Essays 31 - 60
identifying the uses of the concept and its defining attributes (Walker and Avant, 1995). The steps involved also include defining...
himself to be a benevolent master, and after his death, his wife Caldonia tries to uphold this legacy, the novel nevertheless show...
In eight pages Grisham's novel is examined within the contrast of the role played by the KKK in Mississippi between the years 1967...
This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...
family life. Annie John can be seen as a typical; adolescent, not only of Antigua or of West India, but of adolescents as a whol...
all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...
may have relevance to the overall plot. What seem to exude from this short story are the elements of pain and fear....
This paper is a fictional account of a young African-American coming of age and his travels throughout South Africa and the US. Th...
In five pages this controversial 1950s' text is reviewed with comparisons made between U.S. and Samoa adolescence. There are no o...
and jockey, till his fine reputation for strength and good character finds him at age seventeen working as a footman to Lady Booby...
the orators, spokesmen and ambassadors of chiefs (Mead 29). In the formal village assembly, each "matai" has his place and repres...
relationship to Updikes story one author notes how, "The theme of A&P has to do with how Americans make choices that affect their ...
author or both; the last suggested interpretation is that "Ulysses is an Ancient Mariner who has never learned his lesson" (Landow...
men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...
her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...
through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...
for known facts. However, it is important to realize that bias can - and does - exist even when an author is both qualified and r...
of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...
friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...
She further notes how her mother worked every day and he stayed home and she was "ashamed of him for that and, in a deeper way, fo...
funny. The boys arrive at Uranyas beach shack, which is "straight out of Fellini," on their bicycles (Young). One boy ventures for...
are not all that uncommon for an adolescent. In fact, many teens feel they are alone and while Holden experiences a deep sense of ...
the conditions of life. If he were a young boy with no responsibilities he would have been focused on his environment in a very im...
direct order--never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons fo...
as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...
with the color of Oz, which is lush and green. In Oz, Dorothy has many adventures, but keeps working to find a way to get back ho...
the Introduction of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" Seamus Deane presents the idea that the walk is one of the novels m...
hunter and a brave individual is the most important element of a boy becoming a man. Demonstrating that a person is brave and ab...
In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...
This research paper/essay discusses the journey of personal discovery that is described in Salinger's famous coming-of-age novel. ...