Literary Analysis: The Pink Hat

In the short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a great deal of literary elements used to enhance the story. For example, imagery is used to draw the reader 's attention further into the story by having them see it happening in their head and allegory is used to pull the reader away from the story by referencing things that happened somewhere else. While these two literary elements are both used to magnify different parts of the story, as well as counterbalance each other, the literary device that this essay will be focused on is symbolism. While it appears in many parts of the story one of the most obvious uses of

Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.

In the beginning of their stories, both Jerry and the narrator of The White Umbrella are caught care about themselves and their well-being when they could’ve cared about someone other than themselves. Jerry’s brother is trying to buy something nice for their dad and asks if Jerry wants to pitch in. Jerry had been saving is money to buy cards he’s always been wanting, so instead of helping out getting his father a gift he decided to use it on himself. This shows us that Jerry isn’t used to thinking about others rather than himself. The narrator of The White Umbrella is like Jerry. Her mom works all day and she is ashamed of that. She wishes her teacher was her mother, but later did she know that her mother was going to pass away.

One should get to know a person before judging them because impressions are not always accurate. In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Junior experiences racism on the Spokane Indian reservation and at Reardan, where Junior attends school. Racial discrimination makes the Indians on the reservation lose their sense of self-worth and they feel as if they deserve to be treated this way. At Reardan, Junior is in an atmosphere where his white classmates and teachers make racist jokes and nicknames targeting him. In the novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie explains how prejudice and discriminatory behaviour endorses negative relationships between people. This can be observed through Junior’s

All people should be treated fair and equal by the law, it is in fact, the law.

Ask yourself, if a policeman pulled you over, would you assume automatically that the crime was the color of your skin? And would you wonder if that crime could cost you your life? The unanimous answer should be no, but it is guaranteed that within different races and communities, the answer will differ. Because of this, it is clear that different people of different races get treated differently.

The opening paragraph acknowledges an ethnic stereotype of Indians. Before even introducing the fact that he was an Indian, he pointed out the fact that he couldn’t read, and then added the details of the financial difficulties his family faced living on the reservation. The information also challenges the stereotype by always providing an example to how his family would make it through the tough times. He says that they were poor by most standards, but his parents would find a minimum-wage job to make them middle-class by reservation standards.

Shadowed Gardens: Happiness Untouched Everyone desires something. It could be the newest clothes, car, or phone. But for the woman in "The Yellow Wallpaper," it is freedom she wants. Until the 1960's, it was difficult for women wanting freedom as they were expected to be an obedient mother and wife.

He chooses to associate with mostly White people more than his own Indian people. He is also pretty judgmental about desi people, and views them as lesser than his white friends. Whenever he sees a desi person, he tries to avoid talking to him because he doesn’t really want to associate with his culture. He couldn't wait to go to college because he would move away from his family which he thinks is full of drama but his life takes a turn and ironic for him he is stuck with desi roommates in his

When we are young, we are taught to treat everyone equally. Naturally, as children you learn and apply and hope that another person does the same. Rights, they are basic and unalienable to all humans upon entering a foreign or country of citizenship. Fighting for equal treatment to the prominent race has created history that is left for future activist to involve themselves with past history, and revive movements. Equal treatment amongst the different cultures is necessary for the social and political success for this country. As citizens of a country, we expect that the melting pot of cultures to be civil with one another and the representation of cultures be positive. But what happens when a native from the North American country is

Many of the characters who associate with middle-class white culture feel the need to separate themselves from lower-class blacks whom they identify as lazy and criminals “I destroyed white baby dolls….The truly horrifying thing was the transference of the same impulses to little white girls." (pg. 22). "White[ness]" is associated with value, virtue, and cleanliness while being black is associated with immorality, dirtiness, and the sense of being disposable. The novel involves mostly black characters and due to this the idea of being white exists on a spectrum. Race is not only decided by the genetic make-up of one's appearance and skin, the shape of one's features, or the texture of one's hair, but also by one's place of origin, socioeconomic class, and educational background “... his mother did not like him to play with niggers. She had explained to him the difference between colored people and niggers. They were easily identifiable. Colored people were neat and quiet; niggers were dirty and loud” (pg. 53). These ideas of race being valuable became a main point in the story. And by internalizing these ideas about race the main characters ultimately obtained a racial self-hatred, which created various forms of dysfunction in the characters'

Today’s society always has some form of social inequality, whether it be between gender difference or by one’s importance in society. There are so many forms of these inequality that the world always feels unbalanced to some people. Racism is considered to be a large social inequality. That is why in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, has a lot of examples of social inequalities and how it affects each character. It shows great examples of social inequalities of the novel’s town of Maycomb, Alabama.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story about a woman who is mentally ill however she cannot grip onto reality because of her husband's disbelief. Gilman expresses how mental illness is portrayed in a time period where women were treated as second rate people in society. In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman portrays the struggles of marriage and social expectations through characterization, dialogue, and symbolism.

In the novel, Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, the author uses many literary

"In order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently," says former US Supreme Court Justice, Harry Blackmun. If you are referring to treating more privileged people the way one would treat more oppressed people, this could be true; If you are referring to treating oppressed people the way you would treat privileged people, this is also true. In today's world, unless you have a the alleged "default" race, gender, religion or sexuality, you are treated differently. People choose treat someone like scum on the basis of those things, which isn't right at all. On the flip side, people can be held on pedestals because of those things, which also isn't right.