Novel Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

It is a well-known fact that Mary Shelley’s family relationships were beset by difficulties, and she somehow ended up reflecting on them in her novel, Frankenstein. There are quite a few essays that prove the point that Mary Shelly expressed her own life into her fictional novel. However, an underlying subject in the novel has somehow evaded the critical eyes of critics, until Susan Coulter wrote about it in her essay “‘Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting,” which is posted on Mary Shelley’s website. Through her essay, Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting” and despite the use of limited ...

Censorship is the demonstration or practice of smothering the discourse or open correspondence which is viewed as questionable, hurtful and delicate, by a legislature, media outlet or other controlling bodies. Censorship today is a path for parents and instructors of children to direct the perusing material of those they are connected with. They accept they are ensuring their children and learners from unforgiving language, rough diversion, viciousness, or for religious reasons. Parents and educators the country over have edited Of Mice and Men for comparative reasons. These individuals need to see the greater picture. Of Mice and Men ought not be ...

In the landmark novel The Lord of the Flies, author William Golding creates an almost mythic isolated island upon which he plane wrecks his main characters. These characters-- all English schoolboys-- have no adult supervision, and are left to their own devices on the island. At first, things are as one would expect them to be: the children play on the beach and explore the island. However, as survival instincts begin to affect the boys, the dynamic of the island changes. Suddenly, there is a divide between the children, throwing them headlong into a conflict between those who would let their ...

The following paper highlights the role of words or language in the life of the major character Liesel. The introduction shows that general background of the paper and the overall setting of the novel. Zusak integrates his voice in the novel as he use Liesel to show the difference that word make in the lives of individuals. The paper also compares the way that Hitler uses words to manipulate the German people against how Liesel uses language to ease the burden of the characters she interacts with. In addition, there are the influential factors that play an integral role ...

Why The Novel “Lord of the Flies” should be taught in college

Civilization has long been under the control of rules and regulations that keep us civil and respectful toward one another. This is guided by laws and rules that were set in place to do exactly that keep people all civilized. When we live by these laws every day it is easy to forget that this is not our nature. Most people are not naturally civilized and you only truly see their colors when they are provoked. The “lord of the flies” is a fictional novel by author William Golding that is based in the middle of a war. It is centralized ...

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Don Delillo’s White Noise not only compels the readers’ brain to think, but also leaves room for discussion of the author's definition of reality. The story constantly challenges each character’s mind with the uncertainty of reality due to fears that each of them have; the fear of death is a persistent idea through out the novel. Each character has internal conflicts that cause life's uncertainty, mostly with simulacra and the idea that the reality they are experiencing is just a figment that their mind has created in order to cope with the fact that they will eventually face death. ...

Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words

In Art Speigelman’s graphic novel Maus I and II we get many actions illustrated in pictures instead of words. The novel portrays his father holocaust survival story and relationship with Vladeks. The comic book style pages show a powerful message through symbolism and the mimics. The novel begins with generalizing the Jews, the Polish, and the Germans with different animal characters. The Jews as mice, the Germans as cats, and the Polish as pigs. His novel depicts cat and mouse gaming struggles. The Jews were suffering, when were closed in this circle being sent into concentrations camps by the ...

“The Great Gatsby” is a 1925 novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though the novel focuses on Jay Gatsby predominantly, Nick Carraway the novels’ narrator has a considerable role to play. As the novel advances, Nick gradually transforms to become the most interesting character and a major player. He changes overwhelmingly during the course of the novel a fact that makes the novel even much more interesting (Lee 40).
Nick Carraway being the narrator of the novel plays a very imperative role owing the fact that the events are narrated from his perspective. Considering that the narration incorporated in this novel for the ...

The Awakening, an early twentieth-century novel by Kate Chopin, is often cited as one of the first feminist pieces of literature written for a modern audience. The novel follows a woman named Edna through her everyday activities, as she goes through a transformation that can only be described as an “awakening.” Chopin’s work is heavily concerned with the difference between masculinity and femininity in Victorian-era society. Throughout the work, her protagonist’s continual self-awareness is tempered by her increasing isolation from everyone in her life; thus, Chopin suggests that society, as it existed, does not allow femininity to be self-sufficient without ...

The purpose why I would campaign against the banning of the Handmaid novel is due to its themes which has major implication on the current societies worldwide. (Atwood, p7) The main themes in this novel involve Feminism, the place of the individual in society, sexuality and power, the power of language, gender conflict and moral relativism. It is due to these themes which has hierarchical condemnation that drives those at authority feel sliced and thus intrigue the Bunning of this novel. My aim is to campaign against banning of this novel since it has consideration of individuals who are ...

