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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters

In five pages this paper critically reviews The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis in terms of the author's values and how they manif...

Brief Synopsis of William Faulkner's Barn Burning

This paper offers an explication of the story in three pages and includes setting, tone, style, characters, summary, narrator, the...

Film and Novel Versions of Day of the Locust

In three pages an analysis of Tod Hackett's character is the primary focus of this comparative novel and film analysis of Day of t...

Chosen Place, Timeless People by Paule Marshall

In five pages this book and the interwoven character stories are reviewed and analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe

In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...

Literary Comparison of Wallace McRae's 'Reincarnation,' Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

of point of view in the development of these respective works will be illustrated. Exposition is an exploration of the backgroun...

An Overview of the Theme of Intimidation in A Rose for Emily and Big Black Good Man

This 5 page essay explores Faulkner's and Wright's choices of characters and their common burden of intimidation. Interrelationsh...

James Joyce's 'Eveline'

new life are fearful of such change, choosing to live the life they are accustomed to instead. Eveline is a woman who has dreams a...

Men in Henrik Ibsen's Social Dramas Hedda Gabler and A Doll's House

partner. He makes frequent animal comparisons to his wife, referring to her as "my little lark" (43) or "my squirrel" (44). Thes...

A Feminist Reading of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

girls. Carlos and Kiki are each others best friend... not ours" (8). The boundaries generated by gender stereotypes is symbolize...

Thomas Keneally's 'Schindler's List'

This is an essay that is 5 pages in length and examines the story's characters, plot, point of view, settings, themes, symbols, an...

James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room

In five pages this paper examines Baldwin's characters and the evidence of self deception that exists within them. There is one s...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

A Review of Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman

A 5 exploration of the the character of John and his self reflection on his own freedom as it contrasts with his brother being inc...

The Tradition of Heroes in Literature

This paper discusses the elements necessary to creating a heroic character in literature. The author examines heroic protagonists...

Analyzing the 1995 Film Seven by David Fincher

taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. So...

An Analysis of Lois Lowry's Novel, The Giver

unit. The governments interpretation of freedom was that its responsibility was to "free" people from the responsibility of memor...

Comparison of Vaudeville Slapstick Comedy of Laurel and Hardy and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

This paper contrasts and compares Samuel Beckett's characters Didi and Estragon in Waiting for Godot with Laurel and Hardy in six ...

Yoda's Wit and Wisdom

The Star Wars character is examined in an overview of Yoda's wisdom with comparisons made to Chinese legends in six pages. There ...

Relationships in Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The importance of relationships in the development of the protagonist's character is the focus of this analysis of The Apprentices...

Realism Elements of Theodore Dreiser's Novel Sister Carrie

The realism aspects of Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser is the focus of this analysis consisting of 5 pages which includes social...

Classic Literary Poets, Searchers, Lovers, and Heroes

In six pages this paper examines these character genres and how they occasionally have coincided or overlapped throughout literary...

The Rain God: A Desert Tale Viewed Critically

members of the Angel clan, as well as Mexican-American men and women. Gender restricts personal choices, and influences not only ...

A Review of A Woman of Independent Means

This 7 page essay analyzes world and personal changes and eventsthat affect the character Bess Steed Garner. 1 source is cited....

Life and Writing Style of John Steinbeck

In general (which is unjust), Steinbecks novels are classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labor,...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

During his convalescence, Hemingway attempted to exorcise his private demons by trying to put his observations of the war onto pap...

Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

In a paper consisting of five pages the playwright's life is discussed and then his play is examined in order to determine that 'U...

Marriage in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

In five pages this paper examines the importance of marriage to the female characters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Th...

Local Dialect in Pudd'nhead Wilson

A 5 page consideration of the use of local dialect in Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson. The focus is on the character Roxanne. Ba...

8 Stages of Development by Erik Erikson

In ten pages the 8 developmental stages of Erik Erikson are discussed and then 1 is applied to a film or TV character. Three sour...