Stranger in a Strange Land

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R Tolkien is the first book of the Lord of the Rings saga. In It we are introduced to many characters of Middle-earth coming from very different places, and different cultures and backgrounds.”There are numerous interesting factors to be explored in J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. One of these interesting factors is the theme of friendship” (Þórðarson 3).The title of the book refers to the unlikely company of different leaders of the many races

everything seemed calm. As I walked down to the beach I saw some people rushing out. But I did not understand why they were running and some people were rushing the other way, towards the sea. I heard a huge roar. I walked down the steps and saw something strange. I saw the ocean receding unusually and rapidly and I had no idea what was happening. This was the first time I am seeing the ocean receding way back. Some were rushing with their cameras

Self-Discovery in Oates Naked   While other, less accomplished writers use violence to shock or provoke, Joyce Carol Oates is usually more subtle and inventive. Such is the case in "Naked," the story of a forty-six year old woman whose placid outer identity is ripped away by a brutal assault while out hiking not far from her fashionable, University Heights neighborhood. Like many of Oates' stories—and in this regard she probably owes something to Flannery O'Connor—"Naked" focuses on a woman

The Developments and Changes the Monster Undergoes in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Frankenstein is a classic novel by Mary Shelley, published in 1818. It recounts the life of Victor Frankenstein; Victor is a young, idealistic student of natural philosophy whose aim is to discover the elixir of life. He succeeds in his aim and consequently brings into existence a monstrous creation. However, he abandons his creation, which is then forced to discover the complicated ways

Intan Aulia Istiqomah 1100089 – 7A Power Relations between Men and Women in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is one of Charlotte Bronte’s novels in 1847. The novel is considered as a bildungsroman story which shows the changing of the protagonist’s life from childhood into adulthood. Generally, a theme for bildungsroman story is ‘quest for identity’. Regarding the identity issue, Jane Eyre as the protagonist in the novel tries to find her identity by questioning ‘who I really am?’, then examining her surroundings

I believe our Scripture passages today can help us answer these questions, and so let us begin by considering the question, what kind of king is Jesus? This question is first addressed in our reading from Ezekiel, which you may well think is a strange place to expect to find a description of the kind of king Jesus is, given that the book of Ezekiel is in the Old Testament and was written several hundred years before the birth of Christ. Nevertheless, from the earliest days of Christianity this

When we think of African American history we often forget about the people before the civil rights movement. The people who paved the way for future leaders. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and Rosa parks are often who we think of. We forget about individuals that made a significant impact that led us to the present place we are today. Harriet Tubman's contribute to history was that she was the conductor of the Underground Railroad, which helped bring slaves to freedom. Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist

directly the irony that those naming others "barbarians" were the barbaric ones themselves. His intensely personal story, with detailed descriptions of what he saw - cruel or ordinary - and of how one African dealt with forced encounters with different lands and cultures, was what it would take for Englishmen to relate and thus to understand. A number of themes pervade Equiano's narrative. Editor Robert Allison says the text revolves around "freedom and salvation." Adam Potkay in Forum: Teaching Equiano's

Afrika Focus, Vol. 5, Nr. 3-4, 1989, pp. 153-165 CONFLICT AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS IN ACHEBE'S "ARROW OF GOD" Owen G. MORDAUNT English Department University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaga, Nebraska 68182-0175 USA SUMMARY Mordaunt describes how the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe deals with the problem ofpersonal conflict in his novel "Arrow of God". The main character in this novel is Ezeulu, who is chiefpriest of the god Ulu, of the village of Umuaro. Ezeulu comes into conflict with himself in a quest

In the twenty-first century, the world has been turned into a global village due to advanced technology and globalization that have helped to serve the current economic and social needs. Lee (1966) has defined migration as ‘a permanent or semi-permanent change of residence’ (49). The spatial mobility is dictated by factors such as the area of origin, destination, obstacles, and personal interests. A global city is marked by cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity due to immigration and settlement