Category: Social Issues
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The American Dream: Cat on A Hot Tin Roof and Death of A Salesman Comparison
To begin to discuss The American Dream’ you first need to define which American Dream’ as it is different for each individual. The American Dream’ that I will be looking at is starting in lowest class in society and working hard to make a living and progress through the class system. It is also only…
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The Exclusion of Women from The American Dream
Introduction The American Dream was believed to be the concept of the new life that one would wish to have, it was known as the right of the individual to have freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Women were affected by the role of men and their position in the American society during the…
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Plot Analysis
In the late 19th century, African Americans have suffered racial discrimination by white people. So they have decided to make a civil rights movement and it has taken place during the 1950s and 1960s. What is the purpose of this movement? The main purpose of this movement was to gain equals rights and to end…
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“The Refugees” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen, is a book of short collection which consists of eight chapters such as Black Eyed Women, The Other Man, War Years, The Transplant, I’d Love you to want me, The Americans, Someone else besides you and Fatherland. The Refugees revolve around the short stories of an unnamed writer who…
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Stereotypes are Everywhere
When it comes to Stereotype, I believe everyone has a stereotype of something or someone based on their situation. Stereotype of an individual is very complicated and it’s not something pleasant to see or witness as a human being. It degrades the value of that person or group of people. In the case of African…
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Character Strengths and Weaknesses in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men
‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents his characters as being weak & strong. Using 2 characters write about them and how they are represented. ‘Of Mice and Men’ the characters are represented with many strengths and weaknesses. The two main characters, George and Lennie are mainly used to represent these things. The strengths and weaknesses…
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‘The American Dream’ – Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is centred on Willy Loman who is a 63 years old salesman and has a wife named Linda and two sons, Biff and Happy. Arthur Miller creates the Loman family so that everyone in a way could relate to someone in the family in one-way or another. Many people in the…
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Relationship in Novel The God of Small Things
India has been described as the “country over our shoulder”. To what extent does Arundhati Roy both explain and exploit the culture of Kerala for the English reader in ‘The God of Small Things’? In ‘The God Of Small Things’, as the reader we are introduced to a culture that we will ultimately struggle to…
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Why was Bill Clinton able to win the Presidential elections of 1992 and 1996?
There are a multitude of factors that justify and rationalize Bill Clinton’s election successes in 1992 and 1996; in 1992 his rhetoric capability and empathy, in stark contrast with his opponent’s, George H. W. Bush, aloof, distant manner contributed somewhat to Clinton’s Presidential election. In 1996, it seems it was Clinton’s unfaltering charm and his…
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Class Distinction And Prejudice In God Of Small Things And Persuasion
Class distinction and prejudice in ‘The God of Small Things’ and ‘Persuasion’ are brought about by social, political and economical developments in the periods the novels are set. These developments arise through “war”, “Revolution”, caste and class bias. Firstly, in ‘Persuasion’ the behaviour of Anne’s family is so vile that their bigoted opinions affect the…