Eleanor H. Porter Essays

  • Pollyanna

    1047 Words  | 3 Pages

    Pollyanna is a classic, short story by Eleanor H. Porter. Its first publication was in 1913 and became one of the most popular book for children. The story mainly talks about Pollyanna, a little orphan girl lived with her grumpy aunt, Miss Polly Harrington. Although unfortunate accidents kept happening to the naive girl, she was still as bright as ever, always think positive and never stop dreaming. The story began when Miss Polly Harrington was in a hurry even though she was rarely rushed. She called

  • Social Roles And Stereotypes In Anne Of Green Gables

    2944 Words  | 6 Pages

    Introduction: If there is anything that shaped my childhood the most is the cartoons that I could not forgive myself if I mess one of their episodes. Like most of my peers I consumed blindly whatever the television labeled as children program, but unlike them I enjoyed the stories that were adapted from real works of literature. One of the common experience that I used to come across repeatedly in these stories is orphanhood. Undoubtedly, losing one of the parents or both of them could be nothing

  • conflict between humanistic and scientific value

    8652 Words  | 18 Pages

    HRM - Conflicts of Scientific and Humanistic Values 1.0 Introduction One of the popular theory of the “Critical Theorist “ ( with referrence to the Marxist view ). science reduce humankind to passive objects beholden to the laws of "nature." Sociology, as a form of science, is therefore also criticized for making scientific studies a means to an end unto themselves, as well as for not recognizing the importance of the individual. Modern society at large is criticized for being obsessed with rationality