"The English Common Reader" の第四章The Social Background(社会的背景)の冒頭部には次のように書かれている。(19世紀イギリスでは、大きな社会変化を背景に、大衆の人々の読書が広まっていった。)"The mass reading publiic developed in nineteenth-century England again...
1. Problem: Some earthquake survivors claim that they observed abnormal animal behaviors prior to the earthquakes. Do animals have a special ability to predict earthquake? If they do, how can we use it to develop a new prediction method? 3. Hypothesis 1.Long...
Comparing Sherlock Holmes with a real wizard in literature must be the interesting attempt, because their similar attributes clarify the wizardly aspect of Holmes. I would like to pick up Merlin, a famous wizard in Arthurian legend, who seems to be a suitable ...
On discussing Balin’s weapons, I would like to introduce Balin’s tale at first. Balin is a member of the Knights of the Round Table. After the first Lady of the Lake gave Excalibur to Arthur, another lady came with a beautiful sword. She says only “a passin...
In the story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” the author Flannery O’Connor put emphasis on characterizing each character. The grandmother is the main character, and members of her family are also present. At the end of the story, the grandmother ends up being ...
“A PASSAGE TO INDIA” was written by English author E.M. FORSTER in 1924. It’s a story about the relationships between English people and Indian people at the Indian colonial period. I think the movie of “A PASSAGE TO INDIA” is highly suggestive as histori...
Comparing the novel of “The Beach” and the movie of “The Beach” There are many differences between the movie of “The Beach” and the novel of “The Beach”. I think the message of this story didn’t changed from the book, but there are lots of big ch...
Chapter? Bangkok – A young backpacker Richard arrived to Bangkok. In the guesthouse, he heard man talking about “The Beach”. Then he found the map pinned to the door. He tried to ask man but, when Richard found him, he was already dead. After Richard l...