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The passage is taken from the book “A Fine Balance” written by Rohinton Mistry. The passage is written as a flashback. It starts with the introduction of the main characters Ishvar and Ashraf and how they are living presently. There is an introduction of all the members of the family before the author starts with […]
Lawrence Norfolk, when asked about his novels, has two distinct ways of answering. When promoting his debut novel, Lempriere’s Dictionary, he famously summarized it as “a 500-page book about a dead dictionary writer with no sex in it.” Similarly, his second novel, The Pope’s Rhinoceros, can be succinctly described as “It’s got the Pope at […]
The title of the book I am doing a report on is ‘Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants’ written by Louise Rennison. This is the last book in a series of 4. It comes under the genre of teenage love and friendship. It is written in a diary style throughout and therefore is in the 1st person. […]
The protagonists in Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye are portrayed as social misfits in their respective settings. In The Metamorphosis, we see Gregor, a traveling salesman who provides for his family yet lacks personal satisfaction. In Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the protagonist, Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find […]
The Sound and the Fury, written in 1929 by William Faulkner, is a masterpiece. It revolves around the Compson family, who have strong Southern ties. The novel presents the perspectives of four characters: Benjy, Quentin, Jason, and Dilsey. Faulkner’s portrayal of Dilsey Gibson and her family as the black servants to the Compson’s has raised […]
The Most Dangerous Game Introduction: A. This story is started off by explaining how Sanger Rainsford and his hunting companion Whitney are traveling to Rio, Amazons to hunt jaguars. After they discuss about the island that they are passing which they believe has a bad reputation and is a not a very good place to be. […]
The Role Of Women in The Awakening The role of women is one of the major themes of Kate Chopinâs The Awakening. The three main female characters of the story help to show the views of women to society, with Madame Ratignolle showing the example of the perfect woman, Mademoiselle Reisz representing the opposite of […]
The most frightening experience of my life I have heard many people telling some frightening stories that they experienced in their lives. But those stories are not as terrifying as mine. It occurred in a foggy night in a small town called Lujan in which i was accompanied by my boyfriend and my brother. Whenever […]
Compare and Contrast the sisters, Elinor and Marianne, in sense and sensibility to Cecily and Gwendolyn in the Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demandâs and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others. The Differences and Similarities Between Two […]
The Theme of Prejudice in To Kill A Mocking Bird To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated from the viewpoint of Scout, a young girl of about six years old who is the daughter of another central character, Atticus Finch. Atticus is the voice of justice and rationalism speaking out in a town full of highly […]
Ninay (summary) The first Philippine novel, Ninay gathers together a large number of themes and motifs which shaped the works of a large number of literary texts. It was written by Pedro Paterno and was published in 1908. It portrayed the richness of the Philippine environment and culture through intertwined narratives and descriptions of the countries sights […]
Report: Loss of Identity portrayed in a range of literature For my report I chose to look at the loss of Identity portrayed in a range of different literature. The texts that I chose to study were: âWide Sargasso Seaâ by Jean Rhys, âThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydeâ by Robert Louis […]
Gothic fiction has always been a form of literature that opposes tradition and breaks boundaries. While the Enlightenment era celebrated reason and clarity, Gothic fiction consistently highlighted the existence of darkness, despair, ambiguity, and uncertainty in seemingly fixed surroundings. This trend started with early authors like Walpole, Radcliffe, and Matthew “Monk” Lewis, who incorporated the […]
This essay examines how Wilkie Collins delves into the character of Count Fosco in The Women in White, focusing on the writer’s narrative craft and appeal to the reader, as well as the writer’s use of language for emotive effect. Initially, the essay explores Collins’ background, the main themes of the novel, and Fosco’s role. […]
Irony is a humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to mean the opposite of what is said. Irony can be used in a satirical, humorous or sarcastic manner. It can be used to indirectly put a message across to someone as a joke. In Austen’s books the characters sometimes valued irony because that is […]
Name Here Teacher Here Course date A Northern Light A Northern Light is set in 1906 in upstate New York in the area called the North Woods. The Book tells about a young 16 year old girl name Mattie Gokey who is caught up in a murder as well as choosing between her family and […]
The story âThe Wifeâs Storyâ is about the tale of the werewolf but vice versa, instead of seeing everything from the humanâs point of view it shows it in the werewolfâs perspective. The author of this is Ursula K. Le Guin and she did a fantastic job writing this. Its odd how she reversed the […]
The girl of The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen I choose the character of the girl; the reasons are chiefly as follows: To begin with, she is very ambitious, but not realistic in her future. She truly believes that she is a writer and her novel The Chelsea Set will be a success just because her publisher […]
Manka and Louise Both short stories are a patriarchal society that restricted the roles of women, especially in their marriage. The setting in Kate Chopinâs âThe Story of an Hourâ takes place in a small city in the early 1900s. This story has actual characters with names, such as Louise Mallard. The main character is […]
The Confliction on the Page In the short story “The Masque of the Red Death”, by Edgar Allen Poe, the main conflict is the “Red Death” arrives at Prince Prospero’s Masque, and kills everyone. At Prince Prospero’s ball the guests in attendance all partied in a castellated abbey which had seven rooms in which the […]
A Boy and Girlâs Relationship in James Joyceâs âArabyâ A relationship is a connection between two people or more. The relationship could be made up of different types, races, or genders of people. One relationship in the story âArabyâ by James Joyce is on that has to deal with a boy and a girl. The […]
Seeing What You Believe Having strong ties to a particular subject causes strong feelings on it. When you believe in something you are, in my opinion, more likely to see it or think youâve seen it. In Washington Irvingâs âThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow,â Irving tells a story of just this type of situation. Article […]