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Mary Conde’s book ‘I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem’ uses the Salem Witchcraft Trials as a background for the political implications of a post slavery scenario where the political implications are great. There are also some ironies which can be observed since the Puritans who ended up as abolitionists entertained the worst excesses as regards cleansing and purifying the nation of witches and Conde plays on that notion with subtle irony. The sense of catastrophe is also imminently felt especially in the analogous dynamics of the novel. Tituba is imbued with fantastic and wild notions of witchcraft which also impart ...

‘Confessions of a Mask’ is the second novel by Yukio Mishima and it was published in 1949, causing admiration due to its power of context and writing style, appealing a lot to readers within the literary community. It is a novel which talks to people’s hearts since it addresses them with the widely acknowledged issue of the difficulty that humans experience and feel when they deal with a differentiation of theirs which makes them feel difficult to be adjusted to their social group and / or community.
This paper will present you with the critical analysis drawn upon the reading of ...

The Parsley Massacre of 1937 has been dramatized in Edwidge Danticat’s third book, “The Farming of Bones.” Danticat’s short story “Nineteen Thirty-Seven” was also about this event and was included in her National Book Award finalist collection Krik? Krak! (1995). Danticat had actually visited Massacre River in 1995, the site of the massacre, which separates Haiti from the Dominican Republic. According to Danticat herself, writing about the massacre is an act of remembering it as an important part of the history of Haiti and the world. As in the novel's acknowledgements, Danticat claims that “The Farming of ...

The novel, The Girl Who Played Go, shows the author, Shan Sa delving into the narrative form too deeply to bring out the history and ravages through the story of the two protagonists. The novel which is set within the occurrences of the game Go has as its milieu a small city in Manchuria in the year 1936 which was under the occupation of the Japanese army. The novel meanders through the alternate stories of a Japanese soldier who has arrived to nullify the Chinese resistance and a native schoolgirl who finds solace in the game. The novel is an exemplified expression ...

Khaled Hosseini’s seminal literary work, The Kite Runner, has been able to reach out to the readers and critics alike owing to its quintessence. Set in the backdrop of a tumultuous Afghanistan where humanity and love is hard to find in the milieu of violence and extremism, the novel delves deep into the life of this individual, Amir. The book documents an emotional tale of his self-discovery and how his life transforms with age.
The story meanders through the journey of life of the protagonist and raises philosophical questions of conscience along with the choice and consequence of ...

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”.
- Martin Luther King J.r.
It is not difficult for a man to decide what he wants his life to be, what’s difficult is figuring out the things that he is willing to give up in order to live the life of the person he chose to be. A son may choose to be to be the person his father was once was, for a father is a hero to a son seeking to ...

Society is dependent upon government to maintain order. Without government, society would easily crumble into anarchy; however, there remains a question about how much governmental interference is necessary in issues of free speech in the United States. The United States Constitution stipulates that every American citizen has the right to freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but the Supreme Court has ruled that these rights are not absolute. In the same way that an individual does not have the right to falsely yell “fire” in a crowded theater, so too is that individual restricted when it comes to obscene or ...

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Analysis of Slumdog Millionaire as an Adaptation of Q&A

Uncommon to popular belief, the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire finds formidable basis from a book entitled Q&A, a novel roughly resembling the overall plot of the movie. Certainly, remarkable differences delineate the resemblance of Slumdog Millionaire to Q&A, although both received remarkable attention due to the central theme of the common plot – that of a young man from the slums winning a popular quiz game show. This analysis proves to explore Slumdog Millionaire in relation to the fact that it is a film adaptation of Q&A. Did the movie fare well as an adaptation of the ...

The way society has been impacted by materialism, the dominating sense of yearning to pursue wealth, is a complicated subject. According to research, young people are suffering from disillusionment when it comes to jobs and money. Studies also show that as young people become more and more materialistic than ever before, pro-social values and worth ethic are reaching an ultimate low. While materialism has made the youth greedy for money, it has also drawn them away from their potential to pursue a vocation that will bring meaning to their lives. Instead, a majority of the youth choose high-paying jobs where they can ...

The stranger

The societies in which we grow play a considerably large role in developing our character, as well as our attitudes and approach to different day to day settings in which we come into contact with. As a result, this is one of the reasons why various societies have been described as conservative, while others, particularly in the west, have been described as permissive. This is normally due to the fact that the different societies have been brought up through different traditions that have been passed on from one generation to another. This is as a result of the different organizations in the ...

