"We Were the Mulvaneys," a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, delves into the complexities of family, identity, and societal expectations. Through the lens of the Mulvaney family's experiences, Oates explores themes of innocence, tragedy, and resilience. This AP Literature essay will analyze the novel's central...
"Haroun and the Sea of Stories" by Salman Rushdie is a captivating novel that seamlessly weaves together the realms of imagination and reality. Through the protagonist's whimsical journey, Rushdie explores the power of storytelling to shape perceptions, challenge oppression, and restore a sense of wonder....
Introduction 'Dear Martin' is an excellent novel for young adults written by American author Nic Stone. This is her debut novel and it specializes in discussing and portraying racism in the society. The novel is about an African American high school student named Justyce who...
Exploring the Boundaries of Fiction and Nonfiction Every book, short story, or novel ever written will have bits and pieces of fiction inside of it, and every different type of writing is considered to be a story. What exactly is a story? According to the...
Introduction J.M. Coetzeeâs Disgrace suggests that certain scenes throughout the novel played significant roles that were crucial for David Lurie to develop remorse and provide subsequent action. In the novel, multiple controversial scenes transpired that created dishonor for Professor Lurie but also regret. These scenes...
Introduction Disgrace was written in 1999, by the author, J.M Coetzee. Born in South Africa in 1940, Coetzee grew up during a time called apartheid, meaning: âa policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of raceâ. In Disgrace, the drama of violence and...
Introduction Social divisions in Borough Park, Brooklyn can shape an individualâs lifestyle through many factors. The novel Brooklyn by Colm TĂłbĂn shows this through the characters Tony and Eilis. The education and economic opportunities that Tony receives are based on his parentsâ social status while...
Achebe says, âThere is no story that is not true.â People tell a story for a great reason, the reason to share with the world to people, to understand what they are feeling deep inside them. Even if the story isnât accurate, it may be...
Most of the time Kurt Vonnegutâs Slaughterhouse-Five is considered to be an anti-war novel, however, there are moments in the novel where Vonnegut challenges his readers in questioning their character's perception of time by having the unusual structure of storytelling. We can appreciate this novel...
I am here to talk to you about how the book 'Of Mice and Men' is pessimistic with the following: incomplete dreams, and ruined friendships. My evidence overshadows what is optimistic. If they think this book is full of a happy future and harmlessness, they...
Craig Silveyâs Australian novel âJasper Jonesâ highlights the importance of an outsider to make the readers feel connected and helps to show how a single persons biased view can affect everyone, when it comes to human experience the representation of an outsider helps to shape...
Suspense is dominant in both Poeâs and Shelley's novels. However, suspense is demonstrated similarly and differently by the two authors. Firstly, in the short story âThe Tell- Tale Heartâ Poe used the technique of suspense efficiently by employing frantic diction and first-person point-of-view to bring...
Guilt is one of the central themes and the center of the whole novel as readers' thoughts of guilts towards Perry and Dick vary as we learn more about their past. Regardless of who pulled the triggered and committed the actual murder, I think both...
The Virgin Suicides is an american novel written byËJeffrey Eugenides and published in 1993. It is the first novel written by Jeffrey Eugenides, it is a tragedy novel. This novel deals with adolesence, love, death. The novel tels the story of the Lisbon sisters, from...
In the book, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls talks about her unusual childhood of constant poverty and the chaos and confusion of her dysfunctional parents and their nomadic lifestyle. What is so cool about Jeanetteâs story is that although Jeanetteâs parents were irresponsible, neglectful and...
The flexible nature of Igbo community manifests itself in several ways in the novel. It is reflected in Uchenduâs assertion that the old and new generation do not have much in common concerning the willingness to keep relationships secure. Uchendu represents the past generation who...
Most of the authors in the literary devices intend to pass certain and specific messages to their audience. Majority of them evaluate the happenings in the society. As such, the messages aim at changing the society towards the ability by the people to maintain the...
The horrendousness of the truth is often masked by the distortion of the reality that is present in truth. The purpose behind George Orwellâs 1984 was to expose this truth of the world in a manner that would not take away from what was plainly...
Life is an inconsistency. It is excellent and hard. It is confinements and opportunity. It is everything and some of the time insufficient. It is incomprehensible but, the conceivable outcomes are unfathomable. It is baffling, in light of the fact that while it is every...
