… by FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY PART I CHAPTER I On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. He had success…

… employs wit in the form of irony, innuendo, or outright derision to expose human wickedness and folly. The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses satire throughout many of his novels and short stories. Two examples of his use of satire are in the novel…

… written by: horn In Cloudstreet, the mysterious figure of the Blackfella appears at key points, mostly to Quick. In each occurrence he appears to represent a different meaning or purpose, but there is an overall symbolic representation, and that…

… however the most salient one relates to the corruption of the American Dream. The American Dream is that each person no matter who he or she is can become successful in life by his or her own hard work. The dream also embodies the idea…

… lived a King and Queen who lacked but one thing to make them perfectly happy: a child. One day, when the Queen was working in the garden, a tweedy bird flew on a branch in front of her and granted her a wish of a little girl. Nine months later a fair…

… for the first time and is accompanied by his bodyguards. He is Agamemnon's cousin, and as he rejoices over the murder, we learn the history of the ancestral curse that has led to the King's death. Aegisthus' father, Thyestes, tried unsuccessfully…

… Hard times is set out in three different books: The Sowing; The Reaping; The Garnering. They are named so as it has a special reference to the education and upbringing…

… Dolls? -Shirley B. Ernst I have thought about many different ways to organize this paper and have come to the conclusion that the best way to approach the topic is on a book-by-book basis. My perceptions of the gender biases in these books vary…

… is about a bold and brilliant twelve-year-old Yuki Okundo who suffers the loss of her mother by suicide. Shizuko, Yuki?s mother, is a loving mother with artistic talents that she has passed on to her daughter. Yuki?s ability to survive many losses…

… as a "mocker of ideas sacred to Christians" and a "blasphemous manipulator." Although Asher Lev was a great artist whose art sold for hundreds of dollars, he had to put up with the gossips and rumors about him. Asher Lev struggled with his fame and…