Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... It is not the history or the actuality that attracts in Mistry's fiction, but the way he us...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... It is not the history or the actuality that attracts in Mistry's fiction, but the way he...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The role of different types of danger drives humanity to react in a particular way, and in the two apocalyptic novels, On the Beach by Nevil Shute and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the main characters live out their last days after a global nuclear war and an unexplained apocalyptic event respectively with unique reactions to the threats. ... The plot of the former piece predominantly revolves around the depressing reality of the aftermath of a nuclear war among the Arab League, Israel, Russia, China and NATO. ... The immediate problems of the father and son are  hunger, thirst and coldness, w...

• Word Count: 1772
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate