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Summer camp activities to aid the cognitive development of children aged between three and seven

completely. As well, within the scope of learning there needs to be some semblance of order. Using guided discovery, educators...

The Ernest J. Gaines Story The Sky is Gray

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...

Book Review of Ann Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi

would dare to challenge the social mores to effect societal change. She would become on of the first blacks to protest unfair trea...

Moody's Portrait of Racism

by her own relatives. She seems to learn that hard times can come from black as well as white folk. Annes first taste of how thing...

Bildungsroman in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

life of misery which was to befall me" (Defoe). Crusoes defiance of his father relates also to his willfulness toward God, who, ...

Characters and Plot from Miller, O'Connor and Plath

audience must be moved by Willy Loman, a 63-year-old man who has become tired of chasing the ever-elusive American Dream, always f...

An Analysis of Gabriel Christian's Short Stories, Rain on a Tin Roof

This paper analyzes Christian's short story collection, Rain on a Tin Roof. The author focuses on details of Christian's coming o...

Franz Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' and the Symbolism of Characters and Plot

rest of the family. There is a picture of a women wrapped in furs, which hangs on one of the walls in Gregors room. This may be...

The Causes of Effects of Binge Drinking

(Roan 01E). Binge drinking causes adverse behavior. The effect of this is rape and sexually transmitted disease. Accordin...

Huck and Tom's Maturation in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 15 pages this paper examines how these boys mature throughout the course of Mark Twain's coming of age novel. There are no oth...

James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man According to Sigmund Freud

In 5 pages this paper utilizes Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud in an interpretation of James Joyce's novel about...

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

magazine contest whose prize is the opportunity to work in New York City for a month. She is a sensitive and highly intelligent wo...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler

In five pages this Canadian male coming of age novel and the relationships it explores are analyzed. There are no other sources l...

Comparative Thematic Analysis of Boys and Girls by Alice Munro and Doe Season by David Kaplan

In five pages the themes of these works are contrasted and compared regarding gender differences, sexuality, and coming of age. T...

Death of a Salesman By Arthur Miller and the Plot Function of Characters Charley and Bernard

In five pages this paper examines how the neighbors of Willy Loman, father Charley and son Bernard provide an essential plot funct...

Bildungsroman or Coming of Age in The Reivers by William Faulkner

This paper examines how the Bildungsroman or coming of age technique is employed by William Faulkner in the portrayal of his 11 ye...

Missed Communication in Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

In nine pages this paper discusses missed communication within the context of this coming of age novel. Five sources are cited in...

Bildingsroman Aspects of Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

In seven pages this paper discusses the bildingsroman characteristics of Lakota Woman, which metaphorically depicts a Native Ameri...

Two Literary Portrayals of Racism and Oppression

This paper offers a discussion that answers the question of whether or not a caste system that is racist in nature can be perpetur...

Short Stories

friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...

Farewell to Manzanar

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...

Johnny Tremain

maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is exper...

Perceived Injustice in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi

voracious sexual appetites by raping young village girls and claiming other mens wives as his own conquests on their wedding night...

Literary Themes

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

Coming of Age: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

Essays on Gender and Sexuality

Williams (1992) concurs that in this society, there are generally single gender occupations. Yet, she points out that while many l...

Disillusionment and Coming of Age in Updike and Joyce

relationship to Updikes story one author notes how, "The theme of A&P has to do with how Americans make choices that affect their ...

Tennyson: “Ulysses”

author or both; the last suggested interpretation is that "Ulysses is an Ancient Mariner who has never learned his lesson" (Landow...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

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...