The Signalman by Charles Dickens, The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston was published in 1926. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was published in 1892. Both of these literary works are pieces of literature belong to the progressive era. During this time, literature was focused on revealing to middle class readers the problems of economic privileges, political corruption, and social injustice as well as center around the theme of feminism. Both literary pieces are circulating the idea that the former widespread social representation of women being submissive and having no authority in the family does affects women’s self-confidence and deeds. The authors of these works also demonstrated a remarkable effect from the expected social appearance of married women, which was tested in their writings for overcome such adversaries during their lifetime.

In the short stories A Rose for Emily and The Story of an Hour, Emily Grierson and Louise Mallard are both similar women, in similar time periods but they both are in entirely different situations. This essay will take these two specific characters and compare and contrast them in multiple, detailed ways.

People imprint themselves on their surroundings; they inject fleeting moments into the veins of their environments, boiling the blood that swims hot through every crevice, echoing and lingering indefinitely. According to Wisker houses are the principal locations where the presence of its residents leave lasting imprints on the structure (2011, 4). Novels To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen both use domestic environments as important sites to emphasise and reflect their characters by deploying the literary techniques of language and style from their respective eras. Woolf as a Modernist writer from the early twentieth century uses experimental techniques and the supernatural genre that was prevalent

The class system is a prevalent form of oppression in both The Street by Ann Petry and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the characters aspire to change their lives. Lutie Johnson is a black woman trapped in the cycle of poverty with her son living in Harlem during the 1940s and Gatsby is a man of new money who attempts to woo his past lover, Daisy in the 1920s. Prejudice against people from a different class leads to classicism being one of the main themes of these texts. Classism is able to control society because it is based on the acquisition and owning of money. Social mobility is the movement of people through the social system and their ability to change class or rank in society. The attempts of Lutie and Gatsby to improve their social stations illustrate the rigidity of class organization throughout the early to mid-1900s. This is emphasized in the narrative of each protagonist, their motivations and end goals, and the narrative styles.

There are no two people exactly alike in the world. Identical twins, the only people in the world who share the same fingerprints and genetic information, have different personalities, distinct strengths and diverse shortcomings. When comparing two people, parallels can be drawn between them, but crucial dissimilarities will be highlighted as well during the process. Such is the case when it comes to analyzing the protagonists of The Natural by Bernard Malamud and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Both Roy Hobbs and Jay Gatsby, the main characters of the two books respectively, are driven by money and their lust for women, and these factors lead to their eventual downfall; however, their character development is different in that Hobbs undergoes a change of heart and Gatsby suffers from a lack thereof. Although both books share many parallels such as problematic relationships, a key distinction of the two men is their ability to garner sympathy from the readers.

Relationships have shaped humanity since the beginning of time. From Adam and Eve to Romeo and Juliet to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, relationships influence culture and fuel the imaginations and passions of many. Perhaps the most important aspect of a relationship lies in what it brings long-term: the continuation of our species. For all these reasons, relationships constantly appear and reappear in culture, music, and literature. However Charles Dickens and Betty Smith do not focus the effect of relationships on the bonding of two people together, but rather the full development and maturation of one individual’s identity. In their respective novels, Great Expectations and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Dickens and Smith explore how relationships impact a person’s identity and the importance of caution in selecting a lifelong partner.

Compare and contrast; “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Are these stories really just typical short stories of the ghost story genre? Or are they more different than you think? “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are both famous ghost stories of the 19th century. These authors paved a way for a new breed of ghost story, the psychological thriller. Both stories prey equally on creative minds, leaving the reader to eventually decide the fate of the principal role. The authors use major characters in the first person participant to narrate both stories, which supports the unreliable narrator. This enhances the story by giving the reader added insight into a subject that he or she is less likely to understand or relate to. Had the story been told through any other point of view, the reader would not have gotten as clear of a picture as to exactly is going on in the minds of each character especially since craziness is not necessarily a quality that everyone can relate to. This also adds edge to the stories.

