Comparative Analysis of English Literature Texts and Themes

This assignment provides an analysis of several English literature texts, including excerpts from Evelyn Shakir's "Remember Me to Lebanon", Eileen Chang's "Sealed Off", and Machado De Assis's "The Cane". The analysis explores themes of identity, cultural conflict, societal impact, and individual struggles within the context of each story. The student examines the characters' experiences, the impact of historical events, and the authors' portrayals of different cultural perspectives. The assignment also delves into the contrasting views and experiences of characters navigating complex social and personal situations, such as the protagonist's upbringing and the impact of societal expectations. The analysis also touches on the descriptions of the tramcar in Eileen Chang's story, the portrayal of the beggar, and the overall impact of the setting on the characters. Furthermore, it explores the father-son relationship and the themes of identity and societal expectations. This assignment offers a comprehensive overview of the selected literary works, highlighting key themes and characters.

ENGLISH

OH Lebanon
Evelyn Shakir
Shakir, E., 2015. Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America.
Syracuse University Press.
In the story, the writer has rightly made an identification of the girl character who has been
sent to Anglicans by her father and step other while her siblings has been going to French
Nun schools. This has been reflecting the initial and the childhood struggle or the reason for
her mind set and decisions that she took at her younger age.
Norman, R., 2018. Eating the Matriarch: Locating Identity in the Arab American Female
Body. Amerasia Journal, 44(1), pp.128-144.
The character of the girl also gets reflected on the incident of the Lebanese and Arab in the
restaurant where she is reflected no be ashamed or guilty for belonging to Arab where at the
same time her partner in the restaurant was commenting that she should not say that she
belongs to Arab.
El Deek Hosry, M., 2017. Interrogations into Female Identity in Arab American
literature (Doctoral dissertation, Paris 4).
The American perspective on the Arabians has been rightly proclaimed and it states the
positivity as well as the negative aspects that the Americans hold about them.
Eileen Chang, Sealed Off
Sandberg, E., 2018. Eileen Chang's" Sealed Off" and the Possibility of Modernist
Romance. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 49(2), pp.233-256.
The writer has rightly stated the state of the tramcar and the importance of the tramcar in the
people’s life and how it impacts the day to day life of the people. The importance could be
acknowledged through the description provided about the rush that people make in order to
get in the tramcar and this also reflects the impact that it makes on people.
Weng, L., 2018. Modernity in a Wartime Tramcar: Temporal Contestations and Individual
Subjectivity in Eileen Chang's" Sealed Off". The Comparatist, 42(1), pp.286-303.
The description of the tramcar scenario where the beggar has been singing “No money do I
have”, has been commented on by an officer that the beggar doesn’t have manners, which

replicates that the officer doesn’t have sense as etiquettes is a bit expensive and when a man
doesn’t have money he cannot afford mannerism too.
The Cane, Machado De Assis
Chalhoub, S., 2016. The Legacy of Slavery: Tales of Gender and Racial Violence in
Machado de Assis. In Emerging Dialogues on Machado de Assis (pp. 55-69). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
The writer here exclaims that a child has been highly impacted by his father’s strict attitude
and due to his father’s pressuring situation, the child is confused as whether to return to home
after running away from seminar or not.
Chalhoub, S., 2016. The Legacy of Slavery: Tales of Gender and Racial Violence in
Machado de Assis. In Emerging Dialogues on Machado de Assis (pp. 55-69). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
The other description of the godfather, who was gutless lazybones introduced the boy to the
rector as a great man who is humble and good and also exclaims that “true greatness is
modest”.

References
Chalhoub, S., 2016. The Legacy of Slavery: Tales of Gender and Racial Violence in
Machado de Assis. In Emerging Dialogues on Machado de Assis (pp. 55-69). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
Chalhoub, S., 2016. The Legacy of Slavery: Tales of Gender and Racial Violence in
Machado de Assis. In Emerging Dialogues on Machado de Assis (pp. 55-69). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
El Deek Hosry, M., 2017. Interrogations into Female Identity in Arab American
literature (Doctoral dissertation, Paris 4).
Norman, R., 2018. Eating the Matriarch: Locating Identity in the Arab American Female
Body. Amerasia Journal, 44(1), pp.128-144.
Sandberg, E., 2018. Eileen Chang's" Sealed Off" and the Possibility of Modernist
Romance. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 49(2), pp.233-256.
Shakir, E., 2015. Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America.
Syracuse University Press.
Weng, L., 2018. Modernity in a Wartime Tramcar: Temporal Contestations and Individual
Subjectivity in Eileen Chang's" Sealed Off". The Comparatist, 42(1), pp.286-303.