley's Brave New World
Aldous Leonard Huxley, the writer of my summer reading, was born on July 26, 1894 and dies on November 22, 1963. A British writer who emigrated
to the United States. . He wrote his first novel at the age of 17, which was never published. The first published work "Crome Yellow" was a satire work
related to social issues. He edited for the magazine "Oxford Poetry", wrote poetry, stories and created scripts for some Hollywood films. In 1911 he
suffered from blindness for two or three years. As a result, he do not qualify for service in World War I. Once recovered, he studied English literature
at an Oxford College, where he graduated with first–class honors. His novel "Brave New World" appeared in 1932. This novel was cataloged as one of
the 100
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Over the last 130 years "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been called everything from a piece of trash to a national treasure. Mark Twain,
whose real name is Samuel Clemens wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Only one month after it was published, librarians in Concord,
Massachusetts had it banned. "He has had his problems with librarians from the start when, in 1885, "those moral–ice–bergs," the Library Committee of
Concordв€’symbolic seat of freedomв€’pronounced the book rough, coarse, inelegant, and expelled it from library shelves. "Trash and suitable only
for the slums," they said (Stanek). "Nearly 130 years since then, this novel has been challenged, defended, banned, expurgated and bowdlerized
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Mark Twain was born in 1835 and was the same age in the 1840 's as his main character named Huckleberry Finn (aka Huck) was when the story
takes place. Certainly his inspiration for this story could only be based on his own life experiences. During his lifetime slavery was still a part of the
American way of life. This novel is not promoting racism or hate, it is simply an unofficial record of our country 's history mingled into the storyline
of an adventure. In fact the first time that this novel was labeled racist was not until 1957 when the NAACP charged that it contained racial slurs and
belittling racial designations in a portrayal of blacks that some people considered stereotypical and demeaning (pbs.org.) Ernest Hemingway declared
that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." How could such a monumental book also be
labeled by many as racist trash that has no place on bookshelves? There are several interpretations that come of this book and its author. The main
modern day offense appears to be the use of the word "nigger." During the 1840's this word was commonly used. Its definition of course meant a
black person. This book exposes readers to the word "nigger" in its original diction, not how it is viewed today. Some readers may find that by reading
the word repeatedly that the power of the word is
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Argumentative Essay On Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an amazing story that takes a group of kids, strips them of the protections of their normal worlds, and
leaves them stranded on an island to fend for themselves to survive. In many ways, the story of these kids whom are learning to adapt and try
make peace with their situation, the story gives a figurative look at how society as a whole has evolved and adapted over thousands of years of its
existence. The twist, however, is that mankind is played out by children of a wide range of ages with no guidance or preparation for the task. The
novel lends itself to fall somewhere within the genre of fictional survivalist stories as well as being adventurous that readers aging from young teens
to adults, or "Young Adult", could relate to. Unlike the overall ages of the characters stranded on the island, Lord of the Flies isn't a novel to be read
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They saw a world that they feared was recycling itself for more disaster. They were concerned about social inequalities that festered but were ignored,
and they were worried about the atomic bomb. Golding's book gave them the explanations for which they were looking. It made human selfishness and
indifference a cold fact of human nature, and it made the metaphor of the burning island only too relevant to fears of a world in radioactive
flames."(Whissen) Whissen also notes that the novel was popular most among college campus students who were attracted to the story, even as it was
being contested in the aforementioned institutions for its content. Whissen notes that Time magazine once wrote about this drive for the story by
calling it "Lord of the Campus" due to its popularity in the college–level academic
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The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald And Lullaby By W....
Good Afternoon Ms Atkinson and fellow peers, as you can see, the texts I have chosen to discuss with you are To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf,
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lullaby by W. H . Auden, all of which have modernist themes, including conforming to traditional
gender roles, time and love. To the Lighthouse revolves around the lives of the Ramsay family who are at their holiday house, hosting some guests,
including Lily Briscoe (a painter) and Charles. The family are faced with different obstacles throughout the day, Lily with a discouraging comment
from Charles and James' oppositions with his father, but in the end, despite the differences, it is clear the Mr Ramsay heavily depends on Mrs
Ramsay. Ten years later, Mr Ramsay is still lamenting the death of his wife and Lily is still affected by the discouraging comment. It ends with James
not hating his father and Lily, building up her confidence and erasing her self–doubt. The Great Gatsby follows the story of Nick Carraway, a man
from the Midwest who had just moved to the east coast. He visits his cousin Daisy, her husband Tom and Daisy's friend Jordan, who suggests he visit
Gatsby's parties. There, he meets Gatsby and quickly learns that Gatsby and Daisy were lovers. They are reunited and start an affair, but Tom is
suspicious even though his infidelity is known to Nick and Jordan. Gatsby pressures Daisy to leave her husband but eventually Tom convinces Daisy to
stay with him. Nick's disgust for
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Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Essay
Whether it be the long established bible for favoritism of gender or contemporary Thirteen Reasons Why for its explicit illustration of suicide, books
are constantly banned for one reason or another. Sometimes, however, censored literature proves to be the most insightful and most original. Vladimir
Nabokov's Lolita has been subject to criticism and censorship since its first publication in 1955. Critics constantly degrade the novel as repulsive and
an endorsement of pedophilia. Although Lolita was censored for its sexual and obscene content, the characterization of protagonist Humbert Humbert
proves it to be just as appropriate as other literature. Critics support Lolita's censorship because they believe protagonist Humbert Humbert's ... Show
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This has occurred in society before where criminals convicted of murder simply blame it on their Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder. Barbara
Straumann, when analyzing the relationship between young Humbert and his lover Annabel, states, "Yet, if the Annabel story is one of his fakes, it
is fabricated to deceive himself...thinking about the cause of 'the rift in my life' giving rise, or rather arousing, his 'excessive desire' for underage
girls" (94). Here, Straumann explores the unreliability of Humbert's narration by claiming his story of Annabel as simply an excuse for his actions.
Child molesters blaming their actions on traumas in the past was exactly the event critics fear if the ideas in Lolita become widespread. Proceeding
from mental disorders, Humbert brings up his other "side" who mistreated Lolita. This ushers in dissociative identity disorder to the novel, another
illegitimate excuse critics believe can be used as a justification for child molestation. Mark Nicholls also finds Humbert's admission of another
personality. He states, "For in Humbert, from the beginning, there is that other side of his personality, the side in which sexuality...bound up with the
pursuit of perversion" (162). Additionally, critics claim Nabokov characterizes Humbert so he is able to mask his evil nature behind his eloquence and
charm. Humbert recounts
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Paradox In Lolita
The Paradoxical Nature of the Tragicomedy Lolita Vladimir Nabokov was an avid user of paradox and parody in many of his works, both English and
Russian. His use of these elements, combined with his eclectic thinking and exploration of taboo or illicit behaviors, like pedophilia, led Nabokov to
create the astonishingly influential and historically groundbreaking novel Lolita. Nabokov's novel Lolita creates a paradoxical and satirical aura, filled
with the pseudo–morality of the narrator and main character, Humbert Humbert, and his inconspicuous doppelganger. Nabokov is one of the
forefront literary parody writers to have ever lived. His parody he so commonly uses is evident in many of his other works, such as Ada and The
Gift. Usually penned as snobby and arrogant, Nabokov had a very detached writing style that extended into his personality beyond his novels. His
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Humbert Humbert, a handsome writer wasting his life away in prison, is writing a memoir about his love affairs, particularly with a young girl,
Dolores, whom he nicknames Lolita. Well–spoken and well–educated, Humbert is a competent adult, able to function properly socially, while
harboring a love of young girls he creepily calls "nymphets." The death of his childhood sweetheart, Annabel Leigh, left him forever heartbroken
and wading in his sorrows, and much of his life is spent chasing a girl to fill her place. He is briefly married, but after that falls apart, he moves to a
New England town called Ramsdale, where he meets widow Charlotte and her daughter, Dolores, or "Lolita." After a freak accident leaves Dolores
without a mother and only Humbert to care for her, he quickly takes her under his wing and begins physical and sexual relations with
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The Monster In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Humbert has control over Lolita at first because he was the authoritative figure but as the book goes on and the
more Lolita became deceitful, he became crazier because of the power she has over his sexual desires. Nabokov uses a strategy to let Humbert tell
his own story to sympathize with him in order not to seem like he has pedophilic endeavors, but then Nabokov twists the plot around and shows the
monster he really is. Nabokov didn't realize the impact this book would have in the world today; it may have been labeled "pornography" by many,
but the idea of Lolita emerges in advertising now to spread the word about pedophilia.
