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The Theme of Trust During Desperate Times in the Film, The Thing by John Carpenter (789 words, 2 pages)

Abstract In John Carpenters The Thing, trust in desperate times is a major theme. The movie is set up like its own experiment, testing the reactions of a crew when an alien moves among its ranks, disguised as one of them. The men, who have been living together and became ... Read More

A Review of the 1997 Film, True Love and Chaos (589 words, 1 pages)

TRUE LOVE AND CHAOS DIRECTED BY Stavros Andonis Efthymiou Starring Miranda OttoBen Mendelsohn Naveen AndrewsKimberley Davies Noah Taylor Hugo Weaving Rating (M) A GOOD old- fashioned road trip. Old being the word emphasised in this low budgeted movie. True love and Chaos is a long drawn out road trip movie ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Novel (1828 words, 3 pages)

Perhaps its abiding fascination stems from the fact that the novel not only incorporates elements from a number of genres, but interrogates these different elements by creating a tension between them. So, for example, the pleasure of familiar detail provided by the text's realism is challenged by the transgressive power ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel, Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck (2149 words, 8 pages)

TORTILLA FLAT by John Steinbeck Henry James wrote that the novel is to be experienced--therefore the reader must completely understand what happens in it. You should appropriate comparisons, contrasts, draw analogies of what is in the novel and one's own experience. While the elements of fiction are important in isolated ... Read More

An Analysis of the Tone in a Selected Passage from the Novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (333 words, 1 pages)

Tone Analysis of the selected passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God The somber and effusive tone of the selected passage from Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston, is shown through its general diction and imagery. Hurston uses skillfully chosen words to enhance the imagery, and both ... Read More

The Rich and Famous in the 1920’s in the Novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (482 words, 1 pages)

F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the lifestyles of the rich people of the roaring 20's in his book "The Great Gatsby". Tom and Daisy Buchanan were wealthy, careless and selfish. Nick Carraway held him judgement until the very end, although he could have judged them at many points in the book. ... Read More

A Summary of the Novel, To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1934 words, 3 pages)

SUMMARY to the Lighthouse is divided into three sections The Window, Time Passes, and The Lighthouse. Each section is fragmented into stream-of- consciousness contributions from various narrators. The first section, "The Window," opens just before the start of World War I. Mr. Ramsay and Mrs. Ramsay bring their eight children ... Read More

The Lessons from the Novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1266 words, 2 pages)

To teach or not to teach? This is the question that is presently on many administrators' minds about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. For those who read the book without grasping the important concepts that Mark Twain gets across 'in between the lines', many problems arise. A ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrator of the Story Throughout the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (981 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator of the story, encounters many adventures in Maycomb, a town full of the disease of prejudice. She shows her curiosity and independence as a child by questioning and wondering about life in her community. Her independence leads her to question ... Read More

A Summary of Harper Lee’s Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1032 words, 2 pages)

To Kill A Mockingbird Summary To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama, the story is narrated by the main character, a little girl named Scout Finch. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer with moral beliefs. Scout and her brother, Jem, and their friend Dill are intrigued and curious ... Read More

The Importance of Courage in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (2018 words, 3 pages)

To Kill a Mockingbird is a book mainly about courage. Moreover, it contrasts and compares courage against many other themes in order to show the importance of courage. Throughout the book, Atticus, Jem, Scout, Tom and "Boo" Radley displayed courage. Courage shown by the aforementioned characters are contrasted and compared ... Read More

Racism and Injustice in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (549 words, 1 pages)

Conflict In Harper Lees book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism and injustice. During this time in history, racism was acceptable, and injustice was a problem in which everyone faced. Nobody likes to suffer from injustice, yet they do it to others. Racism and injustice were ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (706 words, 1 pages)

In Harper Lees novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Miss Maudie said that it was a sin to kill a mockingbird. Mrs. Maudie defines what mockingbirds are by saying that they dont do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They dont eat up peoples gardens, dont nest in ... Read More

Atticus: The Influence in the Life of Scout in the Novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (798 words, 1 pages)

It is often said that actions speak louder than words. An intellectual adult influence is essential for youth while growing up and learning what is wrong and right in society. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is seen many times that Atticus is the influence ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (858 words, 1 pages)

The book Things Fall Apart , by Chinua Achebe , is very similar to the poem , "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. A comparison of "The Second Coming" to Things Fall Apart will show many corresponding aspects between both of these literary masterpieces.Seeing the line "Things fall apart" ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel a Thief of Time by Tony Hillermans (1709 words, 3 pages)