When a novel contains themes of ethics or morality, there are two ways of reading it: It is either read for its ethical value or it is perceived as ethics. In The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver has used religion in her novel in such a way that it can indeed be regarded as ethics. As a novelist and political writer, Kingsolver has had her fair share of controversies. Kingsolver’s novel is a splendid model to understand how a work of fiction may serve as a valuable illustration of narrative as ethics. When reading Kingsolver’s novel, there comes a point where no longer matters whether ...

Joseph Conrad’s novella, The Heart of Darkness, which centers on the life and times of Marlow, expresses some ideas conveyed in one of D.H Lawrence’s essays: Why the Novel Matters. D.H Lawrence expresses some perturbing views on humanity and life in his essay Why the Novel Matters, and it is the same views that Conrad brings out in his novella. In the essay, Why the Novel Matters, Lawrence comes out against the hypocrisy expressed by scientists, philosophers and even religious people, who focus on some elements of life, without appreciating every bit of it. Despite the fact ...

Philip Roth's 2000 novel The Human Stain deals with many controversial and heated topics, such as racism, divorce, political controversy and sensationalism. The way in which the book's central character, Coleman Silk, is destroyed through seemingly harmless acts is a powerful statement on the nature of racial politics. This is made even more complex by the eventual reveal of Silk's true secret, placing his predicament in a wholly new light. The effects of these events affect both Silk and many other characters in the novel in dramatic ways. In this essay, the characters of Silk, narrator Nathan Zuckerman and Silk's secret ...

at any given moment… You had to live… in the assumption that every sound

you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”
(Orwell, Book 1, Chapter 1, 9)
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel by a notorious British writer George Orwell. Written in 1948, the novel describes a strictly totalitarian society that exists in a fictional state of Oceania. Although Orwell himself believed the novel to be fictional, satirical and exaggerating things, it is hard to deny that the world and society described in 1984 has a lot in common with real historical events. More than that, the novel undoubtedly reflects, criticizes and comments on the current state of affairs not only in ...

Introduction

Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis is a great novel which describes the way a human being is transformed into a gigantic insect very much in the manner of an actual vegetative state. One has to observe several factors in this transformation which can be linked to the way political activity becomes an intrinsic part of everyone’s lives
Gregor’s transformation into a vegetative state is an essential part of the novel. The surrealism of it all appears to be intrinsically bound into everything and the novel really has aspects of it which show that it is rather disturbing in that sense. The ...

The dystopian novel is a unique category in literature, with its own unique sets ot stylistic rules. With dystopia, you also get a particular type of reader, and a particular type of writer. One would not expect, for example, dystopia out of F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway. These authors, while having their own demons, take humanity’s flaws and portray them on a realistic stage. Dystopia takes the flaws of humanity and makes them normative for everyone. This is the world of writers like Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale) and George Orwell. These writers draw readers who have, like them, ...

Gothic Literature
Gothic novel originated in England, in the last quarter of the XVIII century. It opens up a world, freed from the everyday plausibility. This world is fantastic, with a gloomy color and plot, covered with historical and geographical romance and sinister atmosphere. Gothic novel is more than two hundred years; it has changed, has become modern, but have not lost its essential characteristics – pleasant horror, tension and excitement.

British Gothic Novel

Gothic novel in England has been very popular since the XVIII century. The “father” of this genre of literature is considered to be Horace Walpole, with the novel The ...

There can be no denial of the fact that the novel, Great Expectations, is one of the finest works of literature. The novel has intrigued the literary critics as well as the avid readers alike, and it is deemed among the most famous literary works in the history of literature. The stalwart author, Charles Dickens goes on to exude his literary quintessence and aesthetic appeal in this novel that has left a lasting mark in the minds of one and all owing to its content and portrayal. Indeed, this novel in context is one of the most apt literary ...

Introduction

The novel Kindred has written by Octavia Butler in 1979. This is a science fiction novel which contains high literature. The novel has different themes, one of them is ‘obsessive love.' In the novel, obsessive love can be found commonly in various characters. All the characters’ obsessive love is depicted from their acts. The author shows in the novel a direct comparison of Rufus slave owning behavior with his mother who plays an eminent role to spoil him. The ending of the novel is the true depiction that an individual who is on the right path never gets pain ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...

Introduction

This essay focuses on the archetype of a character in the novel ‘white teeth’ by Zadie Smith. Archetype is a certain example of anything in a book. For example the archetype of faith is Abraham (Lane 94). In the novel ‘white teeth’ I find Alfred Archibald Jones to be boredom itself. The character forms the major part of the novel. He appears in the very first part of the novel and the last part not to mention his constant appearance in between the novel. For a character that forms that major part of the novel, he should be more ...

David L. Smith states that Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the story of slavery and freedom, death and rebirth (to escape from his father, Huck cleverly faked his own death) has not only specific, but also a symbolic meaning. This novel is not only about the legalized slavery of black Americans, but also about the lack of freedom of the white man, enslaved by social conventions and prejudices of the environment, not only about the "revival" of the hero after his supposed death, but also about the actual birth of his personality, which gained emotional breadth. Huck’s and ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

Boyle argues on happening of the American Dream. He argues that American Dream doesn't exist in his book The Tortilla Curtain. The Tortilla Curtain and the American Dream is a novel written by T. C Boyle. The story revolves around four main characters which include two Americans and the other two characters are Mexicans. An American couple is consisted of Delaney and his second wife, Kyra with her son Jordan. Delaney is a writer, displayed his sympathy and courtesy for humanity but in real life he seemed to be harsh and angry towards the Mexican couple, who illegally entered and crossed ...

There can be no debate about the fact that the stories of Sherlock Holmes are among the most popular as well as critically acclaimed literary works in the history of English literature. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the eminent literary artist who created the character of Sherlock Holmes has left an immortal mark in the minds of the avid readers from all the corners of the world with his unparalleled characterization, mystery and narrative that exude the author’s literary quintessence in engaging the readers to the texts in the best possible manner. Although the texts were penned by Doyle ...

There are a number of differences between the eastern and western cultures. These differences have always existed in eastern and western cultures. The differences in both cultures are clearly visible in terms of lifestyle, thinking, dressing, eating and even expressing emotions and love to each other. There are also differences in the power of love between Eastern and Western Culture and the same has been reflected in various films and novels. This paper proposes a discussion on how eastern and western cultures have different power of love because of three main reasons: firstly, because family is considered as the ...

It cannot be denied that the medium of graphic novel has become one of the most quintessential vehicles of modern thought. What once were considered books aimed at children and teenagers, with highly sexualized content and appealing to the prurient and childish tastes of its consumers, comics have evolved into a legitimate art form studied in university classrooms and lecture halls around the world. Alan Moore’s Watchmen (1987), for example, provided a post-modern commentary on the nature of superheroes, the evils of capitalism, and the futility of the war in Vietnam. The Dark Knight Returns (1986), written by Frank Miller, ...

Anthony Doerr is multiple award-winning author who wrote the novel All the Light We Cannot See. The novel is about a German Boy and a blind French girl whom collided in France as they try to survive the wrath of the Second World War. Doerr describes Marie-Laure as a young girl who lives in Paris adjacent to the Museum of Natural History with her father, who is a locksmith. Marie-Laure’s mother had early died while giving birth. At a tender of six, Maria- Laure goes blind and her father built her a delightful miniature next to their home ...

Among the strongest, most common and oldest emotion of man is the feeling of fear. Fear is the reason why every human civilization around the world nurtured faith that urged them to establish religion. People’s fear of unexplained events or unknown circumstances have ignited their belief in one Divine Power who governs their destiny. Every mysterious phenomena is linked to the workings of a certain character who possess supernatural power. The wild and limitless imagination of man have caused the birth of supernatural characters such as demons, zombies, vampires, ghosts, dark spirits, witches, monsters and humans that are branded ...

Honor, reputation, popularity, class, agreeability, are several values that really matter in the society portrayed by Jane Austin in her novel “Pride and Prejudice”. Caught between these two elements (pride and prejudice) that define their beliefs, their morals and their shallow personalities, most characters exposed in this novel are concerned about how other people see them and are doing everything in their power to maintain the social appearances, while following their selfish interests in acquiring wealth or finding profitable marriage settlements, meant to draw on a good social position in the same time. A very important aspect in pursuing these ...

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of the claim made on the greatly renowned classic novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. I would claim that the novel portrays various characters where it would be acceptable to mention and link them to the very controversial topic Women and Honor Killings. This paper clarifies how the story of the Scarlet Letter is a fine example of how women and honor killings occur in different societies and cultures and also with proper evidences it will be made further clear how this claim can be interrelated with the Hawthrone’s story and characters of ...

People, particularly young people, are often inextricably affected by their experienced in confined institutions, such as British boarding schools. In the search for one's sense of identity, as well as the skills they need for the rest of their lives, the social and educational experiences gleaned in these institutions are thought to be heartless, cruel and confining, permitting only a limited perspective on life as opposed to the freedom of interacting with the outside world, and the strict bureaucracy of the faculty and staff. Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go demonstrates a science-fiction spin on the institution of the British ...

Essay 2 Final Draft

The issue of gender roles is one of the central themes of this novel. All the main characters of the novel spend their whole lives trying to conform to the standards of masculinity and femininity expected of them by the society. The inability of the main character of the book to meet the expected stereotypical roles not only causes themit personal turmoil but also makes theirits social life miserable. They try tointo fit in the ascribed gender roles of their Dominican culture, but are simply incapable of doing that. However, the society does not understand their incapability and makes ...

The novel Girl with a Pearl Earring which was written by Tracy Chevalier is an inspirational feature that easily passes for the one of the best of a kind in the world for all time. This story is aimed at instilling the notion and principle of hard work, perseverance, humility, patience, beauty from within, understanding amongst many others. The character is a sixteen year old who goes through what many people do not go through in more years compared to the years that the character, sixteen year old Greet had lived Work Cited
(Chevalier, 6). All these values would come in ...

Introduction

Nelle Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill a Mockingbird, thrived in an era in which racial injustice against African-Americans flourished. To Kill a Mockingbird drew several references from the life of Harper Lee, whose father, Amasa Coleman Lee, was a lawyer and state legislator of Alabama who once served in the defense of two African-Americans (the Scottsboros) accused of murder. Rotating around themes of racial injustice, class and gender issues, To Kill a Mockingbird stood as a heavy social critique by Harper Lee against American society, which was undergoing turbulent changes such as the African-American civil rights movement that coincided with ...

Essay Prompt Two

Guilt and remorse are two common themes from “What Work Is” by Philip Levine and “Now We Are Five” by David Sedaris. These themes lead the reader to understand the cruelty of materialistic society and the important of family bonding.

In growth it is clearly seen in the poem that the health conditions of the workers were very pathetic while the work was tiresome and very difficult. The author therefore shows the cruelty of the society in treating its workers ruthless without taking consideration the amount of labor and productivity they are contributing to the state or country. The ...

Of all accomplished novels by H.G Wells, The Time Machine most resists a twenty-first century readers’ effort, to pardon Wells from the accusation of being an imperialist. Indeed, it is clear that imperialism is a vital element in H G Wells novels. Wells imbues his texts with colonial and occupation components that require separation between the future and the present and momentary pleasure, particularly those delights associated with the self-centered British conquerors exemplified by The Time Machine’s, The Time Traveler. Wells’ story from a post-modern eye represents an imperial Britain wallowing with forces of technology that it uses to conquer non-suspecting ...

The concept of sustainability has gained impetus in recent years with corresponding penetration of the environment thought in tourism and hotel industry. With research studies revealing its positive impacts for the organization as well the environment, not going green does not seem beneficial in any way.
Customers are the key to any business, and sustainability practices are likely to enhance customers' loyalty. A comprehensive research by Solomon et al.(2010) highlighted their willingness to pay for the sustainable business practices. As people have risen to the environmental concerns, a shift from 'consumerism' to 'environmentalism' is practical for brand management ...

A Passage to India is a wonderful literature by Forster, which talks about how different cultures determine how people relate. There is an explicit demonstration of the theme of friendship from the beginning of the literature and ending with the same in its conclusion. The writer tries to imagine how an Indian and Englishman become friends in a society of the colonizers. In the novel, Aziz tries to create a relationship with the triad English people that include Mrs. Moore, Adela, and Fielding (Forster 7). The friendship begins well but later fails to thrive due to differences that are ...

Literature

Dana, a modern black woman, was celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with Kevin, her husband, when she was snatched abruptly from her home in Altadena, Los Angeles, California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, a young white boy, was drowning, and Dana jumped into the lake and rescued him. It was as though Dana had been summoned to rescue the boy. Dana was repeatedly drawn back to the early nineteenth century, to the slave quarters, where her stay grew longer and longer with each transit. Each visit grew longer, more arduous and equally dangerous for her. This continued, until, it became ...