Societies can interconnect human life but can also isolate people from each other with the technology within. Station Eleven is a novel about a society devolving into a Dystopia, but it also explores what a society is. Mandel explores society through different perspectives by describing...
The Glass Castle written by Jeannette Walls is autobiographical account of her unusual and unconventional childhood. The book begins with Walls describing a lunch she had with her mother and describing how ashamed she was of her mother because she was homeless and shameless about...
The Glass Castle, Walls Jeannette, shared her experiences growing up with parents who are totally acting differently from a normal society. Their strange behaviors made Jeannette and her siblings struggling with how they should interact with society. However, Jeannette was having a problem with her...
Flannery O'Connor illustrates the religious decay of the south through the creation of flawed, contradicted and evil characters in her story, âA Good Man is Hard to Find.â Though they appear to be complete opposites described within the text, the Grandma and The Misfit share...
Nobody would ever believe that an innocent diversion of kite flying could turn into an epic tale of betrayal and in the end, eventual redemption. Khaled Hosseini in The Kite Runner manages to weld this activity with the journey of one man from betrayer to...
John Steinback was an author of many novels and also won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writing. One novel he wrote was Of Mice and Men which focused on two characters Lennie and George who dream of living on...
Betrayal is a common motif in Kite Runner, and it happens on numerous occasions, mainly with Baba and Amir. Baba betrays Ali, Hassan, and in a way Amir himself by secretly being the father of Hassan with Aliâs wife. Amir betrayed Hassan when he watched...
The history of humanity has been riddled with new diseases and mass pandemics that have threatened the collapse of society. In todayâs media, artists like to imagine a world where this disastrous event does happen, when medicine fails and the world is thrust into a...
I would highly recommend The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Glass Castle (2017) directed by Destin Daniel Cretton to anyone who needs a good laugh and cry! I believe that anyone who is of a mature age can enjoy the memoir and film...
The representation of female gender is mostly sloppy and biased. It is belief that men are the bulwark of any society. However, their contribution to the overall development of mankind and the nature in general is great. Women on the other hand is saddled with...
Abstract: Women are given the position of âsecond sexâ since the time immemorial. They have been subjected to have a secondary treatment and they are deprived of the opportunities which are enjoyed by men. This discrimination pushes the fair sex into the background position and...
The adventurous and dangerous life of Olympic Runner Louis Zamperini in the book Unbroken isnât just for entertainment. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a biography of an Olympic runner Louis Zamperini who enlisted in the air force and when his plane crashes he becomes a...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieâs novel Purple Hibiscus unleashes the lives of two young characters Kambili, the main character and Jaja, her older brother, that are brought up by a religiously rigid father, Papa, who adheres to Catholicism consequently overshadowing his paternal love. Papa eventually punishes his...
When raised in a country hindered by the hardships of domestic violence, voicing one's true thoughts can often carry savage consequences, Purple Hibiscus is no exception. When the voice of the Achike family is confined in an oppressive society and home under Eugene, an authoritarian...
Boccaccio presents an earthly system of justice to show how messy human life is. This tells us that the divine system of justice (one that Dante adheres to) does not fit with the complications that life presents us. Danteâs use of his moral system, which...
Some of the most important, famous and infamous things happened on a Tuesday. In late October of 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, a leading factor that led to the Great Depression. This is famously called Black Tuesday. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces...
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is one of the most interesting books that I've at any point perused. This true to life piece has even made me have an alternate point of view and made me consider the lesson of the story in an edifying manner....
In the northwestern United States, there is a small island called 'San Piedro', where the Hatsue of the Japanese girl was born. She is graceful, gentle, and hardworking. She and the white boy, Ishmael, grew up together and lived together for a long time. With...
Though the definition of great literature is ultimately indefinite and variable to an individual, it generally possesses several universal traits. Great literature is not only a one-time read; it is something that delivers a strong moral that stays applicable despite its time and cultural context....
This entry begins with Jack starting his first year in high school. He saved eighty dollars which he had either solen or earned. He fantasizes of going to Alaska to escape and plans to take his mother with him. He and Arthur confide in each...
Don Delillo's White Noise has a plethora of character's in the short novel that are dynamic and static. We are introduced to the main character Jack Glady and his family who are major characters and drive the story forward. They are all of varying degrees...
