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The Maze as a Symbol of Chaos, Control, and the Search for Hope
In The Maze Runner, James Dashner doesn’t just give us a deadly puzzle for the characters to solve, he builds a symbolic world that...

Arjun Rajaram
Jul 182 min read
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The Plight of the Female Artist in Little Women: Jo vs. Amy March
In Little Women, Louisa May Alcott gives us two very different portraits of what it meant to be a female artist in the 1860s through the...

Arjun Rajaram
May 233 min read
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The Evolution of Evil: Circumstance and Choice in A Tale of Two Cities
Prompt: Based on Dickens’s portrayals of the villainous characters in his novel (particularly Madame Defarge), what conclusions might...

Arjun Rajaram
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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