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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...

The Kite Runner and Family

in his friendship as well as literature (Hosseini 25). Even though he knows, or feels, that his father likes Hassan more t...

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...

The Exception

group. She is a long time friend of Iben, a fact that was not revealed when Iben applied for and got the job with the organization...

Uncle Tom’s Cabin as Protest Literature

and takes him to New Orleans (Stowe). Tom and Eva become very close because of their devout Christianity (Stowe). In the parallel...

Propaganda Posters and Other Propaganda in China

totalitarian government (or any government, really), Communist China has to create the illusion that the system is the best for it...

Tim O’Brien, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq

book of the same name is a moving account of a platoon of "grunts" in Vietnam. This paper discusses various aspects of the story a...

Middlemarch’s Unlikely Heroine

her society is willing to accept from her. This paper discusses why she is an unusual woman and whats interesting about her. Discu...

Leon Uris: Exodus

Exodus: Stereotypical Characterization Serves the Narrative Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Jani...

Propaganda in China

government (or any government, really), Communist China has to create the illusion that the system is the best for its people. Thi...

“Huck Finn” and Creating Characters Who are Romantic and Real

most memorable stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps hi...

Self-Centeredness in Dorothea and Reverend Casaubon

(Eliot 30). In addition she is "likely to seek martyrdom," then try to escape it only to have it befall her when she stopped looki...

Roberts' The Invisible Heart

is the title of Russell D. Roberts (2002) book and is subtitled an economic romance, and so it actually is a rather humorous title...

Teen Alienation in Catcher in the Rye

delivered, uncompleted phone calls, overtures not taken up, appeals repulsed. William Faulkner, who praised the novel, said that w...

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 ...

Huck Finn and Sound and Fury, A Comparison

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. While vastly different in tone, each author addresses the fact that slavery and the le...

The Cider House Rules/John Irving

are complex works, as this narrative relates strongly held beliefs on the controversial issue of abortion. While the student resea...

Wicked by Maguire

see you home" (Maguire 222). She is an old crone in a wheelchair and is apparently deeply concerned for her and thus appears, at t...

Film and Book Comparison/Maltese Falcon

primarily morals or values, but rather self-interest and the realization that he would have allowed the attraction he feels for th...

Jay Gatsby, an American Dreamer

ever written. F. Scott Fitzgeralds portrait of Jay Gatsby resonates with almost every reader because he is so human in his hopes a...

Franny and Zooey

a pursuit is meaningless, just like she thinks everything is meaningless. Obviously she is in a deep depression and cannot seem to...

Great Expectations

It seems that no matter what biography you read about Dickens the primary point, in relationship to his childhood, was that he was...

The House of Seven Gables

seems to fall on incredible bad luck. It is noted, in relationship to the house and the street outside the house, that,...

Power as a Theme in Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmiths novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is the story of Tom Ripley, a young man whose looks can be very deceiving. Ri...

Susanna Rowson Writes the Truth

more than the all-too common story of a girl seduced and abandoned by a worthless man, it is a lecture that runs nearly 150 pages ...

The Creature as Frankenstein’s Victim

in horror as the Creature comes to life: "His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his che...

The Symbol of Suffering

entire character development is based on the idea that he is crucifying himself through the device of his mental anguish. He has n...

Haroun and the Sea of Stories/Salman Rushdie

of Stories, by creating a fascinating cast of characters, placing them in a fantastical world, and giving Haroun and his father an...

Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, an Examination

state of being through the use of the Socratic method. This paper is a brief critical analysis of the work. Discussion The first ...

Logotherapy and Narrative Therapy: Two Different Methods

the arsenal of the therapist. It has been an effective tool for getting to the bottom of the emotional and spiritual malaise so p...