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Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao

In five pages this essay considers Vietnamese emigrants Mai Nyugen and Thanh as portrayed by Lan Cao in the novel Monkey Bridge. ...

Morality in Great Expectations

Various issues of this Dickens novel are discussed in this report that examines morality and other things such as wealth and its r...

A World of Strangers and The Living Days by Nadine Gordimer

In fifteen pages these Nadine Gordimer novels are analyzed in terms of the author's cultural life and experiences. Twenty sources...

Cimarron by Edna Ferber Continued

In five pages this research paper represents journal entries of character Sabra Cravat that commence approximately 5 years after t...

1984 by George Orwell

In six pages this paper discusses how the time period influenced George Orwell's writing as reflected in the novel 1984. There is...

The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

In five pages a sociological analysis of Taktsis's novel is presented in terms of the heroine's limited life choices. There are n...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and the Character of Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

In eight pages this paper presents a character analysis of Rev. Dimmesdale in a focus of the adultery theme in Hawthorne's novel. ...

British Society, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, and Single Women

In five pages this paper examines British society of Jane Austen's time and what her novel reveals about single women and how they...

Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Oppression

In five pages this paper analyzes how Alice Walker thematically develops oppression in her novel The Color Purple. One source is ...

The Beginning and the End by Mahfouz

In three pages this novel that celebrates Islam is examined with modernity and tradition among the topics discussed. There are no...

Octavia Butler's Dawn, Xinogenesis

In five pages this science fiction novel is examined in terms of the relationships between genetically altered aliens and the huma...

Reality and Illusion in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

she could display for all to see. She possessed all the "shallowness" (Fitzgerald PG) of a person who knew not how to love yet kn...

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...

Damascus Gate by Robert Stone and Historical Jerusalem

In seven pages a history of Jerusalem is examined and then considered within the context of Robert Stone's novel Damascus Gate. F...

The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

In five pages this report presents a psychological consideration of this novel by Eudora Welty. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Intellect and Emotion in Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'

This paper addresses religious rationalism versus romantic passion in Nathanial Hawthorne's nineteenth century novel. This five p...

Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

In five pages this 1985 debut novel by Jeanette Winterson is examined with a synopsis and consideration of its critical reception....

Individualism Perspectives in Print and Celluloid

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the indivdualism themes featured in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cucko...

Canon of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages the Hemingway canon as represented by this brief novel in terms of its content and style is discussed. Four sources...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

In seven pages this paper discusses the Monty Python type social satire that is featured in this classic Spanish novel. Eight sou...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Money's Role

In three pages this paper considers the role money plays throughout Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. There are no other s...

Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient

In 5 pages this novel is analyzed in terms of how love can transcend any boundaries in a consideration of Almasy and Katharine's r...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Challenges and Problems

In five pages this paper examines the problems and challenges associated with women's roles within the context of Achebe's novel. ...

Toni Morrison's Beloved Breathes Life into History

In 4 pages this paper examines the portrayal of slavery in Morrison's novel and the enduring psychological damage that resulted. ...

Ethiopian Romance by Heliodorus

in Charicleia, who is a long-lost princess of an Ethiopian queen, even though she appears to be white. Heliodorus relates that her...

Huckleberry Finn Critically Analyzed

began disappearing from school library bookshelves, denying students the right to draw their own conclusions. The Adventures of H...

Charles Dickens and Feminism

In 5 pages this paper argues that Charles Dickens is not a feminist despite his portrayal of women in socially oppressive situatio...

Arna Bontemps' Black Thunder and the Richmond Slave Revolt of 1800

In eleven pages the differences between Bontemps' novel and other historical accounts of this slave revolt are examined. Six sour...

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Themes of the Individual and Community

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Achebe's classic novel is considered in terms of the individual and community interrelationship a...

Saving Grace by Lee Smith and Religious Psychosis

In 5 pages Reverend Shepard's religious 'psychosis' is examined in an analysis of Lee Smith's novel. There are no other sources l...