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Literary Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In three pages a general literary analysis of this 1960 novel consists of themes, characters, setting, point of view, techniques, ...

Lies and Whether or Not it Can Ever Be Considered Commendable

In five pages this paper examines how lying is represented as commendable by the character Lord Shaftesbury in the Henry Fielding ...

Experience Perceptual Differences Between Children and Adults in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

of an irresponsible alcoholic father and the absence of his mother, he is actually quite fortunate in comparison to some of the ot...

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje, Common Humanity and Nationalism

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Michael Ondaatje in terms of the thematic conflict of nationalism versus common hum...

Sylvia Plath and Toni Morrison on the Self Actualization of Women

This paper examines the self actualization of women in an analysis of the poems 'Daddy' and 'Mirror' by Sylvia Plath and the novel...

Howard's End and the Symbolism of Materialism and Culture

two major forces, the forces of practical and intellectual, may also be interpreted as the forces of reality and aspiration or of ...

Feminist Approach to Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism so much s...

Language Norms in Ulysses by James Joyce

In eight pages this paper examines English language norms as they manifest themselves in this novel and its understanding. Five s...

Ulysses by James Joyce

In 5 pages this paper examines the complexities of this great 20th century novel and considers how it serves as a biography of the...

Almasy's Painting of Katherine's Face in The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

In five pages this report examines the 1992 novel regarding its themes of memory, love, and war with the incident between Katherin...

Interpretation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Nutty Professor Film Remake

In four pages this paper discusses how Stevenson's novel is interpreted in the 1996 film remake starring Eddie Murphy in a conside...

Night Flight by Antoine de Saint Exupery and Leadership

leaders have taken humanity toward new horizons through the use of new technology. The airplane, as we know it today, was ...

Eugenie Grandet by Honore Balzac

In a paper consisting of three pages the ways in which Balzac symbolically represents the house and garden in his novel are discus...

Puritan Values Rejected by Nathaniel Hawthorne in The House of the Seven Gables and The Scarlet Letter

In seven pages this paper examines how Hawthorne's first 2 novels represents his rejection of New England Puritan values. Twelve ...

Survival Stories of Jack London

In five pages this paper discusses how Jack London successfully applied the Social Darwinism concept of 'survival of the fittest' ...

Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels

her fate, whether it was quick, or lingering. Close to starvation, Jakob is discovered by Athos Roussos, a Greek geologist who has...

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The writer argues that in Fahrenheit 451, the burning of the books symbolizes the end of civilization. The writer uses the perspec...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway and 'Catholic' Jake

In five pages this paper discusses that Cohn's Judaism is contrasted with Jake's Catholicism for emphasis in Hemingway's novel. T...

Michael Shaara's Killer Angels

in battle, using the ammunition they had then and dealing with harsh weather conditions without modern equipment. That is another ...

Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee's Rama II

the fact that there may be disagreement in discerning whether or not the teams were more homogeneous than mixed. In other words, o...

The Status of Women in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale as Compared With Hindu, Biblical, and Muslim Women

This research report examines a novel written in 1986 by Margaret Atwood. How it relates in respect to the status of women of vari...

Title Importance of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

in the serial killer, who through circumstances, lost all feeling and compassion for other human beings. One can see that there ar...

Toni Morrison's Sula

In five pages this paper examines the community portrayed in the novel and the impact of Sula and Shadrack. Four sources are cite...

Bildunsroman in 'Great Expectations' and 'Jane Eyre'

In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...

Changing Viewpoints in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming

In six pages this paper discusses how each novels make powerful use of shifting perspectives. There are no other sources listed....

Sexism and Racism in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

In five pages this paper examines the novel by Toni Morrison in terms of how it thematically portrays sexism and racism. There ar...

The Prince of Tides and the Character of Savannah Wingo

In five pages this paper compares the novel and film versions of The Prince of Tide in a consideration of how Savannah Wingo and o...

Historical Time Frame of Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The importance of the time frame of Lord of the Flies, the 1954 novel by William Golding is analyzed in a report consisting of fiv...

Values, Stateliness, and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

In twelve pages this report discusses how morality and stateliness are represented in this 1814 novel by Jane Austen. Four source...

Societal Conflicts and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

In five pages this paper discusses how social conflicts are symbolically depicted in McMurphy's and Nurse Ratchet's relationship i...