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During school days I used to read some poetries and some short stories but at that time I thought that literature is only a peace of any story or any poem but when I entered in B.A then I got to know that literature is not only a peace of any story or poem but it is something else, then also I was not aware about the exact meaning of literature. That time I was aware only about one thing about literature and that is “Literature is a mirror of society”. But now I can say that Literature is not only a mirror image of a society but it is an image of oneself. Through literature we can shape our mind and thoughts in that direction in which we want to. But I would like to say that literature helps a lot to widen up our thinking process and through this you can criticize and question anything. Throughout these five years I have studied many texts and after studying each and every texts my point of view about life also changed. If we search on internet the definition of litera

If we talk about Literature and how literature shaped me, First of all I would like to say that shaping something or shaping someone is a kind of process. And its take time to shape something. This process started from the very First Day of our B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in English Literature or we can say that it started with the first day of school now this process is about to end with final year of M.A. (Master Of Arts) in English Literature. It is said that literature is mirror of society but according to me, it can be said that it is a mirror but of ourselves and not of society. We can see the things hidden in us which we can't see directly. We can see our own reflection and can understand ourselves better. Literature totally changed me as earlier I just used to do simple reading of the books but now I can think critically and can also apply different theories. Books prove to be great teachers who cultivate good understanding in us. They not only give

All Rights Reserved for You is Sudeep Nagarkar’s 8th novel and this time he is enchanting his own love story with his to-be wife Jasmine. Although everything is cloaked under the layers of romantic fiction – one that Sudeep does the best. The story of All Rights Reserved for You is about Aditya and Jasmine – a couple who are poles apart mentally as well as physically but still fall for each other head over heels. Aditya, the ‘hero’ of the novel,  is a passionate writer while Jasmine cannot even imagine herself reading. Both live miles away in different cities. With almost nothing in common, love sneaks in and changes their lives. This novel is all about how love can make things possible. Long-distance being the villain of the story, Aditya and Jasmine resort to bridge their relationship with Skype, Facebook and Whatsapp. All Rights Reserved for You by Sudeep Nagarkar is a soothing real-life story of two lovebirds separated by distance but are never really far apart. Tr

The Hairy Ape is a love to read kind of play by American Shakespeare Eugene O'Neill. Because of its lively imagery and lucid, simple language it looks as if things are happening in front of our eyes. The Hairy Ape  (1922) is an expressionist play by Eugene O'Neill about a brutish, unthinking laborer known as Yank as he searches for a sense of belonging in a world controlled by the rich. At first Yank feels secure as he stokes the engines of an oceanliner, and is highly confident in his physical power over the ship's engines. However, when the weak but rich daughter of an industrialist in the steel business refers to him as a "filthy beast," Yank undergoes a crisis of identity. He leaves the ship and wanders into Manhattan, only to find he does not belong anywhere—neither with the socialites on Fifth Avenue, nor with the labor organizers on the waterfront. The worst condition of Yank, Paddy and other characters makes us as a reader sensitive towar

Rohinton Mistry's  Such a Long Journey  is one of remarkable confluences of astonishingly beautiful writing and fully developed characterization. There is no major crisis that takes place, no earth-shattering destruction of place or person, there is a sustained tension throughout the novel. The protagonist is Gustad Noble. The novel is set during the rule of Indira Gandhi, and is a damning indictment of both her government and American foreign policy of the time. The journey is both a physical and metaphorical one, of Gustad's bedside visitation of a friend he thought had betrayed him and of Gustad's eventual realization that there are few absolutes in life beyond that of death, that for every face there are a myriad of facets. There are several but subtle poignant metaphors woven, the most memorable being the character of Tehmul, who is a physically and mentally disabled man with the character of a boy and it is this pull of the innocent versus the carnal that mirror

Joseph Conrad has presented very dark picture of Africa in The Heart of Darkness.   Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella  by novelist Joseph Conrad , about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State , in the heart of Africa. Narrator of the story is Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz , which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness. Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilized  people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises important questions about imperialism and racism. Criticism : - Heart of Darkness is criticized in postcolonial studies, particularly by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe , who is considered to be "patriarch of the African Novel".  In

Novel by Toni Morrison is about a Black girl Pecola's DESIRE for the Blue eye. The novel beautifully talks about how black people were suffering in America. Reading text like this gives understanding that one should not do like that with others. Humanity is more important than caste, religion or race The treatment of Pecola and her mother in the novel is painful. And more disturbing thing is that Pecola- a little girl is raped and made pregnant by her own father. In the beginning of the novel season autumn is described. It is a season of fall. Trees loses its leaves, symbolically it suggests Pecola's losing her own child. Then Morrison also gives description that how she was teased by other friends. Her father used to beat her mother. Pecola's mother was working in a house of a white man. If we apply concept of Frantz Fanon discussed in "Black skin White Masks", then we can understand the psyche of black people. They wanted to become w

                                                     The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde is a fairy tale in which the first character that appears is a Student. He is sad because a girl promised to dance with him on condition that he brought her red roses, but he did not find any of this colour; there were white and yellow roses, but he could not find red ones. While he was moaning because her love would not dance with him, four characters from nature started to talk about him. A little Green Lizard, a Butterfly and a Daisy asked why he was weeping, and the Nightingale said that he was weeping for a red rose. The first three characters said that weeping for a red rose was ridiculous.                       The Nightingale, who understood the Student’s feelings, started to fly until ‘she’ saw a Rose-tree. She told him to give her a red rose and she promised, in exchange, to sing her sweetest song, but the Rose-tree told her that his roses were white, and he

Ghasiram Kotwal is a play by Vijay Tendulkar. It is about power politics. It is frightening that Ghasiram gives his daughter Gauri to Nana Phadanvis to become a Kotwal. The play is written in simple language but its satire, dark humour, concept and content are miraculous. How Ghasiram had came there to find his fortune but situation ruins everything. Ghasiram's suffering and poor condition creates sympathy for him but after becoming Kotwal what he did is terrific. Vijay Tendulkar himself  was a Brahmin, and in this play he bitterly criticizes/ satirizes the Brahmins. This is ideal example of self criticism. You cannot praise your so called tradition, which in real sense is rotten. This kind of books actually helps to make society better. It raises awareness that everything is not well, we've to overcome our pitfalls and shortcomings. I still remember one line from play that " There are no Donkeys in Nana's kingdom?". this sentence is iron