In the beginning of the book, Nabokov writes:
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"In the middle of the night she came sobbing into my room, and we made it up very gently. You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go" (142).
Lolita doesn't recognize the power Humbert has over her.
"Sometimes...while Lolita would be haphazardly preparing her homework, sucking a pencil, lolling sideways in an easy chair with both legs over its
arm, I would shed all my masculine pride–and literally crawl on my knees to your chair, my Lolita! You would give me one look–a gray furry question
mark of a look: 'Oh no, not again' (incredulity, exasperation); for you never deigned to believe that I could, without any specific designs, ever crave to
bury my face in your plaid skirt." (192).
Humbert relates the pencil to a phallus and tries to penetrate Lolita; however, like a closed book, Lolita keeps her legs closed just like a closed
booked can't get written on with a pen. But here it shows the power Lolita has over Humbert which Lolita doesn't discover just yet. When Humbert isn't
worrying or thinking about Lolita leaving him or having thoughts about other guys her own age, he mocks other people and
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The Genome Project Of Any Species
The genome sequencing project of any species would not be possible without modern sequencing technologies and the methods described in this thesis,
transcriptome and genome resources for whitefly can be rapidly developed which enable exciting research. Methods and results described in this thesis
are just examples for any genome project, and would suit best to any arthropod that contain bacterial endosymbiont. This concluding chapter
summarizes the previous chapters and also outlines the possible future directions for improvements and describes the exciting research studies possible.
8.0.1 What can we do with the transcriptome
Chapter 1 began by addressing the research problem and describing the whiteflies that have been studied so far and why the genome of this species is
needed. Although, four transcriptomes of different whitefly species have already been published and the data are available to public. These four
transcriptomes were compared in Chapter 2 to identify sequence and functional differences across them. The main aim of the Chapter 2 was to obtain a
comprehensive transcriptome data set for Asia I species which could effectively used for further analysis in this thesis.
In order to capture the complete transcriptome of Asia I species, two different libraries (Normalized and Unnormalized) were generated and sequenced.
These combined data sets from two libraries not only led to complete transcriptome resource but also to identifying the abundance and least
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John Green: Looking For Alaska And The Fault In Our Stars
Kelly Orlando
Biographical Essay
John Green is one of America's most famous modern–day authors known for his works such as Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars. Also
famous for YouTube videos, Green is well–known for his educational online posts. He was one of the 100 most influential people in the world,
according to Time magazine. Green won numerous awards for his writings including the Michael L. Printz Awardwith Looking for Alaska and the Los
Angeles Times Book Prize under the category of the Innovators Award. Along with his brother, Hank Green, John launched the charity project,
Project for Awesome in which YouTube users take two days to create videos for charities of their choosing, and they raised $483,446 in 2007 and
$869,291 in 2013. Green is by far one of todays' most recognized and accomplished authors. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
His family moved to Michigan, Birmingham, Alabama, and lastly Orlando, Florida. He went to Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando and
Indian Springs School outside of Birmingham, which inspired the setting for Looking for Alaska. Green graduated with a double major in English and
Religion studies from Kenyon College in 2000. After graduating from college, John spent 5 months as a student chaplain in a children's hospital while
enrolled at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He planned on becoming an Episcopal priest, however his experience in the hospital, witnessing
children with life–threatening diseases inspired him to become an author and to write The Fault in Our Stars. Green lived in Chicago for several
years, where he worked for Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor. Later, he lived in New York for 2 years while his wife attended
graduate
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  • 1. Hummbert Love Lolita I.Question/Issue Throughout the course of the novel, Nabokov mentions and references the theme of love, specifically when he recalls on Humbert's feelings toward Lolita. As the narrator of the story, Humbert uses love as a willful and tenacious justification for his pedophilic tendencies toward nymphets like Lolita. As Lolita is only a young, undeveloped, and immature child, Humbert's desire for Lolita is not only unreasonable and awkward, but also psychologically and physically obsessive; he is unlike any other pedophile out here, as he experiences very little satisfaction after "fondling", "kissing", and "groping" Lolita. In every description and detail of Lolita throughout the novel, Humbert reminds the readers of his obsessive affinities which he has absolutely no control over and the ones that constantly keep him wanting to come back for more. As a large portion of the audience of this novel find the book to have the basis of "lust", and a fair amount of other readers believes it has the basis of "love", the question of whether or not Humbert truly loves Lolita comes into ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Passages 1."Although I told myself I was looking merely for a soothing presence, a glorified pot–au–feu, an animated merkin, what really attracted me to Valeria was the imitation she gave of a little girl. She gave it not because she had divined something about me; it was just her style–and I fell for it. Actually, she was at least in her late twenties (I never established her exact age for even her passport lied) and had mislaid her virginity under circumstances that changed with her reminiscent moods" (Chapter 8, Page 25). Context: After finding out that his Uncle in the United States had recently passed away and left him some money to inherit, Humbert moves to America to start a new business life and describes his short marriage with Valeria from 1935 to 1939. Although she is nearing her thirties, Valeria's appearance and features remind Humbert of a little young girl, or ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. How To Write An Essay On The Catcher In The Rye "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger is a critically acclaimed and highly spoke of book. The book "Catcher in the Rye" is narrated by a sixteen year old boy named "Holden Caulfield". This teen adolescent is not like any other boy you will ever find, Holden is a sixteen year old teen going through the most difficult times of adolescence and is discovering that no one understands him. Holden is too complex for our understanding he speaks in his own vernacular as if not one thing or person can understand him. The story takes place mostly in New York after Holden flunks out of his prep school, "Pencey Prep". Holden travels to New York for three days before going back to his family. In New York Holden makes many harrowing experiences that... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The book shows how the misunderstanding of one struggling teen adolescent can affect their very outlook on life. To many people Holden is negative, rude, depressed, etc. But once you try to put yourself in his shoes you realize that Holden is seeing how the world really is and he is showing that yes there are negative parts in life but there are also positive parts in life as well and how he knows why things happen for a reason from his brother Allie dying of Leukemia to seeing his loving kid–sister Phoebe. To me the book has it's rough spots and it's great spots, I like how the book starts out in first person when Holden says, "I'm not going to tell you my whole goddamn biography or anything." this gives you a quick first look at Holden's true character and how he speaks his mind with everyone. The book also has some bad parts such as when Holden starts to digress like when he mentions his brother Allie, his sister Phoebe, or his brother D. B. it starts to bore me when he goes into extraordinary detail about something that doesn't need to be covered that much. Overall I really enjoyed the book and the story ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Essay about The Perpetual Battle Against Censorship "There is more than one way to burn a book," (176) says Ray Bradbury when explaining the reason he wrote Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury at the time was upset about "condensed books", or books which had been simplified for easier reading. Luckily, this fad seems to have passed. However, he was also upset about people who wrote asking him to change the role of women or African–Americans to make them more or less dominant in some of his works. One of the major themes in Fahrenheit 451 was just that; a society where everyone got what they wished and literature was eliminated entirely so it wouldn't offend anyone. Sadly, this still continues to happen in the United States. Many books have been banned from school and public libraries because ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... According to the ACLU, this applies not only to pure speech (books, newspapers, leaflets, and rallies), but also "nonverbal expressions that communicate ideas" ("ACLU . . ."). To take the good with the bad, not only does it protect popular ideas, but also ideas expressed by hate groups and those against the government. The only exceptions that have ever been made to the first amendment are the two Supreme Court cases Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942) and New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) ("ACLU . . ."). In the Chaplinsky case, the court ruled that free speech was not protected if the speech was "fighting words" or words meant to provoke the person to whom they are addressed ("ACLU . . ."). In the case of New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that