Category: Academic Papers on English
Category: Academic Papers on English
Conflicts in Fahrenheit 451
American author Ray Bradbury published his futuristic novel Fahrenheit 451 in 1953. The book, which is frequently regarded as one of his greatest, depicts a future American society in which books are forbidden and those found are burned by “firemen.” The autoignition temperature of paper is described in the book’s tagline as “the temperature at
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Ray Bradbury Essay – On August 22, 1920, Ray Douglas Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois. In honor of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Ray’s parents, Esther Bradbury and Leonard Spaulding Bradbury gave him the middle name Ray. During Ray’s early years, his aunt read to him frequently. This effect may be apparent in his writings, as
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Book Review on Catch-22
Joseph Heller’s novel “Catch-22” isn’t totally effective. It’s also not a really terrific novel. By traditional criteria, it isn’t even a good novel. However, it is without a doubt the oddest novel ever written about the United States Air Force during WWII. It’s a spectacular performance that will probably anger almost as many readers as
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Book Review on Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Book Review on Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë – The famous work by Emily Bronte is better aptly defined as a study of obsessive retribution, in which Heathcliff inflicts agony in retaliation for a prior slight that prevented him from marrying his beloved Catherine. After Catherine and her brother, Hindley’s, father discovered Heathcliff impoverished on
DetailsBook Review on Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is my favorite novel of all time, and I don’t say it lightly! This novel has the best of everything: a fantastic romance, likable characters, humor, and lovely writing. Elizabeth Bennet, a young woman in the 1800s, is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice. The Bennet family has five daughters,
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The Catcher in the Rye Today marks the 67th anniversary of the publication of J. D. Salinger’s famous novel The Catcher in the Rye, and many still have strong feelings about it. There are a lot of die-hard supporters and a lot of furious detractors. Indeed, only On the Road, probably the most contentious of
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The film by Peter Weir makes a lot of poetry noise, and there are short excerpts from Tennyson, Herrick, Whitman, and even Vachel Lindsay, as well as a bold journey to the prose that takes us as far as Thoreau’s Walden. However, neither of these authors are learned in a manner that would earn their
DetailsStudy Guide for “Lord of the Flies”
The book was written in reaction to another novel published in 1857 by Robert Michael Ballantyne, “The Coral Island.” The circumstances take an exact opposite turn in “Lord of the Flies”. The younger children are the first to note and make fun of a strange “beastie” (Chapter 2) on the island and the older boys.
DetailsMain Character of The Great Gatsby
The novel is much more dynamic than two-person marriages, with the lead Jay Gatsby and his beloved Daisy Buchanan. Who is Jay Gatsby? This guy portrays a society’s composite picture where everyone can choose attributes to which they can contribute. Gatsby is a man of romance, a dreamer who appreciates grace and empathic. He lives
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Essay: FESTE IN SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT
Sample Essay The character Feste in one of Shakespeare’s noted novels ‘Twelfth Night’ is undoubtedly and important one and renders the novel incomplete if not there. There are many shades to this character from serious to comic, sensible to witty and all add value to the plot continually throughout the novel.
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