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The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes

war, he also lost the only woman who ever loved him. Fuentes has him pay for his greed and love of power in that all of the subseq...

Analysis of The Guide by R.K. Narayan

attached to temple dancing that associated it with prostitution. Prior to his prison term, Raju was an actual guide, giving peop...

Analysis of Symbolism A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In 6 pages the significance of symbolism in Ernest Hemingway's 1927 novel is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Sophia's Characterization

In five pages this paper examines the duality of Sophia's character as both a position and an independent female in this novel by ...

Communication Failures in McCullers' 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter'

This paper contends that the six main characters in this novel suffer from an inability to communicate with one another. This fiv...

Literary Stylistic Differences Between On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Go by John Clellon Holmes

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the authors' styles of writing in these two novels. Six sources are cited in the ...

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this paper examines the significance of Ma Joad in Steinbeck's classics novel in an analysis of her character and w...

Beloved by Toni Morrison - An Analysis

play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...

Character Analyses of John Claggart, Billy Budd, and Captain Vere in Billy Budd by Herman Melville

This paper examines these three important characters featured in Herman Melville's novel in five pages. There are no sources list...

Change in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

loose fiber in the patchwork of society. Carrie represents more than merely a single woman who harbors no trepidation with regard...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Autumn of the Patriarch

In five pages the novel is examined in terms of content and style. There are no other sources listed....

The Censorship of Catcher in the Rye

A book with a long history of censorship is JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This novel is discussed in depth along with the atte...

19th Century France and the Influence of Romantic Author Victor Hugo

This paper considers Victor Hugo's influence on France during the 19th century in an analysis of the significance of his novels Th...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Themes of Love and Revenge

In five pages this paper assesses whether revenge or love is the most dominant theme in this novel by Emily Bronte. There are no ...

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...

The Octopus by Frank Norris

This point of view gives Norris freedom from having to make all of the action occur to a protagonist or observer and also, the rea...

God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

In five pages this paper examines the strike of Senegal's railway employees as examined in this novel by Ousmane with women's role...

No New Land by M.G. Vassanji and Immigration

In ten pages this paper examines how in the novel No New Land Canadian author M.J. Vassanji thematically developed immigration. N...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...