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Introduction Postmodernism is, according to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a reaction to the "assumed certainty of scientific, or objective efforts to explain reality." The real understanding of life, according to postmodernism, is what one's mind – in its own personal reality – tries to figure out and decipher about life. Moreover, postmodernism is very suspicious of explanations that "claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races" and instead it focuses on the truth each individual discovers (PBS). Additionally, it is important to note that postmodernism relies on "concrete experience over abstract principles," and the postmodernist person knows the outcomes of life's experiences will likely and necessarily be "fallible and relative, rather than certain and universal" (PBS).

Jung Chang sources the lives of her grandmother, mother, and herself in her book, Wild Swans. Yu-fang is Jung's grandmother born in 1909; De-hong is her mother, born in 1931. This book is banned in Chang's native…

Lewis is considered by many to be one of the most profound and thorough Christian apologists of his time. In many of his texts that adamantly defend his faith, Lewis takes an almost exultant and unswerving loyalty to…

In Jonathan Lethem's science fiction novel Girl in Landscape, one of the more intriguing characters we meet throughout the course of the book is Efram Nugent. From his very first mention shortly after the Marsh family's…

Stephen Crane's novel the Red Badge of Courage is an example of literary naturalism, a movement in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century that went beyond realism to delve into the darker side of…

Fee, Gordon D. & Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. New York: Zondervan Publishing Company, 1993.

Stephen Crane: A Great Writer of American Naturalist Fiction and Non-Fiction, and of Local Color

Satan is perhaps the most interesting character in John Milton's Paradise Lost, because he is most sympathetic. Examining Satan's speech in Book I reveals that Satan is the true hero and protagonist of the story. The poem presents Satan as a selfless, just, and compassionate character, and uses him to challenge the tyrannical dictates of an all-powerful God.

This paper explores the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, entitled The Pavilion on the Links. The central themes and actions are discussed as they relate to the elements of narration, narrator and setting. The main focus of the paper is on the way that setting, mood and tone are integrated in the story to create a sense of mystery and danger. The purpose and role of the narrator is also examined.

The slave narrative maintains a unique station in modern literature. Unlike any other body of literature, it provides us with a first-hand account of institutional racially-motivated human bondage in an ostensibly…