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Jay Gatsby and the Cult of Celebrity

same time he undercuts Gatsby by telling readers that he made his money illegally; he was a bootlegger (he sold illegal whiskey du...

Characterization in Moby Dick by Herman Melville

story. To be sure, Melville possessed a definite sense of the dramatic, which can be witnessed merely by engaging in the rhetoric...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Novel, The Great Gatsby

This paper analyzes F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby. The author argues that the work qualifies as an excell...

Thematic Elements of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

This paper examines the themes of madness and sexual addiction in Bronte's classic novel. This ten page paper has seven sources l...

California and the 1992 Film Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men

featured performer in the action. It visually depicts why Americans have answered the call to Go West since the pioneer days. In...

Symbolism in "The Great Gatsby"

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

The Role of Man in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

has been much experimentation with creation. Test tube babies somehow evolved into the concept of designer babies and couples tryi...

Disillusioned Characters in Brave New World

this brave and controlled new world. Happiness is a mass illusion in this new world order, and as is the case with most widesprea...

Cars and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In 5 pages this paper examines what the car symbolized in this classic novel by John Steinbeck. There are 5 sources cited in the ...

An Analysis of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper analyzes various elements of Shelly's classic novel. This seven page paper has no additional sources listed in the bib...

Reaction to: “The Things They Carried”

early chapters show up again later, as others talk about them. It reminds a reader of those wonderful, wacky conversations that go...

Beatrice C. Mosionier/In Search of April Raintree

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...

The Morality of Frankenstein

because of the gruesome nature of the experiments, he has to be very circumspect about where he lives-another broad hint that he s...

A Feminist Perspective on “Frankenstein”

"varied and prolonged dependence on others" that follows the birth of a normal human (Yousef 197). The creature himself associates...

To Kill A Mockingbird, a 1960s Perspective

adaptation of Harper Lees novel To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robert Mulligan, is a cinema classic that continues to move eac...

Power, Sexuality, and Impotence in The Trial

abuse of this abstract hierarchy of power, which can so easily be turned against an innocent man. The propensity of human beings t...

The Theme of the Old and New in Tugenev's Fathers and Sons

oppression. They are drunken, thieving, grasping, dishonest and completely ignorant. They would rather break a machine than run it...

A Synopsis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's, Love in the Time of Cholera

This paper provides a synopsis and overview of Marquez's classic novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. The author notes Marquez's u...

Fantasy and History in The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende III

In five pages this essay discusses how fantasy and history are represented in Isabel Allende's classic novel. There are no other ...

The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, a Critique

This 5 page paper analyzes the themes of sadness, desperation and emotional need that Thomas Hardy explores in his classic novel T...

The 'Brave New World' of Aldous Huxley

is too tired and busy to have sexual relations with her husband can take a pill. In the first example, some people...

To Kill a Mockingbird and the Theme of Courage

Kill A Mockingbird"). The Radleys would ultimately play a very important part in the novel, and in this humble beginning which ill...

Sofia in 'The Color Purple' by Alice Walker

is told that Sofia is a woman who does not know her place. She should not be allowed to talk back to her husband, or state her own...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Material Wealth

own enjoyment so much as for the enjoyment of others, for the pride he could have when looking at what he achieved through the eye...

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Manipulation of Narrative

of the novel, the other narratives, we do not simply see him as a kind and gentle creature. We also have the narrative that com...

The Persian Letters by Montesquieu

In five pages this classic 17th century novel by Montesquieu is analyzed as it relates to the Scientific Revolution and the Enligh...

Germinal by Emile Zola and Class Consciousness

In six pages this paper examines how class consciousness is developed in this classic novel by Emile Zola. There are no other sou...

Ethical Considerations in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

(Percy Shelley, 205). Martin Tropp adds that "[Percy] Shelleys fascination with the power of science was no doubt linked to his be...

The Monster's Education in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper addresses the education and intellectual abilities of The Creature in Shelley's classic novel. This five page paper ha...

'Double' Theme in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

tales conjure up the dark side that many of us at least half-believe is hidden just beneath the surface of the most conventional l...