Paul Thomson
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Paul Thomson is an avid reader of English Literature. His areas of expertise include American Literature, Poetry and US History. In his spare time, he loves to participate in online literature forums and promote reading for youth.
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The Symbology of Pigs in Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies quotes. What pigs really signify in Animal Farm and specially Lord of the Flies.
Gender roles and simple biology in Hamlet and Macbeth with quotes from Macbeth. What does it mean to be a man or a woman in today's society? None of us can fit into a neat, tiny, little, stereotypical box based on anything, including our gender.
The influence of perspective on readers' historical understanding in The Diary of Anne Frank and To Kill a Mockingbird
Persistent characters make great stories in The Old Man and the Sea. Do they inspire us to battle our proverbial Thor – our AP Macroeconomics course?
A look at modern technology and how it may affect the future of publishing and writing. Examples include: The Raven, Zeus, and a book on Mythology.
Reading the Great Gatsby as a Prequel to the Great Depression. F.Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby can be considered as a sort of prequel to the Great Depression.
Rejecting gender norms in Twelfth Night and To Kill a Mockingbird. Much stress there is a difference between gender and sex
The impossibility of a utopia as told by George Orwell in Animal Farm using quotes from Lord of the Flies.
In To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the young protagonists are faced with racism, and grapple with forming their identities in a society divided between ingroups and outgroups. These are terms in Social Psychology, which in addition to the concept, self-fulfilling prophecy, are sure bets on the AP Psychology Exam.
Macbeth's monologue, although dark and dismal, is a great motivational speech for studying for the PSAT and SAT.
