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Tragic Hero Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

life determined or was it the result of free will? In establishing the answer to this question, it is essential that one understa...

Lydia McQueen in Wilma Dykeman's The Tall Woman

to build a school for her own children., as well as the other children in the community. (He has) "The power of a rock. But, th...

Analyzing Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

In five pages the author is examined as is the context in which this novel was written in order to analyze the primary points the ...

Gender Attitudes About Sex, Chastity, and Marriage in Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Daniel Defoe's Roxana

In nine pages the ways in which these novels reflected gender attitudes of the 18th century regarding chastity, sex, and marriage ...

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

In five pages character analyses of Lucetta Templeman and Michael Henchard as featured in Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel are pr...

A Review of Monster

A 5 page discussion of the novel by Walter Dean Myers. This book recaps the problems encountered by a sixteen year old black yout...

Book and Movie Versions of The Natural by Bernard Malamud

stories in that it takes the form of the medieval morality play. In this discussion we will examine the contrast between the nove...

Anglo Saxon Attitudes by Angus Wilson

In a book report that consists of five pages the novel is examined in an overview with characters and opinions regarding the text ...

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...

Continued Validity of the Frankenstein Story

In ten pages this paper considers the issues contained within Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein and how they remain as val...

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

In six pages this essay discusses how Vonnegut's disdain for technology is represented in his novel. There are no additional sour...

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...

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 ...

Social Significance of Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

of creation pronounced that it was good, Victor is overcome with revulsion; his creation is very, very awful. "His yellow skin sca...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert in a Thesis of 2 Parts

In five pages this 2 part thesis on this novel first considers Charles Bovary's role in his wife's adultery and depression and the...

The Role of Man in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

has been much experimentation with creation. Test tube babies somehow evolved into the concept of designer babies and couples tryi...

A Month of Sundays by John Updike, Satire, Sanctimony, and Sin

railed (Barna 324). From the concept of this noted hypocrisy was born The Scarlet Letter, a haunting tale of misplaced faith, sil...

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 ...

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...

The Victim by Saul Bellow

In a paper consisting of five pages Bellow's novel is examined in terms of its employment of moral values. There are no other sou...

The Critical Reception of A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines

the sheriff and the inevitable nightriders. As Gaines unravels the reasons why the old black men, as well as the young white woma...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens' and Impact of Rapid Industrialization

In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...

Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Forbidden Love

In 5 pages this paper examines how forbidden love is represented in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....

Isolation in Jane Eyre and Frankenstein

The theme of isolation as it is featured in these novels by Charlotte Bronte and Mary Shelley are compared and contrasted in nine ...

The Lingering Effects of War in 'Snow Falling on Cedars'

This is a 5 page essay that considers the lingering effects of World War II and its impact on the novel particularly in the charac...

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster and Tensions of Gender and Race

In 5 pages this paper examines how Forster portrays 1920s colonization of India through the race and gender tensions of his novel....

The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick

life and feels herself to have been socially conscious. She has with her a daughter, Magda, who has been nurtured and protected b...

Film Adaptation of Tom Robbins' Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

In five pages the novel and film are contrasted and compared. There ar no other sources listed....

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...

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 ...