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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Familial Relationships

In 7 pages the ways in which Bronte portrays families and family relationships in this novel are examined in terms of authority an...

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta and Maternal Issues

In 5 pages this paper examines maternal issues as they relate to the male dominated Ibo society featured in the novel by Buchi Eme...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Socialization

In 6 pages Jane Austen's novel is analyzed in terms of the importance of socialization through visiting and parties. There are no...

Murial Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and the Themes of Love and Power

In 5 pages this paper discusses the themes of power and love as represented in the novel by the relationship between the protagoni...

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut and Bokononism Religion

In 5 pages the fictional religion Vonnegut developed in this novel is examined in terms of the ways in which it distracts people f...

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Language

In 6 pages this paper examines the author's use of language in this classic novel particularly in terms of the protagonist Holden ...

Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country and Apartheid

In a paper consisting of five pages the paper considers apartheid and its meaning within the context of the novel and argues that ...

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe's The Minister's Wooing, and Religion

In 7 pages this paper examines facing death and the traditional perception of religion in a comparative analysis of these novels. ...

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

In 7 pages the 1984 novel by Milan Kundera is analyzed in an examination of techniques such as the tone of dream like surrealism a...

James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man According to Sigmund Freud

In 5 pages this paper utilizes Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud in an interpretation of James Joyce's novel about...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembene and Teleology

In 1 page a teleological analysis of this novel by Ousmane Sembene is presented. There is 1 source cited in the bibliography....

Woolf's Orlando and Gender

Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel is the focus of attention here. Gender is discussed in this context. Woolf seems to claim that gende...

Hermmann Hesse's Govinda and Siddhartha

In 6 pages the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is examined in this comparative character analysis of the title protagonist and G...

Isaac Asimov's Foundation and 'Psychohistory'

In 5 pages this essay defines psychohistory and then applies it to Foundation, a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. There are...

Female Characterizations in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This paper examines the characterizations of Fernanda, Pilar, and Ursula in this novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. There are no ot...

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and Symbolism

In six pages this paper examines the importance of imagery and symbolism in Hurston's 1937 classic novel. Six sources are cited i...

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

In five pages Win Hancock is analyzed in a discussion of the historical novel Killer Angels. One source is listed in the bibliogr...

Gothic Author Mary Shelley

In seven pages this paper considers the Gothic characteristics of Mary Shelley's writings in an analysis of short stories 'Transfo...

Women's Sexuality Changes in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

In five pages this paper discusses how women's sexuality is represented in this nineteenth century novel and then contrasts it to ...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and Symbolism

In five pages the novel is examined in an overview with symbolism the primary analytical focus. There are no other sources cited....

Reason and Religion in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle and The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Compared

The endings of these fantasy novels are compared in five pages in an evaluation of effectiveness or ineffectiveness. Two sources ...

Film Review of The Makioka Sisters

In five pages The Makioka Sisters film which is based upon Junichiro Tanizaki's novel is reviewed. There are no other sources cit...

Comparative Analysis of Lewis Carroll's and Disney Studios' Versions of Alice in Wonderland

A contrasting analysis of the differences between the novel by Lewis Carroll and the Disney Studios' version of Alice in Wonderlan...

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and the Characters of Clarissa and Septimus

In five pages this paper examines the characters in this Virginia Woolf novel in terms of how they reflect changing social moods o...

Breasts and Beloved by Toni Morrison

In 8 pages the erogenous and nursing significance of breasts and the freedom and oppression they represent to Sethe are the focus ...

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and Changing Times

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the many changes that occurred after World War I and the ways they manifest themselves in the inc...

John Dollar by Marianne Wiggins

In 5 pages this paper examines the novel by Marianne Wiggins. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....

Huck and Tom's Maturation in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In 15 pages this paper examines how these boys mature throughout the course of Mark Twain's coming of age novel. There are no oth...