Novel Essays

How does John Steinbeck, author of ‘The Pearl’ successfully convey the main themes of the novella? ‘The Pearl’, by John Steinbeck has been a very touching, interesting novella to read. It originally appeared in the ‘Woman’s Home Companion’ Magazine in 1945. Set in a Mexican Indian village, the novella tells …

Edward Mayhews, aged 22, is born into a less than affluent family home in the Chiltern Hills in 1940. He lives together with his father Lionel Mayhews, a schoolmaster, and his brain-damaged mother Marjorie Mayhews. His two younger twin sisters are born in 1945. They live in fairly low living …

William Somerset Maugham was an outstanding British novelist, playwright and short-story writer. Somerset Maugham was born in Paris and he spoke French as his mother tongue. In 1897 he graduated from St. Thomas’ medical school but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays. His first novel …

Directions: You will have the entire summer to read Anthem and write full paragraph responses to the questions below. Your paragraphs, typed or neatly written, will be submitted on the first day for students in 8th grade. It is recommended that you write the paragraph responses while reading, and you …

Conflict is not something that can be avoided, especially in fiction. In fact, conflict is the main purpose of how a story came to be – without conflict, there will be no story. As quoted from Peder Hill (n.d.), “Its the primary ingredient that weaves together all the other elements …

Nelle Harper Lee was born April 28, 1926. She is an American novelist, who has published only one novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Born in Monroeville, Alabama, she studied law at the University of Alabama, then spent a year in the United Kingdom, studying at Oxford. Living in New York …

Thesis: An Emerging Strategic Vision on Philippine Native Mythology in Modern Times: The Mythology Class and Trese Darna, Captain Barbell, ZsazsaZaturna, FacificaFalayfay, these are the super heroes that we all know of in this generation. To us Filipinos comics were not that of an importance because we consider them as …

Thesis: * Morrison portrays an important part of Feminist criticism called patriarchy when Sethe takes a stand against the white men. “Patriarchyis the systematic social, political, cultural and economic domination of women by men” (Oppermann). * Sethe choices as a women character show that men cannot rule the lives of …

George Orwell’s ‘1984’, and Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’, display numerous examples of comparison throughout each novel. Similarities are shared between the main characters rebelling, their true feelings toward their lovers, and their interest in women of younger ages. Both novels have many examples of comparison throughout the novel, although they …

The novel Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease portrays a character named Kit Kirkstone, also known as Katherine Russell. Kit characterizes a young cunning, determined, and confident woman. First off, Kit represents a cunning girl because when she was rehearsing her role in Romeo and Juliet she acted as though …