Joseph Heller's novel âCatch-22â is a story that follows Yossarian, a bombardier stationed on the island Pianosa, by the Italian coast in the Mediterranean. His goal being to finally be discharged from combat. While following Yossarainâs plight we are shown details through Hellerâs different literary...
With the release of her first novel White Teeth in 2000, Zadie Smith immediately made the world fall in love with the novelist, essayist, and short story writer that she is. Close to two decades, five more novels, and many short stories later, the English...
Anita Desaiâs cry the Peacock is a powerful novel representing the estranged relationship of a Husband and his wife. The dreams of a simple, loving and admiring girl come to tatters after her marriage to Gautam, a practical minded and romantically dull husband. Maya, a...
Anita Desaiâs Cry, the Peacock portrays the trauma of a married woman inflicted by a male dominated society. She gets enslaved by the belief that her family male members are her protectors. Once she realizes that they cut her off from their family domain, she...
Exile is a central idea present in the Poisonwood Bible and is displayed through the character, Adah Price. Adah Price is plagued by Hemiplegia, a genetic disorder that causes one whole side of her body to be limp. Due to her disorder, she has only...
The Russian novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses physical objects such as the spoon, bread, hat, and parcels, to represent Shukhov's inner struggle to survive his circumstances. Hidden throughout the book are symbols used to convey the deeper...
The present study is an interpretation of women novelists of the Victorian age and their significant works. The Victorian era is known for the galaxy of female novelists. It was an era of material affluence, political awakening, democratic reforms, industrial and mechanical progress, scientific advancement,...
Perhaps a more fitting title for this novel is The Pursuit of Courage, as each interaction showed 18-year-old Henry Flemming learning to find courage. Henry's mind was a canvas painted upon with fantasies of warfare on par with the works of Homer. Encouraged to enlist...
Literature can have a far-reaching impact on society as it conveys and introduces emotion, catalyzes one towards action, and creates an awareness which, often times, leads to social change. One of the most influential American books ever written, Uncle Tomâs Cabin had a clear and...
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a literary masterpiece that explores the issues of racism, slavery, and societal norms prevalent in the antebellum South. Twain's use of satire, irony, and humor in the novel enables him to address these issues effectively, making it...
The story starts with a scene of dinner in the Time travellerâs house where he was telling the guest about how Time is the fourth dimension and just like other three dimension we can move in time also. He shows the guests a small clock...
The narrative structure of The Mystery of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde There were two narratives in this novel, the main narrative was a third person played by Mr. Utterson, and the second narrative which is at the end of the novel was a first...
Written between the years 1387 and 1400, âThe Canterbury Tales,â is a collection of stories written by the great Geoffrey Chaucer. Told by characters who are on a pilgrimage to none other than Canterbury itself, each person gets their own story to tell to help...
To start off with, the tone of the passage can be best described as humorous; the âPardonerâ is making a joke out of his profession and the people who believe his words. He tells the story of how he goes about his work in an...
Many writers use symbolism in there writing to add more life behind the words. They often use common symbols or uncommon symbols. Pieces of literature from back then use more uncommon symbols then modern works. Symbolism is a figure of speech that is utilized when...
In Octavia Butlerâs Parable of the Sower, she emphasizes on the degradation of the world in relation to the environment and the ecological impact on cities and the what if of what could happen if problems increase and the mindset and actions of the people...
Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is a true crime novel that follows the brutal murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. Capote meticulously recounts the events leading up to the murder and its aftermath, examining the psychological and emotional state of both...
James Joyce shows the struggle of paralysis and inaction in making changes in his characterâs life. Eveline is a very static character. We believe that Eveline is truly going to make the decision to leave with Frank to another country; but as we come to...
Setting Angelaâs Ashes by Frank McCourt takes place in New York and Ireland during the times of the Great Depression and WW2. Summary Angelaâs Ashes by Frank McCourt is a memoir in which McCourt tells stories and struggles of his childhood. The story begins with...
In the novel, The Stranger by Albert Camus, Meursault is a French man who just had his mother pass away. However, Meursault while he may not realize it is an existentialist. As we see him progress through the novel we notice that he lacks the...
One of the remarkable books by Charles Dickens was his first novel, Oliver Twist that tried to paint the picture of his beliefs on how poverty may cause one to perform atrocious acts. He captures the image of penurious London netherworld. The novel focuses on...
