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Analysis of The Guide by R.K. Narayan

attached to temple dancing that associated it with prostitution. Prior to his prison term, Raju was an actual guide, giving peop...

Literary Stylistic Differences Between On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Go by John Clellon Holmes

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the authors' styles of writing in these two novels. Six sources are cited in the ...

Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Sophia's Characterization

In five pages this paper examines the duality of Sophia's character as both a position and an independent female in this novel by ...

Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In seven pages this paper examines the significance of Ma Joad in Steinbeck's classics novel in an analysis of her character and w...

Beloved by Toni Morrison - An Analysis

play in the narrative, it is helpful to have an understanding of the overall plot and its major components. Plot Synopsis Altho...

Violence and Power in The Third Life of Grange Copeland and The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In this paper that consists of twelve pages the predominant thread of violence that keeps the power hierarchy intact in these nove...

Love Exploration in North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

This paper considers love within the context of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel and the influences of psychological, economic, and socia...

Siddhartha and Descartes

and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...

Racist Concepts and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

"unhappy savages" passes by, offers a reminder to his audience onboard the Nellie (and to readers) that initially seems completely...

Racial Attitudes and Huck Finn

its utmost depths, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn touches upon a number of unprecedented issues; because of the shock value su...

Dust Bowl Legacy and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines the classic novel by John Steinbeck from an historical perspective. There are no other sources lis...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Cultural Change

This classic novel is examined from a cultural perspective in a paper consisting of 5 pages that asserts the downfall of Okonkwo a...

The Three Musketeers and Themes of Heroism and Loyalty

In six pages this paper considers the powerful themes of loyalty and heroism in this French novel classic and its contemporary soc...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Motherhood, and Milk

In 8 pages this paper examines the thematic significance of motherhood and the symbolism of breastfeeding in the 1987 novel Belove...

The Octopus by Frank Norris

This point of view gives Norris freedom from having to make all of the action occur to a protagonist or observer and also, the rea...

God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

In five pages this paper examines the strike of Senegal's railway employees as examined in this novel by Ousmane with women's role...

No New Land by M.G. Vassanji and Immigration

In ten pages this paper examines how in the novel No New Land Canadian author M.J. Vassanji thematically developed immigration. N...

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

In six pages this novel is analyzed in terms of its style, language, setting, conflict, character, and theme. There are no other ...

Change in Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

loose fiber in the patchwork of society. Carrie represents more than merely a single woman who harbors no trepidation with regard...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

is possible to think of Defoe as using Moll as his mouthpiece. He had strong personal opinions about the potential and options av...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville and the Conflict Between Good and Evil

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the Ideological Competition Between Capitalism and Socialism

In six pages this paper discusses how ideologies compete in this 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

In five pages this paper examines blackness as it is featured in this novel by James Weldon Johnson. There are no other sources l...

Themes in Dostoevski's Notes From Underground

warped psychology and near incomprehensibility of a character both affected by and revolting against the ramifications of philosop...

Dream of the Red Chamber by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

In six pages this Chinese novel from the 18th century is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

Totalitarianism Indictment in Animal Farm by George Orwell

a committed socialist. And yet, Orwell might have been the only one who considered himself to be a socialist. However, because of...

Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa

Nothing is quite what it appears in this novel, least of all the characters or the plot. For example, the main character, Police...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Topics Covered in God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

people, is just beginning to form at the time of the novels action. The main thrust of the action agitates for fairness within a c...