… to the myth's basic goal to give a satisfactory explanation of the unexplainable. The people who had had created the myths whether the Greeks, Egyptians, Native Americans, or Slavic's all had the same basic needs. Since they all had the same basic…

… always want to leave Mango Street, to leave your family. In the end you even wish to leave Mango Street behind, with your family and the memories you have there. Nenny, although annoying at times, just wants to be your sister and be just like you.…

… forms of medium including poetry, literature, paintings, and audio recordings. The earliest literary version originates from Ovid's Metamorphoses who's character Pygmalion creates a perfect female out of ivory stone. He becomes obsessed with the…

… over men, that comments about Greek society during this time, saying that their society was a matriarchal society, when it was supposed to be a patriarchal society. In Greece during this time of about 700 B.C., they believed they lived in a patriarchal…

… (written by Daniel Keyes), there are several different issues discussed in relation to the way developmentally handicapped individuals are seen through the eyes of more intellectual people. From the way handicapped people are treated, to the…

… Metamorphosis" "The Metamorphosis," a story by Franz Kafka is about an ordinary traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, who suddenly transforms into a "monstrous vermin." What exactly this vermin is, and why Gregor is suddenly transformed into it is…

… the age of Exploration. Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville, Christopher Columbus, and Bernal Diaz Del Castillo all make mention of cannibalism in their respective travel writings. There is a specific reason why this theme appeared predominantly during…

… that takes place in Mexico at the turn of the century, during the Mexican Revolution. The novel covers a time span of around thirty five years and is organized in monthly instalments with each month introduced by a traditional Spanish recipe.…

… vision through which the irrationalities of adults [and] the inequities in society ... are expressed." Olive Senior, in her collection of short stories Summer Lightning, uses child protagonists to highlight and criticize many aspects of the society…

… marriage". They cringe because it brings to mind an image of a forced union and an unhappy couple in the middle of it. However, that is not always the case. Arranged marriages can be right and they do have positive effects. The concept of arranged…