Oliver Twist, a novel written by one of historyâs most well known author, Charles Dickens, shows exactly how brutal life can be for a person without a proper place in society. Set during the Industrial Revolution era of Great Britain, Oliver Twist is a boy...
Colonialism has often been regarded as the struggle, policy, or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it and exploiting it economically. E.M Forsterâs novel A Passage to India reveals the true picture of colonialism in the subcontinent. The discussion...
What is Fear? (âFear refers to an emotion or feeling induced by a perceived or threat of danger, which yields a physiological change that, subsequently, evokes a behavioral response (e.g. fight, flight, or freeze) Fear 2019â). Nothing about this description implies fun or pleasure yet...
Thomas Carlyle states, âIsolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.â Isolation hurts people deeply and causes them to feel useless and lost. Neglect can cause serious psychological damage to an individualâs sense of compassion, their ability to be kind, and how they...
Themes The life of H.G. Wells has a lot to give away to readers. H.G. Wells a real life character that looks like a person from a story. Conceived in England in 1866, H.G. Wells' folks were retailers in Kent, England. His first novel, The...
James Hurst establishes âThe Scarlet Ibisâ by using multiple literary devices such as symbolism. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. The main symbol utilized in the short story is the Scarlet Ibis itself. The bird, Scarlet Ibis, is not the...
In The Scarlet Ibis, symbolism is used as a main story telling element. It expresses the character, Brotherâs, feelings toward all that happens, and shows his connections to events taking place in the story. In the story, the character called Brother learns to deal with...
Women play a vital role in the shaping the development of Ralph Ellisonâs narrator in Invisible Man. Just like the narrator, society depersonalizes women and treats them as if less than human. Both white and black females throughout Invisible Man are virtually invisible and underdeveloped...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel, Americanah, is a powerful work of postcolonial literature that explores themes of identity, race, and cultural displacement. Set in both Nigeria and the United States, the novel tells the story of Ifemelu and Obinze, two young lovers who are forced to...
The book âLike Water for Chocolateâ by Laura Esquivel is a story that is put together by the importance of food and family tradition within a Mexican family. Within the novel, the family is impacted by the importance of these aspects. The youngest daughter Tita...
Introduction One crucial component of any literature text is the associated literary devices used by the author. Stylistic devices, also known as figures of speech, refer to the vital tools of writing that are employed in literary works to create lively and interesting texts. They...
What nobody has asked is, was Alice really in wonderland? Alice and Wonderland is a story that has been passed through various type of mediaâs through years. In edition to Alice and Wonderland Lewis Caroll wrote âThrough the looking-glassâ. âThrough the looking glassesâ, he answered...
Middle Eastern women are still the center of discrimination due to excessive male patriotism. In a nation overflowed with violence, terrorism, and war, women emitionally struggle to maintain hope as they are constantly subjected to persecution in their own homes. In the novel, A Thousand...
Ishiguroâs novel, Never Let Me Go addresses questions about past, present, and future ethics and morals surrounding technological advancements and specifically, cloning humans. Using a thirty-one year old named Kathyâs recollection, narration is used to display the inevitability of loss in a preparatory school for...
The novel Life of Pi demonstrates throughout the book the conflict of reconciling between illusion and reality. Self-perception is oneâs ability to hear, see or become aware of things from their senses. This is demonstrated through the main character of the story Pi who goes...
Introduction The belief of the American Dream was common in the late 1950s. It describes aspirations for recognition, social order, and accomplishment of dreams, no matter the person's origin or status in society. In this essay I will explain more about the way Truman Capote...
For my ISU novel, I have selected The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Iâve completed reading the entire novel, which was an intriguing 287 pages. Iâd say that my comfort level with the novel is fairly high and that my reading level is high as well,...
What would you do if you were coerced into a game where you had to murder other children, and you had to fight people who had been training their entire life for one opportunity - the opportunity of fame and fortune? The Hunger Games by...
The Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger is a classic novel about a young man named Holden Caulfield and his journey into the adult world. Holden has been to many schools and kicked out many times. Holden tells the story of his expulsion...
Heart of Darkness is a literary masterpiece composed by Joseph Conrad that embodied the essence of light contrasting with darkness. When one is separated from their home and culture, the darkness of their heart can often lead to displays of greed, madness, distortion, and evil....
