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Introduction “A Good Man is Hard to Find” was a short story first published in 1955 and written by famous American author Flannery O’Connor. It is a part of the authors’ short stories collection of the same title. “Barn Burning” was another short story first published in 1939 and written by American author William Faulkner. It deals with vengeance, the influence of fathers, and class conflicts. Both short stories have

Central Thesis and Visual Imagery Thesis Statement: “I wash the shirt create a good visual picture and suggests that life continues in various colors and smells. Anna Swir and the Context of the Poem “I Wash the Shirt” is a short composition written by famous Polish poet Anna Swir, which varies greatly in length. She wrote about sensuality, women’s body, and war and her writings dive down into the power

The article, “Lowering the Drinking Age,” was written By Robert Voas in January 2006 and published in Christian Science Monitor (Voas). In his published article, Voas mentioned that he is in favour of 21 as the permissible drinking age. He further mentioned in his editorial that states like Wisconsin, Vermont, and New Hampshire should consider keeping the permissible drinking age to 21 (Voas). The majority of the legal bodies in

Girl is one of the short stories written by Jamaica Kincaid. It is a dramatic monologue in which a mother advises her daughter to be “the girl”. The tone of the story is quite aggressive, in which a mother emphasizes teaching her daughter how to save herself from sexual exploitation. However, it has been observed that her tone is caring and concerned (Snodgrass, 2019). When a mother is concerned about

Lydia Davis’s poem “Head, Heart” highlights the communication between the head and heart of an individual with a short poem. Lydia Davis was born in 1947 (Knight and Davis). As he progressed in her career, she developed into a well-known fictional writer and a book critic. Working as a novelist, Davis excelled as a short story writer as well. Based on her work, she won different American writing awards. The

Introduction Sherry Turkle’s “Growing Up Tethered” and Melissa Avdeeff’s study of Beyoncé’s social-media identity examine different levels of digital life. Turkle focuses on young people whose phones become continuous links to parents, peers, and networks. Avdeeff examines a global celebrity whose public self is carefully constructed through images, performance, feminism, sexuality, and controlled access. The original comparison correctly identifies authenticity and attachment as shared concerns, but it reduces both works

Introduction Spinning the wheel of history, it can be seen that Chinese people had splendid literary backgrounds. Pieces of literature they created have their own place in the literary world. One of the marvellous Chinese poems is “Sunset” by Tu Fu, which is mostly described as a poet-historian, and his works convey a strong emotional impact. This poem is translated by “Kenneth Rexroth” and is about the change in nature

Food and Wine Pairing as a Gastronomic and Business Practice Food and wine pairing allows chefs to create a new superior gastronomic effect. It is a highly subjective process depending on the choice of the consumers. It is used to pair the individual dish with different wines to enhance the flavour of both food and drink. According to Garibaldi et al. (2017), in the USA, about 60 per cent of

Introduction Anne Bradstreet was born in 1612 in a wealthy puritan family in England, then migrated to Massachusetts in 1630 from Northampton. She was a religious lady, a mother of eight children, and a faithful wife. In addition to her other responsibilities, she wrote poetry and became a well-read scholar. She married at the age of 16, her father Thomas Dudley and husband Simon Bradstreet worked as the governors of

Technology, Adolescence, and the Experience of Growing Up Tethered Technology has brought a revolutionary change in our lives and in this world. Mobile phones and social media have connected people around the globe and become an essential part of our lives. “Growing Up Tethered” by Sherry Turkle has discussed the effects of using a mobile phone on the behavior and cognitive abilities of this generation. She argued that the use

Disney Aladdin is an all-time favourite show for fans aged six years and above. It is a live magical show full of excitement about the new live-action movie including a story of the film. Though it is an old story, the modern lens brings these animated characters into real characters. The main characters of the show Aladdin include the hero, his three best friends, a princess and an evil villain. Here,

Introduction The conflict between a right to life and a claimed right to die brings together law, medicine, ethics, religion, disability rights, family relationships, and the experience of suffering. Public debate often becomes confused because several different practices are placed under the single label “euthanasia.” A patient’s refusal of treatment, withdrawal of a ventilator, palliative sedation, physician-assisted dying, and euthanasia involve different intentions, actions, and legal rules. Ethical analysis must

Shirley Jackson’s story The Lottery is the most analyzed story in the history of American literature. It was published in New York in 1948 for the first time. It is a unique story that is different from other short stories in its gruesome plot and its ending. Its main theme is about blindly following tradition, and no one has the right to ask a question about their tradition. The central

Wan, Xuemei. “Kate Chopin’s View on Death and Freedom in’ The Story of an Hour’” English Language Teaching 2.4 (2009): 167-170. The Story of an Hour is a short story written by American novelist Kate Chopin in 1894. This paper analyzes the feminist significance of the novel. In the 19th century, women were oppressed in every aspect of life, including politics, society, the economy, and psychology. The ideas and will

Assemblage Art refers to the art of collecting and making compositions of all material things, from junk, wood, paper, stones, and many other things. In the 20th century, many artists worked in this field to utilize different archaeological things. The idea of an assemblage is explored in many ways, the most striking being the movements of Dada and Surrealism. It is a modern way of art first introduced in the

The Trifles is a play about the murder mystery written by Susan Glaspell. The main setting of this play is based on the cold landscape of the Kitchen where all the actions take place. There is a lonely household Mrs Wright found in the disordered kitchen with unwashed dishes, a loaf of bread, and a dirty dishtowel. Five persons entered the house, including three men and two women: Sheriff Peters

Introduction One of the worthy things about the manuscript “Learning to be Gendered” by P. Eckert and S. McConnell is that the authors have provided a thought-provoking piece to the readers by examining the customs where infants are allotted gender characters and learn to act accordingly when they grow. The superfluous gendering of objects and children spreads sexism and stereotypes that can influence an infant’s view of itself for its

Ethnorelativism and Cultural Comparison Ethnorelativism is the acquired ability to examine various values and behaviours as a culture. To view your own culture and compare it with other cultures. Ethnocentrism and ethnocentrism measure how well we relate to other cultures. It is a denial and defence on the ethnocentrism side, while there is an acceptance, integration, and adaptation on the ethnorelativism side (Mangla, 2005). It is a narrow mindset which

Introduction Social exchange theory provides a useful way to examine relationships in Jeannette Walls’s memoir The Glass Castle because the Walls family is held together by exchanges of care, loyalty, labor, hope, and emotional obligation that are rarely equal. The theory does not suggest that people calculate every relationship in a cold or financial manner. Rather, it asks how rewards, costs, dependence, alternatives, and expectations shape continuing interaction. In the

It has been observed that generally, people are divided into two groups, especially when they are giving their opposite stance to another group. It is true that perception and thinking differ, and people are free to take their stance on controversial issues. Usually, two groups are formed: one who agrees with the scenario and others who disagree. Though it may seem strange to some, recently, people have been categorized into