The author, Iyunolu Osagie, is from Sierra Leone where the slave ship "Amistad" took slaves. ... The book has to main themes, "Remembering the Past" and "Reinventing the Present.... I really enjoyed this book. I chose this book because in class I had previously heard of a slave ship revolt but I was not certain if it was the Amistad revolt. ... This story made me think further and wonder what would have been of the slaves if Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez had chosen to sail the boat eastward the whole trip. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These factors make us all look back at what the true meaning of this book actually was. ... Orwell has chosen as characters animals that exhibit similar traits to the people or organisations they are meant to represent. ... Irony is one of the most common devices found all through out the book. ... His warning of the risks of uncontrolled power is rather easily understood through the actions and events in this book Animal Farm. All these characteristics suggest that there is a much deeper meaning within the book; therefore setting the theme that even if all animals are equal, some are just or...

• Word Count: 912
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At the age of 20 she graduated from Vassar College and began studying at Columbia University. ... After a year she was chosen as a degree candidate at Cornell University, after winning the prestigious Susan Lynn Sage Fellowship. ... Between 1905 and 1938, she published sixty-eight studies from the Vassar Psychological Laboratory. ... The Animal Mind, published in 1908, became the first book in the field of animal psychology. Washburm divorced consciousness from behavior, competing with the teachings of her early professor, Titchner. ...

• Word Count: 662
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• Has Bibliography
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Prosecutor Pinard denounced the book, concerned that it would corrupt the public taste. ... This "form " that he speaks of refers to Flaubert's emancipation from matter, the genius aspect of his novel that is aside from the subject content. The novel does not present a purpose, theme, or message, but rather draws interest unto itself through style and imagination. It possesses its own form of life, which breathes through meticulously chosen words and sentence arrangements. ... In his letters to Louise Colet, he explains his plans for Madame Bovary: "What seems beautiful to me, what I sh...

• Word Count: 943
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this extract, there are several ways in which the structure, style, language and context reflect the novels principal motifs and themes and these features of the work combine to signify a few central ideas that Voltaire believed in. ... In this essay, these elements will be explored and critically analyzed, with examples from the chosen chapter extract. ... The use of language in the novel is deserving of some attention, as can be taken from the extract. ... All of the above features contribute to the satire in the book and define it; the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to...

• Word Count: 1041
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate