Great Expectations Research Paper: Great Expectations In the novel Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, he uses Pip as his narrator to describe his ideals, opinions, and thoughts. He conveys the idea that wealth leads to isolation, and also that affection and kindness are more important to a person than social class and wealth. Pip is the perfect character to depict these concept

Heroes And Villians In Return Of The Native Many of the characters in The Return of the Native are deeply flawed, and exhibit many ambiguous motivations. However, sifting through their tragic mishaps, mistakes, misfortunes and stupidity, one can find that each character does have some trace of a distinct character type. The sympathetic character in the novel is Clym Yeobright, Damon Wil

Kate Chopin Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Throughout the course of literature the female character has often been construed as the stereotypical helpless, subservient, and troublesome figure. Often in literature as well as in life women became trapped in a marriage, living out a simple housewife persona. Even before the emergence of the 20th century feminist movement, female writer

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin Kate Chopin, nee Catherine O’Flaherty, was born “[…]according to her baptismal certificate, on February 8th1850 […]” (Toth 3), in St Louis Missouri. Her birth date has also been cited as February 8th 1851 (Bloom 11) and July 12th 1850 (Skaggs ix). Throughout her life, Kate was surrounded by many strong independent women, who all became her mentors in one way

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, is a classic feminist book most often read for its portrait of Victorian marriage. In this story, Chopin tries to let all women know that they can experiment with sexuality throughout their motherhood. Chopin’s struggle with motherhood and bisexuality caused the character of Edna Pontellier in The Awakening to be an undevoted mother and wife. Ed

The Grave Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Grave,” Uses The Symbols The Dove, The Ring, The Rabbit, And The Grave To Express The Main Character’s Journey From Innocence To Knowledge. The process of maturing and gaining knowledge is a long one. Each person reaches a time in their life when they have reached adulthood, maturity, and the knowledge that comes with it, but the journey requires “

Crucible Danforth, I am writing to you with concern, and I am prayerful of you to review the present actions of what our Christian town is becoming. The situation of our community and the court is being undermined by these ludicrous alligations of witchery and is being solely conducted by Abigail Williams and her loyal friends. At this time in our community it is either to lie about o

Ken Kesey Author Analysis Ken Kesey was born in 1935 in La Junta, Colorado. “After being elected the boy most likely to succeed by his high school, Kesey enrolled in the University of Oregon. He won a fellowship to a creative writing program at Stanford University” (Leeds 3). While he was there, Kesey became a volunteer in a program to test the effects of new drugs at the local Vetera

John Proctor As Arthur Miller’s Alter Ego Many authors of literature parallel their own lives in their works. This common thread weaves its way through many forms of literature. The parallels that exist between an author and his work function to varying degrees, as some plays and stories are more personal than others are. A clear example of this is The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Mille

Houdini : Magician & Legend In his essay, “The Case of Harry Houdini”, Daniel Epstein tell how the message of Harry Houdini’s career was that “humankind cannot be held in chains.” This message is illustrated throughout Houdini’s career of magic and escapism. Houdini would not only perform “standard” magic tricks, but he would also perform unparalleled feats of escape. From straightjac

Jolly Corner In the short story, “The Jolly Corner,” Henry James portrays Spencer Brydon’s struggle towards the understanding of his true nature by divulging his intricate past, confronting his ghostly double, and exploring his terrifying paranoia, all with the aid and reassurance of his companion, Alice Staverton. Throughout this story, Spencer is on a journey to search for his true se

John Steinback John Steinbeck lived through many exciting times in history. He over came many different types of struggles in his own life. John Steinbeck, a man who had some what of a depressing life, lived through a depressing time in history, and wrote books mainly about depressing and tragic stories. John Steinbeck lived through an action packed time in history. Steinbeck lived t

A Brave New World Brave New World - Society One may think that the society in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a gross representation of the future, but perhaps our society isn’t that much different. In his foreword to the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to mi

John Updike’s Araby And James Joyce’s A&P A young adolescent boy, who is lovesick for a girl, does not want to be let down nor disappointed. Unfortunately, this is exactly what occurs in two famous short stories. Both Updike’s A&P and Joyce’s Araby provide a similar theme that conveys a boy’s infatuation for a girl and the hardships he has to go through, in order to acquire more experi

Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed was one of the most well-known and loved folk tale legends of his time. Throughout history Americans have always valued the eccentricity and the freedom that Johnny Appleseed’s story gives. Johnny displayed great courage in his lifetime by walking alone in the wilderness without a gun or a knife. He also lived a very simplistic life

Kwaidan Analysis The concept of spirits and the afterlife is a common motif in many cultural works throughout the world. Within the Kwaidan selections, searching and aimless spirits, portray ghastly brutality as we read about them mutilating, murdering, and haunting without remorse. The theme of untamed brutality pervades throughout many tales in the Kwaidan selections, including “The St

Julius Ceasar-Honor An Honorable Leadership Honor is one of the main underlying themes in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a tragic play that explains, through Brutus’ conflict with himself and with other main characters, that the end does not justify the means. Brutus's noble and honest traits, most opposite of Caesar, Cassius, and Antony, prove to reconcile his true leadership

Just Lather Thats All Have you ever heard it said that if you’ve read the book the movie would be a disappointment' Such is the case of Just Lather, That’s All. The written version is from the barber’s point of view. The description of Torres by the barber enables you to see him as the barber sees him. Captain Torres is an executioner who deserves to die but not by his hand. You clearly

Kilbourne Everyday we watch TV, read magazines, and walk around campus. This is a normal routine for us all; but what we don’t realize is that through all our regular activities we are being bombarded with ads that try to influence us in many ways. “Advertising is an over 100 billion dollar a year industry, and we are exposed to 2,000 ads a day” (Kilbourne 194). In fact American children

Lakota Woman "Between 1870 and 1880 all Sioux were driven into reservations, fenced in and forced to give up everything that had given meaning to their life — their horses, their hunting, their arms, everything. But under the long snows of despair the little spark of our ancient beliefs and pride kept glowing, just barely sometimes, waiting for a warm wind to blow that spark into a flame

Lakota Woman Lakota Woman By: josh The book “Lakota Woman,” is an autobiography that depicts Mary Crow Dog and Indians’ Lives. Because I only had a limited knowledge on Indians, the book was full of surprising incidents after incidents. Moreover, she starts out her story by describing how her Indian friends died in miserable and unjustifiable ways. After reading first few pages, I

Landscape Imagery, Tess Of The Durbyvilles In the novel, Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, the author uses landscape imagery to convey the message that nature is not the Eden that many believe it is. Nature is not only a perfect place that causes humans to spiritually feel goodness and peace, but in fact, has a dual characteristic of causing humans to also feel pain and sufferi

Killing In The Name Of “But we must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village. Army after army… They lie. They lie, and we have to be merciful for those who lie. Those nabobs.” These words, spoken by Colonel Kurtz in the Vietnam film Apocalypse Now, describe the disgust Kurtz has at American and Western involvement in Indochina. Thi

King Arthur Compared To Darth Vader The Comparison Between King Arthur and Darth Vader King Arthur and Darth Vader’s childhood backgrounds are similar in many ways. Since the time of his birth, King Arthur was raised by a sorcerer, named Merlin. Arthur’s father asked Merlin to allow him the chance to spend one night with a woman that he was highly attracted too. Merlin's only payme

Labor Relations During The New Deal Period FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT: A Look at Labor Relations During the New Deal Period. As the Great Depression set in, Americans were looking for a savior. In 1932, they elected Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States. Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 and pledged himself to creating a New Deal for the citizens of the U

Buffalo Soldiers The Buffalo Soldier Story It was this new sense of patriotism, linked with optimism for social and economic betterment that led many blacks to enlist in the post-Civil War Army. Black troops had served in every war including the American Revolution. However, it was not until July of 1866 that blacks were permitted to enlist in the Regular Army. The new legislation provi

Popular Mechanics The adage goes “Say what you mean and mean what you say,” however, symbolism plays an important role in literature. In Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics” details are used to symbolize the lives of the characters and the changes in their lives during and after the break up between the man and woman. Carver uses four details as symbols in the story: the dark and dreary

Lack Of Communication In The Cather In The Rye Lack of Communication The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a boy name Holden Caulfield and his struggle to communicate. This novel shows Holden’s life as he jumps from school to school and the difficulties in between. Throughout the novel we witness Holden’s struggle to communicate with others, which also leads to his depressio

Looking At Women “Looking at Women” was written by an American author and teacher. Scott Russell Sanders this essay to show how generally men how men look at women and Sanders does not agree with how men perceive women as objects. He targets men specifically as his audience; however, women are also his audience. Sanders believes men decide how women are seen today in society. He uses man

Lady With The Ped Dog Point of View in Chekhov’s and Oates’s “The Lady with the Pet Dog” Anton Chekhov and Joyce Oates both approached this short story from the third-person narrator. The main difference is how Chekhov entertained the male perspective of love while Oates indulged in the weakening aspect of the feminine side. Chekhov used a limited omniscient narrator who only knows Gurov