McCormick’s novel Sold is extremely relevant because of the enormous human trafficking industry in not only South Asia‚ but many other parts of the world. Worldwide‚ the US State Department estimates that nearly half a million children are trafficked into sexual slavery a year‚ and about 12‚000 Nepali girls are sold by their families intentionally and unwillingly into sexual slavery in India annually. The issues of poverty‚ the shaming and subordination of women‚ rape‚ unsafe sexual practices and
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In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell creates a dystopian society where people are stripped of their humanity and individuality does not exist. Oceania is one of three superstates in 1984 where the Party maintains absolute power over its people. The party uses a variety of tools to maintain their power through surveillance through the telescreens‚ child spies‚ and the thought police. They also used brainwashing with propaganda‚ and psychological manipulation and physical control. One of the methods
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characters in literature. Having a female character with such strength raises the question of whether or not The Scarlet Letter is a feminist novel; by looking at what feminism is and analyzing the book itself‚ one can see that the book is more a commentary on society as a whole rather than a feminist statement. Hawthorne depicts many strong characters throughout his novel. Some‚ such as Chillingworth‚ seem to be stronger than others‚ like Dimmesdale. One character in particular‚ however‚ happens to stand
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Spy thrillers are genre novels and so they have a contract with the reader to deliver a certain type of story that is within those genre boundaries. That limits the options to four archetypal spy novel plots that are included in the mission‚ the mystery‚ on the run‚ and playing defence. Mission plot is a straightforward one but it’s as well one of the best. The Protagonist is simply authorized a ‘mission’ and attempts to carry it out. The Protagonist often works for an espionage agency or
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ridicule just about everything for its misgivings. Satire is one of the staples of humor; they both go hand in hand. In John Toole’s novel‚ A Confederacy of Dunces‚ satire is displayed as one of the prominent themes. A key satirical target of the novel is people of high authority. The Sargent who is supposed to be a noble chief of officers is depicted in the novel as a silly
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& review in how this assignment improved my understanding of the relevant academic theory and Novel. 8 References 9 Works Cited 9 Introduction The academic overview of our fathers by Andrew O’Hagan hopes to compare and contrast both academic theory‚ political views and highlight building and regeneration practices of the mid 20th century. The Essay will provide a detailed summary of the novels plot then go onto explain and relate some of O’Hagan’s underlying themes to key findings of relevant
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GILEAD AS A DYSTOPIAN NOVEL “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood takes place in the Republic of Gilead‚ a totalitarian and theocratic state where women are seen as an object. Because of low reproduction rates‚ the Handmaids are assigned to bear children for elite couples. Atwood wrote this novel based on a dystopian society to warn the reader about the dangers of a theocratic and oppressive society. She creates a dystopia with the elements such as; the oppression of women‚ the perversion
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I think that Hinton left the word “outsider” out of her novel because there are so many outsiders in the book it would get confusing for the reader. An outsider is someone who doesn’t fit in with a certain group. The greasers are the outsiders in the Socs eyes‚ but to the greasers the Socs are the outsiders because they aren’t like each other. The Socs have a lot of money and can be pointed out because of their blue madras shirts and their fancy corvairs. The greasers are known because they are “criminals”
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10-2-12 Grendel Essay Outline. In the novel Grendel‚ John Gardner‚ through Grendel’s character‚ portrays the universal struggle all humans face to find meaning in life. Grendel‚ just like everyone else wants to find his meaning‚ and purpose. Though he struggles‚ Grendel is ultimately trying to find himself in all of the things that he does. Concept and Explanation Textual Support #1 People in their teenage years often experience a sense of isolation‚ and this is what Grendel is representing
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progress of novel adsorption processes in water purification: A review QU Jiuhui ∗ State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry‚ Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences‚ Chinese Academy of Sciences‚ Beijing 100085‚ China. E-mail: jhqu@rcees.ac.cn Abstract As an effective‚ efficient‚ and economic approach for water purification‚ adsorbents and adsorption processes have been widely studied and applied in different aspects for a long time. In the recent years‚ a lot of novel adsorption
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