Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle illustrates how greed and ruthless competition has made turn of the century America into a brutal jungle.Take or be taken? ... The Packingtown Beef trust was part of the capitalist jungle. ... In addition I have chosen as my theme? ... I have chosen this theme because it reflects how most businesses operate today in the 1990. ... Following graduation, Sinclair went on to graduate study at Columbia University, where he began writing full-length novels with serious social themes. ...

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Summary Ralph hides in the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. ... Then Ralph smells smoke and realizes that Jack has set the jungle on fire in order to smoke him out. ... The officer tells the boy that his ship has come to the island after seeing the blazing fire in the jungle. ... After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. ... Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel's central themes and ideas. ...

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The setting, symbols, and the characters each contain light and dark images create the center theme of the novel. ... (Telegan 98) In the above mentioned quote Diane Telegan sums up the theme of light and darkness and even goes on farther to discuss the effects of it to a human. ... Once on the journey into the Congo it is very important to notice the transformation of the jungle itself as Marlow travels closer to Kurtz. ... Nearly every object of this dense book contains a deeper meaning, which in some way can be associated with the theme of light and darkness. ... The literal journey into th...

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The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. ... William Golding's own experiences with a devastated world led in part to the dark picture of humanity painted in his novel. ... He describes the conditions in the jungle as "Thick- and "Sluggish-. ... This determinism is exhibited as Marlow sits in the jungle, helpless, as he waits for rivets to come to repair his ship. ... The impressionist movement greatly inspired Conrad and led to the vivid language used to create the deeply disturbed tone of the novel. ...

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However, he did not know that what he had just experienced would inspire him to write several best-selling novels (Dictionary of Lit Bio.). ... This is one of Lewis" favorite themes. ... The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is full of these Christian themes and ideals such as faith. ... Another Christian theme is the fear of God. ... The Lion is known as the "King of The Jungle," or the "The King of t...

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These overall themes are strikingly similar to those found in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. ... A decade before, the great cowboy of the suburban jungle would protect them. ... " (Miller, 12) Establishing Masculinity Masculinity is explored on multiple levels in this graphic novel. ... Within this graphic novel, we find apathetic females who are dependant on the male counterparts. ... The Wild West The major themes of Batman are greatly similar to the themes found in in Americas history of the Wild West. ...

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Analysis of Hard Times By Charles Dickens Hypocrisy, pompousness and immorality, these are a few of the notions that Dickens successfully adresses and criticizes in his novel Hard Times. ... These factors put together the novel Hard Times is a brilliant work of social criticism, not to mention a fascinating read. ... Coketown is described as being a very dangerous place and to exemplify this it is compared to a jungle. ... The fire represents warmth and feeling to her and is, in fact, the symbol of love and warmth throughout the novel. ... Sleary seems to be the voice of wisdom in the ...

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The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mother and then demanding it from young Celie herself. The reader is struck by the colloquial, black-southern language of the text, as well as the graphic scenes of sexual abuse. Celie writes her story in the form of letters addressed to God. It seems she can trust no one else with her...

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Arthur Miller, winner of many literary and dramatic awards, is an incredibly influential force in American drama. His plays deal with issues common to every society. He makes the audience face fault, weakness, and ignorance; subjects we would typical hide from. At the same time he emphasizes strength, human spirit, and familial love. Alice Griffin believes that Miller's plays are important internationally (xii). ...

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