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Justice in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This paper consists of two pages and considers the double sided social justice that is presented in Harper Lee's novel as a result...

Scout's Maturation in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In ten pages a character analysis of Scout and her process of maturity as revealed by her perceptions within the course of the nov...

Music of the Swamp by Lewis Nordon

In four pages Mississippi Delta life as presented in Lewis Nordon's novel is discussed. There are no other sources listed....

The Wide Wide World, Wieland, and Christianity

Carwin is only described as "dark," not Indian, and the fact that Wieland is set in the heart of civilization and not out on the u...

Setting in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

In five pages this essay analyzes the setting in Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie. There are no other sources listed....

The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor II

In five pages this report examines the novel first published in 1956 in terms of the U.S. political changes that have occurred wit...

Themes in Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

In three pages this essay discusses the novels themes and also considers the characters of Cora and Uncas. There is 1 source cite...

Women in Frank Norris's McTeague and Willa Cather's My Antonia

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the depiction of women in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliogra...

Civil War Impact on the Writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe

In nine pages this paper examines the profound impact the Civil War had on the novels of Harriet Beecher Stowe, including Uncle To...

Historical Fiction Analysis of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

and by those that believe the slaves are helpless as well. Intrinsically, such analysis will help the reader to decipher whether ...

Racist Description of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

in the United States, and North and South could not solve their disputes over the slave issue. Abolitionist took a powerfully re...

The Nettie Character in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This is a character analysis tha consists of four pages and argues how Nellie is one of the only characters that possess strong et...

The Themes of Change and Survival in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In this essay of four pages the ways change and survival are represented in the novel and how to Celie Shug serves as the catalyst...

The Writing Techniques Alice Walker Uses to Address Her Concerns

In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...

Injustice in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This paper consists of six pages and discusses how injustice manifests in the novel and how Shug, Nettie, and God, represent liber...

A Feminist Perspective on Beloved by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper examines Toni Morrison's novel Beloved from a feminist perspective. The writer analyzes Beloved herself, who app...

Beloved and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the themes and characters in two of Toni Morrison's novels, Beloved and The Bluest Eye. T...

Nature in Deliverance by James Dickey

In six pages this essay examines how both the novel and the film depict nature as a way of showcasing the author's evil concept. ...

The Summer After the Dark by Doris Lessing and Culture

In twelve pages Western society and cultural roles of women are discussed within the context of Lessing's novel with other critica...

Icefields by Thomas Wharton, Time and Memory

In six pages this paper examines how the lyrical novel manipulates both time and memory as it alters reality perceptions. Five so...

Sula by Toni Morrison and the Shadrack Character

In a paper consisting of five pages the ways in which Shadrack is affected by patriarchal and racial issues throughout the course ...

Virtue and Self-Discipline in Toni Morrison's Sula

This 5 page paper explores the concepts of virtue and self-discipline and how self-discipline applies to virtue in Toni Morrison's...

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

mass culture for anyone who is not included in it and for African-Americans especially, usually requires a leaving of ones own sel...

An Analysis of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison handles the issue of racism as the definition of belonging, beauty and ...

Concepts of Beauty in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon

This 6 page paper discusses the way in which Toni Morrison considers women's self-esteem issues in her novel Song of Solomon. The ...

The Development of Milkman Dead's Character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 8 page paper discusses the development of the character of Milkman Dead in Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon. The writer ...

Myth in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 6 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and argues that it can be seen as a modern day myth in which a ma...

Compare and Contrast Two Characters in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Milkman Dead and his father Macon in Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solo...

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS AS A METAPHOR

and dedication to his single goal, he was able to afford two of them; Old Dan (the "brawn" of the duo) and Little Ann (the "brains...

Michener’s Chesapeake

that he does not enjoy or desire. His values are apparently different than his tribes and he leaves his tribe because of the warri...