Throughout The Novel Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Introduction

The novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, uses many symbols, themes and motifs to deliver its message. The narrator in the novel, Christopher John Francis, perceives himself a mathematician. The protagonist in the novel attempts to solve the murder of a large black poodle that belongs to Mrs. Shears. While many approaches are at the disposal of Christopher, he chooses to employ logic is solving the murder. The plot of the novel shows the love for logic and mathematics that Christopher has and how he uses it to solve his daily problems. Through the character of Christopher, ...

Dishonesty in Relationships Dishonesty is one of the most challenging things that occur in relationship. It is so challenging that it brings out a sign of betrayal to the second party; this happens especially when the relationship is incorporates a man and woman who intend to marry in the near future or are already into marriage. Dishonesty and betrayal breaks relationships by cheating, lying, and manipulating. Relationships cannot build on lies. Neither can they survive without trust and respect. Ideally, morals are among the most important elements of life according to the themes of the American dream. Engagement is behaviour that ...

Synopsis

Franny and Zoey were written as two different stories, the first being a short story about Franny, a college student dissatisfied with the pretentious American society as epitomized by her boyfriend, Lane. He even pretends he does not remember the letter he was just reading before the train arrived. The events of the story take place at a French restaurant where Lane takes Franny during their date, and the conversation that ensues is indicative of just how the two are different. Lane talks incessantly about his school work and assumes that Franny does not understand some of the words ...

In Breath, Eyes, Memory, the lives of several women in light of the tremendous social and cultural pressures set upon them are explored; Sophie, a young woman of Haitian descent, moves to America and back, dealing with what it means to be a Haitian woman and all the cultural baggage that comes with it. Women are given little agency in Haitian culture, and Sophie’s life suffers as a result. However, she is not the only one: the patriarchal and stifling traditions of Haitian culture have dramatic effects on the outlooks of many of the women throughout the novel, particularly as it ...

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24 May 2011

In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the reader is privy to the adventures of the inquisitive Alice as she tumbles down the rabbit hole and finds herself ensconced in a world of magic, talking animals and vaguely ‘trippy’ happenings. Throughout the novel, there are a number of magical transformations where the characters transition between forms, much like characters do in a number of traditional fairy tales: for example, the pumpkin becomes the carriage in Cinderella; the beast becomes the handsome prince; the wooden puppet becomes a real boy. All of these events happen to represent an underlying message – for ...