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The Story of Conflict Between the Greasers and the Socs in S.E Hinton’s Novel “The Outsiders” (2480 words, 3 pages)

Thesis The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, a novel which tells the story of conflict between the "greasers" and the "Socs," captures the voice of ponyboy and his friends in a realistic way that relates to boys and their gangs even today. This story has a lot of issues that are ... Read More

A Summary and Review of the Film “Reptilicus” Written and Directed by Sidney Pink (1446 words, 2 pages)

I saw this movie on October first at my home. I decided I was in the mood to watch a B-movie, since I havent seen one in awhile. Sidney W. Pink wrote and directed this movie. Two other films he directed were Journey to the seventh planet (1962) and Finger ... Read More

The Emotional Turbulences of Scarlett O’Hara in the Novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1001 words, 2 pages)

Gone With the Wind Gone with the wind is one of best novel I have ever read. It is also in my opinion the greatest love story ever written. It is set during the American civil war in which the Southern states (the Confederacy) tried to free themselves from the ... Read More

Relationships of Characters in Margaret Laurence’s Novel The Stone Angel (1900 words, 2 pages)

In Margaret Laurence's novel, The Stone Angel, Hagar Shipley experiences many different relationships. The key relationships in her life are all with men her respectful but cold relationship with her father, her impersonal relationship with her husband Bram Shipley, her one-sided, protective relationship with John, and her distant but ultimately ... Read More

The Hate of Characters in the Play King Lear and the Novel Wuthering Heights (958 words, 3 pages)

Hatred A Destructive Force "Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life." - -Eric Hoffer Every villain has a motive, a goal which makes them the person they are. But within every villain lays a Common theme, hatred. In the play King Lear and the novel Wuthering ... Read More

The Rules for Writing Detective Novels by S. S. Van Dine (953 words, 2 pages)

RED HARVEST and S. S. Van Dine's rules According to S. S. Van Dine, detective fiction writing seems to be ruled by twenty principles that would guarantee excellent results for both writers and readers of the genre. After reading Dashiel Hammett's Red Harvest, I could not desist from exploring Van ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Reckless Homicide (516 words, 1 pages)

Pilot Charlie Ashmore is in deep trouble when he fails a drug test that will suspend him to the Airline Company he works for. He turns to his brother, Michael, an attorney for the Airline Company, for help. Michael hides the positive test results so that Charlie can continue to ... Read More

Reason vs. Madness in Lee Harper’s Novel To Kill a Mockingbird (464 words, 1 pages)

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many recurrences of the theme of reason vs. madness. An all too familiar scene is when the mad Tim Johnson is seen "moseyin'" down the road by Jem and Scout and is put out of his misery by ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger (1858 words, 3 pages)

The world is an ugly place full of corruption and evil people. However, if one possesses good morals, high principles, and a good work ethic, this person will overcome the obstacles of wrongdoings in the world to succeed in life. This is exactly what Dick Hunter does in the novel ... Read More

An Analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Novel Ceremony (896 words, 1 pages)

In the novel "Ceremony", the author Leslie Marmon Silko depicts a central theme that states in order for someone to truly understand themselves they need to understand their culture. They need to understand where their ancestors come from and the aspects that make them whole. The concept of understanding yourself ... Read More

An Analysis of Ray Bradbury’s Novel Something Wicked This Way Comes (705 words, 2 pages)

Someone knows your secret dream, that one great wish that you would pay anything for. That person suddenly makes your dream come true - before you learn the price you have to pay. Ray Bradbury's, Something Wicked This Way Comes, is a chilling and suspenseful thriller, making a boy's secret ... Read More

Awakenings in Raymond Carver’s Novel Cathedral (1285 words, 4 pages)

the Reference Resistance Gate JOSePH's eSSAYSAwakenings Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" (c)1996 Joseph Holmes-Peters "For now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then I shall know even as I am known" (1 Corinthians 13). The narrator of Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" is ... Read More

The Struggle of the Main Character for Her Beliefs in the Novel Ramza by Out El Kouloub (1062 words, 2 pages)

How far would one go for theirbeliefs? Would one be willing to give up their home, family, or maybe evenloose a parent? In the novel, Ramza, by Out El Kouloub, this happens toRamza. Ramza breaks all the rules, creates a scandal, loosesher reputation, as well as everything else she once ... Read More

An Analysis of Walter Mosley’s Novel RL’s Dream (426 words, 1 pages)

Walter Mosley is mostly known for his series of mystery writing about Easy Rawlins. The Easy Rawlins series were the best selling crime thrillers he ever wrote. But Walter Mosley also wrote RLs Dream in which he wrote about a man named Soupspoon Wise whose life has been his music. ... Read More

The Quest for Human Destiny in Movies Groundhog Day, Grand Canyon and Novel Christmas Carol (2316 words, 3 pages)

The Quest for Human Destiny Do pure chance and accidents lead our lives or are they filled with deep purpose and destiny? This has been the question posed on our minds while watching the films Grand Canyon, Ground Hog Day, and Dickens's Christmas Carol. How large a role do the ... Read More

