Essays on Novel

Though Cormac McCarthys All The Pretty Horses and William Faulkners The Unvanquished are completely different, their style and plot techniques share more similarities than differences. All The Pretty Horses and The Unvanquished both depict the importance of honor in a persons life, whether it be …

The Great Gatsby is a story of Nick Carraways growing up and development of moral responsibility. Unlike Nick, Gatsby does not mature. F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminates these two characters and their changes throughout the course of the novel. Nick Carraway is a character that develops …

This book makes good use of the way by which John Irving expresses his imaginative ideas with the use of his solid and humorous style.  The book manages to keep the reader’s attention focused on the story because of the clear writing style that Irving …

We laymen have always been intensely curious to know like the Cardinal who put a similar question to Ariosto – from what sources that strange being, the creative writer, draws his material, and how he manages to make such an impression on us with it …

The characters of Huckleberry Finn and John Brady Cole had many similarities and many differences throughout the book. The two characters’ motivations for leaving home were very different but had some similarities. Huckleberry Finn and John Brady Coles family situation was similar but there were …

Wonderland, as a quest for maturity story, Carroll s view on Victorian Society and even existential meaning on life. All of those interpretations come from philosophical drive of the critics. The truth is that anyone can point a finger at the book and come up …

In the story That Was Then, This is Now, the main character was a 16 year old boy named Bryon. Being 16 and living in the 50’s would obviously give anyone a very trendy look. You could either be a “Greaser” or a “SOC”. In …

Throughout the course of a novel, characters may face obstacles and endure many hardships, ultimately leading them towards a path to self-awareness. Both Miranda in John Fowles’ The Collector, and John Grady Cole in Cormac McCarthy’s All The Pretty Horses, encounter many unexpected struggles, which …

In the essay titled “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldua is saying that her language has a lot to do with identity. She speaks many different forms of Spanish, as well as English, and thinks that she is judged by the way she …

Lewis Carroll is an important English writer because of his position in English literate ere, and his many arks, such as his novel, “Lice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” have impacted o r influenced some writing styles of today. There was a lot of controversy that was …

In the novel of mice and men,Steinbeck never gives Curley’s Wife a name. This is done to show that she does not have any identity or position on the ranch. As Curley’s Wife is a representation of all women in the 1930s I feel Steinbeck …

Short stories are crafted by authors who have a great imagination. Short stories consist of everything that is involved in novels and books (plot, resonance, and other dynamic components that may be found in a novel, but not to that degree). Do not be confused …

Feminism’s continual push for equality for men and women has grown and has become more successfull Women have abandoned the traditional roles of submissive housewives that was prevalent in the early 20‘“ century. Early representations of women in literature were often stereotypical and unjust, but …

David John Lodge was born on January 28, 1935, in London’s lower-middle-class East End, the only son of a musician father and a staunchly Catholic mother. The family’s straitened economic situation, his conservative Catholic upbringing, and the dangers of wartime London left their mark on …

Explore the uses and effects of mixed narrative in Anthills of the Savannah By Emmanuel Sunil Anthills of the Savannah is set in the fictitious West African country of Kangan, a country which has been overrun with political instability ever since becoming an independent state …

The Parable Of The Sower This parable is about a sower who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seeds in the field some seeds fell along the path, where the seed was smashed and eaten by the birds. Some of the seeds …

Steinbeck makes it clear that most the workers on the ranch are lonely, as working in a ranch is hard work and no one really wants to work really hard every day Just to eat and survive, so you can say that the people working …

Few authors venture to capture African life as Africans lived it. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart came to prominence if only for that. However, his work found critical acclaim for doing much more than that. Beyond the normal reduction of Africa as some battlefield for …

I believe that the mood and tone of chapter five is death, very negative, and darker than any of the other chapters in Call Of the Wild. In chapter five, the mood is sullen, and very sudden with the death of the other dogs in …

Morally different ideas are introduced into the modern appropriation and in the same way, several core ideas pertaining to the 18th century lifestyle are lost. The modern interpretation In essence addresses modern day values through the use of the “Lice’s Adventures In Wonderland” world, whilst …

Tale of Two Cities In the opening quote of “A Tale of Two Cities”, by Charles Dickens, a very complex sentence is stated that consists of anaphoric contradictions. Many of these contradictions contain phrases where one side of the contradiction has a negative connotation and …

Children of Blood and Bone is a young adult novel written by Nigerian American author Tomi Adeyemi. Adeyemi’s debut novel is the first book in a trilogy and follows Zelie Adebola as she attempts to bring magic back to the Kingdom of Orisha. After the …

“Adapting to new situations in life is essential”Evolution is often looked upon as a purely physical process. People seem to think that this naturally occurring force is unstoppable, and only produces positive traits and characteristics for its beneficiary. While in most animals, this may be …

In this passage, a number of key themes are introduced into the novel. Waugh highlights Guy’s dislocation in society and his feelings of loneliness and exclusion. Waugh also satirises the upper class of society greatly throughout the novel and particularly in this passage. Other themes …

Alexis Montgomery Professor Jonathan Luftig English 102 Women of Frankenstein: Impact Based on Influence The novel Frankenstein touches on many controversial themes such as, solitude, the division of “good” evil, rejection, debate about Nature vs. Nurture, manipulation and etc. Among the many controversial themes, the …

Fahrenheit 451 is a book that involves electronic advanced society. When there is society, there is influence. The job of minor characters is to influence. Minor characters either propel the plot forward, reveal information about a major character, and set the tone of a scene. …

The Swans of Fifth Avenue is a historical fiction novel by Melanie Benjamin. The subject of this novel a the behind the curtain of the famous friendships and infamous exploits of the iconic literary figure Truman Capote and his “Swans”. He had been a literary …

Joseph Andrews is Fielding’s first novel. It is a classical example of a literary work which started as a parody and ended as an excellent work of art in its own right. The work Fielding intended to parody was Richardson’s first novel Pamela, or Virtue …

Breaking the Language Barriers Once Ludwig Wittgenstein said, “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” To speak more than one language is a great gift that many people have. One can express themselves in many ways because there isn’t just a …

Crabbe by William Bell ENG4C For:Mr. Hawkins Due: Monday December 17th 2012 I was very surprised when I began to read the novel Crabbe by William Bell, the theme of the book was very clear and delivered a distinct message. We cannot run away from …