The outcome of the characters and events which occur during the novel tell us much about the values informing the novel. ... Throughout the novel, Eva is constantly moving from one servant job to another. ... Allende reinforces the power of storytelling by providing Eva with the job of a writer in the end of the novel. ... Traditionally someone of her stature would not be able to achieve such a thing, but this final event in the novel proves it is possible. ... Evidently, by the end of the novel Eva and Rolf have consummated their relationship, against the societal values Allende uses to i...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through distinctive features within a novel, exploration and an understanding of ideas upon human experience can be encompassed. The novel Ellen Foster written by Kaye Gibbons, portrays the ill-fated life of Ellen, an 11 year old girl mourning the death of her mother and living with the burden of her alcoholic father. ... Subsequently, the unique characterizsation Gibbons illustrates throughout her novel highlights the different aspects and opinions her characters convey giving the audience a view of life within her novel and life within the setting portrayed. ... Within the text Ellen Foster,...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In both novels, the two orphans search for their identities and position within society. ... At the beginning of the novel, like Pip, Jane is a child. ... In the course of the novel, all of these things change. ... This is a development confirmed in the novel by her marriage to Rochester and her giving birth to her own children. ... Materially and socially, Jane has moved a considerable distance from her situation at the beginning of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1152
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ultimately, the viewer's response changes as an understanding of the novel highlight the parallels in characters, plot and the recreation of themes such as truth and error, self realisation, money and status that may be overlooked. ... We become increasingly aware of these social differences yet there are also similarities in novel and film; differences in society but similarities in the way society revolve around the characters. The plot of the film remains true to the novel and so do many characters in the film where we undoubtedly see the scene-to-scene allusions to Emma. ... Nev...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the mid 1800s, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote his novel Democracy in America. ... In his novel, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and disadvantages of such a government in his own collection of thoughts and ideas. ... To Tocqueville, this novel was one step to a more free society. ... In this novel, there were also some aspects of American society that, according to Tocqueville, helped to preserve democracy. ...

• Word Count: 520
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discuss Austin's use of Parties and Social Events as turning points in the novel. ... Throughout Emma, parties and social events are used widely as turning points in the novel. ... Also, through analysis of the progressive social occasions of the novel, Emma's growth in maturity and increased self-awareness can be observed. ... By the time that the Hartfield dinner party occurs, the novel has significantly developed, as has Emma's maturity. ... However, as can be noticed throughout the development of the three mentioned social events, Emma's character develops and mat...

• Word Count: 1241
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Furthermore, the essay will establish this idea through credible research, readings and the novel itself. ... Conversely, the well-written novel "The Guardians" by Andrew Pyper emphasized the development of the protagonist, Trevor, from adolescence into adulthood. Convincingly, the novel portrayed a unique parallelism between the young and old Trevor to provide the audience with an insight on his growing beliefs and values as an individual. ... As in the novel, Trevor grew up having a strong relationship with his friends who had similar interests and motives such as hockey. ... The ...

• Word Count: 1698
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lockwood is the first narrator of Wuthering Heights, so the reader relies upon his perception of surrounding characters setting and events that take place early in the novel to get a footing into the story. In many ways Lockwood's attitudes and the way in which he understands these events settings and characters of the novel are greatly affected by his personality and social class. ... Due to the fact that Lockwood is a main narrator of Withering Heights, the way in which he makes poor judgement of almost everything around him greatly affects his attitudes on events and characters during ...

• Word Count: 715
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All novels create numerous settings that, together, create a world in which the characters of the novel exist. Certain settings in the novel will be created as the residing environments of the dominant characters, whilst others are created such that they contrast the comfortable settings, and allow for an uncomfortable and foreign environment for these characters to encounter. ... Such an interaction allows for the creation of the novel's meaning. A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White is a novel whose major themes circulate around the protagonist Ellen, and her journey of self-discovery by ...

• Word Count: 2071
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although May Sinclair's focus in the novel is upon Psychoanalysis and the repression of sexuality, the actions, virtues and social systems within this text are relevant to Marxist literary criticism. ... This "chant" (which appears no less than fifteen times throughout the novel) is seen by Harriett as the moral embodiment of all what her parents thought and did. ... The economic factors throughout the novel are prevalent. ... In the novel, it is clear that the book is critical of the social order of the capitalist system, but it is hypercritical of Hilton to suggest ideas such as these w...

• Word Count: 1734
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart portrays the value in pre colonised cultures by presenting the responder with both positive and negative aspects of an Igbo society. ... Ezinma's character is the key element that Achebe has used to portray this sense of balance throughout the novel. ... Another message that Achebe is trying to convey in his novel is the resourcefulness of tribal life. ...

• Word Count: 879
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To what extent does this novel uphold traditional family values? ... In the novel "One True Thing- by Anna Quindlen we are presented with a paradigm of a "perfect family- who complies with gender-based assumptions. ... The traditional family is at the heart of the novel. ...

