There are many characters in the novel "I"m the King of The Castle" who might be described as "loners". I have chosen the two main characters, Edmund Hooper and Charles Kingshaw, because they are the main characters of the novel and I sympathize with both of them the most for being loners. ... Moreover, Hooper did not want the company of Kingshaw and this can be seen through the note that Hooper had written to Kingshaw when Kingshaw first arrived. The note had said "I DONT WANT YOU TO COME HERE" and this shows us his displeasure towards the arrival of Kingshaw and his mother. ...

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This is the question William Faulkner explored in his 1929 novel titled "The Sound and the Fury". In this novel, Faulkner emphasizes man's heavy dependence on the concept of abstract time by using fragmented sections of the past to give voice to the present. ... Throughout the novel, a heavy, tragic sense of loss is present. ... "The Sound and the Fury" has been described by Edmund Volpe as a novel that depicts "a deterioration from the past to the present" (PG; Monarch Notes PG). ... Time is a major and recurring theme throughout this novel, shown most vividly through the c...

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In contrast, Fyodor Dostoevesky's modern novel, Notes from the Underground, portrays the feeling of every man being on his own. ... Leo Tolstoy's novel, The Death of Ivan Illyich, is a novel which creates both a modern and traditional atmosphere. ... This is illustrated throughout the works of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, and Dostoevesky's Notes From the Underground. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes From the Underground. ... The novel shows how modernism rose along with the rise of isolat...

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(Wharton 17)In the novel, the house is described with quite a bit of detail, but when actually seen in the movie the true beauty is brought out for all to see with impeccable accuracy to the book. ... He writes a note to her and it is shown across the screen as he is giving it to someone to be delivered. On the screen it shows the note saying, "Important...I see you". ... Because of these elements, director Martin Scorsese has presented an interpretation of Wharton's novel that has made The Age of Innocence a story for yet another generation to enjoy. ...

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Literary devices are the most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel. ... It is the place where the Lambs and the Pickles share their lives for most of the novel, and thus assumes great symbolic importance in the novel. ... Firstly, the note of middle C that recurs throughout the novel in the house is used as a symbol for how family can change lives for the better. ... In this case, the note of Middle C has a harsh, dissonant sound, as it is associated with death. ... The note of middle C that was once disturbing enough to cause Oriel to move into the tent now harkens t...

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American Psycho' deals explicitly with sex and violence, the main style of the novel is the satirisation of the American Dream, as twisted by the excesses of the 1980s. ... (p63) Also included are continuous descriptions of restaurant menus, audio technology and television and video units, each with their expense high-lighted (As Ellis notes through Bateman, Surface surface surface was all that anyone found meaning in. p375) It's a vacuous lifestyle that reflects the American Dream of equal opportunity and self-aggrandisement. ... Both novels are written in first person narr...

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First published in 1946, The Stranger was Camus' first novel. ... The novel is divided into two parts. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ... This ends part one of the novel. ... It becomes relevant at the end of the novel. ...

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These are the challenges that Winston faces in George Orwell's classic novel, "Animal Farm." Orwell's remarkable international reputation is due to his two novels Animal Farm and 1984. ... Winston hates Julia he hates her because she is beautiful and smart and he can't have her but that all changes when she slips him a note that reads "I love you ". Winston was overjoyed when he read the note, this just changed his entire life. ... As the novel progresses, however, we also come to see that she represents Winston's intense sense of guilt. ...

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Rowling's top selling novel. The novel and the film are very similar in content. ... They flew in on broomsticks from the wizard world and left Harry on their doorstep with a note attached. ... He picked up the note that explained to him what happened to Harry's parents and stating they were his only living relatives. ... This is a big scene in both the novel and movie. ...

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Coming of Age in Mississippi is an autobiographical novel by Anne Moody that chronicles her life as the daughter of sharecroppers in rural Mississippi. The novel follows Annes struggles with poverty and racism and her eventual growth into a black activist at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement. ... Both novels show the conflicts and problems within the black community, which can be seen as detrimental to the Civil Rights movement as the whites systematic oppression of the black community. ... In Coming of Age in Mississippi, Moody notes that the tone of the skin color of a black person ...

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Ethan Frome, the main character in the Edith Wharton novel Ethan Frome, is a man who lives in a world of silence. ... The mood throughout the novel is that of Winter. ... The novel beings with a description of Starkfield, "the village lay under two feet of snow, with drifts at the windy corners" (Wharton 15) this is a basic picture of Starkfield throughout the novel. ... The narrator notes, " During the early part of my stay I had been struck, the climate and the deadness of the community" (5). ... The three main characters in the novel Ethan Frome, Zeena Frome, and Mattie Silver all seem at o...

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Because both novels do not depict very violent or gory scenes but yet we still find them quite horrifying and I believe the explanation for this is because there is a lack of humanity within the two novels. ... Throughout the novel the protagonists are constantly performing selfless deeds. ... Both the novels are put into the category of gothic novel. This means the novels do not totally rely on the loss of humanity within the novels to frighten the reader. ... It's very hard to learn about the character of Count Dracula because in the novel he does not keep a journal or log book unlike t...

