Rajivkuma I.B. English Period A Mr. Mc Ternan The Dominance of the Physical A theme is presented in every novel to give the readers an idea of the subject matter being discussed. Both novels, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Ma...

"Writers often use the physical landscape of a text as being an integral part of the emotional landscape of the characters." Discuss how this is done with reference to one novel you have read. The conventional use of setting by writers of prose fiction is a key element which helps to c...

I found "The River" an intriguing tale, full of mystery and unexplained phenomenon. If someone if unaware of the whole book, Kindred, or even of the writer's actual purpose for penning it, he cannot put The River in the perspective of slave narrative. Rather he could enjoy the chapter...

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes of a common Romantic novel such as dark laboratories, the moon, and a monster; however, Frankenstein is anything but a common novel. Many lessons are embedded into this no...

Frankenstein Essay Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley is a complex novel that was written during the age of Romanticism. It contains many typical themes of a common Romantic novel such as dark laboratories, the moon, and a monster; however, Frankenstein is anything but a common novel. Many lessons...

In the classic novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, there are several literary elements conveyed. One major literary element that is implied in the story is theme. Theme plays a major role because it conveys the message that the author is trying to communicate to the reader about life and la...

Textual integrity requires a composer to be constantly aware of all the elements of a work, especially the writers values. Discuss the relationship, textual integrity and values in your understanding and interpretation of Cloudstreet. Textual integrity is important in the construction ...

The theme of the plight of the individual in the novels is reinforced through each of the main characters\' search for who he truly is. The main character in each novel both experience a search for his true identity. For example, in Rule of the Bone, the main character, Bone, is too young to make ...

The House of Seven Gables: What are the effects of "Romance" used in the novel-as defined by Hawthorne in his Preface-on the moral of the story? In The House of Seven Gables Hawthorne uses Romantic elements to make the moral of the story more believable. The romantic elements of the nov...

During a person's lifetime, that person may embark upon many different types of journeys. In a piece of literature, the journey motif is a distinctive idea, or theme that is elaborated on. The main character, John Wheelwright, from John Irving's, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Jake Barnes...

Disorientation leads to knowledge. Man can learn from being in a situation that is unfamiliar to him. No matter what one learns from a teacher, a parent, or a book, the only way to ever learn something is to experience it. Whether it is a job, sport, or learning survival, in order to...

Mary Shelley's masterwork, "Frankenstein," tells the gothic tale of a curious scientist, Victor Frankenstein, yearning to mimic the life-giving act of Mother Nature. His creature does not turn out to be all that he expected, and the story deals with the conflict between Victor and his creature...

In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Ralph's idealistic nature, his influences as the leader and his continuous conflict with Jack contribute to the tragedies that befall the tribe of young boys during their habitation of the Island. After the initial tribe organization, some of the boys...

Isolation as portrayed in Ethan Frome and Acquainted With the Night In both the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and the poem Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost, the theme of isolation was quite evident. In the two of these literary works, the main characters are isolated both em...

At the beginning of the novel, Joan Lindsay reveals Mrs. Appleyard as an Experience woman, strong mined, respectable, reliable, seen to have control of everything, etc. She had all it was expected to be a English Headmistress. Thought the novel we can see that Mrs. Appleyard changes drastically (...

In times of war, people and societies change to adapt to the lifestyle war brings with it. In John Knowles' A Separate Peace the characters must adapt to the lifestyle brought forth by World War II. Some make it through these times better than others and some just don't make it at all. Thi...

After years of abuse, both physically and emotionally, Celie discovers herself searching for some self-respect. Fonso, Celie's abusive father, forces her to marry Albert, also abusive by nature. Celie finds a degree of hope through Albert's mistress, Shug. Shug serves as a tremendous force in Celie'...

In novels, sometimes characters that are not seen or heard from much in the story play a very large part. They impact every aspect of the novel including plot, characters and theme. Characters like this do not really have any speaking parts or have any real physical contact with the main character...

Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is the story of a poor man in Russia whomentally destroys himself of his guilt through pain and suffering. Itanalyzes the mental and physical conflicts brought upon himself by his crime.His complications are put together by the conflicting personalities which hesh...

The characters that live in the town of Winesburg Ohio somehow personify a condition of psychic deformity which seems to be the consequence of some crucial failure in all of their lives. There are many symptoms of their recoil from pure sexual contact in the truest form to drunkenness. In Winesbur...

The opening of a story plays a significant role in introducing the ideas and issues that are addressed in a story. 'We all fall down' by Robert Cormier is no exception to this. The opening of Cormier's book introduces the issues of deception, destruction and the idea that an event ca...

In Albert Camus?novel The Stranger, we are introduce to Meursault, the protagonist of the novel. Meursault in part one of the novel is depicted as a worldly hedonist who only find pleasure in physical aspects of life. However in part two of the novel, Meursault undergoes a drastic change. He focuses...

I n the novel The Lord of the Flies the character Piggy takes on the role of peace keeper. Piggy conducts himself in a democratic manner. Piggy is obviously the most intelligent boy on the island. However his lack of social skills prevents him from maintaining order within the tribe. The dream of a ...

Moby Dick The character of Ishmael had a critical impact on the novel. Ishmael's character allows the reader to relate to a love for nature and the earth, as well as a feeling of inner peace and serenity. His attitude, thoughts, and feelings permitted me, as the reader, to explore two sim...

Crime and Punishment is a book written by Fyodor Dostoevsky who spent four years at a labour camp in Siberia, followed by four years of military service. Raskolnikov's time in a Siberian prison, described in the Epilogue of Crime and Punishment, is based on Dostoevsky's own experiences at a similar ...