Mrs Dalloway Clarissa Dalloway is a complex character that is perceived differently by many readers. Her interactions with people throughout the book reveal many things about her personality, but it is hard to decipher her true intentions; is she a deep, thoughtful woman, or a shallow, upper-class snob' Her deep relationship was more than just friendship with Sally Seton; however, her

Powder In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. In these two characters of father and son we see a reflection of many modern day “broken home” situations. The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. Reversed in a way that real life and many modern day family situations have been replicated. The de

The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas’ novel “The Three Musketeers” remains extremely exciting and funny. This novel keeps the reader on the edge the entire time, wondering what will happen next. The novel follows four men that remain insupportable: D’Artagna, Athos, Porthos and Aramis in their heroic acts, D’Artagnan’s love interests and the continues scandals between the Queen, King a

My Antonia My Antonia has been called nostalgic and elegiac because it celebrates the past. The inscription on the title page of My Antonia is a quotation from Virgil: "Optima dies... prima fugit." This sentence, meaning "the best days are first to flee", helps incorporate all the elements of the novel I would like to discuss. It not only makes clear that Willa Cather will deal wi

My Antonia When a person thinks of virtues one might think of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and sincerity. These are all good types of virtues, which makes an individual stronger, more complete and prosperous in a person’s life. To carry all of these virtues in one person we could say is rare or special. In the book, My Antonia, Antonia resembles the characteristics of

Mystery Ranch Mystery Ranch ,by Gertrude Chandler Warner ,is a book that you just never want to put down .This is a book about 4 children who are all brothers and sisters ,and they all live with their grandfather. These children(Benny ,Violet ,Henry ,and Jesse) are all kind caring people, in fact they even went to stay with their aunt just to help her get through her troubles.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Hawthorne’s “Rap puccini’s Daughter” is a timeless short story that still easily applies to common fears of today. Like in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Hawthorne uses literature to address the fascination many of us have with science verses religion. When Hawthorne describes Rappuccini’s creations in the garden, our imaginations could compare the

Nathaniel Hawthorne The Allegorical Nathaniel Hawthorne For my research, I chose Nathaniel Hawthorne. The three short stories I read were, The Minister’s Black Veil, Young Goodman Brown, and Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment. I think that Nathaniel Hawthorne’s stories are interesting. The three that I read all had allegory and symbolism in them. All of the stories include some characteris

The Prince of Tides One theme presented in Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides is that people have difficulty dealing with problems, so they run from them. People handle problems in different ways. Some people try to fix their problems but others don't know what to do and therefore run from them. Running from their problems seems like the right thing to do but in the end it just makes thing

Native American Novels Adversity Alexie and NorthSun write about the problems associated with being a modern American Indian. Much of the adversity is similar to what a majority of people in the world face. Issues of family, relationships, and heritage are presented from the views of two American Indians who know what the reservation life is all about. The Lone Ranger and Tonto F

Native Son Native Son Bigger Thomas has been shaped by various forces. Forces that have changed the life completely for Bigger Thomas. In Native Son, Bigger Thomas seems to be composed of a mass of disruptive emotions rather than a rational mind joined by a soul. Bigger strives to find a place for himself, but the blindness he encounters in those around him and the bleak harshness

Native Son In Richard Wright’s novel, Native Son, Bigger Thomas could possibly be classified as guilty but mentally ill by today’s standards. Stress, anxiety, and aggression in Thomas’ social and romantic relationships, living conditions, family life, and childhood and adolescent experiences are all factors. The older basis for pleading insanity requires the person to be “so severely d

Native Son The Modern Novel Indifference, Fear, and Violence: the Fate of Bigger Thomas Bigger Thomas lives in a world of fear, and hides behind a facade of indifference, often causing his emotions to erupt in violence. This novel portrays of the fate of Bigger, which is unraveled within a few days. Here I will give certain examples of how his emotions get the better of him. To under

Natives Of Lesser Gods Natives of Lesser gods The transition from an urban environment to a rural one has made me realize that the lifestyles of the people in comparison to each area are quite different. The main difference that is visible to me is the speed at which people function in their everyday lives. In the urban environment people walked, talked, and ate fast. In comparison,

Naturalism Essay: The Sun Also Rises Vs. The Grapes Of Wrath For many people in America, anger, discontent, and disillusionment characterized the years immediately following World War One. Society was devastated by a global conflict that resulted in destruction and resentment. Survivors during this time period were labeled, “The Lost Generation.” During these times, literature emerged,

