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The Banning of The Color Purple by Alice Walker

anyone who has read the book, there are some disturbing scenes in the book that are so powerfully written and detailed that the re...

Abeng by Michelle and Confusion Resulting from Clare's Obsession

Clare is searching and there are reminders along the way that this is a good thing. That said, there are also ideas to denote the ...

Subtitle Significance of 'The Modern Prometheus' in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

understand the consequences of what he has done, and this is reflective of Prometheus who also had no idea what he was really doin...

Gender Satire of Gerd Brantenberg's Egalia's Daughters

theme that is carried throughout the book--namely, that a rationalization for patriarchy sounds absurd when reversed. Little girl...

Chapter Eight of Bleak House by Charles Dickens

funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as me...

Biographical Profile of Zossimov in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Doestoyevsky

serve as a catalyst. It is because of Zossimovs prying and prodding that the reader is able to understand what is going on inside ...

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

of Jake finding purpose and meaning in life through a love relationship, as Brett makes it clear that she is unwilling to renounce...

Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and Resurrection

to than I have ever known" (Dickens 351). V. Conclusion 1. Sums up prevalence of the theme of resurrection and its importance to ...

The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In five pages the author's Russian atheism and socialism conflict is examined within the context of the novel's 6 characters. The...

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

In five pages this paper discusses the novel's protagonist Patrick Lewis in a consideration of the alien or outsider status assign...

Existentialism and 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus

clerk in Algiers, learns of his mothers death in a nursing home. He attends her funeral without any show of sorrow. He neither we...

Social Redemption in Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The various socioeconomic issues presented by Victor Hugo in Les Miserables are discussed in seventeen pages with the novel's Roma...

Reality and Illusion in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

This paper consists of six pages and examines the ongoing conflict between reality and illusion that plagues the novel's protagoni...

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

In ten pages this paper examines the novel's themes and considers Nabokov's author perspectives and where they are rooted. Five s...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

In ten pages this research paper focuses on the novel's protagonist Okonkwo and discusses how he reflects his ideal society's trad...

Artistry in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In eight pages the literary artistry of James Joyce is examined in a consideration of this novel's dramatic form, language, and sy...

Color Symbolism in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

In ten pages this paper examines how the author employs color symbolism in order to enhance the reader's understanding of his nove...

Chapter Analysis of The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy's classic and best known novel, The Return of the Native, is examined in this 5 page paper. The writer analyzes each ...

Howard's End by E.M. Forster

In six pages the novel's development is considered within the context of the words 'only connect' and its relationship to family t...

Using Irony in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses the novel's structure in terms of the influence of irony in its reinforcement. There are no ot...

Feminism and Social Elements in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

This paper examines Shelley's novel from a feminist perspective. The author argues that the novel served as a platform for Shelle...

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and the Marlow Characterization

In 6 pages the novel's narrator characterization is analyzed in a consideration of Marlow's imperialism support and cultural bias ...

Gender Narrative in "Midnight's Children"

Consider: "So gradually Doctor Aziz came to have a picture of Naseem in his mind, a badly fitting collage of her severally inspect...

Twain/Cruelty in Huckleberry Finn

A 12 page research paper on Mark Twain's classic novel Huck Finn. This paper includes a 9 page essay, an annotated bibliography an...

Le Guin/Left Hand of Darkness

eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...

Relationship of Structure and Theme in Rushdie's "Midnight's Children"

the subcontinent ("Midnights Children"). Because the history of India is so rich and varied, the novel is multi-layered and comple...

Morality in The Scarlet Letter

sin and transgression. For example, this discussion could bring out the ways in which both Hester and her daughter Pearl are socia...

The Depression as Backdrop

for anything-they cant save, they cant take any vacations, they can barely manage to pay their bills. They cannot afford to go to ...

Reading, and Writing that Lasts

Saigon; its the real-life slog of the guys out in the field, the ones who took the chance of dying every time they went on patrol....