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Thomas Hardy's 'Jude the Obscure'

A summary of this novel highlights this 5 page paper which also includes how Hardy's life is incorporated into the story through t...

Education Styles and Beings Created in 2 Works of Literature

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the novels Emile and Frankenstein in terms of education styles and the types of beings created in a...

Heroism in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In five pages Achebe's novel is examined within the context of its representation of social heroism. Two sources are cited in the...

Character Analysis of Merle Kinbona in The Chosen Place, The Timeless People by Paule Marshall

In five pages this paper discusses how the protagonist of Paule Marshall's novel reveals to the oppressed people of a fictitious C...

British Colonialism and Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

In a paper consisting of five pages this paper discusses how structural differentation patterns including status of social class, ...

Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott and Romanticism

In 5 pages this paper examines how the author's Tory support and love of Romanticism is featured in the novel Rob Roy. There are ...

The Giver by Lois Lowry

In 5 pages this young adult novel and its theme regarding responsibility, love, and suffering are considered. There are 2 sources...

Thematic Elements of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

This paper examines the themes of madness and sexual addiction in Bronte's classic novel. This ten page paper has seven sources l...

Good and Evil in Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula deals with the lives of these two opposed characters, The novel opens at the time when the girls were around the age of twel...

Bernard Malamud's The Natural and Classical Allusions

In 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of the classical allusions of the Arthurian Grail cycle, Aristotle, Homer, and Dante it...

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

In 5 pages a character analysis of Franny as portrayed in this novel by J.D. Salinger is presented. There are 6 sources cited in ...

Michael Crichton's Disclosure

In ten pages gender issues, lack of employee recognition, and sexual harassment are among the issues discussed within the context ...

David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Symbolism and Metaphor

In 6 pages this paper compares these novels in a consideration of how each author employed symbolism and metaphor in their respect...

Nigerian Life in Flora Nwapa's One is Enough

In five pages the self discovery as presented in this novel by Flora Nwapa is analyzed. Three sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

In ten pages this paper discusses Langston Hughes' 1930 novel debut and analyzes the author's use of speech to convey 'black humor...

Evil Underpinnings in Sula by Toni Morrison

In 4 pages this paper examines the struggles of Nell and Sula in contending with apathy and evil in this novel by Toni Morrison. ...

Reality and Fiction Blurred in The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

In five pages this paper discusses how the author is able to blur reality and fiction through his unique novel structure in The Th...

Protagonist's Fear as a Motivation in The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

In 5 pages this paper discusses how the fear of the protagonist is employed to motivate his reactions in an analysis of this novel...

Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

In four and a half pages this paper discusses how man's individualistic soul is represented in Ayn Rand's novel in the characteriz...

Interpretation and Theme of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

In five pages this paper analyzes Vonnegut's novel in terms of theme, interpretation, and meaning. Six sources are cited in the b...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In ten pages this novel is analyzed based upon its underlying themes, plot, and characterization. Eleven sources are cited in the...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Themes of Youth and Death

In five pages Mark Twain's novel is examined in terms of the argument that the death of youth is represented as the demise of thre...

Eighteenth Century Prostitution and Eroticism in Fanny Hill by John Cleland

In twelve pages this report examines how Cleland presents prostitution and eroticism in his scandalous eighteenth century novel Me...

Portrait Changes in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...

Wilde's Dorian Gray and Art

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the relationship between life and art as reflected in the novel is considered in terms of the onl...

Self Definition Quest of Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In a paper consisting of two pages this paper discusses how the action of this novel by Zora Neale Hurston is propelled by the pro...

Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Kaye Gibbons in its presentation of how realizing social obligations and personal s...

Victorian England's Economy and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Dickens' economic commentary as it is revealed in this novel is discussed. There are 4 sources c...

Single Women in Toni Morrison's Sula and in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire

In five pages this paper considers the portrayal of single women in this comparison and contrasting of Morrison's novel and Willia...

That Was Then, This is Now and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

In five pages this paper discusses the reasons behind the lasting appeal of S.E. Hinton's young adult novels. Five sources are ci...