Nature Of Evil In Young Goodman Brown The Nature of Evil in Young Goodman Brown In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, Young Goodman Brown, the author’s primary concern is with the concept of evil and how it affects Young Goodman Brown. Through the use of tone and setting, Hawthorne portrays the nature of evil and the psychological effects it can have on man. He shows how discovering the exis

Nature Vs Nurture Elsie Venner Nature versus Nurture In Elsie Venner: A Romance of Destiny Oliver Wendell Holmes portrays nature versus nurture. Holmes through his character of Elsie Venner is exploring the idea of inherited evil or learned evil. Is Elsie inherently evil because of her ophidian ways passed to her through her mother’s womb or is Elsie evil because of the way she is

Necklace “The Necklace” The theme of Guy de Maupassant story “The Necklace” seems to be suggested by the line, “What would have happened if Mathilde had not lost the necklace'”. Mathilde Loisel grew up in poverty and had no expectations in life. When she got married, her and her husband would sit around the dinner table and imagine they were eating a luxurious meal. They would imagine us

Neurosis Versus Stability Neurosis Versus Stability Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the voice of women in the civilized world has steadily grown. The twentieth century showed further gender equality by the granting of women's suffrage, whereas previously voting rights were limited to the male population. The inspirational women who led this and similar movements were

Neither Wolf Nor Dog Neither Wolf nor Dog The book is seen through the eyes of an old man named Dan. He is an elderly Indian Lakota man that lives in North Dakota. Kent Nerburn is the author in the book, but he too is one of the main characters in the book. Nerburn is asked by Dan to write a book, pertaining to lives of his Indian people, and the mistakes they made trusting the white pe

Never-ending Dreams In The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros, Esperanza’s dreams and desires are not prevented despite her poverty. The vignettes ‘The House on Mango Street’, ‘My Name’ and ‘Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes’ best show the position she is in and the way she deals with all of the experiences that come her way. Poverty is a set back for Esperanza, but it will not h

Night One of the biggest points in Night, is Elie's relationship to god. During his days in his hometown of Sighet, Elie's belief in God was without question. This belief was blurred, however, when his entire village was put into cattle cars and sent to Auschwitz. It was here that he began to feel his first blows of pain and feelings of insecurity. After being ripped from all of his fami

Night In Night, Elie Wiesel brings to life his abhorrent account as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp in World War II. The experiences he describes are horrifying, but true. The book was well written and had excellent historical detail. Because of this, I found book was difficult to put down. The book begins during World War II in Transylvania, where the Wiesel family lived a pleas

Night Night: Critical Analysis Essay on Elie’s Relationship with his Father The Book Night begins in a small town, Sighet, in Transylvania. The narrator/author of the book is Elie Wiesel. Elie is a child and a fairly devout Orthodox Jew during the time of World War 2. Night occurs in the 1940s when Hitler has begun to invade Hungry and slowly takes over Sighet and deports Elie and his

Night Night (A Book Report) "For more than half an hour he stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face. He was still alive when I passed in front of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed. Behind me I heard [a] man asking: Where is God now'" The suffering of

Night The author purpose of the book was to tell his life experiences with the holocaust, and a terrifying account of the nazi death camps. The book led into how the nazi’s fed the Jews little or no food how if they were not doing their job they’ll get struck down. Families were separated at the concentration camp in Auschwitz the women were killed in the informatory where you go in and

Night Night There are many themes in the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel; some of these include loss of faith, father-son relationships, food and hunger, and disbelief. One of the most interesting theme is the father-son relationship. This theme can be seen throughout the novel with many fathers and sons. Elie has a very strong relationship with his father. His main reason for not giving

African American Literature Amy Goldich In his Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man, James Weldon Johnson explores the meaning of "passing" in an American society. The reader never learns the name of the narrator in the novel, but you learn that it’s of little importance. The crisis throughout the novel centers on the narrator discovering his identity. At times the narrator regrets h

1984 : The Setting In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell portrays a bleak and perverted society ruled by a well-established totalitarian government. He creates a dystopian setting in which life is extremely bad due to deprivation, oppression, and terror; a place where humans have no control over their own lives, where nearly every positive feeling is suppressed, and where people live in miser

No-No Boy John Okada was born in Seattle and attended the University of Washington and Columbia University. Much like other Japanese Americans, he fought for the United States during World War II, and was discharged as a sergeant in 1946. His war experiences formed the basis for his only book, No-No Boy (1957), the first novel published by a U.S.-born Japanese American. No-No Boy deals w