Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
poems 983 While Urania attempts to bargain with Death, her eloquent pleas on behalf of Adonais fail to reverse the natural order ...
984 silko, Leslie Marmon lyric). The West Wind’s “Wild Spirit” (l. 13) embod- ies the powerful dualities of nature, as it can be ...
Almanac of the Dead 985 teners to practice social relations that are conducive to the well-being of the individual and community ...
986 silko, Leslie Marmon through a dark, satiric lens. The novel is told from the point of view of at least 33 main characters, ...
Almanac of the Dead 987 Sex and SexuaLIty in Almanac of the Dead Excessive or aberrant sexuality is a hallmark of cautionary tri ...
988 silko, Leslie Marmon SiLko, LESLiE marmoN Ceremony (1977) Ceremony is one of the earliest American Indian novels to be widel ...
Ceremony 989 ing or being abandoned by one’s own culture but also the possibility of restoring the broken familial and cultural ...
990 silko, Leslie Marmon ScIence and tecHnoLoGy in Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony presents the conflict between W ...
The Jungle 991 Silko’s novel is not an authoritative record of the beliefs of all Native Americans or even a spiritual manifesto ...
992 sinclair, Upton choosing for dancing with the bride, a tradition that provides a nest egg for the couple. But in America, pe ...
The Jungle 993 planks that serve as sidewalks during the spring rains. Their poor living conditions contribute to the family’s c ...
994 smith, Betty strong. He gets a job immediately, sweeping cattle guts into a floor trap for 17.5 cents per hour. Jurgis wonde ...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 995 educatIon in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Education is at the center of A Tree Grows in Brook- lyn. On ...
996 smith, Betty condemned, and its perversion into a mechanism of abuse and control shown to have devastating effects. Francie, ...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 997 escape on a typical summer Saturday afternoon, looking for a word to describe Brooklyn, New York. C ...
998 solzhenitsyn, Alexsandr SoLzHENiTSyN, aLExSaNDr One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) In One Day in the Life of Ivan ...
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 999 repetitive actions. Since the prisoners have almost no personal freedom, their indivi ...
1000 solzhenitsyn, Alexsandr admitted to this crime he did not commit because “if he didn’t . . . he’d be shot. If he signed [th ...
Antigone 1001 ments for the bricklaying and the group’s gathering of materials. Although these scenes do not liven up the plot, ...
1002 sophocles to one’s death—is almost incomprehensible. Devo- tion to family then, is one of the more confusing themes to be f ...
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