What Is The Theme Of The Sign Of Four

The title of the movie “signs” is significant because before you even watch the movie it implies there is some sort of foreshadowing. “What are the signs?” and “Where do they come from?” are question you can immediately ponder. Just from viewing the movie poster alone you can see what appears to be “Signs” from Extraterrestrials.

The latter half of the nineteenth century brought about the introduction of detective fiction into popular culture, the stronghold of British colonialism in India, and the characterization of one of the most celebrated detectives in literature, Sherlock Holmes. While the British East India Company occupied Indian territories far before the Crown in the seventeenth century, the extent to which brutal and divisive colonial practices took place, increased substantially after the British government annexed the Indian subcontinent. The British government officially expanded the Empire into India after the Mutiny of 1857, which was purposefully misconstrued as an open invitation for the British to unsheath the white man’s burden into action. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sign of Four is written within the context of this particular rebellion and its aftermath. The novel becomes mirror for the functions of aristocratic and Victorian society at large, and their perspective of the exoticity of the East as a commodity to be kept as a trophy, shattered whenever deemed fit, but never as anything more.

In the Photograph Album of Cashmere& Ladakh,1886, H.W.B depicts the age of imperialism through his photography of the 1st Batallion East Surrey Regiment of Great Britain. The photos allow one to make observations without any biased inputs such as writings. Using one’s own

     Considering the fact that this was written during the height of the abolition movement the novel had to be effective in order to advance the success of the movement.

The novel had been considered by some people, mainly the higher ranked and important persons of the 19th centaury, as a criticism of ‘Victorian double morality’ meaning they felt it was presenting a false image of what went on in London. They may have also have felt that it was encouraging other people to do things considered wrong-like. This shows duality between the novel and the behaviour in London during the 19th centaury.

why this book became so popular within the working class. It united people under a cause to try

Kim is based on the India that Kipling experiences during his five years of working there as a newspaper reporter. “His residence near the primary British Army base in Northwest India….enhanced his already intense admiration for the martial life” (Matin 359). Events in the novel are manipulated to formulate Kipling’s dream of dominated India. Being a product of his time, Kipling believes that the British empire has an obligation to bring “enlightenment” to inferior races and underdeveloped countries. His idea of the best way to rule the native India is expressed by creating Kim who is born in the country, resulting in Kim’s appreciation and favor of the Indian culture. Kipling constructs the native India consists of salvage people who are waiting to be civilized by British and limited by their races no matter how much they contribute to the imperialist system. He has people positively speak on empire’s behalf and recognize the work of British men. Moreover, all the characters exist in the story to help Kim going on the right track to become an imperialist boy and rise above everyone else. Kim’s ultimate choice of British empire’s interest over his loved lama and his being blessed for doing so successfully deliver Kipling’s imperialism message.

In the novel The Great Gatsby, there is a lot of symbolism. There are huge, obvious and also small, hard to see symbolic messages. One of the small and hard to see symbolic messages is the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. Depending on the things going on in the book, depends on the symbolism in my eyes. I believe that the green light in chapter 1 means that there is hope, when mentioned in chapter 5 it means fascination, and in chapter 9, I believe that the green light symbolizes sadness.

Montag discovers new things after meeting Clarisse. Things like the fact that fire fighters used to actually fight fires. He also comes to discover that he doesn't really love his wife. As well as he's not entirely happy. Clarisse's attitude and outlook let's him discover that his view of life is grim and jaded. He begins to realize that things aren’t how he wants them to be, that he doesn't really know much about history - or the truth of it, he becomes curious and attempts to find real happiness.

In conclusion, as afore mentioned, these narratives are inspirational pieces which are of no doubt of the highest credibility and authenticity. They were meant to have some specific functions in the society; as to influence, motivate and inspire people. Indeed these narratives are good pieces of literature. These writers both existed during the same era and a time when the abolishment of slavery was a well discussed topic in the country. Their pieces were meant to be examples of good literature and also to influence people to fight against slavery and

“Symbols and Signs,” a short story written by Vladimir Nabokov, revolves around a Jewish couple from Minsk, Russia, who has a son with a mental disability called “referential mania.” It was their son’s birthday when several unfortunate events, including their son’s recent suicide attempt, prevented them from visiting him and from giving him the birthday present that they prepared for him. As they got back home, they eventually decided to bring him home and the story ended with three telephone calls, the first two being wrong numbers and the third phone call remained unanswered. This close reading would focus on the plot, the characters, and the symbols used, in showing how people have different perceptions of reality.

Ray Bradbury was one of the most popular science fiction authors of the twentieth century. He was able to bring his world alive in the minds of his intended audiences. In one of his more popular novels, Fahrenheit 451, the world seems more gloomy than it does in today’s time. In this futuristic world, books and knowledge are severely disgraced. It is against the law to have any book of any kind in your possession. Paul Trout says this is because books disturb people by posing questions and books make people act against each other (Trout 3). This is where the protagonist, Guy Montag faces his biggest conflict. He can either choose to obey the law or pursue what feels right to him. Bradbury says that he wrote this novel to help prevent the

The book was published in 1788 -- substantially after the events described took place. The time gap did not seriously affect the main content of the material because the events he describes were very serious and unforgettable ones. He wrote the material at the time he had already been a member of the Anti- Slavery Society leaving room for a little suspicion of his tendency to exaggerate some descriptions in his narrative. This been said, it is pertinent to note that it is unequivocally clear that the events he describes in this book are those he witnessed firsthand and they made a lasting impression on him. Consequently, this impression

The age of revoltion was a historical time frame that took place between 1775 to 1848 which encompassed numerous social, cultural and political shifts that harboured significant implications on the growth of the development of the novel as a genre. Through the social mechanics of increased living standards, the creation of the middle class, elevated literacy levels and wider book distribution and publication, the novel genre saw indespensible changes which have persisted throughout time.

E.M. Forster’s classic novel “A Passage to India” tells the story of a young doctor, Dr. Aziz, and his interactions with the British citizens who are residing in India during the time of the British Raj. Throughout the novel, the reader gets many different viewpoints on the people and the culture of India during this point in history. The reader sees through the eyes of the Indian people primarily through the character of Dr. Aziz, and the perceptions of the British through the characters of Mr. Fielding, Adela Quested, and Mrs. Moore. Through the different characters, and their differing viewpoints, the reader can see that Forster was creating a work that expressed a criticism that he held of the behavior of the British towards their Indian subjects.