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Anzia Yezierska and Her Novel Bread Givers

no problem taking their wages to support himself, even as the rest of the family scrimps and saves and slips further into poverty....

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, But Never Won the Battle of Cultural Clashes

course of the novel. They are products of a highly conservative Latin culture, which is in stark contrast to an American culture ...

Religion and John Updike

This essay focuses on three works of John Updike, which are his novel A Month of Sundays and his short stories "Wildlife" and "Far...

The Cave by Jose Saramago

This essay pertains to The Cave by Jose Saramago and presents the interpretation that the author stresses the similarities between...

An Alien Life Form's Speculation on Mankind

This paper speculates how an alien life form would view earthlings if he or she visited the planet in the year ten-thousand A.D. a...

Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin Biographical Literary Analysis

converted storeroom that features the angry sermons of the troubled preacher Gabriel Grimes, Johns father. According to critic Br...

'Pet Cemetery' by Stephen King and the Acceptance of Death

starts out dealing with death simply enough. The family cat is killed by a car on the highway. The neighbor asks "Louis if hed lik...

Cimarron by Edna Ferber Continued

In five pages this research paper represents journal entries of character Sabra Cravat that commence approximately 5 years after t...

The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

In five pages a sociological analysis of Taktsis's novel is presented in terms of the heroine's limited life choices. There are n...

A World of Strangers and The Living Days by Nadine Gordimer

In fifteen pages these Nadine Gordimer novels are analyzed in terms of the author's cultural life and experiences. Twenty sources...

Life and Works of Author James Dickey

In seven pages this paper discusses Dickey's life, poetic writing style, and his most famous novel Deliverance. Nine sources are ...

Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and Its Themes

true that many authors report that they derive their energy from anger and depression. In fact, the late Andy Kaufman who suffered...

Ernest Hemingway's Attitudes About Women

In six pages this paper examines how Hemingway's rather condescending attitudes and low opinion of women are reflected in his shor...

The Character of Louisa in Hard Times

This Dickens tale is looked at as it relates to this single character but other characters are discussed as well. Gender is someth...

Biography and Writings of Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper discusses Hemingway's life and then examines how heroes are interpreted in the novel The Sun Also Rises a...

J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye as a Personal Narrative

This research paper/essay discusses the journey of personal discovery that is described in Salinger's famous coming-of-age novel. ...

Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Analysis of The Scarlet Letter

the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller and Alcott, which helped him to compose his next set of short stories entitled Mosses from a...

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...

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...

Working Life in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

held a dance as a means by which to temporarily relieve their minds of the perpetual anxiety that intrinsically accompanies povert...

River Lessons in Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

In five pages this report considers the life lessons taught by the river in terms of discovering unity and increased awareness ove...

Americans Held Captive in Foreign Lands

the student was prosecuted to the fullest extent of their laws. The others left the country quietly. This seems to be a frequent t...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the Education of Huck

"because she had done it herself" (29). Then, Miss Watson took her turn, introducing him to a spelling book, with the...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...

W.W. Brown/Clotel

into the pen during the day. After the best of the gang were sold off, the balance was taken to the Exchange coffee-house auction ...

Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage Examined

are happy to see him but he cannot bring himself to tell anyone that he ran. He simply says he got mixed up and ended up "over on ...

Ethical Considerations in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

(Percy Shelley, 205). Martin Tropp adds that "[Percy] Shelleys fascination with the power of science was no doubt linked to his be...

Society's Influences in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper addresses how various aspects of society during Shelley's life influence the novel. This six page paper has five sourc...

Plot, Florida, and Literary Quality of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

In seven pages this paper examines how 1930s' Florida life is presented, literary aspects, and plot significance of Zora Neale Hur...

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...