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Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

Slavery as Presented in Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

many ways, this novel is the quintessential slave narrative. The character of Uncle Tom has come to epitomize the racial st...

That Was Then, This is Now and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

In five pages this paper discusses the reasons behind the lasting appeal of S.E. Hinton's young adult novels. Five sources are ci...

Janet St. Clair's Essay on Whiteness and Jim in Seraph on the Suwanee by Zora Neale Hurston

Ini nine pages this paper applies Janet St. Clair's essay to the 'whiteness' of the character Jim in this analysis of Seraph on th...

American Business and Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

In five pages this paper discusses 1920s' America and the middle class's business practices as represented by the protagonist of...

From Pages to the Big Screen With Animal Farm

In five pages the transformation of George Orwell's novel from text to film is discussed and compared with other books such as Wat...

Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse

In seven pages this paper examines the perceptions regarding the Hiroshima atomic bombing of August 1945 as presented in this grip...

Family Responsibility and Conspicuous Consumption in House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In five pages this paper discusses how in this Edith Wharton novel, family responsibility is compromised by conspicuous consumptio...

Life and Writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/...

Sanctuary by William Faulkner and Justice

In 6 pages this paper discusses human and cosmic justice within the context of this novel by William Faulkner and also considers h...

Personality Metamorphosis of Frankenstein's Monster

Perhaps Victor feels that in giving life to a pile of bones and sinew he can spare himself the pain of death not only for himself,...

'Novelist' Sigmund Freud

In twelve pages this paper examines how Freud's work is comparable to novel reading with a discussion of 'Dora' and 'Rat Man' case...

Women's Search for Independence in 3 Works: Finding Happiness

This essay discusses 3 works: which are a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of ...

Okonkwo

This paper contends this important character from Chinua Achebe's novel mirrors the impacts of colonization. There is one source ...

Rohinton Mistry's Post Colonial Literature

This 8 page paper gives an overview of Rohinton Mistry's post colonial style of literature. This paper includes an introduction to...

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

This essay presents an overview of "Fahrenheit 451." The writer discusses Bradbury's biography, summarizes the plot and then analy...

Humanity's Future, Science Fiction Visions

This essay pertains to the novel "Dawn" by Octavia Butler and the films "District 9" and "The Omega Man," and argues that each of ...

Heroism in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In five pages Achebe's novel is examined within the context of its representation of social heroism. Two sources are cited in the...

El Indio by Gregorio Lopez Y Fuentes

does not employ the use of obvious character names or recognizable places. Clearly, El Indio touches upon centuries of subj...

'An Image of Africa' and 'Heart of Darkness'

This paper consists of 3 pages and considers the emotional elements that characterize these novels by Chinua Achebe and Joseph Con...

Artistic Mirror Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Although she may secretly yearn to be more like her sister Marianne, Elinor cannot help but maintain her rational outlook, inasmuc...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In ten pages this novel is analyzed based upon its underlying themes, plot, and characterization. Eleven sources are cited in the...

Portrait Changes in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

In 3 pages this paper examines what is meant by the changes to the portrait of Dorian Gray in an analysis of this novel by Oscar W...

Wilde's Dorian Gray and Art

In a paper consisting of 3 pages the relationship between life and art as reflected in the novel is considered in terms of the onl...

Self Definition Quest of Janie Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In a paper consisting of two pages this paper discusses how the action of this novel by Zora Neale Hurston is propelled by the pro...

Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel by Kaye Gibbons in its presentation of how realizing social obligations and personal s...

Bernard Malamud's The Natural and Classical Allusions

In 5 pages this novel is examined in terms of the classical allusions of the Arthurian Grail cycle, Aristotle, Homer, and Dante it...

Comparing and Contrasting Dickens and Carlyle

The writer compares and contrasts the novels Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle and Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens and argues tha...

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

In five pages this paper argues that characters from each of these novels represents a psychic erosion that represents their commu...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Themes of Youth and Death

In five pages Mark Twain's novel is examined in terms of the argument that the death of youth is represented as the demise of thre...