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The Guide by R.K. Narayan and 'Self' Construction

In five pages this paper considers the author's views regarding how the self is constructed as depicted in his novel The Guide. T...

The Hour of the Star, Issues of Life and Death

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector offers a perspective on life and death. This paper is a critical analysis of that novel....

Women Compared in Defoe and Diderot

Women were simply sex objects, even when they were the main characters, in the beginning of the novel. This paper compares the mai...

The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

In five pages this novel is analyzed that offers a realistic depiction of race relations and African Americans. There are no othe...

Victor Frankenstein from a Psychological Perspective

In five pages this paper psychologically analyzes the character of Dr. Victor Frankenstein featured in the 1816 novel Frankenstein...

Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley

In five pages this report examines the marriage between King Arthur and Queen Guinevere as presented in this second novel of the t...

Canadian Aboriginal Culture and Family Relationship Changes

In a paper consisting of seven pages sibling relationship changes in Canada's Native American cultures are examined through the us...

Recognition Shock in Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

In five pages this paper examines the title that shock of recognition it generates within the context of this novel by Joseph Hell...

The Character of Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina

enjoys with any other friends and social acquaintances. Yet in virtually every social circumstance, Vronsky is there. He begins ...

Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' and A Child's Perspective of the World

In 6 pages the child's worldly perspective is illustrated through Rochester's interest in one of Jane's paintings, her distant fut...

Umuofia and European Colonization in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In five pages the Umuofia village featured in the novel is discussed in terms of European colonization's impact. There are no oth...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Social Instability

In five pages this paper discusses how the novel represents the social change theories of Bronislaw Malinowski. There are 4 sourc...

America's 'Lost Generation' in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

In eighteen pages this paper discusses how Ernest Hemingway portrayed the group of US expatriates author Gertrude Stein described ...

Contemporary Relevance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In 5 pages the contemporary relevance of this 16th century play is assessed in terms of the cloning debate and a similar theme fea...

Oroonoko by Aphra Behn and Historical Background

In 5 pages this paper examines the depiction of slavery in the 17th century novel by Aphra Behn in terms of historical accuracy. ...

Concept of Community in Richard Wright's Native Son and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath

In a paper consisting of 15 pages the concept of community is examined within the context of these novels from the perspective of ...

Patriarchal and Feminist Themes in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

To say that women had to fight for their existence throughout history would be a gross understatement and one that would also be s...

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

In 7 pages this paper examines how German Romanticism is rebutted in this novel by Thomas Mann, which also symbolically represents...

2 Movie Versions of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders

In 5 pages this paper examines what the film versions of this novel reveal more about the times in which they were made than the e...

Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad, Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, and Individuality

In 12 pages the naivete of individuality as it is thematically developed in both novels is examined. There are no additional sour...

Community and the Individual in The Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck

In six pages these novels are contrasted and compared in a consideration of how community and the individual are portrayed and als...

Roles of Women in Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Ilyich and Anna Karenina

to them" (Rowe, 3). Intensely shy, he was nonetheless intensely sexual, and this was to present problems for him for the rest of h...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Education

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the topic of education is examined within the context of Achebe's novel. There are 3 sources cit...

Erica Jong's Fear of Flying

This paper provides a reading of Jong's novel, Fear of Flying. The author raises questions on a variety of Jong's assertions and ...

One is Enough by Flora Nwapa

In seven pages Flora Nwapa's novel on Nigeria is the focus of this analysis. There are no other sources listed....

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and the Protagonist Okonkwo

In 5 pages this paper presents a character analysis of Okonkwo featured in Chinua Achebe's novel in terms of how the Ibo culture i...

Escape Themes in the Works of Larry McMurtry

In six pages this essay discusses Horseman, Pass By and The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry in an analysis of how the escape t...

The Culture of the Depression Era in Anthem by Ayn Rand

In a paper consisting of five pages the argument is presented that the novel is a reflection of the Depression era at its best and...

Harp of the South by Ruth Park

newspaper correspondents (Molloy 317). One letter writer to a newspaper at the time voiced an opinion that the book was a "wallow ...

Darkness Visible by William Golding

takes an offhand remark of Pedigree concerning another student, Henderson, too literally and, interpreting the boy to be evil, wil...