Firstly, Antidiva Is An Autobiography, By Carole Pope

Through the duration of the novel you get to see why Asher doesn’t like living in his new home and going to his new school. He meets a girl named Rosie that falls in love with him straight away. Rosie would follow Asher to the end of the world and back and that did not make it hard at all for when they ran away. Through this essay I will talk about why Asher and Rosie ran away, Why Asher is angry at the world, Was alienation a key theme of Guitar Highway Rose, why this book was called Guitar Highway Rose and If the book accurately portrayed the problems of growing up.

Ismene once argued with her sister, “If in defiance of the law we cross a monarch 's will?--weak women, think of that, not framed by nature to contend with men” (Sophocles 49-68). Ismene did not realize then that she was speaking with of one of the greatest heroines and monarchs of modern feminism in all of literature. If any woman today dared utter the words above, they would face immediate contention from the herd of strong-willed females belonging to the 21st century. In Antigone, we see Antigone press forward with conviction in pursuit of justice and truth. She is met with great opposition, largely due to her gender. In the past 2500 years, society has evolved in monumental ways.

This novel is something you would want to read when you're in a reading slump or you want an easy contemporary to read. The content of the novel that is written was a little sloppy, sometimes I had a little trouble keeping up with the characters and plot line. Since this was a short read, everything seemed rushed.

The two literary elements that help distinguish the works of a dystopia genre are symbolism and conflict. There is a lot of symbolism in the book Anthem. The book is filled with them. It is also filled with conflict. This also goes with the short story” Harrison Bergeron“this story also has a lot conflict in it.

Part two of the novel, Perry's backstory is revealed and the reader is compelled to sympathize with Perry much more than before. It is shown that Perry's father left him and his mother when he was young and that his mother turned to alcohol to cope. Alcohol is demonized in the eyes of Perry due to his mother's dependency on it. This helps to depict Perry as an honest man who wants to be a functioning member of society, rather than the drunken mess that is his mother. Perrys early life is shown to be a very abusive and unwelcoming place for a child, these facts are presented without mention of his involvement with street gangs and petty crime. The true backstory of Perry Smith is indeed a sad one, but it also

An essential characteristic of feminists, especially if they are to change the status quo, is the need for widespread popular support. Antigone shows a feminist mentality in her search for popularity among others. She first asks that her crime be made public because she knows that if the public is unaware of it, she cannot gather their sympathies or support. Additionally, she tries to win approval from Creon. Antigone claims, “These citizens here would all agree, they’d praise

Martin Luther Kind Jr. is from a time not so distant from today and spoke out against issues that remain relevant today. However, Antigone’s issues do not appear as relatable in the modern era due to the justice she fought for and the un-comfortableness she struggled with. Still, they both spoke about ideas that were considered socially uncomfortable, politically controversial, religiously irreverent, and culturally radical.

An anti-hero is the protagonist of a book that is the opposite of the hero. They are graceless and sometimes stupid. Billy Pilgrim portrays is anti-hero trait and the anti-war point of view when Vonnegut writes, "He had been saving Billy's life for days" (34). Vonnegut is telling how Roland Weary, who hates Billy, has to save him over and over again because he is to stupid to save himself. Also, war is seen as ridiculous because Weary who doesn't even like Billy risks his life to save him just because of his duty to do so.

In the book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi, I think that the theme is it’s okay to take a risk. There are many times in this book where risks are taken. If there were no risks taken the story would be boring.

Anti-heroes do not solely exist in the fictional world. There are people in the real world, everyday who fit the anti-hero description. They are… the Mob. In ancient times loyalty was purest form of respect. It was a way of life. One was loyal to his or her family, govern, king, and God. Hand in hand with loyalty, comes the right to revenge. The Mob is one of the few “societies” that has reserved that tradition. For example: when a family member is assassinated, it is not only the right, but also the duty of the surviving family to avenge that death. This loyalty to one’s own, coupled with the fierce determination to protect them, are incredibly heroic qualities. Organized crime families are oohed and ahhed by the press and pop culture, and have their own fans. While these people are not ideal role models, they possess heroic qualities worthy of aspiration.

Antigone’s attitude can be described as self- centered and narcissistic. After she decided to break the law and bury the traitor, her brother, she shows herself standing up for their traditions and her own beliefs. Antigone then starts acting up after Creon explains to her that what she did was wrong. This is a cause that will later lead to her self destruction. "Dear god, shout it from the rooftops. I’ll hate you all the more for silence- tell the world!" (Ln100). This quote shows that Antigone wants to be the center of attention and sadly without it she feels lonely. Antigone is proud of her sacrifice and wants everyone to know that she is proud of what she did. Antigone’s Flaw is an article written by Patricia Lines, in the article Antigone is described as “someone who has a single mission which excludes all else. She is also fully self-centered”(Lines). Antigone is a very unrestrained women and therefore does not think about how her actions can affect her friends and family and the many others around her. Because of this, it causes her to lose the support she once had from the people she needed it from most. Since she loses this necessary support, it is a major cause of her eventual suicide. In a situation such as suicide, support from others is crucial as well as listening to them and their own side of the situation.

Bret Easton Ellis's dark and violent burlesque of America in the 1980s is taken to

Through critical analysis, historical research, and textual evidence, a study on Kurt Vonnegut’s background will be conducted in order to display the effects that the era in which he lived had on his writing.

The turbulent societal changes of the mid-20th Century have been documented in countless forms of literature, film and art. On the Road by Jack Kerouac was written and published at the outset of the counter-culture movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This novel provides a first-hand account of the beginnings of the Beat movement and acts as a harbinger for the major societal changes that would occur in the United States throughout the next two decades. On the contrary, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a Hunter S. Thompson novel written in 1971 provides a commentary on American society at the end of the counter-culture movement. Thompson reflects on the whirlwind of political and social activism he experienced and how American society had

In Joyce’s, “Eveline”, most of the story is situated in the mind of the main character, Eveline. Eveline is characterized as passive, easily-influenced, and indecisive. Joyce highlights Eveline’s indecisiveness as she struggles with her immediate predicament; should she leave her abusive father and disobey her duty as a daughter, or pursue a new life with her potential husband Frank, to be free? As she contemplates, readers are taken inside Eveline’s mind to discover factors from her past and present that contribute toward her final decision. While Joyce utilizes rich literary devices including symbolism and dramatic irony, Eveline’s final choice is based on what is repressed in her unconscious mind – her mother’s last words. Eveline’s mother’s last word “Derevuan Seraun” is the deciding factor in which why Eveline chooses stays home.