Essays on Novels

The British novelist, critic and essayist Virginia Stephen Woolf is considered one of the most authentic writers of England in the period between the First and the Second World Wars. Being discontented with the novels on the basis of the well-known, actual and apparent, Woolf went on her own experimental way. Walking along this path, the writer discovered a more internal, subjective interpretation of life experience, which is reflected in all of her creative works. It is also worth mentioning about the impact of such famous people such as Henry James, Marcel Proust and James Joyce on her work. ...

The Theme of Dystopian Society in the works of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury

Introduction All the three books, 1984 that was published in 1948 and written by George Orwell, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World that was written in 1931, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 are the examples of dystopian literature. Dystopian literature is the kind of fiction that offers a negative perspective on the society of the future and the problems which are likely to be faced by humankind as a result of their political, environmental and economic activities. While utopian fiction portrays the future being advanced and prosperous as a result of the improvement of technology that assists them ...

For many years, men have always been dominant over women in various societies. They are always praised for their accomplishments or any achievements they make. In most cases, we ignore or fail to acknowledge the fact that women also play a huge role in the society and they ought to be appreciated. For the longest period, women in many cultures stay at home and take care of their children and husbands. Therefore, women are the backbone of the home, and they keep the society from falling apart and ultimately keep it functional. It is clear that without women, men ...

The novel ‘ABC Murder’ reflects around a serial killer, ABC, who kills individuals alphabetically. The killer, with an unknown identity, sends provoking letters to Poirot, who is identified to be a detective. However, ABC covers his act with Cust, whom he takes advantage of because of mental disability. He offers Cust a job on behalf of a stocking company and arranges for his presence at each murder scene. ABC, who privately kills individuals in different cities, is however identified to be Franklin Clarke (Christie, 2010). On the other hand, The Big Sleep features Marlowe, a detective, who is hired ...

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 ...

In “Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: A Review,” C.S. Lewis famously said: “The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity” (Lewis). The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and The Fellowship of the Ring, are two examples of fantasy novels that support this statement. The former tells the story of some children who are evacuated to the countryside, only to discover the land of Narnia in a wardrobe. The book evokes themes such as good vs. ...

Introduction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

There are key features which define Victorian era literature. While some trends in literature may be difficult to define, the Victorian era is not. It is not only easily definable, current classic literature is riddled with examples of it. Victorian era literature contains some combination of several primary characteristics. While not every piece contains every characteristic, it is common to find more than one in those works. It includes serialization resulting in many Victorian era literary works being interminably long. Often ideas of industrialization appear as it reflects the changes people from every social stratum were forced to cope ...

According to Dekun Zheng (1983), China has been one of Asia’s most distinguished countries, and it has been known to have a class structure which has divided it into two Chinas. The upper class and the rural class has had clear demarcations in the country. The upper class of the Chinese civilization has enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle which has been visible from their expenditure, way of living and spending. Moreover, the author mentions the importance of gaining a classical education, which has been important to the Chinese upper class that helped them rise above the rural class of ...

Introduction

Japan is known as a leading nation in the production of comic books, graphic narrations and video games. There are numerous categories of such publications and productions available on the market. This presentation will examine Manga, which involve a set of comics that conforms to a style of comics which became popular in Japan in the late 19th Century. This is a period known as the Meiji period where the Japanese were defining their self-expression and formulating a culture that could be used to preserve their national identity and also tell their stories in different forms. This presentation will ...

This paper will look at love, sex and gender within the backdrop of postmodernism, existentialism and orientalism in the novels The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar, Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian and The Lover by Marguerite Duras. In the novels love/ and sex are shown as something that a woman has no control over, something that destroys due to its intensity, and something that forever changes a person, respectively. While gender is seen as being something that disenfranchises women in a male dominant, unequal society and something that can destroy a man if ...

American pulp fiction is iconic; it influenced the development of American culture for decades and maintains a lasting influence to this day in the form of comic books, movies, and current literature. Pulp fiction was printed on cheap pulp paper during the 1930s and 1940s, though they were first created in 1896, and was hugely successful because of the rising literacy rates of the American population and the cheapness and proliferation of the products themselves. Pulp fiction eventually lost its popularity during World War II when paper rationing affected the population and movies, television, comic books, and normal paperbacks ( ...

Indian culture has always been one of the oldest and most complex cultures in the world. Civilization here emerged long before that in Europe, and thus, Indian traditions are deeply rooted and highly respected by the citizens. The country is so populated that it manages to combine hundreds of distinct cultures within itself. Of course, Indian clothing is something that represents the whole country. One can barely find a person who wouldn’t recognize an Indian dress among other cultures. It is so special because it has existed forever, and throughout history, it has intertwined with people’s lifestyle. ...

The value of literature in human life cannot be overestimated. This kind of art is one of the most ancient and important for humankind. Though this type of art has a connection with such term as fiction, it still has quite a real basis. Literature has arisen much earlier than it was given a definition and typology. The man, who existed before the literature, had already used its main elements even earlier than ten thousand years ago, which played a very important role in the life of the whole humankind. Using the words that were written on stones, people ...

Varney the Vampyre Analysis

Varney the Vampyre by James Malcolm Rymer is a very early vampire story that predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 50 years (Dracula n.p.). James Malcolm Rymer was apparently the given name for a writer of many popular novels and stories in London in the 1840s through the 1860s. He wrote and published works under many names however, but one of his specialties was novels and stories about the supernatural, horror, and terror. He was a “hack” writer, meaning that he wrote voluminously on many subjects for popular publications. “Hack” is generally defined as “a mediocre and disdained writer” (“Hack ...

Question one

If I were to choose the century in which I would live in Europe, with no doubt, the 18th century would be my best bet. The century was marked by significant economic transformations and inventions that made life right for every citizen in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom supported its nationals as was evidenced by the government, which introduced support system schemes for poor people in the community. Moreover, there were government projects that were spearheaded with the aim of ensuring that the semi-skilled people earned some source of living. The introduced system of socialism united the nation. ...

CHAPTER THREE: MAN AND ARAB MASCULINITY

As Carabí and Armengol (2014) show in their study, Arab masculinity is a hybrid concept entailing adherence to traditional patriarchal values held for centuries in the Arabic world and supported by the religious component of Islam; however, it also “allows liberal values” which might contradict this traditional patterns. Cultural and societal representation of Arab masculinity is thereby rather complex and might emerge in a variety of contexts including family and society on the larger scale. In these representations, stereotypical images of man in traditional Arab context might enclose controversies and correlations between liberal-secular masculinity and conservative masculinity image entrenched ...

Introduction:

“The Hunger Games” and “Oryx and Crake” are books set in fictional post-apocalyptic worlds. This paper seeks to examine the main fundamental human fears that exist in the two novels and storylines. In line with this, the main and fundamental fear in these two novels is the fear of being able to control what we create and what to come. This directly results from not knowing our potential in terms of what one can achieve. Furthermore, it results from not knowing the results and consequences of our actions. The books give an idea of what will happen in the ...

Novel adaptations into a film are quite a common practice seen these days. Cardwell (11) defines the term adaption as the process of adapting one text into another text. It is a process of modifying a thing so as to suit new condition. Many beautiful and award winning novels have been adapted in the films periodically by the Hollywood directors. It is a question of debate whether the original one is better or the adapted version is better. Among these several novels, one famous novel and the film adaptation is The Color Purple. A comparative analysis is done between ...

Abstract

Many behaviors showed by children and adults are learned from television shows, movies, and novels. Fictional characters in a movie demonstrate specific types of behaviors that viewers and readers end up adopting in reality. The analysis of a movie helps in associating these characters to a specific psychological disorder. The aim of the paper is to analyze the character of Ariel in the Disney Movie Show “The Little Mermaid.” Ariel demonstrated hoarding disorder in the cartoon movie. The behavior of keeping many items in an untidy manner characterizes the disorder. Risk factors associated with the disorder include personality, age, ...

Elves are mythical creatures that belong to the supernatural world. While they have Germanic origins, having first appeared in the myths of Europe, elves became popular throughout the world in mid-19th century with the introduction of popular culture. While their description is vague in stories, they are often imagined today as tall, beautiful human-like creatures, with pointy ears. Traditionally, “the hidden people” have been performing tasks similar to those of human beings, and have the same basic social structures in the society. Elves’ relationship with humans is ambivalent, which allowed for a variety of representations in popular media. Thus, ...

Shakespeare is one of the most famous authors who have defined writing for generations, even in the modern culture. Characters in his works such as Romeo and Juliet are widely known across the world as if they were common knowledge. Writing in the modern society and during Shakespearean time varies significantly due to factors such as technology and even in the type of language used by the authors. Shakespeare’s English is very different form the current version of the English language in use today. John Green is one of my favorite modern authors who, just like Shakespeare, has ...

Michael Foucault once said that “visibility is a trap”, which describes the best how panopticon works (Milchman and Rosenberg 18). While Jeremy Bertham’s idea of Panopticon initially concerned only the layout of a prison, the metaphor of his concept shed the light to the methods of power and control in the society. Back in 18th century Bertham proposed to replace physical abuse and torture of inmates by an innovative layout of prison that would allow one watchman to observe all prisoners, which may or may not know that they are observed (Semple 38). Further on, Foucault developed the ...

Elves are mythical creatures that belong to the supernatural world. While they have Germanic origins, having first appeared in the myths of Northern Europe, elves became popular throughout the world, particularly after the birth of cinema. While their description is vague in stories, they are often imagined today as tall, beautiful human-like creatures, with pointy ears. Traditionally, “the hidden people” have been performing tasks similar to those of human beings, and also have the same basic social structures in the society. While the traditions of elf stories go back thousands of years, they gained true fame the twentieth century, ...

The Giver

Over time, the literary world has become saturated with dystopian novels. There are many that are well known, like Nineteen Eighty Four, and, Brave New World. There are also those that are not so well known, like, The Handmaid’s Tale, and, The Giver. While many dystopian novels seem to rely on the same basic format, The Giver is a novel that breathes new life into an old idea. Rather than feature an adult man reconciling the idea of a dystopian world they have always lived in, it features a child, Jonas, who is only eleven-years-old when he begins ...

Gustave Flaubert’s debut novel Madame Bovary is a work of literary realism in which Flaubert brings out the provincial life of the protagonists in a little french village. In the novel, Flaubert moves away from the romantic literary traditions of his time and writes a tale that is rooted in reality. In the novel, Emma’s romantic nature and actions become a stark contrast to the very normal existence of her husband Charles. Although the novel centers around Emma or Madame Bovary, the role her husband charles plays in her life cannot be underestimated. Emma grows up reading ...

Introduction

It’s called a fugue state. A fugue state is characterized by a complete removal from, or interruption of, a person’s identity and a personal history. A fugue state is not always permanent, but during the episode, a person can completely forget who they are, and can assume a completely new identity for themselves. Usually, the fugue state isn’t even diagnosed until a person can recall their identity after the fugue state has ended (Costandi). This is a perfect metaphor for Death Fugue, a novel by Sheng Keyi. In her novel, she explores the events related to ...

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Introduction ‘The Marrow of Tradition’ is an historical novel written by the African-American author, Charles Chesnut. The novel depicts life in the American South where slavery has taken its deepest roots. Published in 1901, ‘The Marrow of Tradition,’ provides a deeper understanding of the South’s post-war society. The novel, particularly depicts the plight of Black Americans as they struggle to keep their humanity in a hostile and racially segregated society. After the civil war, the Negro has not totally achieved freedom since they were still widely discriminated upon. Despite the promise of citizenship through the passing ...

Introduction

he literature has always used specific instances about destruction and damage caused by the act of humans to violate and misuse the natural life cycle processes. Instances of the disastrous consequences when humans use their illegitimate powers to manipulate the natural life form are given with respect to the prevalent cultural themes of the respective eras. Shakespeare's ‘The Tempest’ involves the use of magical prowess in manipulating the normal human characteristics and subsequent creation of the man-made devil, named Caliban. Similarly, Mary Shelley's ‘Frankenstein’ explicates the violation of the natural life cycle be creating a life from the remains ...

There are two stories that Harper Lee had written over the years that portrayed a child’s life into adulthood. The two stories reflect each other in a sense of experiences throughout the character’s life. The two stories focus on a girl who grew up with an unrealistic view of her father. The two novels interact with each other from child to adult point of view. The two books that will be discussed involved To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. The author displays a unique comparison between the two novels. Harper relates the child’s ...

The famous antiwar novel by Ernest Hemingway “A Farewell to Arms” was filmed several times ("A Farewell to Arms (1932)", n.d.). Frank Borzage released a classical film adaptation in 1932, which has been awarded with two Oscars. The book was imbued with hatred for the war, to all those who unleashed it, as well as an unquenchable thirst for life. The text of the novel is incredibly sincere and true due to the fact the writer himself has passed the World War I (Hemingway as his character served as a lieutenant in the Italian Red Cross corps). Military experience ...

The literature industry is one of the biggest and most profitable ones. Aside from the fact that a lot of people are raking in stashes of cash working in this industry, there exists this idea that suggests that novels exist as a symbolic representation of man’s ideas, wants, vision, and even fears. In this paper, the author presents an argument about how a particular work of literature, that is the Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, presents as a reflection of contemporary society, its hopes, fears, realizations, or anything that might represent humans’ existence. In an academic journal published ...

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The Giver and Montana 1948 are two popular novels appreciated and well-liked by the readers throughout the world. As far as The Giver is concerned, it is written from the perspective of Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic community that has conquered fear, war, pain and hatred. The author of The Giver, Lois Lowry, describes the life of a boy in a society that has no prejudice, little competition, and no room to make choices; there are strict penalties for law offenders. The book talks about the themes of the importance of memory, pain ...

In A Street Car Named Desire and The Great Gatsby, Tennessee Williams and F. Scott Fitzgerald present characters who are destroyed by the worlds they live in. The settings of the stories prevent the protagonist’s dreams from being realized thus destroying their lives and later leading to their demise. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby fails to achieve the genuine love he spends his lifetime searching for because he ends up all alone. On the other hand, in A Street Car Named Desire, Blanche fails to find human compassion and kindness in the society she lived in. Therefore, ...

Introduction

The Half-blood Blues narrates the story of a black band who successfully recorded a jazz album in the midst of World War II. It centers on a group of jazz musicians whose ambition to become great in their art was dampened by the war. The war did not only deter them from pursuing their musical aspiration as a group, but it also shattered their dreams forever. On the other hand, the Slaughterhouse-Five is considered as an anti-war novel, and centers on the life of Billy Pilgrim. Most of the stories in this novel were based on the experiences of ...

The Tempest and Frankenstein both have a common theme, and they exhibit an extreme misuse as well as a violation of nature with the formation and use of authority outside the natural world that result in an inappropriate deformation and despair. The term nature in this essay is used to refer to any possible thing that is in the cycle of life without the human intervention. Due to man-made authority, the two novels illustrate an entire demise of human beings, in both unique but differing ways. In Frankenstein, Shelley brings the concept of zero in making nothing to something; ...

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Marie Curie: Being a physicist and a chemist, I discovered the elements polonium and radium. It brought me two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry; thus, on my own example, I proved that women can be great scientists. I was born in Warsaw, Poland and was the youngest of three older sisters and a brother. Both of my parents were educators and insisted that my sisters and I, as well as my brothers, get a school education. I managed to graduate from high school first in my group at the age of 15. Even though, I intended to attend ...

The movie and novel, Jurassic Park is an artistic piece about the resurrection of dinosaurs by man. It is a science developed from research and mutation of different genes and specimens, combined in a lab to form the eggs, which later hatch into various species. They live together in an island far away from human population and its creator chooses to open it up for the public. However, it becomes chaotic when the animals turn on humans, and everyone in the island becomes horrified. It is a thrilling piece on both adaptations though the novel sounds more horrifying than ...

Introduction

Moby Dick is considered the great American novel. There are many reasons Moby Dick has earned this award, from the accolades of English critics in Melville’s day to the positive commentary by Literary critics and theorists today. Melville was a master of sentence style, and wrote many complex and highly structured sentences in the novel. Likewise, he filled his text with allusions and references to the greatest works of literature, including the Bible, Paradise Lost, King Lear, and the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. While all of these elements contribute to the greatness of Moby Dick they are ...

Miraculous might be the most popular elements in visual culture throughout the history. The term first appears in the religious context, and is now widely adapted in popular culture including films, TV shows, and animations, etc. Synonyms of miraculous include: supernatural, magical and marvelous etc. The audience of those miraculous visuals, whether religious or not, is always attracted to this interesting element. It is different from the violent or the sentimental since the visuals target a really wide range of audience, regardless of age, race, sex, and taste. According to Hood, “ever since we are born, we generate knowledge ...

Before I watched the adaptation of the eponymous novel by Jane Austen, I had the opportunity to know directly the product. I love syllable of Austin, her brushwork, irony and subtle English humor, behind which lies the limitless depth: the philosophical view of things, the principles of steel and tender feelings, capable of sacrifice. Her works are distinguished by a certain purity and innocence. It is touching for me, the representative of pampering generation and frankness in the relationship between men and women, invisible thread between Emma and her chosen one held in the exciting voltage. Jane Austen is ...

Nefertiti et Akhenaton

Introduction The book that was chose for me to read was Nefertiti et Akhenaton by Christian Jaques. This book is written in French and was published in 2005. This paper will demonstrate the biography of the author, the summary of the book, how the book relates to Mediterranean culture, identify themes that correlate within the Mediterranean culture.

Biography of author

Christian Jacq was born in 1947 and he is French and also an Egyptologist who wrote about ancient Egypt, and he was particularly fascinated by Ramses II whom he wrote five books about. He came from Paris and Egyptology got him interested ...

Orhan Pamuk’s ‘My name is Red’ is based on the aspect of identity and an original structure or organizational scheme. The author uses multiple narrators who share their experiences and viewpoints developed as miniaturists under the reign of the Sultan. Black is one of the main characters who appears relevant in the story as his experiences relate to other real-life experiences under the rule of a selfish leader. Black also acts as the hero in the novel by portraying the characteristics of heroism throughout the narrative. Black’s character in the book appears as the hero in the ...

We live in a world where there is good and evil. Since time immemorial, stories told by humans have always had heroes and villains. Human culture has always been rife with tales of heroism, both real and fictional, wherein awe-inspiring individuals faced immense adversity only to overcome it and accomplish good in the end. In the last century, these stories have taken a new turn in introducing fictional characters that are superhuman. The heroes in such storylines who’re more commonly referred to as superheroes are capable of feats that, by any standard, far exceed human capabilities. It is ...

“A Rose for Emily,” published in 1930, is one of the classic short stories written by renowned author, William Faulkner. It is a story that has left many questions by readers in terms of the meaning or symbolism behind Emily Grierson’s character and the events that take place surrounding her life and death. The story has a macabre feel to it, as it is examines the possibly insanity of the main character and the strange decisions she has made in regard to the dead body of her father, and then Homer, the man she was hoping to marry. ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time Cholera and Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country are two novels that redefined the contours of Latin American and Japanese literature. Kawabata’s writing style and magical realism went on to win him a Nobel Prize in Literature while Marquez became one of the best writers of the 20th century. In both texts by Kawabata and Marquez there is a constant struggle between tradition and modernity. Water is a significant recurring motif in Love in the Time of Cholera inasmuch as it reflects on the struggle of the main characters to balance ...

Novels by McEawn and Hosseini explore the themes of crime, guilt and attempts to atone. The main protagonists of these novels committed their crimes in the childhood and only lately in their adult lives understood the heinous nature of their actions and tried to fix the past and regain inner peace. In this essay, I will try to compare and contrast the key personages, their victims, their actions, a sense of guilt, and a pursuit of forgiveness.

The main protagonists

Briony of Atonement and Amir of The Kite Runner are children in transition to adult life (13 and 12 years old respectively). ...

An Analysis of Disgrace and The God of Small Things

The novels Disgrace by renowned author John Maxwell Coetzee, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, introduce several important concepts that play a crucial role in encouraging the readers to take a step back and reflect on themselves. Reading these novels go beyond the understanding of different facts of life that may have gone unnoticed or unattended amidst the people’s daily struggles. Through a few key characters that had the stories churning, the novels were able to tackle issues of sexuality, the morals and ethics attached to it, of getting old, of social isolation, of family ...

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 ...

This is a story of Barbara, a quiet, dull woman, and her daughter Sophie. It is also a testimony of life in England during and after World War II. The story, however, is not a description of the tragic side of the war. That story has already been depicted so many times in numerous novels. On the contrary, this story is about how the war affected the daily lives of those who stayed at home, who were initially terrified of its effects but eventually became fatalistically used to it later. More importantly, it is the story of two generations ...

