Novel Essays

Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice was written in 1813 and is set firmly in this period. The novel revolves around the choices people make when choosing a partner in marriage; the social rigmaroles they go through while attempting to find the right man or woman and the difficulties some people …

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died in 1817. She has written numerous best selling novels. One such novel was Pride and Prejudice, which was published in 1813. This novel reflects the life and society of Jane Austen’s time. She uses the characters to describe how she feels about …

During the three years that the novel takes place Scout, the narrator steps back into the skin of the young Jean Louis Finch. The novel is about the education of her mind, her feelings, her morality and her maturity. This happens largely through the enlightenment of her father’s attitudes towards …

Maycomb was the tired old town it always was, and as expected, the year passed on like any typical Maycomb one – without incident. School was nearing its end, and Jem and I were finally looking forward to getting acquainted with Dill once more. We had games to play, stories …

Harper Lee includes many events in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ to build up tension. In general, there is not so much tension in the first part of the novel, but it slowly builds up to the climax of when Bob Ewell tries to kill Scout and Jem. I …

To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the 1930’s in a small, isolated town in Maycomb County, Alabama. The 1930’s was a period of great change with new ideas coming to the forefront of the Western world. America was fast becoming one of the most powerful countries in the world …

The character of Carlo Guercio is portrayed as a peripheral figure between the love of Corelli and Pelagia. Though Carlo is a marginal character in that part of the novel, overall, he plays a considerable part. There are many chapters dedicated to Carlo and through these chapters and through Carlo; …

In this section of the novel, we are made very aware of the racism and prejudice and also the concept of ‘outsiders’, which occurs within Maycomb. This is done through characters whom we have already been introduced to, such as Scout and Bob Ewell, and others, such as Miss Caroline …

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is set in the mid-1930s in Maycomb, a very prejudiced and inward looking town. Discuss the ways in which Atticus stands up as a man of reason and courage within this very traditional and backward looking environment. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is written by Harper Lee. …

To Kill A Mockingbird involves numerous different points. The way the author has composed her novel has ensured that some parts contain ‘optimistic’ points and other parts are ‘pessimistic.’ For example large parts of the book are based on racism. This point alone is thought to be pessimistic however, some …