1. All Quiet On The Western Front
Charlie goes on to say that his mothers going did not surprise his father, "He knew all her little secrets, all the little holes she had dug for herself." Charlie's description of Ruth's other life as "little secrets" and "little holes" can be interpretated as quite ironic, as Ruth's actions were really quite significant. ...
Despite his awareness that his parents, his wife, and his daughter all think he is insane, he acts out his life as a drama of paranoia and nuclear dread, fashioning an impromptu shelter out of a ping-pong table as a youth and digging a hole for a larger shelter as an adult. ...
The setting for Cold Mountain is in the state of North Carolina during the Civil War time period. Most of the key events happen in Cold Mountain. Inman tries to go back to Cold Mountain because Ada's home is near Cold Mountain. When he reaches Cold Mountain he can go to Ada's home. The plot of Cold ...
All Quiet On The Western Front (AQOTWF) was written by Erich Maria Remarque and is set in world war one, beginning in 1916 and ending in November 1918, when the armistice called a halt to the war. Remarques aim is to illustrate the horror and senselessness of war. Remarque achieves his aim by explor...
In the novel, "Song of Solomon," Tony Morrison tells a story full of strange occurrences and unbelievable feats. The way in which she writes allows space for the reader to interpret the paranormal in the story as truth or legend. Many things are left as questions and unanswered thoughts. However, I ...
Plot- The plot took place in New York where Esther and twelve other women who won a prize to live in New York for fashion. She soon realize that fashion isn't her thing. Esther is from a small town in Boston where she lives with her mother, (her father died when she was young) Her Family is very po...
William Faulkner in his novel, Absalom, Absalom!, uses all of his customary themes and literary devices in his telling of the story. This story, like all his others, takes a look at the south just after the Civil War, which is the which is the Faulkner lived. Faulkner uses a Southern family, the Su...
In Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus, an assorted group of people, from respected company presidents to erotic dancers, find themselves in a lunchroom all waiting for the same bus that will take them to San Juan de la Cruz. Their presence in the lunchroom and on the bus brings about their sexual desires ...
He has grown up in an environment where enormous rats fester in holes and water is a maybe situation, where meals are precarious and money is almost nonexistent, and where he is told time and time again that he has no worth, no dignity, no intelligence or creativity. ...
Stepping into the Battle Living today all anybody is worried about is the war with Iraq. I feel confused and lost with all the talk of terrorism. Reading a good book can usually help get my mind off today's troubles. Instead of happy tales I personally love to read novels about t...
'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks is a story of love and war. Faulks expresses the horrors of war that the soldiers have to contend with frequently throughout the novel in several ways. Faulks presents the horrors of war through the lives of the soldiers and their experiences whilst fighting on ...
The Escape of the Horrors of War as shown through the novel A Farewell to Arms At a time of war one must be able to distract their mind from the unjustified horrors that one may encounter at a time of war. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway displays one specific character, Frederic Henery, ...
He has grown up in an environment where enormous rats fester in holes and water is a maybe situation, where meals are precarious and money is almost nonexistent, and where he is told time and time again that he has no worth, no dignity, no intelligence or creativity. ...
Harper Lee's character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. Through this process, he begins to understand all the events, which are occurring around him. There are many e...
Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, Ralph tries his best to create a society based on survival. As time progresses, it is clear that Jack's feelings are towards living life and having fun. Jack's society eventually leads to corruption, killing innocent people, while Ralph's prevails as the boys ...
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Collector by John Fowles, is an assertion of the power of spirit of love and obsession, but not as a natural, pure feeling. It is obsession that goes beyond control and regulation, obsession that in one way or another leads into the destruction of many human beings...