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Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and Chivalry

in his disguise as the Black Knight, praises Locksley/Robin Hood, as he says that a man who "does good, having the unlimited power...

Review of the Film Version of Stephen King's The Green Mile

we see an older man who doesnt sleep well at night any more; his long walks and an old clip of Fred and Ginger dressed in their fi...

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

This 5 page paper examines some of the themes in Tolstoy's classic novel of love, betrayal, social ostracism and death....

Comparative Thematic Analysis of Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye and T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'

and all through the power of words. Eliot doesnt start slowly as his first four lines parody the first four lines of Chaucers fif...

1995 Novel Blindness by Jose Saramago

those few, see no apparent cause for the malady, and it does not leave people in the darkness, but rather in a white light - a wh...

John Grisham’s Bleachers

youth, that skill, that sport, could life hold meaning. At one point in the book the character states, "youre famous at eighteen, ...

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

his boyhood days. He meets Lolita and instantly desires her, doing anything he can to be near her, even agreeing to marry Lolit...

Partner Violence

one another is based upon many issues that are presently occurring in the attackers life; also pertinent to the situation is wheth...

Analysis and Critique of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

has weakened him, we cannot be sure - certainly he could be the metaphor for the weakened and suffering male of the South. He is ...

A Review of The Key

This 5 page essay analyzes the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. 1 source....

Chapter Synopsis of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In seven pages this paper presents a chapter by chapter synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter....

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and its Social Commentary

The social commentary by author John Steinbeck in his novel The Grapes of Wrath is examined in five pages....

Differences Between the Novel and Film Versions of The Scarlet Letter

to it that such a crime was punishable by death. After all, behavior so unbecoming of a religious devotee deserved no less....

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage

they frown and give me one last chance to redeem myself. If I dont know who, do I at least know how many? By that time I cant deci...

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev's Fathers and Sons

this novel within an American historical time frame it would have been published while some were embroiled in the Civil War, and o...

Richard Peck's 1985 Novel Remembering the Good Times

friendship. This is initially an easy friendship with each friend having their own characteristics and having their own share of ...

Racism, Imagination, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

segments correlates with the seasons. The section about "See Jane," is really about Pecola, as opposite a presentation from the w...

The 1999 Shooting of Amadou Diallo in New York City

In a paper consisting of five pages the shooting of an immigrant by four policemen in NY is examined through the critical analysis...

Jay Gatsby's Personal Philosophy in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

expensive roadster, and momentarily loses control of the car, striking and killing a woman, Myrtle Wilson, whom readers later lear...

Overview of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

In six pages this novel's style and themes as well as literary criticism are examined in this overview. Three sources are cited i...

Can violence in American society be controlled?

of appropriate parental guidance and role models that makes certain youths choose lives of violence. In the Old West violen...

Comparing The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith and Martin Eden by Jack London

In five pages these two novels' themes are contrasted and compared. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and 'the Greatest Sinner'

In five pages this paper reveals the novel's greatest sinner as Hester Prynne, the wearer of 'the scarlet letter.' Three sources ...

China Boy by Gus Lee

In eight pages this paper analyzes the novel's Chinese American boy's struggles in a consideration of masculinity as defined by th...

Rules of the Game by Amy Tan

In three pages this essay discusses the symbolism of the novel's title and considers how it relates to the human experience. The ...

The Motif of the Journey In Contemporary Literature

This 5 page paper analyzes the way in which the motif of the journey was used in three classic American novels: The Grapes of Wrat...

Structure and Struggle in Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

In four pages this 'nightmare' tale examines the protagonist's struggles and also analyzes the novel's structure. Three sources a...

Jay McInerney's Bright Lights Big City

In five pages the novel's three female characters are contrasted and compared in terms of their similarities and significance. On...

Roughing It with Swan, Twain and the Indians

Northwest Coast by James G. Swain and Mark Twain's Roughing It are two novels which deal with the outdoors and the American west. ...

Characters of Marlow and Lord Jim in Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim

In five pages this paper examines the effectiveness of the novel's third person narrative and examines the relationship between Ma...