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Racist Concepts and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

"unhappy savages" passes by, offers a reminder to his audience onboard the Nellie (and to readers) that initially seems completely...

Racial Attitudes and Huck Finn

its utmost depths, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn touches upon a number of unprecedented issues; because of the shock value su...

Topics Covered in God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

people, is just beginning to form at the time of the novels action. The main thrust of the action agitates for fairness within a c...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Analyzing 'The Joys of Motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta

find "something she was good at" (Holmes PG). Much of the young Buchi Emecheta can be found in the female protagonist, Nnu Ego, i...

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

De Winter must live in the middle of all of this and try to rise up to Rebeccas standards. Rebecca haunts the new Mrs. de Winter n...

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...

Zoya by Danielle Steel

In five pages Steel's romance novel is critically assessed in terms of its theme and literary elements, which leave much to be des...

Transcending Space and Time in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

This paper consists of eleven pages and considers how in the novel the subversion of women to the stereotype of unintelligence and...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Motherhood, and Milk

In 8 pages this paper examines the thematic significance of motherhood and the symbolism of breastfeeding in the 1987 novel Belove...

Dust Bowl Legacy and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines the classic novel by John Steinbeck from an historical perspective. There are no other sources lis...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Cultural Change

This classic novel is examined from a cultural perspective in a paper consisting of 5 pages that asserts the downfall of Okonkwo a...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville and the Conflict Between Good and Evil

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the Ideological Competition Between Capitalism and Socialism

In six pages this paper discusses how ideologies compete in this 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

In five pages this paper examines blackness as it is featured in this novel by James Weldon Johnson. There are no other sources l...

Themes in Dostoevski's Notes From Underground

warped psychology and near incomprehensibility of a character both affected by and revolting against the ramifications of philosop...

Dream of the Red Chamber by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

In six pages this Chinese novel from the 18th century is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Protagonist David Copperfield

In five pages the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel is examined in terms of his childishness and self centered ways. There ar...

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

In five pages this paper analyzes the androgyny of this novel in a consideration of modern society and the correlation of gender a...

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

is possible to think of Defoe as using Moll as his mouthpiece. He had strong personal opinions about the potential and options av...

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...

E.M. Forster's Howard's End

In five pages a socioeconomic analysis of Forster's novel is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Fahrenheit 451 and Social Control

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the novel Fahrenheit 451. This paper includes a discussion of social control as an element ...

A Satirical Reflection on French Society: Candide

This essay describes the manner in which Voltaire lampooned eighteenth century society in his satirical novel "Candide." Five page...

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

This book review pertains to Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, a novel that describes animal rights abuses in the nineteenth century as ...

Confessions of Nat Turner, An Analysis

This paper focuses on "The Confessions of Nat Turner" and discusses the layer quality of the narrative. The writer also compares t...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Colonialism

This essay pertains to Achebe's landmark novel "Things Fall Apart." The writer focuses on the theme of colonialism and its effects...

Women's Search for Independence in 3 Works: Finding Happiness

This essay discusses 3 works: which are a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of ...

Humanity's Future, Science Fiction Visions

This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...