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The humanity of inaction: a comparison of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go with Michael Bay's The island
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
One of the most common reader responses to Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go has been to question the passivity of the clones, claiming that this inaction reveals a lack of humanity in characters who are otherwise presented ...
Ideal gender roles and individual self-expression in the novels Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2011)
The wide range of scholarship centered on Jane Austen is full of contention. Some put forth that she was ahead of her time in regards to feminist ideology. Others say she did not go far enough, at least in comparison to what other women were doing...
Revealing incidents : Harriet Jacobs and the new black female virtue
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2013)
In her narrative Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Jacobs recounts the intended suppression and destruction of her own virtue by her master Dr. Flint. Rather than submit to Dr. Flint's demands, she subverts not only ...
Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You" and [creative final] "Adrift"
(University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
Concluding paragraph from Parody and media literacy in "Nathan For You": Over three decades after The Simpsons broke onto the primetime scene, Nathan For You harnesses a brand new form of comedy that makes similar use of ...