Books Essays

The Power of Romance Versus Society Hester Prynne, the main character in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, is very similar to Edna Pontellier of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, in that both women contradicted the societal standard and followed their hearts as opposed to the rigid marital structure of their respective times …

Eveline and Araby Both Eveline and Araby were well written short stories by James Joyce. Reading these two stories without performing any analysis or study, it would be improbable to notice their similarities considering they embody abstruse and obscure symbols within their settings and situations. But after meticulous study, the …

The Pearl , written by John Steinbeck, has caught the eyes of many literary critics. The Pearl is a novel about a young man named Kino whose som is bitten by a scorpion. When the son is taken to the doctor , the physician refuses to treat him because the …

King Lear, when read from a Marxist perspective, blames everything on the conflict of classes. In particular, there is a focus on the traditional feudalism versus the “new” capitalism. Lear is viewed as a hero because he manages to journey from being a mentally impoverished king to a simple man, …

Professional success and personal failure of James M. Barrie In researching the many odd and bizarre happenings of our unique culture, it is certain that truth is often stranger than fiction. The first paragraph of James Barrie’s classic story “Peter Pan” introduced its central theme: “All children except one, grow …

Sallie Bingham in the article “The Truth about Growing up Rich” describes the society that contains her power and role as a woman. While her article was published in June of 1986 it might as well been the basis for Scott Fitzgerald’s character, Daisy Buchanan, in The Great Gatsby. Bingham …

Often, the theme of a novel extends into a deeper significance than what is first apparent on the surface. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, the theme of night and darkness is prevalent throughout the story and is used as a primary tool to convey symbolism, foreshadowing, and the …

Careful, observant, attentive, and partial to the security offered by solitude, the loon selects some lonely location on the borders of the lake far from the existence of men. Thoreau, in Walden, pursues the loon because it represents what Thoreau is himself searching for””the ability to be at home in …

I agree with the statement that George had no right to kill Lenny and should be put on trial for murder. The reason I agree with this statement is because if Lenny was put on trial for murdering Curley’s wife, then the jury would realize that he is mentally handicapped …

The story begins with Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley taking their daughters around the United States. The story describes how the women spend their time and their actions. The mothers talk about their life when they were younger and their relationship with their parents. The rest of the story follows …