In the novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez used the motif of biblical references in order to outline the main theme of solitude in the novel. The characters Jose Arcadio Buendia, Ursula Iguaran, and Melquiades all had been symbolized by some kind of biblical character. ... Adam was the one who had tried to do what's right and had stronger qualities such as character. ... She was the one who had to take charge and run everything after Jose's downfall. Ursula's downfall, though, was the fact that it took her so many years to realize what was going on and n...

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Those in exile near one hundred and twenty thousand."2 These problems are common throughout Latin America, a factor in creating a sense of unity because of these common concerns. ... These themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." ... In "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the capitalistic imperialists take the role of the villain and the workers are the innocent victims. ... 9 Like "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the revolutionaries fight for a better life, described in a daydream of M...

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The boss of the farm implies when he first meets them: " Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. ... He declared, "The great man is who in the midist of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.... The word solitude means the state of being or living alone in the dictionary, but these great peoples are not physically living by themselves in Emerson's case. ... After two hundreds year since Emerson published the Self Reliance document, the westerners fully understand his encouragements and put the ideas into practice. While Jo...

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It is believed that the actual story of Beowulf took place two hundred years before it was permanently copied on to paper, and the author us unknown. ... In the story characters are defined through their status, in addition, an element of honor is recognized in the Anglo-Saxon culture. ... "Grendel is known as a monster and portrays one of the many villains in the poem" (Beowulf), he is a physical monster; an ogre who is hostile to humanity. ... She snatched one of the thanes and scurried back to the mear, she like Grendel murders innocent people. ... The battle with the Dragon takes...

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Cooper's wife Susan bet Cooper that he could write a better book then the one she was reading. ... In a sense they are right and no one would recommend it to the general reader."... The gothic episodes clash with the historical ones. The Last of the Mohicans was one of his most acknowledged masterpieces. ... One of Coopers major criticizing peers was Mark Twain. ...

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The author Doris Lessing, uses the protagonist's extra sensitivity and perception as a handicap in a society organized as ours is; one that favors conformity, the average, the obedient, however restricting his character, personality and actual self, therefore creating the conflict between achieving the standards and normalities determined by society or maintaining the individuality of one's true self while deviating from the expected; ultimately calling to question personality itself. ... "Hovering over these brisk waves, a couple of hundred yards away, was a shining disk we felt ...

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" The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans, an archipelago of hundreds of scattered islands, some densely populated while others completely uninhabited, at the mohona of several rivers in the Bay of Bengal. ... For hundreds of years, only the truly dispossessed braved the man-eating tigers, snakes and the crocodiles who rule these fragmented islands. ... The narrative space is taken up by them and a handful of other characters, each on a personal quest through life. ... Kanai's narrative brings to life the character of his uncle, Nirmal Bose, who is dead before the story begins. ...

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