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of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...
theme that is carried throughout the book--namely, that a rationalization for patriarchy sounds absurd when reversed. Little girl...
of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...
for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...
serve as a catalyst. It is because of Zossimovs prying and prodding that the reader is able to understand what is going on inside ...
funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...
to than I have ever known" (Dickens 351). V. Conclusion 1. Sums up prevalence of the theme of resurrection and its importance to ...
Clare is searching and there are reminders along the way that this is a good thing. That said, there are also ideas to denote the ...
In five pages this paper examines the effectiveness of the novel's third person narrative and examines the relationship between Ma...
In a report consisting of twelve pages the setting of Christie's fiction and the portrayal of families remarkably similar to those...
In six pages this paper examines these novels' male protagonists and their ability to accept the brutality of life. There are no ...
An 8 page essay reviewing the novel by Marie de La Fayette. This so called women's novel provides interesing insight into French h...
In a paper consisting of five pages Achebe's political critique is examined within the context of the novel's story that is eerily...
the rights of plants: "And when we call plant stupid for not understanding out business, how capable do we show ourselves of under...
In five pages this paper argues in support of the inevitability of the novel's conclusion because of the emphasis on Maggie and To...
want him to do all de wantin" (Hurston 192). Her grandmother tells her something that seems specific to all arranged marriages whe...
Umuofia clan, and that Okonkwo has met those criteria. This is important later on, when Okonkwo commits a dreadful crime that gets...
the injustice that fate as inflicted upon him, as he has pursued the whale for years, coming close numerous times, but never actu...
describes how he flew north, in shock, after his mother died, describing how he traveled "toward what I thought of her death as i...
confronted some of the obstacles that define their personal an public lives. Anil has come to terms with her identity as a Sri Lan...
Esperanza. Her family cannot afford to buy a home, so they are forced to live in a dilapidated and overcrowded tenement on Chicag...
- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...
In six pages this research paper compares how postmodern perspectives manifest themselves in director Peter Greenaway's film The C...
assume the role of Confederate General Pemberton in their games, dividing the role between them "or [Ringo] wouldnt play anymore" ...
Jean, which is evident from the picture of the family friend that his mother keeps on the mantelpiece. Unaware of the torturous th...
value into ultimately empty goals; this is indicated by the comparison of Gatsbys quest for Daisy with the "American dream" itself...
that Twain struggled with "how to reconcile the felt memory of boyhood with the cruel implications of the social system within whi...
1902 novel Heart of Darkness is widely acknowledge as a literary classic that provides considerable psychological insight into the...
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Alexandre Dumas's most well known and popular novels. The writer looks at the way that the au...
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...