Kingsley Amis was a prevalent and creative poet, novelist and critic, mostly considered amongst the utmost authors of the twentieth century about satire. On the other hand, Philip Larkin was also a well-known post-war writer in England, a nationwide favourite poet that was normally denoted as “England’s other poet Laureate.” Philip Larkin is persistently associated with the first novel of Kingsley Amis “Lucky Jim” as it is devoted to him. Larkin assisted in inspiring and in editing the book; many perceived him as the initial model for the main character of the novel. The connection between the two authors is more ...

Compare James Baldwin's view of personal liberation with Jamaica Kincaid's

Compare James Baldwin's view of personal liberation with Jamaica Kincaid's

Introduction

In this paper, the ideas of liberation have been discussed from the perspective of James Baldwin and Jamaica Kincaid. The ideas of both these authors have been derived from their writings. The writings of James Baldwin, which have been used to understand his point of view, include, going to meet the Man, This Morning, This Evening, So Soon, and others. The movie of James Baldwin i.e. the Price of the Ticket has also been analyzed. On the other side, Jamaica Kincaid’s book Lucy has been used for this ...

Many scholars admit that the study of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an exploration of the American society. The book revolves at the very heart of the American physical geography, political beliefs, and moral consciousness. In addition, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn probes readers to redefine the meaning of the conventionally held perceptions about civilization, freedom and the concept of right and wrong. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885 and documents the stories of a pre-civil war society and the controversy over slavery. The central conflict is the permeable idea of freedom is questioned in relation ...

In this universe, there is some task out there that is ours in a morally valid way. This is referred to as our vocation. Education is supposed to lead us to this lifelong vocation, which is ultimately an occupation that will feel natural and we will love. The problem with most of us is that we are so conflicted in life that we never consider looking for our true vocation. Men who have been too conflicted have never found their true vocation and those who find their true vocation; they never had any conflicts about it. Often we become so ...

Largely, ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ is one of those novels that do not have a concrete plot. Other than creating various major situations that exist between characters towards pushing the story forward, the author moved her narrative through following the passage of hours of the day. Additionally, the book comprises of movements that are based on one character to another and those from their internal thoughts to internal thoughts of another. On page 45 the author points out that “But nothing is so strange when one is in love (and what was this except being in love?) as the complete indifference of ...

Introduction

Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji tells the story of the Emperor’s son Genji. The novel, set during the Heian period, highlighted the romantic exploits of Genji and highlighted the adoration of people around him. It also reflected Genji’s dealings with the aristocracy and presented notable characteristics unique to the era. Alongside the prominence of Genji’s noble features throughout the novel comes the colorful selection of characters, all of which played significant roles that connected well to the events in which he featured.
Chapter Four of the novel, entitled “Yugao” or “The Twilight Beauty”, is ...

In Slaughterhouse Five, the main character, Billy Pilgrim, is a soldier who becomes unstuck in time, beginning to experience every moment of his life at different points, jumping back and forth in the time stream. As a result, he encounters the unfortunate aspects of the past, and the terrible boredom and fearful death of his future. Billy is fatalistic, constantly feeling as though his life will not amount to anything, and that he knows exactly how everything will end. Because of this, Billy's own sanity is called into question at various points throughout the book, as he uses his ability to ...

Middle Passage

In the literary world, literary work can serve various purposes. It can be written in order to entertain the audience, or it can serve as means of description of the reality contemporary to the author. On the other hand, it can be a means of communication between the author and the audience. In this context, the author would aim at using various literary means for sending that message and make it comprehensible for the audience. This message can be sent in various ways. They can be expressed through tone, plot, characterisation, point of view, irony, figurative language, setting and attention ...

Perez in his book “The Desi Chain” talks about the Cuban-American culture that he sees as an achievement by the 1.5 generation. He explains that the 1.5 generation is an individual who is neither in the old generation nor in the young generation. He or she belongs to the middle generation, and his or her culture is unique from those of the older or younger generation. He attributes this achievement to the intercultural placement that enables them to undertake the negotiations and reach agreements that result in ethnic culture (Perez 06). He, however, says that the 1.5 generations is ...

Introduction

In his novel, ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’, author Junot Diaz portrays two of the main characters differently. To achieve this, he employs the approach of love and the ability to get it to narrate a fascinating set of events. Through a series of events and exercises, Diaz succeeds in explaining how self-perception (appreciation) and self-esteem play a significant role in defining what one becomes. There is no doubt, whatsoever, that Yunior is Oscar’s foil. In every aspect, Yunior is everything Oscar is not, the inverse holding true. Through their love lives, the two are portrayed ...