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  The functionalist perspective is based largely on the ideas of Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton. Functionalists believe that society...

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  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is set in a fictional countryside, but it appears to be inspired by the English...

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  In Chapter 11 of Charlotte's Web, Lurvy comes outside to give Wilbur his breakfast and finds the words "SOME PIG!" woven into...

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  The "Book People" are a group of old intellectuals Montag finds in the outskirts of the city hiding out in the wilderness. They are...

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  "Modernity" refers to society roughly between 1650–1950, while "post-modern" refers to 1950 onward. In modern society, the...

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  Langston Hughes is one of the most important writers in American history. His work became a hallmark of the Harlem Renaissance, an...

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  We can start by analyzing Hamlet's soliloquy and then connecting it to the key ideas in Tuesdays With Morrie.

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• Answered a Question in Charlotte's Web

  In chapter 4, Wilbur had his entire day planned out by the hour, but it is pouring rain. He laments that he was set to have a...

• Answered a Question in A Song on the End of the World

  "A Song on the End of the World" was written by Czeslaw Milosz in Warsaw in 1944. It's important to note the historical events...