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values and morals in the novel Essay Examples

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Moral Panic against Violence in the Media (904 words, 2 pages)

The Media Effects Debate Moral Panics A moral panic is a term used to describe a sudden flurry of conservative attitudes towards the media (usually film or music) when something which is perceived as too shocking or graphic is released to the public. For example when the film Reservoir Dogs ... Read More

The Contribution of the Puritan Covenant to American Ethic and Morals (448 words, 1 pages)

Covenants and contracts are all around ussome serious, some not so serious. In the seventeenth century, a particular group of colonists, the Puritans, made covenants a part of their daily living. They took the voyage to the New World as a way of escaping religious intolerance, with the hope of ... Read More

An Analysis of Thomas Mann’s Novel The Magic Mountain (2206 words, 5 pages)

OUTLINE I.Introduction II.Thomas Mann A.Biography B.Manns other works III.The Magic Mountain A.Summary of the novel B.Commentary C.Issues mentioned in the book IV.Conclusion A.Impact the book had on me The Magic Mountain written by Thomas Mann is a beautiful, rich novel which presents the major philosophical ideas of our civilization in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character in the Novel The Long Dream (828 words, 2 pages)

I choose this this particiular book because I was interested in knowing in Black culture The Long Dream was during the Jim Crow's Law Era, which segregated blacks and whites.The political figures in the book was the Chief of Police Cantly, whoi takes bribes to keep illegal businesess from being ... Read More

Elements of Fear in Yann Martel’s Novel Life of Pi (430 words, 1 pages)

Elements of Fears In Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi", Pi seems to be shocked and terrified by many fear factors such as the sinking of his ship, being alone with Richard Parker (The Bengal Tiger), the death of zebra, the death of hyena and so on. All these fear ... Read More

An Analysis of Elwin Leper Lepellier’s Novel A Separate Place (815 words, 2 pages)

The Letter "I have escaped and need help. I am at the Christmas location. You understand. No need to risk address here. My safety depends on you coming at once. Your best friend, Elwin Leper Lepellier. The letter at the end of chapter nine presents provocative and unexpected new events ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie and the Novel The Last of the Mohicans (613 words, 1 pages)

The Last of the Mohicans - The Power of Love The Last of the Mohicans is a film based on the novel of the same name. It's a fictional story set in the year 1757, during the French and Indian War. Though it takes place in the midst of a ... Read More

The Theme of Parental Affection in the Novel Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood (816 words, 2 pages)

Parental affection is crucial in a childs life especially druing their formative years. Abscence of this loveing and tender behaviour can be detrimental to the child in their later life. In the novel Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood, the main character Elaine Risley has sufered many emotional conditiona such as ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1271 words, 2 pages)

The Jungle Essay Evidence 1 The house that Jurgis and his family had bought was not new at all as they had supposed it was about fifteen years old, and there was nothing new upon it but the paint, which was so bad that it needed to be put on ... Read More

The Evolution of the Character of Pip in the Novel Great Expectations (1348 words, 2 pages)

Over the course of Great Expectations, Pip learns lifelong lessons that result from guiltiness, humiliation, and over-confidence. He evolves from a young boy filled with innocence to a selfish, young man, and finally into a man who has true concern for others. Pip goes through three stages in the novel ... Read More

The Irony in Shirley Jackson’s Novel The Lottery (536 words, 2 pages)

The Irony in 'The Lottery' Shirley Jackson wrote the story 'The Lottery.' A lottery is typically thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is what is lost. Point of views, ... Read More

A Brief Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald and a Summary of His Novel the Great Gatsby (1745 words, 3 pages)

Author- Born in St. Paul Minnesota, Fitzgerald was born to a wealthy family that both admired and revered their successful ancestry. A failure at Princeton, he would go on to write numerous novels and short stores that both illustrated and reflected the people of his era the Jazz age. In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Economic Forces in the Novel the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (400 words, 1 pages)

Economic Forces In the movie and or novel The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck approaches and takes on, many political and social problems that the depression held. One topic that seems to be overlooked is how the storyline has many examples of economic forces at work in the film. One ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Success in Ayn Rand’s Novel The Fountainhead (762 words, 1 pages)

The Fountainhead Success is an achievement of something desired, planned or attempted and in some cases this does not come easy. But is it easier to become successful while having morals at the same time? In the beginning of the novel, "The Fountainhead," Ayn Rand shows through her characters that ... Read More

An Analysis of Moral Standards in Civilized Society (1422 words, 2 pages)

The moral standards of a civilized society are based on the collective beliefs of the people who constitute the society. It is utterly unacceptable for a person to end another person's life. Life is considered to precious to lose from any means. Killing by negligence is viewed as immoral as ... Read More

An Analysis of the novel The Child Buyer by John Hersey (1468 words, 2 pages)

THE CHILD BUYER The novel The Child Buyer is a story of an investigation into the activities of Mr. Wissey Jones, a stranger who comes to the town of Pequot on information of national defense. The business of Mr. Wissey Jones is to buy for his corporation children of certain ... Read More

An Analysis of the Problems in the Novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1016 words, 2 pages)

The novel, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, has a plot that is filled with an extraordinary amount of problems. Or so it seems as you are reading it. However, it comes to your attention after you have finished it, that there is a common thread running throughout the book. There ... Read More

A Short Analysis of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1037 words, 2 pages)

The sea, farmed land, an imagined other world - often the setting of a prose work, takes on the importance beyond that of simply providing the characters with a background against which to act out their lives. In any prose work which you have studied show the importance of the ... Read More

Edna Pontellier’s Fight for Independence Rights in the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin (847 words, 1 pages)

The Awakeing A Woman's Fight for Independence Right from the beginning the plot is almost conveniently evident. You find a woman, Edna Pontellier, tired of living her life as a pampered and "owned" wife and mother. She is searching for much more in her life, some sort of meaning for ... Read More

An Analysis of Michael Crichton’s Novel The Andromeda Strain (340 words, 1 pages)

Summary The Andromeda Strain is a strain that gets caught on a satellite that's orbiting the earth. Due to an accident, the satellite comes crashing down to earth. It lands in a remote part of the country and the government decides to investigate. When they send a team of two ... Read More

The True American Dream in the Novel The Great Gatsby (1197 words, 2 pages)

The "True" American Dream In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a vivid portrait of life in the Jazz Age. Taking place in between World War I and the Great Depression, people during this time were all trying to achieve their own version of the American Dream. ... Read More

The Concept of Alienation in Frankenstein, a Novel by Mary Shelley (1860 words, 3 pages)

Alienation, as defined in this analysis, refers to a psychological and sociological phenomenon whereby a person experiences a separation, withdrawal, or loss of affection from an object, unit or group to which he was formerly attached (Alienation). The concept of alienation was primarily developed in the nineteenth-century writings of Marx, ... Read More

A Comparison of the Importance of Friendship and Country from a Moral Viewpoint (445 words, 2 pages)

E.M. Forster makes a bold statement when he declares that he would rather betray his country than betray his friend. Forster takes a very moral stand on the issue and states that a friendship is often more important than a government's actions or society's beliefs. His opinion regarding the value ... Read More

The Theme of Love in the Novel Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (831 words, 2 pages)

Loving is a much more positive experience than being loved. In order to love, one must come to accept one to the extent that one is able to express his own emotions toward another person. A particular divinity can be experienced through loving others. While being loved does not necessarily ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Tess D’Urberville by Hardy (763 words, 1 pages)

Tess is faced with many different levels of happiness, from pure joy to absolute unhappiness. As she moves from location to location, the settings of these places portray Tess's joy. From her pure happiness at Talbothay's Dairy, to the turning point of Tess's joy at the old D'Urberville house, to ... Read More

An Analysis of a Separate Peace, a Coming-Of-Age Novel by John Knowles (1041 words, 2 pages)

A Separate Peace John Knowles Setting The work is set at Devon, a private boarding school in New Hampshire on the Atlantic Coast during World War II. Two rivers run through the school's campus, one is the Devon River (fresh water) and the other is the Naguamsett River (salt water, ... Read More

A Comparison between the Novels The Bridges of Madison County and Ethan Frome (1519 words, 2 pages)

THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY AND ETHAN FROME COMPARISON The novels The Bridges of Madison County and Ethan Frome were very exceptional stories. Each novel focused on a hidden love that could not be known to others because of the terrible fate it would case. I thought that the stories ... Read More

A Review of the Novel Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen (401 words, 1 pages)

This book report is on the novel Sword of the Rightful King, written by Jane Yolen. The book is about the newly crowned King Arthur, who rules the kingdom, but not the people's hearts. If he fails to prove his worth. his power will always be in question. Too many ... Read More

An Analysis of the Protagonist of the Scarlet Letter, a Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (337 words, 1 pages)

The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter is an interesting and very dynamic character. Hester is a brave woman, which was not a very common thing in the days of the Puritans. She is braver than Dimmesdale, and is able to shoulder the blame of two people. Hester is very accepting, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Preface of The Scarlet Letter, a Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (488 words, 1 pages)

Semi-fictional, this chapter explains how the romance of The Scarlet Letter came to presented as a story to the audience. Having always wanted to be a "literary man," the writer talks about his three-year stint as a Surveyor in the Salem Custom House. Mostly filled with older gentlemen, the workplace ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013