... as the prevailing theme. James Joyce's story begins at dusk and continues through the evening during the winter, in Araby Ireland. He chooses this gloomy setting to be the home of a young boy who is infatuated with his neighbors sister. The boy is young and naive and he leads a dull and boring life. Joyce uses darkness to make the boy's reality more believable through more vivid, precise descriptions. Bright light is used to create a fairy tale world of dreams and illusions. James Joyce uses the bright light when describing Mangan's sister, the boy's infatuation. The protagonist is infatuated with his neigh ...

... his stay, he talks to a large number of the warriors that have died in the Trojan War. The death of these warriors shows the mortality of human beings (Forman 2015). Another unchangeable law is the period of limbo that is said to await the souls of the unburied after death. Homer indicates this law by writing of Patroklos' spirit's return to remind Achilles that, until he has been properly buried, he must wander the earth. These events show Virgil's and Homer's belief in laws that cannot be changed (Strong 62). The second element of Fate deals with the unalterable predestined occurrence of certain events. One ex ...

... apparently purposeless world." 1 This definition, however vague, explains and emphasizes the idea that existentialism is merely an extreme societal interaction resulting from complete freedom in actions and choices, while simultaneously being engulfed in responsibility. Both novels, Invisible Man and The Stranger depict characters taking existentialism to an extreme. Differing, however, are the lives of such characters as invisible man adopts an existential way of life to realize self-worth while Meursault’s natural existentialism prevents him from realizing his mistakes until his execution day. The con ...

... was ruled by pride, anger, and hate. This showed up in all his spoiled attitudes and whining to his mother. [Example]. [Discussion of his tragic flaw]: At the end of the story, Archilles gives into his tragic flaw by returning Hector's body [Example]. He shares grief with King Priam, which shows he has been broken and is vulnerable[Example]. He breaks the Greek heroic code by giving into compassion for others. This moral change went against everything he stood for. [Discussion of the change he undergoes]: The story shows that anyone can change under any circumstances and that what is true today may change tomorro ...

... charm,” and Aylmer knows not “whether to term [the birthmark] a defect or a beauty . . .” (Hawthorne 11). Most persons of her own sex refers it as “the bloody hand,” that “Quite destroy(s) the effect of Georgiana’s beauty . . .” (Hawthorne 11). While her admirers “were won’t to say that some fairy at her birth-hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant’s cheek, and left this impress [the birthmark] there in token of the magic endowments that were to give her such sway over all hearts” (Hawthorne 11). Georgiana’s casual approach towards th ...

... getting heavily bumped from behind in the nape of the neck and the small of the back, and having my face ignominously shoved against the wall, because I did not answer those questions at sufficient length."2 While at the orphanage, Oliver from Oliver Twist also experienced a great amount of abuse. For example, while suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver was chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner one night. After making this simple request, "the master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm ...

... was a black man accused of raping a white woman. Contrary to everyone else Atticus believed he was innocent, and treated the case no differently. Similar to Atticus, Boo Radley did not correspond with his society. Also, unlike the public he didn’t gossip. Primarily he was what the townspeople talked about. In addition opposed to every other character cited he does not go to church. Instead he spends his time inside his house. Heck Tate is also his own individual. After learning Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell, Heck Tate has a right as sheriff to take him into custody. Despite Atticus’s dema ...

... called We ourselves shall have to look very closely to separate the thinkers thought from the literary tricks of the trade. More's intentions in , must remain mysterious. A little more difficult to accept is the general implication of the review that the mysteriousness of the author's intent in is somehow a point in his favor, that the obscurity of his meaning enhances the merit of his work. The one point of unanimous agreement about is it is a work of social comment. Since is a work of many ideas, it is impossible of course to expand the book unless one has some notion of the hierarchy of conception in ...

... to himself. The general issues of growing up are hard enough for a child to cope with, let alone the added concern of war. The absence of Rob's father made the war situation considerably harder for him to cope with. Although he was never particularly close to him, Rob respected his father and regarded him a a gentleman "He did not think that there would be any more gentlemen after his father's time." Rob considered this lack of closeness between himself and his father to be the end of an era. Another important issue caused by the war is Rob's constant travel. His roots were constantly being uprooted as his mother dra ...

... and ignorance, without any idea how to live and how to live together. Every detail of chapter one holds symbolism. For example, Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Roger, Sam, and Eric each represent an aspect of civilized humanity, those who represent human nature survive, those who are self-actualized, the leaders die. Even their names hold meaning, Ralph's name means counsel, Jack's means (one who supplants) reflecting his use of force, Piggy's name reflects is superior intellect, Simon's means listener and Rogers means spear. This gives a clue to who could be the leader and who might survive and why society on the ...