free speech is also not protected when it is slander against public officials ("ACLU . . ."). Mostly however, these two Supreme Court cases apply only to journalism, as most classic and contemporary literature is not directed simply at one person. Despite all this protection, the decision to ban books from libraries is largely left up to the schools and institutions themselves ("Banned Books Online"), and a federal ban is very rare, practically nonexistent today. If we have the first amendment, then why are books still federally banned? There is a U.S. law that forbids the trade of "obscene literature, or articles of immoral use" ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon' Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. Although the book has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the US and Canada, sometimes successfully, Keyes refused to make the change and sold the story to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction instead. and first tried to sell it to Doubleday, but they also wanted to change the ending. Again, Keyes refused and gave Doubleday back their advance. the Fifth Annual of the Year's Best Science Fiction, Best Articles and Stories, and The Magazine of Fantasy ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... A 2002 Marvel Spider–Man comic, "Flowers for Rhino." A 2013 episode of the comedy TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in season 9 titled "Flowers for Charlie" which has a plot similar to that of the novel A 2013 episode of the comedy TV series The League in season 5 titled "Flowers for Taco" which has a plot similar to that of the novel Film, television, and theatrical adaptations Flowers for Algernon has been adapted many times for different media including stage, screen and radio. These adaptations include: A 1961 television drama, The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon, starring Cliff Robertson. A 1968 film, Charly, also starring Cliff Robertson, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. A 1969 stage play, Flowers for Algernon by David Rogers. A 1978 stage musical, Charlie and Algernon by David Rogers and Charles Strouse. A 1991 radio play, Flowers for Algernon, for BBC Radio 4 starring Tom Courtenay. A 2000 television movie, Flowers for Algernon, starring Matthew Modine. A 2002 Japanese drama, Algernon ni Hanataba wo for Fuji Television, starring YЕ«suke Santamaria. A 2006 French television movie, Des fleurs pour ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Book Review : The Great Gatsby "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther . . . . And one fine morning– So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." This is one of some famous quote about The Great Gatsby. Today, I want to discuss this book, which is one of my favorite book and movie. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which is always considered to be the "must read" novel by book critics around the world. The Modern Library ranked The Great Gatsby at number two on the list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. Time magazine honors The Great Gatsby as one of the 10 greatest literary works of all time. The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway's memoirs of what happened in 1922 with Gatsby's close friend and secret relationship with his cousin–in–law, Daisy, "for the rest of Gatsby's life set up a property. , this estate is also due to get the beauties. For Gatsby, it's an ideal life. " The year 1912, The beginning of the later period is referred to as the "Roaring Twenties," "golden age" or "jazz age" (like the way F. Scott Fitzgerald calls it). This is a time when the world economy, especially the US economy, developed to the peak of prosperity and then ended with the Great Depression of 1929. The life of Gatsby, the protagonist of the film, is about Essentially, it was Fitzgerald's ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Humbert Humbert of Lolita and James Gatsby of The Great... At first glance, one might find it difficult to draw comparisons between the two protagonists: James Gatsby, from The Great Gatsby, and Humbert Humbert, from Lolita. Gatsby's is the tragic story of a self–made man who built himself an empire for a woman who would never love him. Humbert Humbert, on the other hand, is a manipulative and witty pervert who lusts after the vulgar nymphet, Lolita. Both men are extremely similar in one key aspect, however. Both Gatsby and Humbert have idealized an encounter from their youth and that idealization has become a driving obsession in each of their lives. In her essay, "Attachment to the Missing Object: Infidelity and Obsessive Love," Lucinda Williams says that "the passion displayed... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Another striking resemblance to William's description of the 'common' form of obsession stems from the fact that when Humbert meets Annabel, his father is away touring Italy. He states that he "had nobody to complain to, nobody to consult" about sex (11). Instead of speaking to a parental figure about his sexual desire, he tries to figure it out for himself and in the process projects what he is really missing, a loving parental figure, onto this adolescent girl. The relationship between Annabel and Humbert is one marked with sexual restraint. Humbert describes an important sexual encounter, when they escaped to a mimosa grove while their chaperones play bridge, in great depth and it is this encounter that haunts Humbert for the rest of his life. Shortly after this moment, Annabel is called away by her mother and Humbert never gets to reach his sexual climax. He also never sees Annabel again because she dies of typhus four months later. Because of her death, Annabel is kept sacred and perfect in Humbert's memory. The unsuccessful first tryst plagues the rest of Humbert's relationships with women. Ellen Pifer reiterates this in her book, Demon and Doll, saying that "It is Humbert's longing for the unattainable, for ideal perfection – what he calls the 'rosegray never–to–be–had' – that fires his imagination and fuels his desire for nymphet beauty" (68). This unattainable perfection which Pifer speaks of appears to be the ever–young Annabel. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. The Relationship Between Utopia And Dystopia Utopia one can say Utopia is portrayed as an ideal society in a hypothetical "no– place". A central difficulty of utopian fiction is the lack of dramatic conflict, a state of perfection, is inherently uneventful. The counter concept to Utopia is Dystopia, in which hopes for betterment is replaced by electrifying fears of the ugly consequences of the present day behavior. Utopias tended to have a placid gloss of phony benevolence, while Dystopias displayed somewhat satanic thunder. Utopias commonly featured "moderns" undergoing an experiment to the utopian mind–set after which all action stopped. On the other hand, Dystopia is a character representing modern is excitingly chased down, persecuted, degraded, and commonly killed. Whether pleasant, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Butler, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K.Le Guin, Moving The Mountain and Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Joanna Russ's 1975 The Female Man is groundwork in the library of feminist science fiction. It is the 1970s, Jeannine who is a librarian is waiting to be married in a world that never saw the end of the depression. But in an alternate reality, she is also Joanna, a radical feminist, Janet, an inhabitant of far away, a utopia where men do not exist, and Jael, an animalistic warrior at war with the males other planet. The four meet and the realities turned on their heads. It is innovative, thought–provoking novel featuring four incredible female characters. Midnight Robber written by Nalo Hopkinson's also comes in the list of feminist science fiction. It is a dark and powerful coming of–age story which deals with issues of sexual abusive, incest, and abortion. Hopkinson's novel is deeply personal that intricately weaves a futuristic world, ancient mythology and modern day women's ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. What Is The Theme Of A Bend In The River Rivera Jose Gabriel Hankins English 116 05/20/2015 A Bend in the River – Book Review "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it". That's how V.S. Naipaul starts his novel "A Bend in the River". The book describes the post–independence struggles of an unnamed Africa governed by a dictator, "The Big Man". A Bend in the River is a story of historical upheaval and social breakdown. The collision of cultures in India, Arab, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean inform the extraordinary view of Naipaul's creative imagination. He was born in Trinidad in 1932 from a Hindu family that had come generations back as indentured servants from the subcontinent of India to a tropical island in the Caribbean, where Hindus were a minority. Perhaps the shape of his vision owes something to his own placement in the world. Salim, our first person narrator whose roots come from mixed Muslim Arab–African but more closely related to Hindus of northwestern India. He and his family had been living at the Eastern coast of Africa that was filled with people who were not truly African. They were ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is during his brief stay in jail that perceives the world from the place of the African inhabitants, this alters his views about native Africans. The part from the jail clearly suggests the kind of wisdom Salim gains through his experience, regardless of feeling different from the other prisoners, he reaches a certain understanding of their situation within the context of them and not his own assumptions. A Bend in the River brought to light a whole world, a culture, a historical experience, and it did so in a way that felt true and insightful at that time. It gave us an understanding of the experience of these people that we couldn't get from any history of Africa even ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Gender Issues In Brave New World Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is a novel set in London, England of AD 2540 or 632 A.F., "After Ford" as Huxley refers to it (Baldassarro). The novel predicts developments in reproductive technology, sleep–learning, psychological manipulation as well as classical conditioning that, through joint effort, impact a society as a whole. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New Worldas fifth place on its list of 100 best English–language novels of the 20th century (Modern Library Board Members). Then in 2003 a writer for The Observer, Robert McCrum, said that Brave New World was at number fifty–three in the "top 100 greatest novels of all time" (McCrum). It was then later listed as eighty–seven in BBC's survey "The Big Read" (BBC). Yet despite... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... From the very beginning, children played erotic games in the hatchery and conditioning center; it is normal in this society for children to take part in such "games" and to have in the process (Huxley, 31–32). It is frowned upon not to openly enjoy such erotic behavior–even for adults. There are pornographic movies called "Feelies" that stimulate more than just the eyes, but the entire body; they are described as "practically nothing but pure sensation" (Huxley, 221). There are also ceremonies where groups partake in sexual conducts, known as soma orgies, just to be happy. Just introducing these ideas to students already clashes with the basic health education curriculum that teaches that sex is for marriage. It caused a scare among parents thinking that reading this kind of fiction would cause their kids to go out, do drugs and have sex. This completely ignores the idea that students cannot separate fiction from reality; it does not give readers credit in handling literature. Literature will not always deal with easy to read subjects, just like health classes do not always deal with the easy to stomach ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator, Humbert Humbert, writes to the reader, whom he regards as "the jury", of his attraction towards young nymphets. Humbert, through utilizing intricate language and wordplay, emphasizes his appreciation of his Lolita, and diverts the jury's attention from his perverse pedophilic ways, suggesting that horrific things can be temporarily veiled behind the beauty of art. Evidence of Humbert's entrancing language can be seen straight from the beginning of the novel. The very first sentence of the novel, "Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo–lee–ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta", reads with such stirring ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In the world of Lolita, Humbert is writing this memoir for the jury of his trial, and by using his "fancy prose style" to cover up the disconcerting details of his relationship with Lolita, he attempts to convince the jury the "purity" of his relationship with Lolita. Whenever Humbert involves pedophilia or Lolita, his matter–of–fact tone shifts into rich, indulgent language, which amplifies the aesthetic appeal of Humbert's nymphets as the jury reads along. For instance, in the scene where Humbert becomes aroused by Lolita spreading herself over Humbert, his recountance of the incidence is so complex and enthralling, in hopes that the jury can feel empathy for his lust for Lolita. He paints Lolita as: "She wore that day a pretty print dress that I had seen on her once before, ample in the skirt, tight in the bodice, short sleeved, [...] and was holding in her hollowed hands a beautiful, banal, Eden–red apple" (Nabokov 57). The poetic elements in Humbert's description, such as alliteration (pretty print, short sleeved, hollowed hands), parallelism (ample in the skirt, tight in the bodice) manipulates Lolita's otherwise indecent description into a piece of art, exceeding beyond the moral values that prohibit other people, such as the jury, from enjoying the allure of nymphets. Yet, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. The Truth : Ethics, Arithmetic, And Synthetics Of Life The truth, something that has been searched for since the beginning of time. Throughout history, man has been on a mission to discover the truth. To discover something that can bring greater value to our lives and reform the way we experience the world. It is through our quest for validity and authenticity that we find ourselves straying onto what we consider the opposite of truth, fiction. A place where anything is possible and everything is somewhat unexplainable. However as we examine fiction, we can't help but realize that the emotional truth which becomes possible through fiction is not possible without facts. It is through analyzing parts of fiction that we are able gain access to truths that relate to the ethics, arithmetic, and synthetics of life. The first type of truth, ethics, is somewhat unusual because it isn 't at all clear that such a thing even exists. It is certain that many people believe in the actuality of ethical truths. At the very least, even if ethical truths exist, it isn 't at all clear how we can come to know them with any degree of certainty. In Section 2 of the memoir of "Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi the book "The great Gatsby" written by Scott Fitzgerald is mentioned. Throughout this section, the reader is exposed to a varied range of themes relating to each other. One of the primary themes that recur within the pages is of dreams and its relationship with reality. The protagonist Jay Gatsby of "The Great Gatsby" fantasizes of getting ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. F. Scott Fitzgerald 's The Great Gatsby Scott Fitzgerald 's, "The Great Gatsby", is used to teach us the prime example of the American experience or the American dream. On the other hand, J.D Salinger 's book, "The Catcher in the Rye", is generally about the story of a young boy, losing innocence and trying to keep children from falling off of this metaphorical cliff, or in reality, losing their innocence. While these two stories may seem drastically different from each other, they both share a deeper meaning. Throughout both of these books, while the plot line and thematic ideas may seem different, both of these characters share the same trait, idealism; they both desire things that they cannot possibly reach or things, or something as simple as fitting in and feeling like... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Gatsby, who is generally an unhappy person, this situation, and a feeling of emptiness in life, drowns himself in worthless people, doing worthless things. This relates to the idea of the American dream, everyone wants to achieve this in a sense "social/wealth greatness" and when they achieve this, they expect to live an amazing life and get whatever they want, whenever they want it. Gatsby 's whole life is taken over by one hopeless ideal, and he doesn't even notice or acknowledge it until it 's too late. Gatsby has many great ideals within his heart, yet cannot use them to his advantage bease the only thing on his mind is to achieve a hopeless impossible goal. While he is the ideal gentleman, and he has in a way achieved idealism, his wealth and fortune is gained through illegal activities, and on top of that, he is still in love with another man's wife. Gatsby has ideals, and then he has reality, and he cannot seem to understand that they both don't go hand in hand. While holden Caulfield is not trying to attempt the same ideals that jay gatsby, his efforts are just as similar. Holden caulfield is an extremely idealistic character. Holden attempts to be the "catcher in the rye,", he essentially wants to stop the corruption of youth growing out of innocence and into adulthood, which is equally impossible as having the past and reality go hand in hand. While Gatsby also had some ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. The Banning Of John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck is a very well respected author and has many awards to prove it. He received the National book Award and Pulitzer Prize for many of his novels, including The Grapes of Wrath that was written in 1939. When he received the Nobel Prize in 1962, The Grapes of Wrath was cited and was called a "great work" and one of the top reasons he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1998 it was ranked tenth by the Modern Library on a list of the 100 best English–language novels of the 20th century. It was included in Time magazine in "TIME 100 Best English–language Novels from 1923–2005". The novel was still receiving reviews in 2009 from The Daily Telegraph in its "100 novels everyone should read". The novel was even on a national ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Steinbeck wrote about what he saw when he was in the camps, and many of the things he saw were not pleasant or wonderful happenings. Here is an example of some of the things the farmers did to the workers so they would be worse off. When readers read what was really happening, it was hard for them to believe that anything like this could happen and thought it was just made up by John Steinbeck. These things really did happen, but people banned it because they thought they were just "idea", and they didn't want the coming generation to think like the book was thinking or know the truth.In the book the Joad's come from Oklahoma and travel west to California. The book is set in Kern County, California, and surprisingly enough that was where the first banning was of the book. Soon enough it was being banned and burned in many different towns, states, and even countries. In the 1950's it was banned in Ireland and in 1973 some Turkish booksellers were taken to court for "spreading propaganda" (Business and Heritage ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald was the author of the Great Gatsby.He was born on September 24,1896,in St.Paul Minnesota.Fitzgerald. In the 1917 he dropped out of the U.S. army. Fitzgerald wrote his first novel called The Romantic Egotist. Fitzgerald also was a second lieutenant infantry assigned to camp Sheridan. He fell in love with an 18– year girl named Zelda Sayre. He wanted to get a good career to convince Zelda to marry him. Few months later he Quit his job and went to St.Paul to rewrite his novel. The Great Gatsby was written by Fitzgerald in 1925. Fitzgerald got inspired by the book he wrote,about the parties and actually went to Long Island on the North shore. The Great Gatsby book is mostly about how a girl named Daisy fell in love with two different men. The Great Gatsby,written by Fitzgerald was published on April 10,1925. In the first year after writing the novel sold 20,000 copies.This novel put a big history on the Roaring Twenties in america society. It was a really good tale about the american dream. It's in Long Island, North Shore in New York city during the summer of 1922. His third novel was the highest and had many people loving the novel. It was the Great Gatsby and won of the best novels he has ever written they say. The first movie came out in 1974.The newest movie came out in 2013. Fitzgerald became an alcoholic and Zelda, the one he fell in love with was jealous of him. They say he became an alcoholic after written about the novel of the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Catcher In The Rye And The Great Gatsby Analysis How are Holden Caulfield and Jay Gatsby characterized as existential heroes and used to emphasize the motif of isolation in novels The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby? 1. Intro/ background Highlighting the luscious American lifestyle, these novels both take place in New York City.The Great Gatsby during the roaring 20's and The Catcher in the Rye during post World War II era. Both of these time frames in this vast city boasted a prosperous, thriving culture and was the embodiment of the American Dream itself. These novels, however, show us a different side of America, the isolation, and the utter meaningless of life, the same from one path to another. This absurdity is depicted from two vastly opposite point of views. Fitzgerald and Salinger each portray their protagonist as an existential hero to emphasize the isolation and fragmented state of the rich culture and American society beneath the surface. Fitzgerald depicts Gatsby as a likable and more idealistic character and a hopeless romantic pursuing Daisy even though; she has already picked Tom over him. While we do not see the inner thoughts and emotions from Gatsby as often as with Holden, due to Nick being the narrator, the center of the fragmented society and the novel is, without doubt, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby also is surrounded by people yet immersed in isolation, all his party guests are either not invited at all or merely acquaintances. Just as is his fake life he created for himself as, despite all his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Why Was Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind Banned? Why was Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind Banned? On June 30, 1936, Macmillan published Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind". The 1,037 page novel became the fastest selling novel ever printed despite its price of $3. By Christmas of the first year, the novel had sold one million copies. Soon after Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer released the motion picture of the same name on December 1939, sales of the novel reached 2,153,000 copies (Corbett). The motion picture went on to win 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and made $1.6 billion in ticket sales when adjusted for inflation (Lang). Nevertheless, the beloved novel ranks #26 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most–banned or challenged classics (Stephenson). Although "Gone with the Wind" has been banned/challenged due to its offensive language, depiction of slavery, actions of the main heroine, sexual tension, and suggestion of marital rape, Margaret Mitchell's novel should not be banned because it offers students an opportunity to discuss the evolution of ideas and an exercise on how humans remember their past. According to the American Library Association, a challenge occurs when a person or group objects to the contents of a book or other media and attempts to remove or restrict materials. A banning is the removal of those ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... According to Debra Freer, Mitchell historian, the Nazis banned Gone with the Wind (1936) because it inspired the French Resistance. They were afraid the novel gave people hope and the will to survive under tyranny and oppression. The Russians later banned her novel throughout the Soviet Empire for similar reasons until about 2001. By then, the first approved edition of the novel was sold despite numerous translated bootleg copies. Margaret Mitchell herself stated that the novel's theme is one of survival ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Literary Features in The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in... Symbolism is used in different ways in both the novels, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and I have explored the ways in which two different authors have used this literary feature to enhance meaning behind their novels. Fitzgerald uses colour imagery throughout 'The Great Gatsby', especially using the colour white which cleverly changes meaning as the story progresses. When the reader is first introduced to both Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker, they are first described as being "dressed in white" which portrays a sense of innocence and purity about them, especially as Fitzgerald then uses the metaphor "short flight around the room" which makes them appear angelic and portrays them as very beautiful, almost perfect women 1. This image demonstrated for the colour white is slowly diminished as the story continues as I believe Fitzgerald then uses it to establish a sense of corruptness and coldness within the upper class, this is evident when Nick dreams about a woman on a stretcher who is wearing a "white evening dress". Fitzgerald juxtaposes the innocence and purity with her hand which is "cold with jewels" ultimately recreating the image in the readers mind of the colour white which creates a more sinister and corrupt meaning which then begins to become evident in the majority of the upper class. It also proves the carelessness and selfishness of the upper class as she is left alone and that most of this class seem to have a "cold" personality. Darren ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. The Dehumanization Of Women In Lolita By Vladimir Nabokov Lolita. The epic journey of a mentally deranged peodophile and his descent into complete and utter madness, accompanied by his fantasy girl. A girl that exists only to please and torment Humbert Humbert, the main character of Vladimir Nabokov's novel, Lolita. A novel that completely negates the female character, dehumanizing and objectifying them, to the point where they could easily be replaced by inanimate objects or abstract thoughts. This is done through the thoughts, comments, and actions of the main narrator, Humbert Humbert. This is driven by Humbert Humbert's own misogynistic needs to have power over all things, the female sex in particular. To explain Humbert Humbert's misogynistic narrative, two things must first be taken into ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Take each character and replace them with a lamp. Not just any lamp, for the sake of such a sensualnovel, the leg lamp from A Christmas Story is the only acceptable choice. Or perhaps an inflatable sex doll. At any rate, replace that character with a lamp, and see if the basic story and plot changes in any dramatic fashion. Replace Valeria with a lamp, and the answer is no. Humbert could have bought the lamp to seem normal, kept it for a while– disused and ignored on a shelf somewhere– and still been jealous when a Russian taxi driver took it away from him. Charlotte does not pass, though she does show a small amount of actual importance in her own investigative discovery of Humbert Humbert's perverse diary. In the end she is conveniently discarded, in a manner that shows that her life is quite literally worth less than that of a dog (1.22). Rita does so little in the time span that she is in Humbert's life, that being a lamp would make just as much sense as her being a human being. Perhaps more so, given Humbert's propensity to detest the grown female form. Surprisingly, while Lolita fails the Lamp Test, Dolores does not. If one examines them as separate entities, then it is Dolores who leaves Humbert for Quilty, then gets a job, and a husband. It is Dolores who makes demands over road signs, and starts soliciting money in an attempt to save for an escape. Lolita is an imaginary being. The ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Characters Of Different Literatures All Share The Same Ideal Martinez Hannah Garcia Michael AML 2020 18 December 2014 The Three Common Men Three important characters of different literatures all share the same ideal. Jay Gatsby, Willy Loman and Holden Caulfield animate in the past and share the different ideas of society. Although Gatsby and Loman fail to achieve the self–realization and ideals of the real world, Caulfield wants to protect children and keep them from seeing the ugliness of the world. The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway, who narrates what he sees when he moves by his cousin Daisy and Gatsby. Gatsby attempts an unachievable goal which is winning Daisy's love back through money and power, even though Daisy is married to Tom. He desired to win her love by being prosperous, but he became wealthy by committing crimes. But what keeps him different, as Nick Carraway thinks, is that he is naive, self–importance, and passionate yet ludicrous. "Gatsby has "something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life" , and "an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person" , but Tom has a hard mouth and supercilious manner, two shining arrogant eyes, and a cruel body." As compared to Tom, Daisy's husband, Gatsby isn't all that great of a person. He had one objective and did anything he could to reach that; Tom was naturally prosperous and got his way with no trouble. Jay Gatsby is stuck in the past of the time when him and Daisy were profoundly ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Great Gatsby Essay THE GREAT GATSBY: Study Questions 1. We see all the action of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of one character whose narration seems to be shaped by his own values and temperament. What is Nick Carraway like, what does he value, and how do his character and his values matter to our understanding of the action of the novel? 2. Early in the novel, Nick says of Gatsby that he "turned out all right at the end" (p.2) Later, however, after he tells Gatsby "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together" (154) he abruptly calls this "the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to end." What does this curiously ambivalent admiration for Gatsby tell us about Nick, and especially about his relation ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... How does their presence sharpen Fitzgerald's characterization of the rich, and what might the resulting contrasts suggest about the role of class in shaping social experience in The Great Gatsby? 7. According to one of the characters in Azar Nafisi's contemporary memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran,, the only "sympathetic" person in the novel is "the cuckolded husband, Mr. Wilson." What aspects of The Great Gatsby might be offered as grounds for such a claim, and is the claim ultimately convincing? 8. At the end of Chapter Five, Nick makes much of the power of Daisy's voice over Gatsby: "I think that voice held him most, with its fluctuating, feverish warmth, because it couldn't be overdreamed–that voice was a deathless song" (p.96). Later on, Gatsby observes that "Her voice is full of money," and Nick develops the point: "That was it, I'd never understood before. It was full of money–that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song of it." Is it possible for characters in Gatsby's world to disentangle different kinds of value: In particular, do the social conventions and self–understandings of the main characters allow them to Cornell University is an equal–opportunity, affirmative–action educator and employer. Page 2 disentangle the material value associated with economic wealth, the value attributed to a human object of desire, the aesthetic value of a beautiful
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  • 22. Relationship In The Great Gatsby Humans are made to have connections with one another. Imagine a life where someone has no friends or no loved ones. The purpose of life is to enjoy it and simply be good to people. The book The Catcher in the Rye consists of the main character, Holden Caulfield, wanting to feel a connection with someone. He is very lonely but finds that connection with Jane Gallagher. Furthermore, Holden wants to protect the innocent, especially the children, from a cruel adult world. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby also wants to feel a special connection. Gatsby is a rather lonely person but develops a connection with Daisy. Jay Gatsby and Holden Caulfield both want to feel a connection with a special someone, both are dreamers, and they both are wealthy. People cannot live on this earth without having connections with one another. Jay Gatsby realized this and wanted to build a relationship with Daisy Buchanan. Before Gatsby went to war, he and Daisy fell in love. The war was five years long; and even though Gatsby didn't move on from Daisy, she fell in love with someone else. Moreover, Daisy married Tom Buchanan because she did not want to wait around for Jay Gatsby. After the war, they met again. Daisy declared that she had not seen Gatsby in many years; and Gatsby replied, "Five years next November" (Fitzgerald 87). The significance of Gatsby saying this is that he still clearly loves Daisy. He feels she is his past, present, and future. However, Tom Buchanan is wealthy and lives in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. What Is Daisy's Attitude Of Love In The Great Gatsby Introduction The Great Gatsby was published in 1925,and this book was awarded the second of 100 best novels of American literary history.This book's writer,F. Scott Fitzgerald,whose shadow has been shown on the Nick and Gatsby.Nick and Fitzgerald were both born in common families but graduated from famous universities,and thought that the new life with luxury and crazy love is attractive.Gatsby and Fitzgerald are both mammonish.They thought the money can bring everything and they can prove that they are the qualified lovers with money.Besides,the writer put the story in 1920s when American economy was developing at full speed. The thesis describes the crazy love between Daisy and Gatsby and then lead to the mammonish attitude of love... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... When Tom uncovers Gatsby's secret,which is hidden by him for so many years,everything is ruined by time. His status,money,business and all the things which he works hard for to become an uptown man are all be founded. So he is angry to death and even want to kill him. In that moment,he thoroughly exposes his essence. When Daisy eventually know the real Gatsby,the poor man,she is back to the rich Tom again and asks him to take her home. With a wealthy and having high status gentleman is more safe and happy life,which always can be this rich girl's choice. After Daisy killed Myrtle,and Tom puts every scandal on the Gatsby which straightly leads to the Gatsby's death. Daisy even does not turn up at Gatsby 's funeral. Maybe she is guilty or she does not want to face her stupid love with a poor guy. Besides,Tom and Daisy continue enjoying their upper life, like Gatsby never get into their life and they never know ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. The Different Adaptations of Dracula Ever since Bram Stoker wrote his entrancing novel people have been adapting it, and the story is one of the most reproduced ideas in history. Each innovation of the novel influences the story for the creators own purpose, and in doing so generates another version of Dracula. Count Dracula has become an infamous character in history, and has been captured in many different mediums, such as the Japanese anime and manga series Vampire Hunter D, which follows Draculas son D in his adventures (Kikuchi). However, one of the adaptations that endures in modern minds is the 1992 film by Francis Ford Coppola, Bram Stoker's Dracula. This version of Dracula was meant to be loyal to the novel, but it diverged from the original in many ways. Bram ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Indeed Mina's attraction to Dracula in the film leads to one of the defining alterations between the film and movie adaption, the humanization of Dracula. The subtitle of the 1992 film is "Love Never Dies," (Coppola) which is the love between Dracula and his wife Elisabeta, who is the spitting image of Mina, and is also represented by Winona Ryder. Throughout the film Dracula tries to win over Mina in order to regain his love with Elisabeta, who commits suicide after false rumours of Draculas death are feed to her by priest. The betrayal by the priest and his wife's death, makes Dracula curse god, and therefore become a vampire. The background story of the character Dracula makes the monster almost understandable, and the audience begins to sympathize with Dracula. (0:33–5:38) Even more, the nauseating "cruel–looking" (49) creature described in the novel is turned into a charming young Gary Oldman. Although Coppola starts the film with a brilliant representation of Stoker's monster, he seems to embellish on the younger Dracula (12:44–13:00). In the novel Dracula becomes younger by gorging himself with blood, but Jonathan Harker describes him "like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion" (83). Coppola makes the monster more of a human, and the audience can feel for his and Mina's love affair. Also, Jonathan seems distant from Mina, and this makes the love is even more ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Vladimir Nabokov and Lolita A man of many talents, Vladimir Nabokov is known not only for his controversial work Lolita, he was also an avid lepidopterist – in particular, butterflies. There is no doubt that when penning Lolita's character, Nabokov imprinted several butterfly characteristics on her. This essay however does not seek to investigate the parallels between Lolita and the metamorphosis of a butterfly. Rather, it takes the road less travelled and examines the parallels between Nabokov and Humbert Humbert, not as a pervert, but as a scientist. Nabokov's interest in butterflies stemmed from a childhood obsession as he recalls "chasing butterflies (Time) in Switzerland in 1964. While most people relinquishes their childhood hobbies, Nabokov pursued his interest in lepidopterology throughout his adult life where his passion for butterflies lead him to become a specialist in lepidopterist. As a scientist, Nabokov was acquainted to the clinical ways of science experiments and observations. While this is greatly illustrated in Humbert's interaction with Lolita – in both cases, the former assumes the role of the scientist and the later the object of investigation – Humbert's analytical nature is also reflected in relation to other characters and incidents – including himself – as Nabokov draws from his scientific persona in crafting Humbert's character. In both cases, the former assumes the role of the scientist and the later the object of investigation. Scientists have to approach an ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Compare And Contrast The Great Gatsby And Catcher In The Rye In the novels The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger, we see how truly artificial and stone cold people can really be, and how they will do anything and manipulate anyone just to get ahead of the others. People like these become isolated and alone. We see how other characters alienate themselves from society, because they do not like the way that it works. Finally, we see characters who are automatically isolated from society because they are pushed aside, since they are not like the rest. They seem to be pushed along with the crowd, but never really walking with it. Those who choose to keep themselves alone end up dying alone, especially when they are in need of a friend. Being alone can give you a view of the outside world and how it feels not to be exactly like everyone else. It can make you more educated and worldly, but overall it can make you more real. It gives people a time to reflect, and really think about what they want. We see three themes of isolation and loneliness; because of sacrifices, because of a different class, and because of choice. In The Great Gatsby, Jay is wrapped up in money and riches, obsessed with winning back his one love, Daisy. He withdraws himself from society, although people still admire and look up to him, hiding from the manic of life. He does not care about what people think, in defiance of the fact that there are many rumours floating around about him. He purposely moved across the lake from ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Oppression In Lolita In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Humbert Humbert is a disgusting pedophile who took Lolita's self–worth as he realizes his mistake as he is locked in prison until he dies. People are mistreated every day, but still rely on the abuser. Lolita may seem like a victim but she is really in control of everything which is