A Thief of Time, published in 1988 by HarperCollins Publishers, is just one of Tony Hillermans many mystery novels. Tony Hillerman is well known for his ability to write great mystery novels. Mike Smith has said, It is Hillermans ability to transcend stereotypical detective fiction, however, which makes his writing ... Read More

Literary Analysis of the Novel the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (789 words, 1 pages)

The Scarlet Letter is a novel that explores both sin and the moral values it infers between man and God. Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter takes place in early Puritan Boston. The Puritan faith strongly emphasized moral values and strictly governed the people. Throughout ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (497 words, 1 pages)

. The Scarlet Letter, a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1840, is mainly about the Boston Puritans of the 1600s. In this novel, Hester Pryne has to wear an elaborately designed A on her breast because it represents that she is an adulteress. Hawthorne uses numerous themes to show ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel the House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1654 words, 2 pages)

The House on Mango Street In the novel "The House on Mango Street" Sandra Cisneros records a series of impressions and significant moments in the life of a young girl named Esperanza. This novel covers a year in her life, a year in which her family moves into a rented ... Read More

The Puritan Society in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (637 words, 1 pages)

Scarlet Letter In Hawthornes, The Scarlet Letter, life evolves around a rigid and harsh Puritan view. In this society people are not free to express themselves as well as they are today. This is very sad because it is a necessity for humans to be able to express their deepest ... Read More

A Research on the Novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (3120 words, 4 pages)

Their Eyes Were Watching God Research Paper Zora Neale Hurstons "Their Eyes Were Watching God" Research Paper "I am Me, My Eyes Toward God" Mark Evans Zora Neale Hurston an early twentieth century Afro-American feminist author, was raised in a predominately black community which gave her an unique perspective on ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1336 words, 2 pages)

THE USE OF SYMBOLS IN OSCAR WILDE'S THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY What is a symbol? In the broadest sense of the word, a symbol can be anything that signifies something else (Peepre 58). Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure's dyadic theory of signs can well be applied when talking of ... Read More

An Examination of the Narrator in the Novel, Le Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac (1112 words, 2 pages)

Usage of the Narrator in a Passage Analysis Throughout Pere Goriot, Balzac's narrator oscillates between the roles of social historian and moralist. Although the presence of both observer and commentator may initially seem mutually exclusive, it also is a large part of what makes this novel interesting and entertaining. Balzac's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1323 words, 2 pages)

"Fundamental to the novel is a story, in which a person comes into contact with things that are strange, foreign and monstrous." In an essay of not more than 1500 words, assess this claim with reference to one of the following novels Frankenstein. Realist novels are characterised by the use ... Read More

The Importance of the Character of Charles Darnay in the Novel, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1622 words, 2 pages)

"A Tale of Two Cities" is one of Charles Dickens' most favoured novels that brings out the spirit of the late eighteen century and the outbreak of the French Revolution. The book opens in the year 1775 by contrasting Paris and London in "the best of times" and "the worst ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel the House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (301 words, 1 pages)

In "The House on Mango Street", by Sandra Cisneros, Mango Street is part of a lower class, dangerous neighborhood where women feel imprisoned from life, particularly in the characters of Marin, Sally, and Esperanza. The first woman, Marin, an older friend of Esperanza's, is emotionally imprisoned from the joy of ... Read More

The Puritan Road in the Novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1295 words, 2 pages)

The Road of a Religion Throughout The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne continuously uses the image of a road or path as a metaphor for the limited individual freedom within the Puritan religion. The road, an entity that demands adherence to a dictated direction, is similar to the structure of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Author Tries To Deceive His Reader in the Novel “The Princess Bride” (543 words, 1 pages)

Often an author tries to deceive his readers. He will have unexpected events occur and have things appear differently than they normally do to keep them reading. In these novels many events are not what they seem to be. In the novel The Princess Bride people are not what they ... Read More

A Comparison of the Ways Maternal Instinct is Used in the Short Novel, So Long a Letter and the Play, Mother Courage and Her Children (1483 words, 3 pages)

Frequent references to maternal instinct can be found in So long a letter and Mother Courage and her Children. Certain aspects of a character reveal themselves in the behaviour and actions taken due to the maternal instinct. In addition to giving insight into character, both B and Brecht use the ... Read More

Invisible Poverty in the Novel, No Great Mischief by Alistair Macleod (1183 words, 2 pages)

As Ignatieff states that "Abundance has awakened us to denials of self while blinding us to poverty. We idly suppose that the poor have disappeared. They haven't. They simply become invisible" (92). He further explains "Abundance changes the moral economy of a society by favouring values of consumption over saving" ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013