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Review of John Toole's Novel

This 3 page paper gives an overview of the novel by John Toole called A Confederacy of Dunces. This paper includes an examination ...

Moby-Dick, Discussion of Quotes from the Novel

This essay presents four quotes taken from Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. The writer discusses the meaning of each quote in relatio...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

In six pages this paper examines the novel's primary characters and analyzes them philosophically and morally in regards to good a...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow

In ten pages this paper analyzes the novel's presentations of the government, the social culture during the time period, the prota...

Kurt Eichenwald/The Informant

than one hundred participants," and involved examination of thousands of documents (Eichenwald 569). However, in other ways, it i...

Dreams and Authority in “The Great Gatsby”

no success at all; that belongs to the people who employ the hard workers. But the dream persists, and Gatsby seems to achieve it,...

Sexuality in the Work of Crane and Wharton

In the case of Charity she is prone to lying in the fields and feel her sexuality become alive, as she feels the earth...

Two Versions of Frankenstein

and had been released some months earlier (Biodrowski). The novel, which has the subtitle of "The Modern Prometheus," is "a sort o...

Ordinary People and the Kubler-Ross Model of Grief

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Guest's "Ordinary People". Kubler-Ross's model of grief is used to analyze the novel...

Characterization in For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

In six pages Hemingway's innovative characterization as a device of expanding the novel's scope and protagonist understanding are ...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...

Persuasion in Print and Film

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

Slavery Commentary on Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn

In seven pages the novel's slavery commentary is examined. There are five other sources cited in the bibliography....

Changes in the Relationship of the Atlantic World and Western Europe in Robinson Crusoe

on a Eurocentric tone. At the same time, it seems that the protagonist is his own and has distanced himself from the church and al...

Andrew Crumey's Second Novel fitz

fanciful conceits, the same thing that Escher has done with line and image. Interestingly enough, the comparison doesnt stop ther...

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines and Heroism

In 5 pages this paper examines the novel's depiction of heroism within the context of characters Wiggins and Jefferson. Two sourc...

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe

In five pages this essay examines this Japanese novel's narrative with an emphasis on the character of Himiko, the girlfriend of t...

Grisham's A Time to Kill and Racism

This research paper/essay examines Grisham's novel A Time to Kill and also offers a brief overview of the author's life in order t...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the Marlow Characterization

In 6 pages the novel's narrator characterization is analyzed in a consideration of Marlow's imperialism support and cultural bias ...

Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence and Renunciation

In 5 pages this paper examines how renunciation is thematically depicted in the novel's 3 major characters and within the featured...

An Overview of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the central themes of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair's classic novel about life in the Chicago ...

The Themes of Change and Aggression in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In a paper that contains 5 pages the ways in which these themes manifest themselves in the characterizations of Okonkwo, Nwoye, an...

Thomas Pynchon's V. and Gender Issues

Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...

“The Great Gatsby” in Its Historical Context

important to remember that at the time Fitzgerald wrote, "immigrants were coming to the United States by the millions because they...

Reading, and Writing that Lasts

Saigon; its the real-life slog of the guys out in the field, the ones who took the chance of dying every time they went on patrol....

Men and Understanding Life in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea

In six pages this paper examines these novels' male protagonists and their ability to accept the brutality of life. There are no ...

The Accurate Portrayal of Ancient Egypt in Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie

In a report consisting of twelve pages the setting of Christie's fiction and the portrayal of families remarkably similar to those...

A Review of The Princess of Cleves

An 8 page essay reviewing the novel by Marie de La Fayette. This so called women's novel provides interesing insight into French h...

A Man for the People by Chinua Achebe

In a paper consisting of five pages Achebe's political critique is examined within the context of the novel's story that is eerily...

Chapter Eight of Bleak House by Charles Dickens

funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...