Benita Parry (2005, p.380) suggests in The Moment and Afterlife of Heart of Darkness, that Heart of Darkness is one of the, âmost interpreted books in English Fiction [âŠ] and a key text in both modernism and colonial fictionâ. Published in Blackwoodâs magazine in 1899,...
Ambition is an extremely powerful force that has the ability to take over an individualâs life without the correct comprehension of how to experience it in proper moderation. In the excerpt from, âLate Nights on the Airâ written by Elizabeth Hays, Hays demonstrates the issues...
Mitch Albom, the author of several life-changing books, conveys the theme that, there is a time when all human beings learn the value of time. His novel The Time Keeper states that, 'Man alone measure time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this,...
A round character is defined by their detailed characteristics. Round characters have fully various personalities, desires, backgrounds, and motivations, they often demonstrate changes through their personality which occur through self vs self-conflict which defines the characters personality. At the start of the novel Amir is...
Mark Behrâs first novel, âThe Smell of Applesâ (1995) uses his own experiences of growing up in South Africa in the 1970s, in an Afrikaner family, to describe the social turmoil and racial oppression taking place during the apartheid era. The novel is set in...
Trauma comes in different forms and in todayâs society it has a big focus. With the extensive news coverage on traumatic events occuring in the world such as shootings and terror attacks, people who are not a part of the trauma per say, will become...
Overview The novel, Jonny Appleseed brings to life the two-spirit/Indigiqueer Jonny. As a young Indigenous person Jonny leaves his reservation and moves to Winnipeg, working as a webcam boy to make a living. Jonny has one week to return to the reserve for his step-fatherâs...
A representation of life, thatâs what novel is. Depicting life as it is, novelists account to various techniques in order to represent some of the true colors of their own society, rather generation. Such novelists tend to depend on that inner psychological realm of the...
The experiences and stories of Regeneration are greatly inspired by historical events, sociological influences, and the family history of the author, Pat Barker. Bringing real life poets and their experiences together with a fictional plot surrounding the Great War, Barker was able to produce a...
In "How Much Land Does A Man Need?", Lev Tolstoy delivers a seemingly clear, fable like message: greed is destructive. While listening in on a conversation between his wife and her wealthy sister, PahĂłm, a peasant man, convinces himself that if he owned more land...
ANALYSIS: âTHE LITTLE PRINCE,â A fascinating philosophical tale which is composed by a French pilot, âAntoine de Saint-Exupery.â By going through this novel one can reveal many aspects of life that doesnât really appear to be a matter of consequence; eventually this may upheaval the...
The Art of Writing: How does Thien use historical events, themes, and literary devices? Madeleine Thien dives into Chinaâs history and culture in her novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, making it worthy of studying in both literature and history courses. Thienâs book centers...
It was published in 1933, Schuyler happened to be a journalist, he died in 1977. The novel is one of the page turner book, because it is a very interesting novel. Schuyler uses a lot of factors in writing his book because of his background...
Farah expresses his concern towards the women and sympathizes for them who suffer under the state dictatorship and male dominance. Other than the issue of circumcision, Farah explicitly draws the wrongs done against the women by the officials in state dictatorship. Farahâs female characters are...
Edward G. Lengelâs novel, âInventing George Washingtonâ is a biography based on how George Washington was portrayed and viewed by others throughout his lifetime and the legacy he left behind. Lengel is an author and historian, who has won many awards for multiple writings. In...
According to Google dictionary, âSetting is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. â Kindred, science fiction author Octavia Butler uses setting in her writings as a way to move her characters from one place to...
Ralph Ellison's Battle Royal is a powerful novel that tackles the themes of racism, dehumanization, and the struggle for self-identity in a society that seeks to oppress and marginalize people of color. The novel portrays the harsh realities of African Americans living in a society...
From my opinion, the Utilitarian ethical theory stands appropriate for Mr. John Keating. Utilitarianism is good theory that promotes activities that advance by and large satisfaction or joy and rejects activities that reason misery or hurt. Mr. John Keating was not only a tutor who...
As a humanity we get questioned on what it is to be human, making it one of the most important questions. We tend to complain that life is hard, life is not fair, and being a human is unsatisfactory. We are only given a certain...
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