In Of Mice & Men and The Great Gatsby, how do people’s American Dream differ, what do they have in common, and how do people feel about the dreams of others?

The difference between “Serpents of Paradise” by Edward Abbey and “Thinking Like a Mountain” by Aldo Leopold is specifically that one essay focuses more on the hunting aspect of life. Both essays seem to care about the environment. In Abbey’s essay he tries to figure out how to avoid killing the snake; he needed to stay calm and move it without getting bit. In Leopold’s essay he killed a wolf to save the deer population; allowing him to hunt more deer. Each essay was written with great description, yet showing one author cared more about the animal and its environment over the other. In both Leopold and Abbey essays they wanted to alter their environment, but only Abbey succeeded due to Abbey having the correct knowledge when it came to his environment.

A story told in the first-person point of view is beneficial for the reader because it enables us to understand the story as it unfolds for the character. In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", an unnamed narrator tells the story of a murder he commits. From the narration, we are able to learn information about the character that otherwise would not be evident. The narrator's motive for murdering the old man, for example, was explicitly stated. The narrator begins by pondering the potential reasons for murder, "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire" (Poe 1). He goes through the usual motives, eliminating each one until reaching a conclusion. "I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees- very gradually—I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and this rid myself of the eye forever" (Poe 1). We are able to see the entire thought process of the narrator, which would not have been possible if not for the first-person point of view.

The short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Man with the Twisted Lip,” is based on disguises of wealth and appearance and how these disguises change the point of view that people have in the social classes and what they think about each other during the Victorian Era. Disguises can be used to create an identity for one’s own personal gain or to protect an individual 's identity. Neville St. Claire uses disguise to validate his place as a gentleman. His status as a beggar allows him to become the successful gentleman that he should be, by concealing his true self to the social class system. Sherlock Holmes uses his persona as a protection to keep the people of London safe and out of harms way. Between the two personalities of St. Claire and Holmes is the outcome of what others may think of them; St. Claire knows the identity that he has created is not accepted by the social class while Sherlock Holmes identity is seen as a hero and is accepted by the social class. One uses his disguise purely for monetary gain and the other uses the identity in order to solve mysteries and protect his city. As shown in the “The Man with the Twisted Lip”, disguise is only allowed when the social class accepts the identity.

Sherlock Holmes has assumed a reality few fictional characters have. Holmes is known for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise and his use of forensic science to solve different cases. Sherlock Holmes is the main character of four novels and more than sixty short stories by Sir Conan Doyle (1859-1930).(please find the exact amount-needs to be hard fact) Doyle used inspirations from his reality to help strengthen his description of the fictional detective series of Sherlock Holmes. The author used actual descriptions, mostly of late Victorian London. Experiences from the accurate time period made Holmes’s stories come to reality.

I, Claudius by Robert Graves 30) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 31) The Sound And The Fury by William Faulkner 32) All The King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren 33) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 34) Native Son by Richard Wright 35) To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 36) Ragtime by E.L Doctorow 37) The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles 38) The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

We’ve done quite a few readings from different time periods such as American Romanticism, American Feminism and Post Colonialism. For this paper, I am going to compare and contrast 2 readings, Young Good Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. Hawthorne’s writing is from the American Romanticism week and “Girl” is from the Post Colonialism week. From my understanding and interpretations, the two of these readings share common themes such as public perception, gender roles, for lack of a better word and trust but they have differing views of each theme.

The novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens is a fictitious glimpse into the lives of various classes of English people that live in a town named Coketown during the Industrial Revolution. The general culture of Coketown is one of utilitarianism. The school there is run by a man ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature . This man, known as Thomas Gradgrind, is responsible for the extermination of anything fanciful and integration of everything pertinent and factual into the young, pliable minds of Coketown's children. The older characters in the book, and especially Mr. Bounderby, are examples of how years of leading a utilitarian life can mold someone into an arrogantly bland and ignorant individual, which I think is one of