evidence of unresolved emotions‚ psychological conflicts‚ guilt‚ ambivalences and may result to a disunited literary work. * The author’s own childhood traumas‚ sexual conflicts and fixation can be traced within the behavior of the characters in his/her literary work. Key terms in Psychoanalytic criticism by Freud: 1. repression. Every human has to undergo a repression of the pleasure principle by the reality principle; for some‚ even whole societies‚ repression may become excessive and make
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Metaphors are found in the poem “What Shall He Tell His Son‚” written by Carl Sandburg. The poem is written as life lessons that the speaker of the poem collects over time to prepare his own son for growing up. The poem is very emotional‚ as the speaker reflects on his own life and the lessons he has learned the hard way. Metaphors in the poem are used to evoke emotion in the reader‚ to take each lesson that is told in their own way. “The growth of a fail flower in a path up / has sometimes shattered
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and "Mother to Son" are both poems that addresses that the central idea is a life lesson. Both writings are similar because‚ they both have a similar central idea. Both authors convey this idea there are similarities and differences. Although‚ the poems have the same idea‚ there are similarities and differences. The poems come across life edvice. "If" and "Mother to Son" are similar in a way because‚ they are both about teaching a life lesson. In both poems it about teaching their sons about life and
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Make the Man: Colonel Grangerford and the Education of His Sons in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can be read as a series of smaller stories tied together by themes of racism and hypocrisy perceived by Mark Twain in late nineteenth century Southern culture. One of these smaller stories takes place at the Grangerford plantation‚ where the reader is introduced to Colonel Grangerford and his three sons: Buck‚ Bob and Tom. The Grangerford family serves as an
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Discrimination and Class Conflicts Seen from Richard Wright’s Native Son 【Abstract】Richard Wright’s Native Son is a brand-new page of the Black literature which is one of American “protest novels”. In this novel‚ the author uses the writing techniques of realism to reflect the fierce racial and class conflicts between the whites and the blacks. So this novel is very important for us to study American history in the 1930s. 【Key words】Native Son；Racial Discrimination；Class Conflict I. Introduction
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Who Finds That His Son Has Become A Thief” by Raymond Souster popped up into her head. She remembered her grandfather’s detailed description of the poem‚ where the author portrayed the idea of a father realized that his trusted son has stolen from a store . At in the beginning of the poem the father trusted his son and defended him‚ since he believed his son to be a pure and trustworthy person. Once the evidence was provided to him‚ he immediately felt embarrassed and guilty‚ since his precious and
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Title: The Son of Neptune Author: Rick Riordan Intro: After some days of running away from 2 Gorgons in the beginning of the book Percy is with no memory except his girlfriend Annabeth and the fact that he can’t kill the 2 Gorgons. He stumbles upon a Roman camp called Camp Jupiter. Percy who’s still followed by the Gorgons uses his powers as the son of Neptune (the god of water and earthquakes) to destroy the Gorgons (temporarily) and save the guard Frank. He meets there Reyna‚ the daughter of
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1020-002 Son of the Revolution "Son of the Revolution" written by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro is a story of Liang Heng’s life when he grew up during the tumultuous times of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. This revolution lasted from 1966-1976 and caused major social changes as well as destroyed their economy‚ but was a brilliant strategic move by Mao in the power struggle he instigated. He knew it would not be easy to purge the communist party of it’s leaders. The novel Son of the
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Hardy places the social status and subsequent classes at the forefront of his short story‚ "the Son’s Veto". Status and class‚ and therefore society’s perception of one the‚ shape the plot and more importantly‚ the character’s actions‚ reactions and thought processes in this short story. Primarily‚ Mr Twycott is acutely aware of the implications of a decision and its affects on one’s class in relation to society’s perception. His proposal to Sophy was not the norm or status quo of the time and thus
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Professor miller October 16‚ 2012 The poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ is an inspiring poem. It is the epitome of what every parent should instill within their child and that is the success of our children. Langston Hughes was born in 1902 and was a well-known poet during the Harlem Renaissance. His poems were not personalized but spoke for all African Americans alike. In this poem there is significant meaning from a loving mother to her son through language‚ metaphors‚ imagery repetition and
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