The definition of the Western Canon is always changing, according to literary critic and Yale professor Harold Bloom: but is that mutability a good thing? Bloom, a rather conservative literary critic, believes that there should be literary standards that outlive the fashionable theories of the day. In our times, these literary theories include ideas borrow from Marx, Foucault, New Historicism, and ethnocentric and gender perspectives, among other lenses through which to view the production of literature. Amidst these ever-changing standards and definitions of a “classic,” Bloom believes the study of literature and good reading habits—to read well and ...

Langston Hughes poetry and social activist

Langston Hughes was an American social Jazz Poet, novelist and an activist who used American language, religion, music, slang to educate the globe about the lifestyles of American people at the times of Harlem Renaissance. The main theme that trolled in his poems were the social problems of the blacks who lived in low earning settings (Carl, 2004). Much of critique targeted the prejudices and the divisions that were common in the people of color within the community of the blacks. The poems were activist in nature as they dealt with how to be oneself issues and encouraged the ...

Most of the black writings have been based on historical circumstances that mainly condition the black’s race consciousness. Many have been focusing mostly on fictional, prose and dramatic genres and less have shown interest in focusing on the post-colonial treatment in modern African poetry. Night of Sine by Leopold Senghor has taken the route of post-colonial literature. Senghor was one of the African port that made major contributions to the Negritude movement that was started by the French-speaking intellectuals who were black. These philosophers accepted the facts that one was black, and this came with its history. Leopold ...

Introduction

Summer is a novel by the esteemed writer Edith Wharton, who is mostly known for her books such as Ethan Frome. Summer is seen as a continuation of the theme that Edith delved in her previous book Ethan Frome. The plot similarities can be seen as both protagonists of the two books were ambitious and tired of living an average life. The story revolves around Charity, an eighteen-year-old, who craves for adventure from the bleakness of her situation. She is soon entangled in a love affair with the visiting Lucius Harney. The story is about the sexual awakening, naivety, ...

In the novel Oryx and Crake by the author Margaret Atwood, the author should have focused more on the two characters Oryx and Crake as the title depicts. Instead, the whole novel is centered on one character Jimmy or rather Snowman. The story is seen as being told through the vantage point of one character as memories of events that happened in his life, this story is centered on human nature in the phase of scientific developments (Tolan 294). The story should have been written in a first-hand experience of events as they happen. The characters Oryx and Crake ...

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Thesis Statement: The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a story about the desire to use of modern industrial techno-science to create a new discovery may result to more harm than good. Just like the ancient Greek Prometheus, Shelley’s novel represents a modern industrial techno-science to create the character of Frankenstein. Compared to the story of Greek Prometheus, it sought to free his people by separating mortals from immortals, only to be reunited again in a festive, religious ritual (Jager 1). By contrast, Shelley’s novel explained that the combination of modern human science and scientific psychology ...

20th of April 2016

Barbara de Angelis “Secrets about Men every Woman should know” "There is nothing secret, which will not become known" - this old adage comes to mind when you become acquainted with the original and colorful book of famous American psychologist Barbara De Angelis. It is unlikely that the readers have ever held a manual on "How to handle a man”, such a mysterious and incomprehensible creature from another planet. At least, in such a way the author characterizes the stronger sex. Moreover, we must admit, not without reason. There is hardly a woman, even with the extensive experience of ...

Comic books are a part of every society in the world. They represent ideas that the young minds who read them, can understand. In essence, comic books play a huge role in depicting what the society. In many comic books, there are always the protagonists and the antagonist, while they can be seen as villains and heroes fighting for an individual cause, these characters often represent the forces of good and evil in the modern contemporary world. The essays describe America as it is seen, through examining the cultural artifact – Comic Books and American Cultural History anthology – Arguments within ...

Comic books are a part of every society in the world. They represent ideas that the young minds who read them, can understand. In essence, comic books play a huge role in depicting what the society. In many comic books, there are always the protagonists and the antagonist, while they can be seen as villains and heroes fighting for an individual cause, these characters often represent the forces of good and evil in the modern contemporary world. The essays describe America as it is seen, through examining the cultural artifact – Comic Books and American Cultural History anthology – Arguments within ...

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 ...