The central theme of the novel is the search for identity. ... He is also concerned with communal effort of African-American to define cultural identity. ... Invisible Man sees education as a pathway to a sense of pride and dignity along with identity. ... In relation with the overall theme of the novel which is the search for self-identity rather than societal-identity. ... At the conclusion of the novel, he finds himself coming to grips with his own identity as an individual despite the myth of black conformity. ...

• Word Count: 567
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For instance: "Do not be frightened by my beard,"" illustrates the social context of the passage and the presumptuousness of the narrator challenges the problems about stereotypes and the idea of identity. ... This, along with his beard and reference to "Old Anarkali"" (Pakistan) implies that the stranger may indeed be investigating him, due to his identity and involvement in terrorism. ...

• Word Count: 522
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is not to say that Vietnam is merely incidental in O'Brien's work; the war in which he served obviously had a lasting and unresolved effect on his own identity, as well as on American identity in general. ...

• Word Count: 781
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many people would agree that there a numerous features that make him such a complex and fascinating character like; his procrastination, role playing, youth, sexual identity, his social status, the tragic hero and the context in which he is part of. ... A time where people establish their values, attitudes, determine their identity and also deal with issues in a rebellious manner. ... He is extremely complex because he plays roles, he is young, he is trapped between two eras and the views they up hold and his questioning of identity. ...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It can be found that Peter Carey forces the reader to hesitate between two perceptions of reality by employing various ideas for the readers to consider such as; the identity of the 'Fastalogians' and understanding how Crab's nightmare ultimately became his inescapable reality. ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Tyler's second novel, The Tin Can Tree, the feeling of stagnation of life and a person's sense of identity create a depression among the characters, as symbolized by the photographs, which are seen as "very remaining things" (Dictionary of Literary ). ...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What we are mainly concerned with here is about unnatural narratives. First of all let me exemplify this concept. Richardson defines unnatural narratives as anti-mimetic texts that move beyond the conventions of 'natural' narratives, i.e. "the mimesis of actual speech situations", or violate t...

• Word Count: 863
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Originally born just outside of Johannesburg, Nadine began to gain a political identity at a young age as the daughter of two Jewish immigrant parents, who spent much of their own young adult lives under repression in Russia. ...

• Word Count: 1018
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

David Malouf, author of the novella 'Fly Away Peter', and director of the 1930 film 'All Quiet On the Western Front', Lewis Milestone, both demonstrate their ability to communicate the presence of hope and courage in their texts via technique. One being written, the other visual, their protagonists ...

• Word Count: 1103
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate