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Post-1945 Literature Videos


1984

Well, if this book doesn't make you want to tape over your laptop camera, we don't know what will.


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Animal Farm
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How do you insult the Soviet Union and get away with it? Make them animals. (No one will ever know.) That was George Orwell's plan, and it worked....

Animal Farm Summary
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We may not always agree with the government, but at least they aren't pigs. We mean that literally. Whether or not you think they're pigs in a figu...

A Separate Peace
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Have you ever pretended to be super happy for your BFF when they win an award when, really, you just wanted to rip it out of their undeserving, ung...

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Post-1945 American Literature Videos 3 videos

A Raisin in the Sun Summary
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We know that snacking on some dry raisins in the beating hot sun doesn't sound like the most appetizing thing in the world. But stick with us and y...

A Separate Peace
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Have you ever pretended to be super happy for your BFF when they win an award when, really, you just wanted to rip it out of their undeserving, ung...

A&P (John Updike)
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Three scantily clad young girls enter a store. No, this isn’t your grandfather about to tell an inappropriate joke. And no, you’re not watching...

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Post-1945 British Literature Videos 2 videos

Animal Farm
80322 Views

How do you insult the Soviet Union and get away with it? Make them animals. (No one will ever know.) That was George Orwell's plan, and it worked....

Animal Farm Summary
86709 Views

We may not always agree with the government, but at least they aren't pigs. We mean that literally. Whether or not you think they're pigs in a figu...

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Post-1945 World Literature Videos 4 videos

Night (Wiesel)
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In this memoir, Eliezer struggles with his relationship with his father during the Holocaust.

Things Fall Apart
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Anyone who has ever bought anything from IKEA knows this to be true.

Things Fall Apart and Imperialism
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Books become classics because they either reflect on or influence the world around us. As was the casewith Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Of...

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