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It is interesting to note, therefore, that the meaning of the name, "Ralph- symbolizes: good, positive leadership, responsibility, dedication, survival, and means counsel'. Another character in the novel seen as "good- is Simon. ... The last main character in the novel seen as "good- is Piggy. ... Ralph, Simon, and Piggy are all characters in the novel that are seen by readers as "good- and help communicate the themes that Golding tries to show in the novel. ... Perhaps the most evil of the boys in the novel, is Roger. ...

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" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... The first line of the novel examines the notion of a blurred true/false reality in the novel, whereas the tagline from the movie brings in the theme of a conflict between cultures. ... It is worthwhile to note that the style of the two stories was presented in different ways. ... This clearly sets it apart in content from the original novel, but the themes remain the same. ... These feminine accomplishments are heavily scrutinized in the novel. ...

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The author's reason for writing the novel was that he wants the reader to experience Vietnam much like he did. ... In pg.179 he states "I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening truth" meaning that throughout the novel he mixes in the truth with fabricated scenarios to better explain what happened, at one point he even admits that half the time even he himself who saw and experienced things didn't really know what was going on either. ... So to improve the novel either get rid of the last chapter altogether, move the chapter more towards the begin...

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Little Women is first and foremost a girl's novel "it is written by a girl, about girls, and for girls. ... Social constraints on women during the nineteenth-century play an important role in this novel. ... Alcott stresses the virtue of acting humble and genuine throughout her novel. This virtue is just one I will focus on, in consideration of length restrictions, but it's important to note that Little Women deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situa...

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The novel contains immense paragraphs of description which deal with the feelings and situations of each character in thorough detail. ... Due to the form of the text, (i.e. it is a film) formally structured sentences and verbal language are not as imperative as they are in the novel Emma. ... Austen's Emma is in the form of a novel while Heckerling's Clueless is a cinematic production (a film). ... A novel such as Emma leaves it to the initiative of the audience to take note and remember these specific events, places and objects, leading each responder to create their own meaning ...

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Hoffman's novel, Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr for numerous reasons. ... The important thing to note during this flashback is the way Kreisler reacts to Meister Abraham. ... He even leaves room in between the themes within a movement such as fermatas, long held notes, and cadences - which creates a false illusion for the listeners that the movement is coming to an end though it has merely only reached its halfway point. ... However, this particular song cycle being hugely influenced by Hoffmann's novel, Schumann also portrays Kreisler and Murr's characters in his music...

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It seems that although it is "simple" to mark the beginning of a novel, finding the end is much harder. ... John Logan, being dead, is the only character in the novel who can have a real ending. ... There are many similarities between the final chapter and the first chapter, but the important difference, is the first chapter ends on a dark, pessimistic note, while the final chapter ends optimistically. ... Bonnie and Reid have introduced a new kind of love into the novel. ... Enduring love is a dark novel, and a light ending wouldn't be right for it. ...

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As far as reading novels and books, it doesn't happen. ... I have read many books and novels for class, or at least started to read them. ... At Northern Illinois University I took several courses in reading, and there I read several novels. ... I would go to class and take notes on the lecture. When it was time for the test I would study my notes. ...

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James Baldwin has become one of the most famous black writers of all time. His novels and short stories have been a wake up call for people. The reader can see the trials and tribulations that the black man went through in his generation. Although he wrote fictional storie...

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Many great novels emerged from the romantic period. ... A critical reader will note also that Forster uses Bloomsbury in A Room with a View (Forster 7). ... Again, the freedom to express passion is predominant in this novel as it would be in a romantic novel. ... A Room with a View is an excellent example of a romantic novel. ... "The Novels of E.M. ...

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In Tim O"Brien's novel, If I Die in a Combat Zone, a unique, young man examined the Vietnam War. ... Many of Tim's college friends escaped the draft with doctor's notes or chaplain notes. ... To lighten conversations, they talked about authors and novels that they were both interested in. ... When he was not thinking about the war, his life after the war was on his mind and so were the novels he had read. ...

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In the novel, Spade faces dangers, challenges, and temptations that consist of physical, moral, material and sexual. ... It is said that in hard boiled novels, the protagonist usually passes out from a beating or drugs. ... He keeps an emotional distance from everyone in the novel, even his own partner, Archer. ... Villains in Hard Boiled Fiction- The hard boiled detective novel uses villains differently than does hard-boiled crime fiction. ... There is also always a presence of danger in the novel. ...

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The novel "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Attwood tells the story of a near future oppressive society governed by an elite group - men. ... However it is ironic to note that they have turned this side of their "values" on its head - women are not only forbidden to abort unwanted babies, but are forced into a culture where their only purpose is to give birth to healthy babies, "we are two legged wombs, that's all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices". ... The novel challenges how far a woman is prepared to go in order to achieve her freedom. ... The novel is written in a first-perso...

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