Dominant Theme of Magical Realism in Laura Esquivel’s Novel Like Water for Chocolate (529 words, 1 pages)

In Laura Esquivel's novel Like Water for Chocolate, magical realism is one of the most dominant themes of the novel. Like Water for Chocolate is a novel that uses magic in ways that will affect almost everyone around the source that produces the magic in a good or bad way. ... Read More

The Influence of the Public Enemy on the Sopranos in Relations to Wellmans’ Classic Gangster Film (2182 words, 3 pages)

Essay Public Enemy influence on Sopranos Influence of The Public Enemy (1931) on The Sopranos David Chase's influence by William Wellman's classic gangster film extends beyond specific details to the ambiguous overall intention of the work. Specific episodes pay explicit homage. In the most dramatic reference, when Livia dies Tony ... Read More

The Prejudice Depicted in John Steinbeck’s Novel “Of Mice and Men” (410 words, 2 pages)

Prejudice in Of Mice and Men Novel by John Steinbeck In the past and present there have been many divisions of people for many reasons. Examples of this prejudice include discrimination against women who wanted equal rights, including the right to vote. It also includes discrimination against African Americans and ... Read More

A Summary of the 1997 Film “Photographing Fairies” (528 words, 1 pages)

Photographing Fairies is one mans search for what is real in a world that has horribly disappointed him. After losing his wife the day after their wedding, the main character, Castle, losing all hope and all lust for life. During World War I, he is indifferent to imminent danger and ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of Human Life in the Story “The Allegory of a Cave” and the Film “The Matrix” (827 words, 1 pages)

The Allegory of the Cave is a story about a group of humans who were living in the bottom of an underground cave. The humans were restricted in every way that they were chained to prevent them from looking towards the top of the cave where the exit and a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Films of Peter Weir in Social, Cultural, and Ideological Context (1657 words, 2 pages)

TOPIC Combine an auteurist approach with a generic approach to discuss the films of a particular director in social, cultural, and ideological context. Briefly outline how this auteur uses genre in the films, and critically appraise the ways the auteur uses these generic elements to comment upon American society, culture, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Novel Oridnary People Judith Guest (660 words, 1 pages)

It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world. Storytelling and make-believe, like war and agriculture, are among the arts of self-defense, and all of them are ways of enclosing otherness and claiming ownership. This is a ... Read More

In the two novels, Master Harold...and the boys and the boys, and Like Water for Chocolate, there are many symbolic similarities. In both books there are acts where individuals strongly oppressed, or discriminated against. Although the individuals are being oppressed for different reasons their emotions are shattered deeply. In Athol ... Read More

An Analysis of the Film The Man Who Wasn’t There (476 words, 1 pages)

One of my favorite films is The Man Who Wasn't There. It is done by the Coen brothers in the style of "Film Noir" a term meaning (black or dark) film. It was a common style used in the 50s gangster films and remains popular today. It stars Billy Bob ... Read More

An Analysis of the Insanity or Non-Conformity in Ken Keseys One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest Novel (1395 words, 2 pages)

INSANITY OR NON-CONFORMITY? Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a novel, which depicts the lives of the classified, mentally insane in a struggle against the authority of a hospital ward. Over the course of the novel, the hospital ward turns into a place of rebellion while the ... Read More

The Variety of Themes Brought out in Steinbeck’s Novel of Mice and Men (858 words, 2 pages)

Of Mice and Men In Steinbeck's novel, "Of Mice and Men", there are a verity of themes. Such as loneliness, dreams and the goals set to accomplish them, friendship and loyalty are seen throughout the novel. Loneliness is part of human nature. Everyone gets lonely at one point in his ... Read More

The Symbolism in the Novel of Mice and Men (982 words, 2 pages)

The same gun is used in the same manner to kill two beings, a smelly, old dog and a man named Lennie, in the novel Of Mice And Men. This story deals with love and death while displaying an everyday scenario about friends and isolation. The symbols in this book ... Read More

An Analysis Joy Kogawa’s Novel Obasan (739 words, 1 pages)

I decided to read the novel by Joy Kogawa entitled Obasan. The novel was written in 1981 and told the details of how the Japanese were discriminated against during World War 2. The authors main purpose was to educated the reader on how hard life really was for her family ... Read More

A Synopsis of Chaim Potok’s Novel My Name Is Asher Lev (415 words, 1 pages)

My Name Is Asher Lev My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok Synopsis In this major novel--a wholly new departure for the author of The chosen and The Promise--the reader becomes a galvanized witness to the development of genius, as Chaim Potok traces the making of a great contemporary ... Read More

An Analysis of the Giuseppe Tornatores Film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1084 words, 2 pages)

English Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Essay Question Some characters have an influence over others. Assess the positive and negative influences of characters over others in Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. Giuseppe Tornatores film, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, develops the story of a young boy searching for a father figure. The film explores the paternal ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013