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Conflicts Between Mothers and Daughters and the Literary Works of Liliana Heker and Amy Tan

In 5 pages this paper compares 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan with 'The Stolen Party' by Liliana Heker in a consideration of how each depi...

Historical Issues in Levathes' Novel, When China Ruled the Seas

This paper discusses the importance of trade and commerce on China's history as portrayed in Louise Levathes' 1994 novel. This fi...

A Review of Pat Conroy's Novel, 'The Water is Wide'

a new breath of hope into those hearts. Written as a first-person account "The Water is Wide" revolves around social change...

Comparing Novel, Play, and Film Versions of To Kill a Mockingbird

In five pages the varying interpretations of Harper Lee's classic novel are considered in terms of how the written text is transla...

Two Literary Views on the Rural South

full of material and that I could get it without hurt, harm or danger" (Mules 2). However folks "dont cotton to" Hurston as easil...

Society and Marriage According to Various Literary Interpretations

In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the marriage perspectives of Mary Astell and Margery Kempe and discusses how society ...

Maturity in Legacy, a Novel by James A. Michener

with methodical, journeyman style. As he told a radio interviewer in 1992: "My job is to be a hard-working man who sits at a moder...

Literary Naturalism

be very believable as even if not true it will resemble the way things may happen and as such can be seen as a direct reflection o...

Novel and Film Versions of The English Patient

physical gestures clearly demonstrate her anguish as she drops her head to the table, leaving the audience only to imagine the pai...

Literary Analysis of 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell

art is directed at a woman with whom he so desires to have a romantic affair. In his attempts to persuade her to consent, he pain...

Literary Metaphors Involving Water

In five pages this paper examines how water is metaphorically depicted in 'The God of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy, 'The Innocen...

Novel Writing Narrative Techniques in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and in Toni Morrison's Sula

In 5 pages this paper examines the various narrative techniques these authors employ in a contrast and comparison of these novels ...

Novel or Life? Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

how perhaps it is involved with the exposing of what is false. However the theory goes, and I feel this is what Dickens is gettin...

Comparative Analysis of Animal Farm Novel and Movie

This paper contrasts and compares the narrative that appears in the film version of Animal Farm and that of the novel penned by Ge...

A Review of the Novel World's End

The writer reviews the novel World's End by T.C. Boyle, which is set in the Hudson River Valley and spans many generations. The pa...

Pat Barker's Novels

This paper examines language's role and truth perceptions as depicted in the novels of Pat Barker in 10 pages. Eight sources are ...

Role of Marriage as Represented in 2 Literary Works

In five pages this paper compares North and South by Gaspell and Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray in terms of how marriage and its ro...

Focusing on Medieval Literary Suffering

In this paper of five pages the human suffering featured in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' and 'Beowulf' along with other theme...

Literary and Cinematic Portrayal of Slavery

In seven pages this paper considers how slavery has been portrayed in cinema, stories, and books. Eleven sources are cited in the...

Death and Dying as a Literary Theme

This paper examines Mitch Albom's book, Tuesdays with Morrie, and Kenneth Kramer's work, The Sacred Art of Dying. The author expl...

Jane Eyre's Life Journey in the Novel by Charlotte Bronte

In five pages this paper examines Charlotte Bronte's heroine as she strives to obtain social acceptance and love in the novel Jane...

Literary and Historical Meaning of Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin

In five pages this report discusses the historical tragedy that was inspired by the ill fated czar of the late sixteenth and early...

Comparing Mark Twain Novels Life on the Mississippi and Roughing It

In seven pages the ways in which Mississippi River people and towns are presented in Twain's Life on the Mississippi are compared ...

Two Literary Examples of Colonial Attitudes Towards Natives

An essay comparing and contrasting colonial attitudes towards natives in both Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would be King and Edga...

Literary Uses of Symbolism and Imagery

In 5 pages this paper Bogarad and Schmidt's Legacies are featured in a consideration of how literature is enhanced by the uses of ...

Misguided Intentent in Literary Characters

of his mother during her long illness, however, he primarily, marries her because he does not want to be alone during the long New...

Intimacy vs. Paradox, a Literary Comparison

an adult. A common situation in comedy is when capable, resourceful, sophisticated individuals are turned into a caricature of a...

Eighteenth Century Novel Characters Pamela and Fantomina

In six pages the title characters featured in eighteenth novels by S. Richardson and E.F. Hayward are compared in terms of these w...

Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Literary Portrayals of Fear and Madness

In five pages this paper examines how fear and madness are depicted in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and in Stephen...

Scarlet Letter A in Nathaniel Hawthorne's Novel

of the letter "A" We are using the word "symbol" to indicate one thing that stands for another. Xs and Os for example at the end...