seen in her controlling where they go, her manipulation of Humbert, and leaving right as soon as Humbert was not of any use to her. Reading through the story, people will think or see that Lolita is an innocent little girl who is a victim of Humbert. She was just a child who "knew nothing" (43). She is seen as any other child who likes to play around and goes around doing what they want, not knowing anything. Doing things that she ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... All along during the story, Lolita knows that Humbert does attempt "to violate her several times" when he was her mother's husband (147). She wanted to escape from him and when she had the chance from Quilty, she took it. She takes advantage of any kind of moment she can get, so she can have the life she wanted and she knows that she does not deserve the life she is having. By starting over would mean she will have a happy life and she thought she did when her and Humbert began their "extensive travel all over the States" (102). The life she wanted was showing and that is why she did everything that Humbert wanted him to do and she thought it would work out like she thought. By travelling, she will be able to go to places and will see where she wanted to go live at and start the life she wanted. She is like that, because of how Humbert is "firmly resolved to pursue my policy of sparing her purity" (89). She notices that Humbert treats her as an object instead of an individual and she does not like that, that is why she is trying to get away from him. Trying to get away from Humbert is a first step for her, so she can find a new person who can actually treat her like she deserve it and will treat her like a person. This is why Lolita is the way she is, because she knows her childhood is being ruined by Humbert and she just wanted to leave him so she can start ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: Jules Verne "The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite". (Jules 199) This part of a Quote written by Jules Verne himself can be found in one of Verne's most famous bookTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. it Gives a clue to his fascination with world travel adventures and the knowledge he was inspired by. Jules Verneis a globally known bestseller and is often referred as by many "the father of science fiction" (Derbyshire 1). According to biography.com he was Born in the seaport city of Nantes, France on February 8, 1828, he himself since was revealed to his city's port activity of ships in and out. Which would later as growing up inspire him to write such vivid and wild adventure stories. At that time Verne's father a lawyer decided to sent Jules Paris to follow his footsteps towards a law degree. As soon after Verne's boarding school studies ended, he attended LycГ©e Georges Clemenceau. This degree would be used by him for a short amount of time . According to Biography.com Jules went on to reside in Paris, and during his residence there he put very little focus on law and more interest towards the theater. Before Verne was a well known author he started to write many plays after starting a law practice. Being more Captivated with plays, he started a career as a playwright writer alone not ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Rhetorical Devices In The Great Gatsby Many of the people in the world regard The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, one of the greatest literary classics of all time. However there is always at least one, most the time few and far between, that disagrees with this statement. H. L. Mencken is one of these persons. After reading the novel Mencken writes an excerpt to be published in the magazine Evening Sun, after all he is one of the leading literary critics of his time. In this essay we will discover how Mencken uses rhetorical devices to portray his thoughts of the novel, The Great Gatsby. First of all, in H. L. Mencken's Argumentative Analysis, we see how he conveys his tone to show his views of Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. The tone of this analysis is disinterested and unexcitable. Mencken is disappointed in the novel because it is talked up to be one of the best literary achievements ever seen. However according to the tone of Menken's analysis, he seems to be greatly disappointed in the novel that is supposed to be so great. We see this here, " ... the plain fact (is) that it is simply a story–– that Fitzgerald seems to be far more interested in maintaining its suspense than in getting under the skins of its people" (23–24). Through this we see that Mencken's tone is conveyed. Mencken is obviously disappointed in the novel, because he simply calls it a story. If however, Mencken had been impressed with the novel, he may have called it something more exciting like a "page–turner" or a "compelling read". ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Aldous Leonard Huxley's Brave New World Aldous Leonard Huxley, the writer of my summer reading, was born on July 26, 1894 and dies on November 22, 1963. A British writer who emigrated to the United States. . He wrote his first novel at the age of 17, which was never published. The first published work "Crome Yellow" was a satire work related to social issues. He edited for the magazine "Oxford Poetry", wrote poetry, stories and created scripts for some Hollywood films. In 1911 he suffered from blindness for two or three years. As a result, he do not qualify for service in World War I. Once recovered, he studied English literature at an Oxford College, where he graduated with first–class honors. His novel "Brave New World" appeared in 1932. This novel was cataloged as one of the 100 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Over the last 130 years "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been called everything from a piece of trash to a national treasure. Mark Twain, whose real name is Samuel Clemens wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Only one month after it was published, librarians in Concord, Massachusetts had it banned. "He has had his problems with librarians from the start when, in 1885, "those moral–ice–bergs," the Library Committee of Concordв€’symbolic seat of freedomв€’pronounced the book rough, coarse, inelegant, and expelled it from library shelves. "Trash and suitable only for the slums," they said (Stanek). "Nearly 130 years since then, this novel has been challenged, defended, banned, expurgated and bowdlerized numerous times by... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Mark Twain was born in 1835 and was the same age in the 1840 's as his main character named Huckleberry Finn (aka Huck) was when the story takes place. Certainly his inspiration for this story could only be based on his own life experiences. During his lifetime slavery was still a part of the American way of life. This novel is not promoting racism or hate, it is simply an unofficial record of our country 's history mingled into the storyline of an adventure. In fact the first time that this novel was labeled racist was not until 1957 when the NAACP charged that it contained racial slurs and belittling racial designations in a portrayal of blacks that some people considered stereotypical and demeaning (pbs.org.) Ernest Hemingway declared that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn." How could such a monumental book also be labeled by many as racist trash that has no place on bookshelves? There are several interpretations that come of this book and its author. The main modern day offense appears to be the use of the word "nigger." During the 1840's this word was commonly used. Its definition of course meant a black person. This book exposes readers to the word "nigger" in its original diction, not how it is viewed today. Some readers may find that by reading the word repeatedly that the power of the word is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Argumentative Essay On Lord Of The Flies Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an amazing story that takes a group of kids, strips them of the protections of their normal worlds, and leaves them stranded on an island to fend for themselves to survive. In many ways, the story of these kids whom are learning to adapt and try make peace with their situation, the story gives a figurative look at how society as a whole has evolved and adapted over thousands of years of its existence. The twist, however, is that mankind is played out by children of a wide range of ages with no guidance or preparation for the task. The novel lends itself to fall somewhere within the genre of fictional survivalist stories as well as being adventurous that readers aging from young teens to adults, or "Young Adult", could relate to. Unlike the overall ages of the characters stranded on the island, Lord of the Flies isn't a novel to be read by children looking for bright and colorful fantasy... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They saw a world that they feared was recycling itself for more disaster. They were concerned about social inequalities that festered but were ignored, and they were worried about the atomic bomb. Golding's book gave them the explanations for which they were looking. It made human selfishness and indifference a cold fact of human nature, and it made the metaphor of the burning island only too relevant to fears of a world in radioactive flames."(Whissen) Whissen also notes that the novel was popular most among college campus students who were attracted to the story, even as it was being contested in the aforementioned institutions for its content. Whissen notes that Time magazine once wrote about this drive for the story by calling it "Lord of the Campus" due to its popularity in the college–level academic ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald And Lullaby By W.... Good Afternoon Ms Atkinson and fellow peers, as you can see, the texts I have chosen to discuss with you are To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lullaby by W. H . Auden, all of which have modernist themes, including conforming to traditional gender roles, time and love. To the Lighthouse revolves around the lives of the Ramsay family who are at their holiday house, hosting some guests, including Lily Briscoe (a painter) and Charles. The family are faced with different obstacles throughout the day, Lily with a discouraging comment from Charles and James' oppositions with his father, but in the end, despite the differences, it is clear the Mr Ramsay heavily depends on Mrs Ramsay. Ten years later, Mr Ramsay is still lamenting the death of his wife and Lily is still affected by the discouraging comment. It ends with James not hating his father and Lily, building up her confidence and erasing her self–doubt. The Great Gatsby follows the story of Nick Carraway, a man from the Midwest who had just moved to the east coast. He visits his cousin Daisy, her husband Tom and Daisy's friend Jordan, who suggests he visit Gatsby's parties. There, he meets Gatsby and quickly learns that Gatsby and Daisy were lovers. They are reunited and start an affair, but Tom is suspicious even though his infidelity is known to Nick and Jordan. Gatsby pressures Daisy to leave her husband but eventually Tom convinces Daisy to stay with him. Nick's disgust for ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita Essay Whether it be the long established bible for favoritism of gender or contemporary Thirteen Reasons Why for its explicit illustration of suicide, books are constantly banned for one reason or another. Sometimes, however, censored literature proves to be the most insightful and most original. Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita has been subject to criticism and censorship since its first publication in 1955. Critics constantly degrade the novel as repulsive and an endorsement of pedophilia. Although Lolita was censored for its sexual and obscene content, the characterization of protagonist Humbert Humbert proves it to be just as appropriate as other literature. Critics support Lolita's censorship because they believe protagonist Humbert Humbert's ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This has occurred in society before where criminals convicted of murder simply blame it on their Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder. Barbara Straumann, when analyzing the relationship between young Humbert and his lover Annabel, states, "Yet, if the Annabel story is one of his fakes, it is fabricated to deceive himself...thinking about the cause of 'the rift in my life' giving rise, or rather arousing, his 'excessive desire' for underage girls" (94). Here, Straumann explores the unreliability of Humbert's narration by claiming his story of Annabel as simply an excuse for his actions. Child molesters blaming their actions on traumas in the past was exactly the event critics fear if the ideas in Lolita become widespread. Proceeding from mental disorders, Humbert brings up his other "side" who mistreated Lolita. This ushers in dissociative identity disorder to the novel, another illegitimate excuse critics believe can be used as a justification for child molestation. Mark Nicholls also finds Humbert's admission of another personality. He states, "For in Humbert, from the beginning, there is that other side of his personality, the side in which sexuality...bound up with the pursuit of perversion" (162). Additionally, critics claim Nabokov characterizes Humbert so he is able to mask his evil nature behind his eloquence and charm. Humbert recounts ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Paradox In Lolita The Paradoxical Nature of the Tragicomedy Lolita Vladimir Nabokov was an avid user of paradox and parody in many of his works, both English and Russian. His use of these elements, combined with his eclectic thinking and exploration of taboo or illicit behaviors, like pedophilia, led Nabokov to create the astonishingly influential and historically groundbreaking novel Lolita. Nabokov's novel Lolita creates a paradoxical and satirical aura, filled with the pseudo–morality of the narrator and main character, Humbert Humbert, and his inconspicuous doppelganger. Nabokov is one of the forefront literary parody writers to have ever lived. His parody he so commonly uses is evident in many of his other works, such as Ada and The Gift. Usually penned as snobby and arrogant, Nabokov had a very detached writing style that extended into his personality beyond his novels. His speak is intricate and very well thought–out; he is always careful to say the exact thing he wanted to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Humbert Humbert, a handsome writer wasting his life away in prison, is writing a memoir about his love affairs, particularly with a young girl, Dolores, whom he nicknames Lolita. Well–spoken and well–educated, Humbert is a competent adult, able to function properly socially, while harboring a love of young girls he creepily calls "nymphets." The death of his childhood sweetheart, Annabel Leigh, left him forever heartbroken and wading in his sorrows, and much of his life is spent chasing a girl to fill her place. He is briefly married, but after that falls apart, he moves to a New England town called Ramsdale, where he meets widow Charlotte and her daughter, Dolores, or "Lolita." After a freak accident leaves Dolores without a mother and only Humbert to care for her, he quickly takes her under his wing and begins physical and sexual relations with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. The Monster In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Humbert has control over Lolita at first because he was the authoritative figure but as the book goes on and the more Lolita became deceitful, he became crazier because of the power she has over his sexual desires. Nabokov uses a strategy to let Humbert tell his own story to sympathize with him in order not to seem like he has pedophilic endeavors, but then Nabokov twists the plot around and shows the monster he really is. Nabokov didn't realize the impact this book would have in the world today; it may have been labeled "pornography" by many, but the idea of Lolita emerges in advertising now to spread the word about pedophilia. In the beginning of the book, Nabokov writes: "So let us get started. I have a difficult ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... "In the middle of the night she came sobbing into my room, and we made it up very gently. You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go" (142). Lolita doesn't recognize the power Humbert has over her. "Sometimes...while Lolita would be haphazardly preparing her homework, sucking a pencil, lolling sideways in an easy chair with both legs over its arm, I would shed all my masculine pride–and literally crawl on my knees to your chair, my Lolita! You would give me one look–a gray furry question mark of a look: 'Oh no, not again' (incredulity, exasperation); for you never deigned to believe that I could, without any specific designs, ever crave to bury my face in your plaid skirt." (192). Humbert relates the pencil to a phallus and tries to penetrate Lolita; however, like a closed book, Lolita keeps her legs closed just like a closed booked can't get written on with a pen. But here it shows the power Lolita has over Humbert which Lolita doesn't discover just yet. When Humbert isn't worrying or thinking about Lolita leaving him or having thoughts about other guys her own age, he mocks other people and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. The Genome Project Of Any Species The genome sequencing project of any species would not be possible without modern sequencing technologies and the methods described in this thesis, transcriptome and genome resources for whitefly can be rapidly developed which enable exciting research. Methods and results described in this thesis are just examples for any genome project, and would suit best to any arthropod that contain bacterial endosymbiont. This concluding chapter summarizes the previous chapters and also outlines the possible future directions for improvements and describes the exciting research studies possible. 8.0.1 What can we do with the transcriptome Chapter 1 began by addressing the research problem and describing the whiteflies that have been studied so far and why the genome of this species is needed. Although, four transcriptomes of different whitefly species have already been published and the data are available to public. These four transcriptomes were compared in Chapter 2 to identify sequence and functional differences across them. The main aim of the Chapter 2 was to obtain a comprehensive transcriptome data set for Asia I species which could effectively used for further analysis in this thesis. In order to capture the complete transcriptome of Asia I species, two different libraries (Normalized and Unnormalized) were generated and sequenced. These combined data sets from two libraries not only led to complete transcriptome resource but also to identifying the abundance and least ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. John Green: Looking For Alaska And The Fault In Our Stars Kelly Orlando Biographical Essay John Green is one of America's most famous modern–day authors known for his works such as Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars. Also famous for YouTube videos, Green is well–known for his educational online posts. He was one of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Time magazine. Green won numerous awards for his writings including the Michael L. Printz Awardwith Looking for Alaska and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize under the category of the Innovators Award. Along with his brother, Hank Green, John launched the charity project, Project for Awesome in which YouTube users take two days to create videos for charities of their choosing, and they raised $483,446 in 2007 and $869,291 in 2013. Green is by far one of todays' most recognized and accomplished authors. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... His family moved to Michigan, Birmingham, Alabama, and lastly Orlando, Florida. He went to Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando and Indian Springs School outside of Birmingham, which inspired the setting for Looking for Alaska. Green graduated with a double major in English and Religion studies from Kenyon College in 2000. After graduating from college, John spent 5 months as a student chaplain in a children's hospital while enrolled at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He planned on becoming an Episcopal priest, however his experience in the hospital, witnessing children with life–threatening diseases inspired him to become an author and to write The Fault in Our Stars. Green lived in Chicago for several years, where he worked for Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor. Later, he lived in New York for 2 years while his wife attended graduate ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...