Sigmund Freud took the legend of Oedipus as a metaphor for the wish of every small boy to get his father out of the way so he could have his mother all to himself. ... It is a type of secular religion that deals with a pagan god of batteries and small towns--a type of order and structure. ... The bone conspiracy taking place is very disturbing, as well as illegal; it is an issue that really ought to be investigated by the law so as to prosecute the wrongdoers who violated the resting places of so many soldiers. ...

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Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers being emotionally connected to the story, as she believes that it reminds the reader about their heritage and most importantly, place in society. ... Morrison then moved to Syracuse, New York and began to work as an editor for Random House, which gave her free time in the evenings to raise her two small children as well as write novels. ... She believes that it reminds people about their heritage and shows them their place in the community. ... Expanding on the representation of Jesus or God in The Bluest Eye, Alexander under...

• Word Count: 2626
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At first Cossette might signal to the reader anti-feminist ideas and may place Hugo in a negative light. ... Rather than looking for and relying on another man Fantine takes it into her own hand to earn money suffering through a "small dry cough" that continued to grow worse (175). ... Eponine despite having no place else to go turns away from her father and away from the evil she has known since birth. ... Eponine will let nothing get in her way and although this warning comes from an emotional place within her she is still taking action and being proactive. ...

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The comical temperament of this chapter is not only the embarrassment for the doctor of finding that the cause was a small vegetable, but his method of removing the impediment with a hammer and fish hook seems absurd and in turn contradicts his earlier actions of maintaining respect for his profession. ... Yossarian declares that he too sees everything twice to maintain his place at hospital, creating the same pandemonium as before, which in turn receives him a visit from the family of the original man who claimed the illness to begin with. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Eco's Postscript is also a manifesto proclaiming the authority of serious historical fiction: the characters in a historical novel may not appear in encyclopedias, he notes, but everything they do could only occur in that time and place. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

So, the question begs to be asked, how could Whistle Stop, a small town in Alabama, be so accepting of something so different than the norm; a lesbian couple? ... Fannie Flagg's novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES pays particular attention to human nature and specific ways we choose to cope with the situations that life places before us. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Optimism can lead one to the right place, but won't solve the mystery for them, nor will it make a better person. ... Pynchon describes the power of the promise of hidden truth with his imagery of the small child. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metap...

• Word Count: 4675
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become me...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Known as one of the most controversial American writers, James Baldwin has been known to speak out on racism and civil rights throughout the 1950s. He is recognized as one of the finest writers in post World War II Literature. Although he spent most of his life in France, his works became very we...

• Word Count: 2515
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School