YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The American Novel
Essays 1651 - 1680
generation." This sets the stage for a pessimistic story, despite any optimistic elements. One aspect of this story that seems t...
able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy" (Remarque 11). One of the most powerf...
own precipitous fall from grace. The narrative is composed primarily of internal monologues and is subdivided into sections that ...
idea of a perfect year includes "4,000 actual fishing" hours. Gus explains that his fathers full name is Henning Hale Orviston a...
As bleak and hopeless as this story is, we are also able to see that Mattie and Ethan genuinely do love each other, and...
sends through the voices of her characters. Stowe is a master at crafting conversations and employing just the right words for he...
legitimately enslaved. Roxy gives birth to an infant son on the same day that a son is born to her white master. Twain emphasizes ...
Yossarian watches as many slowly lose their grip on reality as they fly mission after mission. The Catch 22, then is that which wo...
of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...
is the daughter of a white mother and a black father. Although her father does not take an active role in her life his presence i...
World War I spanned a four year period between 1914 and 1918. Nearly ten million lives were lost. World War I, and in fact,...
in Twains book is that which involves dialect, a subject that gained a great deal of criticism when the book came out. From the ve...
presented with a kind of awe and hope in terms of the medical industry. We are also provided with a look at interns and the ent...
and to happiness (Fitzgerald, 1995). The story that unfolds is actually quite sad. Jay is obsessed with recreating the p...
to read and teach to students, especially in the younger grades. Fishkin believes that to fully understand the work, students must...
tribal office. She is still close with her brother in many ways, but is very distant from the rest of the world, even those men wh...
story we are offered a look at the power of searching for ones identity, the tentative hold we all have upon life, and the search ...
Ishmael as he relates to Ahab and his quest for the whale. The second section examines the survival of Ishmael. The last section o...
lesser of the two evils approach, but yet an approach that clearly illustrates how far the lack of ethics and morals in the politi...
forbidden to them, they have set about creating something else to be" (Morrison 52). For example, Sula would go to Nels house to s...
into an asylum because he can no longer stand her screaming. In an appalling manner, he turns his back on her and never discovers ...
each triumph was their own as well. They trusted each other and their friendships were continually nurtured throughout time by the...
artistic and mathematical minds. Or it could indicate that architecture has its share of frauds like every other field of industry...
where we are. In this we can see that Ondaatje is perhaps arguing that only through examining all the stories can we see where we ...
Jadine and Sons respective interpretations of race and social stature represent. That each conflict intertwines with one another ...
who do not know how to live life and are brainwashed by books and academia" (Chan). In essence, the professor understands the more...
for their ethical behavior. He identified six stages which were classified in three levels: pre-conventional, conventional and pos...
nude, reclining on a chaise lounger. This can be said to have rocked the art world. Olympia, painted in 1863, and subjected to ha...
powerful man of his tribe. Through the years he has struggled to make himself a man worth respecting among his people. He started ...
matches, books and pens and become known as a man more powerful than the great Merlin (A Connecticut Yankee, 2002; Twain, 1979). T...