Answer the following questions about the novel “The 4 Mirrors” by Quince Duncan. In the novel “The 4 Mirrors” by Quince Duncan, we find a narrative that is very easy to read and that exhibits almost all the outstanding themes of this course; race, sexuality, the role of women in Afro-Hispanic society, etc … 1. […]
In An Introduction to Book History, the authors cite Michael Winship’s contention that “literature is a human institution, part of a matrix of social and cultural forces from which it emerges, rather than a pure or abstract ideal, independent of history” (25). Based on your reading of Finkelstein and McCleery’s opening chapters, write a three-page […]
Provide a Literary Essay Introduction Paragraph Assignment with the topic of “Explain how language and propaganda are used by Napoleon or any other character to control the animals on the farm? Write a strong thesis statement answering the question.”
The critique of capitalism in The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola. Investigation of the ways in which the novel produces the critique of capitalism. The paper should be properly cited with the references used for the research (the list of references is additional to the four pages of the discussion). The number of sources […]
The conclusion of “Benito Cereno” focuses on the details of the lynching, decapitation, and public display in the grand plaza of Lima of Babo’s head. In addition, Melville tells us of how Capt. Delano’s crew overpowered the mutineers/slaves and killed many of them. He also says that shortly after, Cereno died and that, ironically, he […]
Douglass, Chpts. 7-11 and Appendix Questions to answer: In Chapter VIII, Douglass is sent back to the country to be counted as property in the settlement of a will. What strikes you in the style of Douglass’s description of Master Thomas? Why would pious readers – those attached to the church – find this […]
Compare and contrast the accounts of the Flood in Gilgamesh and in The Hebrew Bible (Genesis: chapters 6-9). [Focus on the divine motivation for the Flood and the moral-ethical implication of the two accounts].
Further Instructions for Topic 2: The purpose of this essay is to develop an original, close, and in-depth analysis of the text. Therefore, start by rereading Canto 1 very carefully. In developing your essay, address ONLY Canto 1 of Dante’s “Inferno.” Develop a clear thesis (argument) about the way you interpret the theme and the […]
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa is a novel concerned with forgetting and disappearances. It is also a book that describes the terrible connections between an authoritarian regime’s actions and the lives of the citizens they police. At the novel’s conclusion, the narrator, in a conversation with R. says: “It doesn’t matter what I say, […]
Chapter II gives a description of life on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation and of “slavery as it there existed.” What features of this description stand out for you and why?In Chapter III, how does irony inform Douglass’s account of the horses?