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

In the novel The Kite Runner, by describing how Pashtuns characters behaved and how they considered Hazara characters, Khaled Hosseini shows that class structure has a big impact on relationships, and that difference of class makes it very difficult to create friendships and maintain family ties due to a sense of superiority, public image and prejudice even if class structure disappears. ... In some parts of this novel, readers can know how much Baba cared about Hassan. ... But, in the novel, reality was that Hazara people were likely to be discriminated by Pashtuns, and they were forced to b...

• Word Count: 1558
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another distinguishing characteristic of the Victorian period which is evident in the novel is the increase in marriage rate. ... In the novel, Dickens reveals that his own mother and her new born child passed away as he attended school probably as a result of post birth complications. ... At the time of the novel writing, a killer cholera epidemic was reported in England which could be another reason why the novel contains such a big number of characters who die in the course of the character's narration. ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel can be both enjoyed and understood on two levels: on the surface it is a story of intrigue and adventure, but the underlying theme of the novel is one of political analysis and social criticism. ... Swift's distrust and dislike of the ruling authority in his own native England is not symbolized throughout the reading, and an overall rejection of European government and society is an important thematic element of the novel. ... However, at the core of the novel is a sign of hope; Swift seems to be saying that although all of these things are wrong with humanity, they can be fixed...

• Word Count: 1156
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An Integration of Mathematical and Multicultural Viewpoints Flatland, a novel written in the early 1900s by mathematician, social philosopher and head of the City of London School Edwin Abbot Abbot, is a wonderful novel that, on the surface, is a cute little story about some geometric shapes who live in a two dimensional world called Flatland, but underneath is full of strong statements about racism and social structure - gender equity in particular. ... Thomas Banchoff, who wrote the introduction for the newest re-publication of Flatland said this about the novel, "Abbott was a social ref...

• Word Count: 1407
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"2 Her novels raise central matters within her society, often challenging their foundation and meaning through her portrayal of them. ... Through an examination of her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, and with reference to her later 1815 novel Emma, it is evident that Austen's attention to women's roles and social order broke conventional ideas of class hierarchy, the ideal woman and the heroine. ... In light of this, David Herbert's assertion that Austen studies "personal values, virtues and deficiencies within her 'set,'" but neglects to "questi...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" How far does a modern reader share this reaction to Laclos' novel. ... The assertion that the epistolary work presents the ugliest parts of society; its "moeurs" and values, or lack thereof are evident throughout the text; exposing the lies and contradictions is another benefit of the letter-novel. ... Laclos makes no ambiguity to whom the book is referring, going as far as excluding all the novel's plot to two locations; Paris and the inside of the country house in which the majority of the action happens. ... Finally, at risk of becoming too speculative with this ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is therefore under the influence of these values that the characters within Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, are constructed. ... Shelley's disgust at the philosopher's cold-hearted abandonment of his five illegitimate children by Therese le Vasseur, an illiterate working class girl, had a significant impact on the construction of the novel's main character, Frankenstein. ... Frankenstein, and all male characters in the novel, inhabit the public sphere. ... This segregation of masculine work from feminine affections is apparent throughout the novel and is exemplified throu...

• Word Count: 2624
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a traditional prose fiction novel, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel, explore the conflict between personal and public values of their respective main characters and intolerant societies using similar techniques despite their different textual forms. ... A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hedges is presented from the onset of the novel as a persistent, resourceful, "snake eyed", "very black", and an "enormous bulk of a woman."... Throughout the novel she exists as a being who dies not fit the mold of the weak, small, and rightfully dependent disabled woman, yet it is her dual existence in both the male and female spheres as a disabled therein woman and strong therein man, that marks her possibility for success to Junto, just as Boots is marked for success as he is both a man and emotionally expressive through his music. ... This in no way devalues her position within the novel...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a traditional prose fiction novel, and Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel, explore the conflict between personal and public values of their respective main characters and intolerant societies using similar techniques despite their different textual forms. ... A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 1031
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Frankenstein's dream is the most blatant aspect of the novel that does this. ... Another figure in the novel that represents some characteristics of a mother is Frankenstein himself, although these are outweighed by the patriarchal values he display. ...

• Word Count: 1028
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel shows that the Igbo people were on control of an actual sturdy identity and religious principles, customs and rituals which the British colonizers have destroyed by unpityingly converting the natives to Christianity. ... Throughout the novel, Achebe shows how contingent such traditions are upon storytelling and language and consequently how rapidly the rejection of the Igbo language for English could lead to the complete destruction of these traditions. ...

• Word Count: 709
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel "One True Thing- by Anna Quindlen we are presented with a paradigm of a "perfect family- who complies with gender-based assumptions. ... The traditional family is at the heart of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 844
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate