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In the book Anthem, Ayn Rand describes a utopia where individuality is forbidden. All citizens live mundane, highly structured lives. The governing Council constantly teaches that men exist for the sole purpose of serving their fellow brothers to benefit society as a whole. Yet, one man, Equality 7-2521 defies these widely upheld beliefs. Equality discovers…

Throughout history, the social, economic, and political eftects of racism gradually contributed to the structures of modern day American society. Leaders such as Alicia Garza, Robert Johnson, Ben Jealous, and Ta-Nehisi Coates provide evidence and anecdotal speeches to expose racism in modern American societies. The appearance of institutionalized racism is caused by the societal misinterpretation…

In a world where life is constantly full of struggles to breathe, one of life’s most essential requirements, comes two different stories describing what life was like during the Dust Bowl. In Timothy Egan’s novel, “The Worst Hard Time”, comprises a non-fiction description of life following actual figures and stories of people who had to…

In the play Macbeth the main character Macbeth is a tragic hero despite the large number of people who would argue that he is not. Macbeth is a noble and highly renown which is one of the five characteristics of being a tragic hero. One example of him being highly renown is that at the…

In the original text of Sherlock Holmes: A Study In Scarlet, Sir Arthur Doyle opens up a brand new universe where crime is solved in many ways people couldn’t imagine at the time. The crime scene investigators still use these techniques in the modern day. It wouldn’t be possible without the creation of the fictional…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet “How Do I Love Thee?” was published in 1850 in the collection The Sonnets From the Portuguese (Avery and Stott). The predominant themes of the poem are the love and the admiration the speaker feels for the unnamed lover. Similarly, the main themes of William Shakespeare’s poem “Shall I Compare Thee…

Fairytales have been in existence for centuries, serving as a vehicle for cultural transmission as they are passed from one generation to the next. Although the general principles and morals inlaid within the core of each story remains unchanged, the context in which they are presented changes over time. Although many appreciate the role fairytales…

In analyzing the character Mrs. Bennet from Jane Austen’s book Pride in Prejudice, she is portrayed as noisy, foolish and lacking in social graces. Mrs. Bennet as described in the novel is ‘a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper.’ (Austen 3). One may wonder how she can be justified in any way,…

How often does ones nature change? Jane Eyre is a novel that was written in 1847 by Charlotte Bronte and it was significant because it the one of the first diary-style books to be published. The book is about a girl named Jane who lived in a household with her aunt and cousins and was…

“Hoops” is a story about a group of teenagers that play street basketball. They do not have many opportunities until one day a man named Cal offers to coach them in a tournament that will give all the players exposure to scouts (basketball recruiters). “He Got Game,” on the other hand, is about a player…