Novel Essays

True Grit The theme of revenge is illustrated perfectly in the novel True Grit. The reader is able to see how far someone is willing to go for revenge. Mattie Ross’s father was murdered by Tom Chaney when she was just fourteen years old. She has such a strong desire …

Mother Teresa Said that “ the most terrible poverty in loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved”. In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck explores the topic of loneliness expressed by several different characters. Taking place on and isolated ranch near a town called Soledad (spanish for “solitude”), …

The setting and the mood of a novel are very essential elements for a reader. The setting is important because it does not only paint a picture of the events, but also helps create the mood. The mood creates an atmosphere full of feelings that the reader gets from the …

Some critics opinions about London Fieldsare as: Jack Kroll in “London Fields is Falling Down” review of London Fieldssays ‘its brilliant’, Leslie Mittlelman in Rev. Of London Fieldsexplains ‘its dazzling, Grove Koger in “Books Reviews: Fiction” Rev of London Fieldscalls it ‘disappointing and thin’, Bette Pesetsky in “Lust Among Ruins”Rev. …

In ‘The Metamorphosis’ by Kafka, Gregor who is a traveling salesman that supports has an abrupt transformation which turns him into a bug. Because Gregor is the exclusive provider of the family, this transformation deprived them of their sole source of income. While their father can work, he elects not …

The famous novel The Metamorphosis (1916) by Franz Kafka is highly contested as a novel open for a myriad of kind of interpretation. The classic tale of a man, Gregor Samsa, waking up to find himself in the form of an insect leaves some obvious question marks in terms of …

Bertha Mason is quite possibly the biggest antagonist in ‘Jane Eyre’. Although Master Reed and Mrs Reed are emotionally and physically cruel to Jane, Bertha potentially does the most amount of damage to her, intentionally or indirectly. The scene in which Bertha is revealed is arguably the most important scene …

In ‘Great Expectations’ Charles Dickens shows his marvellous talent by creating archetypal characters that readers can genuinely sympathise with and relate to. With an intricate mix of dialogues, direct description, setting and atmosphere, Dickens fashions characters that are striking and memorable. He utilises the characters to a great effect in …

Chapter 15 is a main chapter of the novel in terms of plot, characters, relationships, themes and genre so far because everything in this chapter links up to something that has happened in the past. Most events are reflections of the past or at least bring back the same feelings …

With this work I want to analyse the novel in its main characteristics and to compare these elements to the way they are treated in the film which, although it is not a screen adaptation of the novel, can be seen as a great work on the book, and also …