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Comparative Analysis of William Faulkner's Novels Light in August and The Sound and the Fury

of the Compson family, the offspring of the pioneer Jason Lycurgus Compson" (Classicnotes [1]). Within the family we see a very Fa...

Individual and the Effects of Culture, Environment, and Heritage

shocker. The Father is in actuality a nun who had been fleeing the sins of her past. She comes upon the body of the deceased Fathe...

Beloved by Toni Morrison, Psyche of American Slaves, Ghosts, and Myths

are somewhat consistent with superstitions followed by the slave culture of the time and a segment of the African heritage of the ...

Don Quixote Character Analysis

servant and friend, Sancho Panza, he experiences successes and times of humiliation until he is finally forced by defeat to return...

Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea and Orientalism

those forces and elements in the Eastern culture which are familiar entities in regards to Western society. In order to contain ...

5 Novels on Central American Childhood Experiences

butchery of the horses to try and rip off chunks of horsemeat to take back to feed his family....

Analysis of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

at Christminster in much the same manner as a knight with the Holy Grail. Hardy comments that Jude did not see that "mediaevalism...

Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote and Social Criticism

this political cruelty that is shown nearly crushing his characters in every novel has the danger of becoming common place, and th...

Nurture and Nature in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

nature holds a great sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same ti...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Cultural Products, and Religion

hairy feet. As this suggests, they are humble beings, not heroes. Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is uncle to Frodo Baggins, entrusts ...

Mark Twain's Use of Satire in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

of the Knights of the Round Table and the legend of King Arthur is achieved by Twain in that he juxtaposes the times and belief sy...

Ursula K. LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea

would be punished and powerfully dismissed from the realm of wizards. This is based on the assumption that they "knew better" and ...

Human Nature and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

own view of human nature was that it was filled with darkness at virtually every level. Layers Upon Layers Multi-layered storytel...

The Parallels Between the Progressive Era and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

the bosses, the police, the politicians, and a myriad of other players. Sinclair reveals a dream which is interlaced by theft, pr...

Guy Johnson's Standing at the Scratch Line

the stage for the entire story. Leroi is sent off to the military rather than prison, and we note a sense of understanding that cl...

Mexico

A 5 page paper exploring the language, geography, and culture of Mexico. Six sources....

Henry Fielding's Tom Jones from a Sociological Perspective

he learns his true parentage and realizes his potentialities; he discovers what he really is, himself for himself alone. . . his e...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Supernatural

In five pages this paper examines how supernatural and ghosts were perceived by society during the 19th century in an analysis of ...

Comparing Charles Dickens' Hard Times and Voltaire's Candide

was, historically speaking, the calm before the storm, and Voltaire seemed to sense what was coming. He was often entertaining ro...

Things Fall Apart and the Death of a Hero

Okonkwo was like that, and the fact that his contemporaries in the village considered some of his traits excessive is communicated...

Jack Kerouac's Dharma Bums and East Meets West

religious beliefs. We have these men living in the United States. They are products of a Christian country, and a Christian societ...

Literature and Political Overtones

in his way. For Coreli, the obstacle is nationality versus love, duty to country and duty to mankind. For Levi, it was duty to fai...

The Dream of the Red Chamber and Gender

men have very similar qualities to one another and the women also share similar features but may be split between two prototypes a...

Prejudice and Slavery in Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence

men who have affairs gain the tacit approval of their peers, whereas women are condemned. As Deter (2002) points out, Mr Beauforts...

Contemporary Society and 1984 by George Orwell

an underlying hierarchy of power, as well, that transcends through the populace itself, creating other levels of domination among ...

Hannah Foster's The Coquette

Eliza was unable to decide between her two suitors, the attractive but...

Book Review of Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

In five pages this historical novel that features the Battle of Gettysburg is subjected to a title and content analysis. There is...

Marxist Ideology in The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

In five pages this paper analyzes how John Steinbeck featured Marxist ideology in his classic American novel The Grapes of Wrath. ...

Perception and Civilization in Golding's Lord of the Flies

This paper examines the formation of the severely dysfunctional society in William Golding's classic novel. This five page paper ...