which of the following does not affect the symbolic representations?
which of the following object can represent purification?
which of the following things is considered to be a place closer to god?
according to the lecture, what might forest in a literary work represent?
what does the well represent in the novel norwegian forest?
what function does the description of the well play in norwegian forest?
what does jacob’s ladder represent?
which of the following is not associated with mountain?
in “the snows of kilimanjaro”, the mountain represents:
what can one learn from the quest for one’s father?
what does the word “free” mean in the bluest eye as a result of failed quest?
in the poem, animals in that country, why is the activity of bullfighting alluded?
what in the poem makes the bullfight a ritualistic event?
how do you interpret the tradition of foxhunting in the great britain?
why does pecola identify herself with dandelions?
why do you think hair is considered the source of one’s strength?
why do people of certain profession wear uniform?
why has corset been popular among women even in modern days?
why do people pay attention to their body?
john steinbeck is the nobel laureate of literature in the year of ____?
usually the nobel laureate will receive the following _____ as an honor
what is the main group of people that steinbeck wrote about?
why are some of the works of steinbeck considered controversial?
what is the title of the book that won him the nobel prize?
what idea does the short story “the chrysanthemums”embody?
what social event is “the chrysanthemums” associated with?
what is the social setting of “the chrysanthemum”?
what kind of feeling does the natural setting of the story invoke?
what kind of outfit do elisa wear?
what can you see from the way elisa, the protagonist, is dressed?
her transformation in the later part of the story comes from ____
in what way, can her hair reflect her inner changes?
which of the following statement shows henry, the huand’s practicality?
how does the fence indicate her psychological distance with the tinker?
what does the wagon represent for elisa in the story?
why does the tinker say “it ain’t the kind of like for a woman”?
henry, the huand comments on the size of the chrysanthemum shows that _____
which of the following statement shows elisa’s identification with the chrysanthemum?
why is the huand able to make adjustment to the change elisa has been through?
what is the nationality of naipaul?
what is the feature of the miguel street?
how many stories does the miguel street consist of?
who is the narrator?
what kind of world is created in the miguel street?
why are people on the miguel street scared of big foot?
why do people like claiming big foot as a friend of them?
how does the narrator start friendship with big foot?
how does the narrator start friendship with big foot?
why is the short story named “coward”?
how do you characterize the narrator in “coward”?
what school did the british poet william wordsworth belong?
why is the poet in the story called the black wordsworth?
why does the narrator rephrase his mother’s refusal?
what kind of feeling does the line “the past is deep” show?
when the narrator is beaten by his mother, how does the poet comfort him?
in the line “i could see it clearly on his face”, what does “it” refer to?
why is the garbage collector highly respected in the miguel street?
how does the word “material” change the definition of “garbage”?
why is the mother of the narrator almost cry from joy when seeing the sceneries?
why is the story named “the blue cart”?
when did ernest hemingway awarded nobel prize for literature?
what was the title of the novel that won him the nobel prize?
what is the term that indicates his literary idea?
of the following statement, which is not the quality of a code hero?
what is the protagonist harry dying of?
what does summit of kilimanjaro represent in the story?
why is the protagonist death given significance?
which of the following object is not a symbol of death?
which of following statement best describes the relatedness of the gangrene and the loss of harry’s creativity?
in the story, which of the following quality is depicted as the sole feature of death_______
which of the following words is not used to describe the active state of harry’s death?
how does the ending of the story indicate the elevation of harry?
what are the factors that influence our construction of ethical system?
in the exchange of populations, what is the ethical dilemma that the secretary trapped into?
why is the chore boy depicted as half-wit?
why is the chore boy depicted as half-wit?
what determines the degree of punishment in matching his crime?
why is harry shown as not being able to write the story of the boy?
in times of war, which of the following is valued as the highest?
in times of war, which of the following is valued as the highest?
what does the statement “these were the same austrian offices they skied with later” show?
why is harry not able to write the stories in his memory?
when did alice munro win the nobel prize?
what kind of family background is munro from?
what is the title of the short story collection that won her nobel prize?
what kind of conflicts do the es in her story usually have to face?
why does the narrator feel out of place in the college in contrast with nina?
for scholar students like the narrator, kay and beverly, what could be the possible future?
why does the narrator feel like a simpleton?
in the following statement, which shows that the narrator is stringent on her own body?
in what way is nina seen as out of place in a college?
how does the narrator indicate her dislike of nina?
why is the process of the narrator’s undressing depicted in detail?
why are the latin words on her dress, ave atque vale, depicted in detail?
in the undressing scene, what does the depiction of applying the lotion mean?
why does mr. purvis talk about greek philosophy with the narrator?
what is the theme of the poem wenlock edge?
why does mr. purvis’voice become “tired, old, crumpled and indifferent?
why is the narrator able to reconstruct her ethical value of all canadian town?
why is nina impressed by the way the cupboard is arranged in ernie’s house?
what does the space of the library represent?
of the four characters in the story, which two represent the all town ethics of canada?
in what are women expected to behave?
why were women easily subjected to domestic violence in the past?
why does carla in “runaway” return to her huand?
in “dimensions”, why does lloyd decide to move to strange town after marriage?
why do you think doree gives up life with her mother’s friend and marries lloyd instead?
what kind of influence does maggie have on doree?
how is lloyd portrayed in the story?
after the murder of her three children, what does doree’s change of appearance indicate?
why does she cut her hair short and almost only wears uniform?
what kind of role does mrs. sands play in the story?
why is doree angry at the religious workers?
why does mrs. sands not persuade doree to refrain from seeing her ex-huand?
why does doree refrain from telling mrs. sands about the letter from lloyd?
which of the following factors help doree’s recovery from trauma?
why is doree unable to respond to all things that make people happy?
why does doree still visit lloyd despite of the disapproval she senses in mrs. sands?
why does doree compare the visit to lloyd as a parent visiting child in school?
why is the public will cautious in interfering with family affairs?
why is the detail of the ironed shirt depicted in the highway accident?
why does doree decide to stop visiting her ex-huand?
what is toni morrison’s nationality?
when did toni morrison become a nobel laureate?
what is toni morrison famous for?
what role does the blues play in the novel?
why does claudia wish to have someone to break her heart?
what does the scene of claudia’s father teaching them to kindle the fire symbolize?
how do you interpret the scene of claudia being beaten?
why is m’dear asked when a person is of serious illness?
why does the primer appear at different parts of the novel?
why do the words in the primer all cluster together?
what is the purpose of heading the sections in four seasons?
why does pecola drink almost all the milk in claudia’s household?
why does pecola fetishize over the white’s beauty standard?
what kind of attitude does claudia hold toward the white beauty?
what are the qualities that cholly supposed to develop in his quest for his father?
what kind of person does cholly find his father to be?
why does cholly feel free from social responsibilities?
why does pecola wants a pair of blue eyes?
why does pecola’s mother choose the white girl over pecola?
why does claudia diantles the white doll?
when did coetzee become a nobel laureate?
before winning the nobel, what award did he win twice?
what is the nationality of j. m. coetzee?
what kind of birth defect does k suffer from?
where does the story happen?
which side is k on, the government or the rebels?
why does the author quote the words about war in the prologue?
why is k described as eating the apples quickly and “chewing quickly as a rabbit, his eyes vacant”?
when k hides in the mountain, why are his senses interaction with world depicted in detail?
what is the symbolic meaning of fasting?
why is k fascinated by the picture of pork and pineapple in the magazine?
why is the food in the magazine depicted with vivid coloring and detail?
why does k refuse the food in the labor camp?
what is the reason for depicting k as “feeling stupid” when hearing words such as morality, responsibility?
in what way is k’s life representative of human being in a time of social upheaval?
why is he overjoyed in eating the first slice of pumpkin?
why is the act of growing crops given such kind of significance in the story?
how is k’s cultivation different from crusoe’s in robison crusoe?
why is k’s farm depicted as suffering from the shortage of water?
in the novel, which two are posed as being in conflict with each other?
k’s life is insignificant but coetzee’s writing has given such kind of life a voice and a place in history.
“chrysanthemum” by steinbeck shows the author’s sympathetic view of the limitation women had to face in the united states at that time.
toni morrison’s depiction of the black in the united states is prejudiced.
the miguel street is a slum that is unworthy of a place in literary works.
harry in “the snows of kilimanjaro” is a despicable loser in his life.
mrs. breedlove in bluest eyes is depicted as a model servant of the whites.
the narrator in “wenlock edge” has been through a moral crisis.
doree’s suffering, although extreme, reveals the complexity of human nature.
water can be seen as a symbol of rejuvenation and purification.
women’s garment such as corset shows the constraint the society enforces on women.
symbolic interpretations are for the most part contrived and nonexistent.
in life and times of michael k, pumpkin seeds represent hope and life.
a symbol means using concrete objects to represent abstract ideas.
in norwegian forest, the well actually represents connection.
the first stanza of the poem “animals in that country” expresses the idea that in a country with long history and culture, animals acquire human personalities.
hair represents longevity in “the chrysanthemum” by john steinbeck.
john steinbeck mainly wrote about lower and lower middle class.
dress as a typical indicator of femininity shows elisa’s idea about herself.
fence does not alienate elisa and her huand in “chrysanthemum”.
the chrysanthemum is the expression of elisa’s artistic and aesthetic sense.
the tractor shed in “chrysanthemum” shows the power imbalance within elisa’s family.
the story that n. s. naipaul’s father told him has enriched his spiritual life.
big foot in “coward” by naipaul is a kind person who is subjected to the ridicule of people on the miguel street.
the past is deep by the b. wordsworth in naipaul’s story is translated quite beautifully into chinese.
in the “blue cart” by naipaul our definition of garbage can be affected by many factors such as our social status.
the heroes in hemingway’s stories are usually the ones with personal weaknesses, the so called anti-hero.
the summit of kilimanjaro is the second highest one in africa.
the vulture is the symbol of death both in real life and in hemingway’s story.
the flight to the summit of kilimanjaro represents the transcendence of the protagonist.
there are dilemmas of ethics that the hero has to face in hemingway’s story.
harry in “snows of kilimanjaro” helps the half-wit boy to escape the punishment of law.
the protagonist in “snows of kilimanjaro” has been caught in the dilemma of killing his fellow soldiers.
alice munro’s story captures some of her own experiences as a housewife.
in “wenlock edge”, comparing with nina, the narrator is better financially.
the narrator in “wenlock edge” becomes a really good friend of nina.
the “wenlock edge” is the title of the poem which reveals the theme of munro’s story.
in “wenlock edge”, nina marries cousin ernie because of love.
in “dimensions” by alice munro, financial dependence is the key to domestic violence.
in “dimensions”, doree is emotionally dominated by lloyd because she is seeking a father figure in a relationship.
in “dimensions”, doree seeks comfort for religion and her religious group.
in “dimensions”, lloyd killed his three children because he is angry that doree cheated on him.
in bluest eyes, the white aesthetics is disseminated through mass media and numerous products in the united states.
in bluest eyes, blues as a black tradition has comforting power among the blacks.
in bluest eyes, pecola poisons the dog because she believes that in return she will get a pair of blue eyes.
in bluest eyes, claudia cherishes the white doll as a christmas gift.
in bluest eyes, cholly’s quest for his father can be compared to the one that telemachus embarks on.
coetzee has won the booker prize once.
in life and times of michael k, k’s birth defect is related to one of the themes of the novel.
at the beginning of life and times of michael k,,k is still hopeful of his life and realizing his mother’s dream.
relating to the story of k by coetzee, robinson crusoe can be seen as a typical image of a colonizer in british expansion.