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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

the worst storm to batter England in recorded history in late November through early December, 1703 (De Wire 34). One DeFoe schola...

Anita Shreve's The Weight of Water

review of The Weight of Water, "There is so much factual information about the Shoals here -- geographical, historical, nautical, ...

Richard Wright and Lorraine Hansberry's Styles of Writing

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts the styles of writing featured in Native Son, a novel by Richard Wright, and A Rais...

Comparing the Text of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood with the 2005 Film Capote

the nonfiction novel, he appears nowhere in the text, despite the fact that all of the information contained within is based on hi...

Technical Writing

Getting ones articles published in industrial technology publications is not an easy feat to accomplish. Despite the fact that the...

Ubik: the social and political culture of the 1960s

than a drug culture. The Cold War was continuing, with western fears of the "red menace" exacerbated by events such as the Soviets...

Character Analysis of Joe Bonham in Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun

breathing hard and fast now but he wasnt really breathing because there wasnt any air passing through his nose. He didnt have a n...

Fiction Novels, Latin and Non Latin Authors

In eight pages this paper examines novels featuring Latino characters written by Latin and non Latin author and concludes that in...

Novel and Film Portrayals of Frankenstein

any sense, which is the case in the novel. One similarity regarding the novel and the film involves the main characters fascina...

Book Review of The Artificial Silk Girl

soul, for cash? Throughout the work, the theme of money is inherent. She gets a job as an office worker. She wants to be on stage ...

Jesus and Socrates

For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Deceptions

to investigate if the residents of a bioship are being brainwashed. (The term "padawan" is the Jedi term for "apprentice.") Obi-Wa...

A Comparison Between Herland and Brave New World

and quite different from the well known dystopian view of Aldous Huxley. In Brave New World, which was written more than a decade ...

What Drives Author Tim O’Brien to Write?

demonstrations and anti-Vietnam War protests. Majoring in political science at St. Paul, Minnesotas Macalester College, writing a...

Haroun and the Sea of Stories/Salman Rushdie

of Stories, by creating a fascinating cast of characters, placing them in a fantastical world, and giving Haroun and his father an...

Susanna Rowson Writes the Truth

more than the all-too common story of a girl seduced and abandoned by a worthless man, it is a lecture that runs nearly 150 pages ...

Literary Devices in Slaughterhouse-Five

which has a definable beginning, a middle, and an end" (Forrest). Not only that, but the initial scene of the book sets reveals ...

Mature Style of William Faulkner

it is encompasses self-sacrifice, pity and compassion for others, who are also suffering through lifes hardships. Essentially, thi...

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 ...

Life and Works of Author James Dickey

In seven pages this paper discusses Dickey's life, poetic writing style, and his most famous novel Deliverance. Nine sources are ...

Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane and Impressionism

In five pages this research paper argues that the narrative Crane employs in his novel was more reflective of the time period in w...

Analyzing Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In five pages the author is examined as is the context in which this novel was written in order to analyze the primary points the ...

Continued Validity of the Frankenstein Story

In ten pages this paper considers the issues contained within Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein and how they remain as val...

1984 by George Orwell

In six pages this paper discusses how the time period influenced George Orwell's writing as reflected in the novel 1984. There is...

A Review of the Themes in Borderlands

Written in Spanish this essay is a 4 page analysis of the 1987 novel by Gloria Anzaldua. The borders confronting Mexican immigran...

Comparative Analysis of the Film and Novel Versions of Beloved

In five pages this report contrasts and compares the 1987 novel Beloved written by Toni Morrison with the 1998 movie adaptation. ...

Animal Farm by George Orwell

In five pages this paper summarizes and provides an analysis for this novel written by George Orwell. One source is cited in the ...

Silence of the Lambs Novel and Cinematic Versions

remained amazingly faithful to the book, in his commitment to retaining its essence, there were some changes that needed to be mad...

Good and Evil in East of Eden by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper examines the classic conflict between good and evil as considered in one of the final novels written by J...

Pip Characterization in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Pip and his racial significance especially given the practice of slaver...