Essays Tagged: "Novel"

What Drives A Man?

om culture to culture. However, in the perception of Okonkwo, the main character in Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, the measure of a man's success is based on two elements, material acquisit ... had returned to find that the warlike Umuofia people had become soft like women. The climax of the novel comes when Enoch, a converted Ibo, interrupted the annual worship ceremony of the earth goddes ...

(6 pages) 123 1 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Charles Dickens' novel, Hard Times

Charles Dickens' novel, Hard Times, is a story of two struggles--the struggle offact versus imagination and the strug ... d the struggle between two classes. It takes place inCoketown, and industrial-age English city. The novel is divided into two sections. Onedeals with the struggle of upper class members of society and ...

(1 pages) 98 1 4.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens¹s Great expectations

is best not to let people know about his past life where he was just a "common" boy. Throughout the novel, Dickens points out how people sometimes lead two lives that they want to keep separate.The ch ... I later realized that I was just denying who I really am. I have a feeling that, by the end of the novel, Pip will have a better standing of who he really is.

(3 pages) 97 1 4.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

arles Dickens has been acclaimed as one of the foremost satirists of the nineteenth century. In his novel A Tale of Two Cities Dickens finds fault with the social structure of the society. A few of th ... nd drives away. This is showing that all the aristocracy cares about is money. Another place in the novel where Dickens shows the difference between the classes is when the Monseigneur is having his c ...

(2 pages) 89 1 4.8 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Relates Great Expectations to fictional experiences in real life

Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations, authored by Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, is considered one of his finest works of literature. It was indicative of ... th their own. Pip endeavored upon many things that I can see myself doing.From the beginning of the novel Pip had felt an impending feeling of guilt. It is a common theme in Great Expectations and is ... like less of a person just like Pip did.Pip has also felt extreme amounts of stress throughout the novel. Everyone is always encouraging him to satisfy his 'great expectations'. I have been pressured ...

(3 pages) 73 0 4.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls

ay Berry encounters, and indicate how they help or hinder Jay Berry the protagonist in Wilson Rawls novel Summer of the Monkeys Thesis: Before Jay Berry succeeds his goal he encounters many con ... rry to realize his goal of catchingJimbo and the rest of the escaped circus monkeys. In Wilson Rawlsnovel Summer of the Monkeys Jay Berry Lee encounters many obstaclesin his way of succeeding his goal ...

(4 pages) 52 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Nike Carroway in the Great Gatsby

ere arenot too many people would like to be a normal, thoughtful norneutral person. However, in the novel, The Great Gatsby, byScott Fitzgerald, one of the character name is Nike Carroway, hewas the g ... of the character name is Nike Carroway, hewas the good and neutral narrator. It was because, in the novel,he analyzed all of the things with regard to accuracy ofobservation.In The Great Gatsby, when ...

(3 pages) 99 0 3.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The many differences between James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles

The many differences between James Steerforth and Tommy TraddlesIn the novel, David Copperfield, Charles Dickens contrasts many different characters. The main two characte ... life, Sophy. She and Traddles have two boys and they are living a happy family life. In this novel, Charles Dickens shows contrast between several of the main characters. He shows these charact ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is a novel of "Passionate jealousy, sniveling hypocrisy, cold hearted, sexual degradation, sexual exploitaion and much morefff

'David Copperfield' is a novel of "Passionate jealousysniveling hypocrisy cold hearted fraud, sexual degradation, selfishexpl ... f joytempered and mellowed wisdom" Discuss.David Copperfield is probably one of the most successful novels of all time. I believe it has inspired many readers to a full life with great success. The no ... o him: and what better way than a biography closely related to Dickens himself. We could call it a 'Novel of personal memory' but we have to keep in mind the full original title: 'The Personal History ...

(5 pages) 78 1 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

critical analysis of change in A Tale of Two Cities

ever, love, they say, is strong; Carton's love for Lucy changed himgreatly though the course of the novel. He stopped drinking when he visited, and evenpledged his life to her, and everyone she loved. ... e compassionate woman one would assume of a leader of a revolution againsttyranny. This part of the novel casts a shadow of doubt over the rest of the characters,and one begins to question the validit ...

(2 pages) 75 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

The court system, and it's capability to put innocent people into jail or to death as seen in the book A Tale of Two Cities

lty one. Though it usually makes a just decision, the legal system can sometimes err.Throughout the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Charles Darnay, a character in the book, was put to t ...

(2 pages) 66 1 4.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

"No Longer at Ease" by Chinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer

ian writer claims he wrote with specific purposes, having goals he wished to accomplish through his novels. In this paper I will use two of his works to demonstrate the ways in which Achebe held true ... e the ways in which Achebe held true to his intentions. I will use themes and scenes present in his novels to demonstrate that he does present an accurate view of daily Ibo village life in Things Fall ...

(7 pages) 188 1 3.3 Nov/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Symbolism in Grapes of Wrath

f the citizens of America during the 1930's in his book The Grapes of Wrath.The first aspect of the novel that must be looked at when viewing the symbolic nature is that of the characters created by S ... eing crucified and asks his Father to forgive them, for they knew not what they were doing. In this novel, even the title is a Christian allusion. The title is 'a direct Christian allusion, suggesting ...

(11 pages) 192 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Animal Farm Comparison

ANIMAL FARM COMPARISONAnimal Farm is a novel about farm animals running a farm and becoming self sufficient. It is a story with great detai ... . This book was meant to show you that not everything ends as a happy ending.Animal Farm was a good novel. Animal Farm the movie was a bad rendition of the movie. It lacked in suspense, surprise, and ... Though the story is the same the details that help the story lacked in the movie. Animal Farm, the novel, is a lot better than its movie version.

(2 pages) 94 0 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Book Review of "The Color Purple"

f a poor, black oppressed woman in the early twentieth century. Walker does social criticism in her novel, mostly criticizing the way black women were treated in the early twentieth century. Walker us ... es of Celie to illustrate her social criticism.The Color Purple is not written in the style of most novels. The author does not tell us everything about the characters, the setting, and why the charac ...

(2 pages) 286 4 3.8 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Women Behind King Arthur

story of the women who stood behind King Arthur during his infamous reign in the Middle Ages. This novel explains the reasoning and decisions that Arthur made in the women's perspective. The Mists of ... is a central part of the story, and Arthur's loyalty to and betrayal of Avalon another part.In this novel, the legend of King Arthur is for the first time told through the lives, the visions, and the ...

(7 pages) 82 0 4.3 Nov/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Marriage: The Perfect Ending to Pride and Prejudice

case in the early nineteenth century England setting of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. In the novel, Miss Elizabeth Bennet is a lively, independent woman, whose family's financial situation and ... igid and proper man, who falls in love with Elizabeth, despite their differences. By the end of the novel, Elizabeth and Darcy learn to compromise, and, in doing so, become truly happy. In marrying, t ...

(8 pages) 323 1 4.6 Jan/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Beloved, by Toni Morrison

BelovedIn the Novel Beloved, by Toni Morrison unmasks the horrors of slavery, and depicts its aftermath on African ... ed lends a gateway to understanding the trials and tribulations of the modern African American. The Novel has many things that occur that are very striking, most of which have to deal with the treatme ... hs African Americans were willing to go to avoid enslavement of themselves or their children.In the novel the most extreme case of someone avoiding enslavement comes from the main character when she a ...

(3 pages) 186 0 3.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Black Boy autobiography by Richard Wright,

of a young African-American boy's thoughts and outlooks on life in the South while growing up. The novel is 288 pages, and was published by Harper and Row Publishers in ©1996. The main subject, ... y's move to Memphis in 1914. Though not always successful, Richard's rebellious nature pervades the novel. This is best illustrated by his rebellion against his father. He resents his father's the nee ...

(4 pages) 91 0 3.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Of Mice and Men

a 'virtual' movie. That is what separates them from each other. John Steinbeck is the author of the novel Of Mice and Men. The film director of the reproduced Of Mice and Men movie is Gary Sinice. Of ... tter than the mind. The movie also shows how angry they really get, when you are supposing with the novel. The book I think is a better story. It has much more detail, content, and violence than the m ...

(2 pages) 115 0 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis