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Don Quixote

In looking at who Don is the reader can see quite a bit of his chivalrous and romantic ideals in the following: "So then, his armo...

Postmodernism in Slaughterhouse-Five

the painter to paint the picture (time of production), the time required to look at and understand the work (time of consumption) ...

Literary Devices in Slaughterhouse-Five

which has a definable beginning, a middle, and an end" (Forrest). Not only that, but the initial scene of the book sets reveals ...

A look at Faulkner's Absalom Absalom and Wild Palms

the wealth that lingers in the background. Yet, this rags to riches story includes murder and mayhem and the fact that Sutpen earn...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

not aware of prior to the drug, and it could well be argued that it inspired him to write this story, a story that delves into the...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: The Less Than Noble Hank Morgan

a nineteenth-century technological marvel, believing this would put the ineffectual Arthur and the uppity nobles in their places w...

Okonkwo and Oedipus

way out of his situation at all because no matter what he does to avoid the killing of his father and marrying his mother he has n...

Satirical Meaning in Gulliver's Travels

cronyism of the royal court and how the British government functioned, making people "jump through hoops," to use the clich?, in o...

Creating a Mythology - Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country

is notable about Tolkien is that his world makes internal sense. Each race (Elves, Dwarves, Men, Orcs, etc.) has a distinct langua...

A Gathering of Old Men

old and thus were, as children, clearly affected by many residual realities concerning racism as it was connected with the era of ...

Protagonist David Copperfield

In five pages the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel is examined in terms of his childishness and self centered ways. There ar...

Topics Covered in God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

people, is just beginning to form at the time of the novels action. The main thrust of the action agitates for fairness within a c...

Premarital Sex and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the portrayal of premarital sex in these two Latin American novels. There are no ...

Richard Wright's Native Son

In ten pages this novel is analyzed in a consideration of aesthetics, strengths, weaknesses, development of character, and the aut...

Analyzing 'The Joys of Motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta

find "something she was good at" (Holmes PG). Much of the young Buchi Emecheta can be found in the female protagonist, Nnu Ego, i...

Transcending Space and Time in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

This paper consists of eleven pages and considers how in the novel the subversion of women to the stereotype of unintelligence and...

Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler

In five pages this Canadian male coming of age novel and the relationships it explores are analyzed. There are no other sources l...

The Death of the Earth by J.H. Rosny

An analysis of this French science fiction novel is presented. There are no other sources cited in the bibliography....

Zoya by Danielle Steel

In five pages Steel's romance novel is critically assessed in terms of its theme and literary elements, which leave much to be des...

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

is possible to think of Defoe as using Moll as his mouthpiece. He had strong personal opinions about the potential and options av...

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

In seven pages this paper analyzes how the author depicts the 20th century Jewish male coming of sexual age in this amusing and in...

E.M. Forster's Howard's End

In five pages a socioeconomic analysis of Forster's novel is presented. There are no other sources listed....

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness

In five pages this paper analyzes the androgyny of this novel in a consideration of modern society and the correlation of gender a...

Billy Budd by Herman Melville and the Conflict Between Good and Evil

In five pages this paper discusses the evil of Squeak and Claggart and the goodness of Billy Budd in an analysis of the novel by H...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the Ideological Competition Between Capitalism and Socialism

In six pages this paper discusses how ideologies compete in this 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair. Seven sources are cited in the bib...

The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson

In five pages this paper examines blackness as it is featured in this novel by James Weldon Johnson. There are no other sources l...

Themes in Dostoevski's Notes From Underground

warped psychology and near incomprehensibility of a character both affected by and revolting against the ramifications of philosop...

Dream of the Red Chamber by Tsao Hsueh-Chin

In six pages this Chinese novel from the 18th century is analyzed. There are no other sources listed....

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and the Generation Gap

In 10 pages this paper analyzes the novel by Amy Tan in terms of how it presents the Chinese mother and Chinese American daughters...