Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Essay Examples

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The Struggle of Jeanette to Find Her Identity in Jeanette Winterson’s Novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1319 words, 4 pages)

Between Two Worlds Jeanettes Separation from a Fabricated HistoryJeanette Wintersons novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, recounts the coming-of-age of a girl in a Pentecostal church community. The protagonist, named Jeanette, struggles to find an identity while under the influence of her religiously devout mother. She lives happily albeit ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities in Sexual Relationships in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, and Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (3742 words, 12 pages)

Our literature is full, as are our lives, of men and women, but especially women, who deny the reality of sexual attraction because of considerations of class, religion, race and gender itself. (Angela Carter, The Sadeian Woman) Compare the ways in which sexual relationships are represented in your chosen texts ... Read More

An Analysis of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1065 words, 2 pages)

ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUITELSIE VS MOTHERIn a story of a young girl coming of age and finding her sexuality in a very religious community, it is key to have a female figure that plays a key role for the character. A mother should play the key role but ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Woman Warrior and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (2979 words, 4 pages)

Oranges an autobiographical novel? No not at all and yes of course.1 In the mind of the modern reader the phrase autobiographical writing conveys a notion of an accurate retelling, in part or in whole, of the author's life. The Concise Oxford Dictionary definition of the term reinforces this preconception, ... Read More

An Application of Roland Barthes’s Essay The Death of the Author on Virginia Woolf’s Orlando and Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1870 words, 3 pages)

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a celebrated writer and theoretician, generally considered as one of the leading figures in French structuralism. In his landmark essay, 'The Death of the Author' (1968) he attacked the act of examining the author's intentions as a means of understanding the text more thoroughly, 'The image ... Read More

The Portrayal of Jeanette’s Mother in the Novel “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit” by Jeanette Winterson (1628 words, 2 pages)

Discuss the presentation of Jeanette's mother in 'Oranges are not the only fruit' Readers are introduced to Jeanette's mother as someone who 'liked to wrestle it didn't matter what. She was in the white corner and that was that'. An idea oh the mother's personality being controlling, powerful and self-righteous ... Read More

Observations on Religious Images In “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit” by Jeanette Winterson (708 words, 2 pages)

THE RELIGIOUS IMAGES IN ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT BY JEANETTE WINTERSON The sense of religion is the backbone of the novel and biblical and religious images and symbols shape the work. Actually, the novel is the spiritual journey of Jeanette from religion bound personality to complete freedom and ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013