1984 vs. Animal Farm 1984, by George Orwell, is a very powerful drama which involves man and totalitarian society. It is a story of a lonely rebel whose only valuable is his mind and who later conspires with another in an attempt to separate from their increasingly dominant hate-infested s...

Of Mice and Men by Nobel Prize winner, John Steinbeck, is a globally famous novel, capturing its audience by encompassing universal themes that are truthfully realistic in depicting human existence. The director, Gary Sinise, modified the text to accommodate the cinema without losing the essence an...

The "haunting" effects of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut can be identified as creating curiosity, fear and anxiety in the viewer. They can be understood as painting a mosaic of symbolism in the viewer's eye, and as depositing fragments of concepts inside his mind. The film's slow pace seems to ope...

Research Paper: Life and work of Ernest Hemingway The affecting history of life of one the greatest American writers of all times, Ernest Hemingway, reflects in his immortal works. A novelist, two of whose works ended up in the list of top 100 of novels of all times, describes his life and the worl...

Christianity as a Common Element in Literature The Christian faith is a strong reoccurring element in much of early and contemporary literature. Though other early religions, such as paganism, do come into play, Christianity is most prevalent because the early monks were the scribes of civilizatio...

What does a reading of 'Of Mice and Men' reveal about the culture and experience of migrant workers in the 1930s America? Of Mice and Men is a novel set on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. By reading it, the reader learns a lot a...

THE SURVIVAL GAME IN HARSH CONDITIONS: OF MICE AND MEN, BY JOHN STEINBECK To A Mouse (Robert Burns, 1759-96) Wee, sleeket, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,... ... But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' l...

John, Paul, George, and Ringo formed a group known as the Beatles. They were one the first British rock group of consequence to influence not only American culture but Western culture as well. "Me- I'm conservative. I feel I need to check things. I was the last to try pot and LSD and flo...

A Character Analysis on two novels: Lord of the Flies & Of Mice and MenAuthors in the Twentieth Century gravitated toward literature that would strengthen the every day man. Presenting protagonist characters and the events that shape their lives as they are, create a certain amount of excellence to...

Descent into Darkness: The Fallacies of Colonialism Present in Heart of DarknessThe European colonization of Africa was intended to bring the light of civilization and European society to the darkness of an unknown and poorly understood continent. Armed with technology and ignorance to the darkness...

The "haunting" effects of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut can be identified as creating curiosity, fear and anxiety in the viewer. They can be understood as painting a mosaic of symbolism in the viewer's eye, and as depositing fragments of concepts inside his mind. The film's slow pace seems to o...

Poe is a very complicated author. His literary works are perplexed, disturbing, and even grotesque. His frequent illnesses may have provoked his engrossment in such things. In 1842 Dr. John W. Francis diagnosed Poe with sympathetic heart trouble as well as brain congestion. He also noted Poe'...

Examine the construction of identity in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Colonialism is the consolidation of imperial power through the attempt to govern lands that are now occupied. Postcolonial literature sets out to oppose the colonialist perspective. They develop a pe...

Baptism: A Comparison of the Biblical Tradition with Modern Denominational Practices.One of the main reasons for the different denominations is their core, or fundamental, difference of belief concerning baptism. I hope to show many of the individual beliefs that are held by the different denominati...

James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909, the son of a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. The loss of his father marked James Agee both short term and long term(James Agee p.30). Thirty years later it would form the basis of the novel which is the cornerstone of his f...

Summary of April Seventh, 1928: This section of the book is commonly referred to as "Benjy's section" because it is narrated by the retarded youngest son of the Compson family, Benjamin Compson. At this point in the story, Benjy is 33 years old - in fact, today is his birthday - but the story skips...

Arthur Miller, the 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 str...

Authors in the Twentieth Century gravitated toward literature that would strengthen the every day man. Presenting protagonist characters and the events that shape their lives as they are demands a certain amount of excellence in a piece of literature. Two of the most enduring leading men are Willi...

The play, 'The Crucible', illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people, as people did during the Salem witch hunts of 1962.Many innocent life's were taken because someone had started to point fingers at people based on the fact that they didn't like them....

Crane's Use of Companionship, Through the Effects of Nature, in The Open Boat and Red Badge of Courage In both of these stories, The Open Boat and The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane uses the theme of companionship. The way in which he uses this theme differs in some ways but...

Sigmund Freud¡¯s Beyond the Pleasure Principle introduces trauma as something that defines the individual rather than the common perception that the person who falls victim to the event shapes the trauma. Trauma is not something that can be easily defined. Thus, artists and writers in the twentiet...

The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's final novel, presents a far more critical and disturbing portrait of black America. The work centers on butler Berry Hamilton and his family. After Berry is wrongly charged with theft by his white employers, he is sentenced to ten years of prison labor. His remaining ...

Matthew Jay KrachunisMay 2000HellThe idea of heaven entices and encourages believers and non-believers alike. It is enjoyable to envision a place of eternal rest and relaxation, in the presence of God and loved ones. Heaven does exist according to the Bible, and is the destination of the believer in...

BUDDHISMGautama Buddha, previously known as Prince Siddhartha (before his enlightenment) founded the religion of Buddhism. Gautama Buddha was born to Queen Maha-Maya at Kapilavastu, Nepal, Indian. Buddha taught and organized the Sangha, monastic orders, until his death at Kusinagara, at the age of...

The Rise of Communism in Russia Unless we accept the claim that Lenin's coup that gave birth to an entirely new state, and indeed to a new era in the history of mankind, we must recognize in today's Soviet Union the old empire of the Russians -- the only empire that survived into the mid 1980s (Lutt...