Essays On Books

According to Sommerstein (45), superstition is a behavioral trait that suggests certain actions can affect an individual’s future behavior. It is often associated with magical events. However, critics argue that superstition lacks practical explanations and is based on religious misunderstandings. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author frequently uses superstitions as a literary device. By […]

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Houck Finn experienced physical and mental maturity as a result of his adventurous Journey down the Mississippi River. Aspects of Husks psychological emotions are dramatically altered because of his decision to aid in freeing Jim, a household slave of Miss Watson, from slavery. Huckleberry Finn experienced […]

In every man’s life he faces a time that defines his maturation from boyhood to manhood. This usually comes from a struggle that the boy faces in his life. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck’s defining moment of maturity is Huck’s struggle with Tom in helping Jim escape. Tom sends Huck and […]

When a man becomes worthless in one’s eyes, one begins to loathe all morals and ideas that man has ever demonstrated. In Mark Twain’s classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character, Huck Finn, is greatly influenced by his jaded father, Pap Finn. Through Pap’s actions he becomes worthless in the eyes of young […]

Both immature and middle-aged, the female characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn played crucial roles. They were more like a part of the novel’s scenery, but their role helped determine the main character(s). The women and girls in the book were stereotyped as teachers and deemed “worse” than the males. They were characterized with […]

Despite the belief held by many that Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel and has therefore been banned from certain educational institutions, it is important to consider the context and intention behind the use of specific words and portrayals. The repeated presence of racial slurs like “nigger” and the derogatory depiction of black characters may […]

Reading plays a very important role in the life of people. It educates a person, enriches his intellect. Books help to make a person’s character, from his moral values. Besides, books bring pleasure and delight in our life. It’s a wonderful way of spending spare time. Sometimes I read the same book again and again. […]

In Anton Chekhov’s narrative “The Lady with the Dog. ” the chief characters Dmitry Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna partake in an matter while in Yalta. Chekhov creates this with words that capture a topographic point and clip. the motions between two people and emotions of love discovered but contained in secretiveness. The cardinal thought of […]

Charles Dickens Great Expectations and James Joyce Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, both wrote their novels using a semi-autobiographical style, the second written in a bildungsroman style. The first mentioned being introduced in the first-person aspect, Pip who is the main protagonist is attempting to identify his parentage and outlines briefly his […]

The narration of Mark Haddon’s ‘Curious Incident of The Dog’ by Christopher Boone, a volatile teenager, plays a significant role in depicting his tumultuous relationship with his father and everyone associated with him. Similarly, Lloyd Jones’s ‘Mister Pip’ uses the island girl Matilda as the narrator to emphasize the challenges faced by the young islander […]

Susan Hill’s eclectic use of many aspects of ghost stories makes her own story a typical one, which in the readers’ eyes would work, e. g. having a ‘sensible, rational’ protagonist as well as even using titles of famous books for her chapters (Whistle and I’ll Come To You, taken from M.R. James’ tale Oh, […]

Charles Dickens, author of Great Expectations, provides a perfect example of the hope of class mobility. The novel portrays very diverse and varied social classes which spread from a diligent, hardworking peasant (Joe) to a good-natured middle class man (Mr. Wemmick) to a rich, beautiful young girl (Estella). Pip, in particular, elevates in the social […]

In this classic novella, which established him as one of the world’s most celebrated writers, John Steinbeck tells the story of two friends in 1930’s California. John Steinbeck wrote a naturalistic novel that dealt with three powerful and universal themes, imperative in the latter success of the novel. These themes were the value of dreams […]

Pip looses Biddy because Pip wants to not be associated with the ordinary people, a group he once belonged to. The close ties Pip had with Joe are snapped because Pip decides that since Joe will not change Pip will just have to leave him. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Pip Is corrupted by […]

It is when you tart to realize what you stand for. Each character in these books realized it the rough persevering through opposing forces, and viewing the world positively. In life comes a point where not everyone will agree with you, or support your decisions. That is the difficulty in life. From a young age […]

In the two notable novels, Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, motif of sexuality play a significant role in successfully illustrating the protagonists’ affectionate desire towards characters of the opposite sex – also acting as an indicator of the protagonists’ maturation to adulthood. Furthermore, as the novels progress, through the […]

Based on my study of Charles Dickens, I have decided to focus upon three short stories to write about in detail. These are: The Hanged Man’s Bride, written in 1860, The Trial For Murder, written in 1865 and Confession Found in a Prison, written in 1842. To enable me to understand the stories better and […]

Dickens shows Pips childhood as though no one care for him. This is shown when Pip is not allowed to call his uncle Pumblechook uncle, “I was not allowed to call him uncle, under the severest penalties. ” His family see Pip as an embarrassment, so he does not deserve to call his uncle uncle. […]

This essay is looking at the nature of Victorian Villains. In doing this I shall consider extracts from three pre-twentieth-century novels; Great Expectations, Oliver Twist both written by Charles Dickens, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L Stevenson. The Victorian Villains could be described as a stereotypical figure and this is what my […]

Carol Ann Duffy has done several poems including Mrs Midas, others include Havisham and Education for Leisure. These three are distrubing poems, she uses images in the poems to help convey what she wants us to see and imagine is happening. In the case of Havisham she use a distrubing character from the Charles Dickens […]

In Carol Ann Duffy’s poems, ‘Salome’ and ‘ Havisham’ aggression and violence towards men is an ever-present theme. Each poem is spoken in the narrative voice of the ladies (whom the poems are named after), who throughout express signs of mental instability. Bitterness and hatred towards men is shown, both in words and in actions. […]

In this essay, I will define how, I think, Dickens creates tension and suspense in this short, ghost story titled, ‘The Signalman’. ‘The Signalman’ was written in 1863, during the era when the Victorians had a fascination with the paranormal. The other famous ghost story that Dickens wrote, was written shortly before this time, ‘A […]