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In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

In five pages this paper discusses the novel's protagonist Patrick Lewis in a consideration of the alien or outsider status assign...

Existentialism and 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

clerk in Algiers, learns of his mothers death in a nursing home. He attends her funeral without any show of sorrow. He neither we...

Social Redemption in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The various socioeconomic issues presented by Victor Hugo in Les Miserables are discussed in seventeen pages with the novel's Roma...

Howard's End by E.M. Forster

In six pages the novel's development is considered within the context of the words 'only connect' and its relationship to family t...

Artistry in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In eight pages the literary artistry of James Joyce is examined in a consideration of this novel's dramatic form, language, and sy...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...

Using Irony in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses the novel's structure in terms of the influence of irony in its reinforcement. There are no ot...

Chapter Analysis of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy's classic and best known novel, The Return of the Native, is examined in this 5 page paper. The writer analyzes each ...

Feminism and Social Elements in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel from a feminist perspective. The author argues that the novel served as a platform for Shelle...

American Son by Brian Roley

ways. At the beginning of the novel, they follow a Cain and Abel dichotomy. Gabe is the good and obedient child, "the son who is q...

Faulkner's "The Unvanquished" - Discussion Questions

assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...

"The Great Gatsby" and the Pursuit of Hollow Dreams

value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...

"Huckleberry Finn" and the Rebuke of Racism

that Twain struggled with "how to reconcile the felt memory of boyhood with the cruel implications of the social system within whi...

Slavery Commentary on Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

In seven pages the novel's slavery commentary is examined. There are five other sources cited in the bibliography....

Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Light vs. Dark

1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...

Dumas and Life Influences on the Nove The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Alexandre Dumas's most well known and popular novels. The writer looks at the way that the au...

Overview of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In six pages this novel's style and themes as well as literary criticism are examined in this overview. Three sources are cited i...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens and a Thomas Gradgrind Sr. Character Analysis

- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Brown Girls, Brownstones by Paule Marshall, and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and the Theme of Domestic Space

Esperanza. Her family cannot afford to buy a home, so they are forced to live in a dilapidated and overcrowded tenement on Chicag...

China Boy by Gus Lee

In eight pages this paper analyzes the novel's Chinese American boy's struggles in a consideration of masculinity as defined by th...

The Themes of Change and Aggression in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper that contains 5 pages the ways in which these themes manifest themselves in the characterizations of Okonkwo, Nwoye, an...

Thomas Pynchon's V. and Gender Issues

Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the Marlow Characterization

In 6 pages the novel's narrator characterization is analyzed in a consideration of Marlow's imperialism support and cultural bias ...

Face of an Angel by Chavez

In five pages this novel's protagonist is the central focus with comparisons to the depiction of Latin American culture to America...

Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and Renunciation

In 5 pages this paper examines how renunciation is thematically depicted in the novel's 3 major characters and within the featured...

An Overview of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the central themes of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's classic novel about life in the Chicago ...

Grisham's A Time to Kill and Racism

This research paper/essay examines Grisham's novel A Time to Kill and also offers a brief overview of the author's life in order t...

Comparing The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith and Martin Eden by Jack London

In five pages these two novels' themes are contrasted and compared. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Analysis of Anthem by Ayn Rand

rather than "I." As he has always been taller and smarter than his peers, he has been criticized throughout his life by his teache...

Role of Candy in Mice and Men

to these men, as this would not only offer them security, but would allow them to establish relational bonds with their co-workers...