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The book “A Raisin in the Sun” describes life as it were for black families living in Chicago when racial segregation and discrimination was rampant. During the period, African Americans did not receive equal […]

The end of the story By Herman Melville gives a good description of the hero Benito Cereno. He is one of the celebrated heroes due to his great ability to save his life and the lives of some of the Spanish […]

I watched a movie named Lucifer, and I liked the plot and discourse of the movie. The plot is about how the king of hell, Lucifer Morningstar, gets bored to stay in hell and decides to change his lifestyle. He […]

The stylistic and linguistic devices an artist use in their work contribute to the meaning of their work.  Culler aims to demonstrate the relationship between poetry and rhetoric by exploring their similarities […]

The relationship between a word and the meaning can be clearly understood using chapter 4 by Culler. According to Culler, terms, setting, purpose, and readers’ skills happen to be the four prime factors […]

Many readers address literature uniquely because its words are fictional. Writers in their work include fictional actors, speakers, episodes, and an assumed audience. According to Culler, “Literary works refer t […]

In chapter 2, Culler, says that literature does not have to be depicted in a certain way as its main purpose is to convey an idea, story or knowledge to its audience. He uses this as a backbone in his argument […]

Hello everyone, my name is Mohamed Ezeldee Ahmed , I am Egyptian , I have been studying in LaGuardia since 2018 , my major is Computer science , when I was young my dream was to be one of the best programmers in […]