Novel Essay Examples Page 7

Robert Evans proclaimed, “There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each differently.” The same can be said for humanities’ existence and there seems to be a fine line between them. Hope and reality subsist because of the different values, memories,…

Racism has plagued America throughout the centuries. It continues even today. Toni Morrison was one of the few authors to describe the effects of racism on African Americans. Her honesty in her novels is an outcry against the damage that racism causes in the life of African Americans. One major theme throughout Toni Morrison’s novel…

In The Lady in the Looking Glass, Virginia Woolf uses three specific techniques in conjunction with the motif of the looking glass to portray a glimpse into post-Victorian society. By including the dichotomies of subjective versus objective point of view, the private versus the public sphere, and a fragmented narrative style, the modern era is…

Call to Adventure Santiago is called to adventure when he has a recurring dream about the treasure in the egyptian pyramids. In his dream, Santiago was in an abandoned church when a child tells him he needs to go to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasure. He takes this recurring dream as a sign…

In “Native Son” by Richard Wright, we are shown the brutal truths that lie in Bigger Thomas’s life. Within the short time frame of just a few days we see how Bigger’s life has been turned upside down. We are also shown the social injustices, racial biases and discriminations his society holds against people of…

All authors have their own motives as to why they write books and what they write them about. Many have heard legends or use firsthand experiences as a source for their words. However, Herman Melville includes both these things throughout one of the great works of sea literature, Moby-Dick. In 1839, Melville went to sea…

World War 1 was coined, “The war to end all wars”, however, the uncomfortable conditions of trench warfare, and the inhumane use of mustard gas didn’t prevent the second world war from occurring. Accompanying the second round of global travesty was even more casualties on both sides of the field. Some of the anguish witnessed…

In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, the book goes in depth about two major topics at the time period; gender and race. Gender is an especially large topic in this book because it is what the main character, Janie, had to experience throughout the story. It’s one thing to be different…

 Psychological Approach As Pecola suffers abuses from her community, her mental state begins to degenerate while her obsession with obtaining blue eyes grows until outright condemnation and isolation from her community drives her to madness. Pecola’s delusional state is contained to herself as seen through the juxtaposition of italicized versus normal text conversation with a…

Resurrection has been a recurring theme throughout the novel. It could also be said that resurrection is a powerful and predominant theme throughout the plot aside from the main theme revolution. Resurrection plays a major role in Tale of Two Cities as it brings out characters from a wretched spot back to who they were…