YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Literary Devices in Three Novels
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- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...
In seven pages the novel's slavery commentary is examined. There are five other sources cited in the bibliography....
Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...
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...
In 5 pages this paper examines the novel's depiction of heroism within the context of characters Wiggins and Jefferson. Two sourc...
In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...
In five pages this novel's protagonist is the central focus with comparisons to the depiction of Latin American culture to America...
Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...
In a paper that contains 5 pages the ways in which these themes manifest themselves in the characterizations of Okonkwo, Nwoye, an...
This 5 page paper gives an overview of the central themes of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's classic novel about life in the Chicago ...
In 5 pages this paper examines how renunciation is thematically depicted in the novel's 3 major characters and within the featured...
of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...
Hitler. Hitler, of course, committed suicide near the end of World War II. Steiner placing him in the Amazon several years after ...
man of the house. Catherines father took Heathcliff in and ultimately one could argue he had lofty ideals, ideals that were closer...
on any common basis and if anyone does they are clearly self involved people who are absorbed with their own intelligence, importa...
being suppressed both physically and emotionally for years by brutal treatment, Celie blossoms under the sunshine of Shugs love. A...
is "large and stout for his age," meaning of course that hes much larger than the girl (Bront?, 2007). He is a glutton as well and...
important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...
As this suggests, the novel abounds in paradoxes. Moses, the cruel overseer, did not murder his wife and child, but actually sent ...
him otherwise it would seem as he is tossed from one time period to another, from one culture to another, even being abducted by a...
funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...
for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...
is constantly being reminded of the process of construction, whilst being involved in the construct itself in the form of the text...
on a Eurocentric tone. At the same time, it seems that the protagonist is his own and has distanced himself from the church and al...
Clare is searching and there are reminders along the way that this is a good thing. That said, there are also ideas to denote the ...
of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...
the subcontinent ("Midnights Children"). Because the history of India is so rich and varied, the novel is multi-layered and comple...
this be decided by "Teachers? Librarians? Parents? The government?" (Seufert 14). If any of these agencies act in a blanket manner...
is one that ties the two brothers together, although neither one of them realizes it. Each fears his own cowardice and has to ov...
eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...