The novel Beloved was written by Toni Morrison in 1987. ... Eventually, Beloved resurrects and shows up at 124 Bluestone as an older person. ... Denver feels a close bond with Beloved because Denver knew that she had drunk some of Beloved's blood with her mother's breast milk. ... Another uncommon but used excuse to ban Beloved was that it was giving kids nightmares. ... During Beloved, I could understand why they might have thought that. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Beloved" should be removed from all required reading lists because there is a multitude of better selections and authors students can be introduced to that are more credible and culturally valuable than "Beloved." ... Another faulty aspect of "Beloved" is that it is categorized as a ghost story. ... In "Beloved," the ghost appears out of nowhere with no introduction whatsoever. ... In "Beloved," the only character insight the reader receives is in the last few chapters which are told from the Sethe's, Denver's, and "Beloved's" point of view. ... Other narrative and historical ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Braxton Mr. Lane English 102 25 July 2000 The Expression of Themes in Winesburg, Ohio Winesburg, Ohio is a compilation of short tales written by Sherwood Anderson and published as a whole in 1919. The short tales formulate the common themes for the novel as follows: isolation and loneliness, discove...

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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...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, families are a very important part of the structure of the novel. Frankenstein's family is critical because the reason why the monster was created lies within the family. Almost every family mentioned in the novel was either incomplete or was dysfunctional. Frankenstei...

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• Grade Level: High School

Misunderstandings in Chapter 49 In Jane Austen's Emma, the title character is an unlikely heroine. In fact, the reader dislikes Emma so much that when she makes mistakes we laugh at her instead of feel sorry for her. Mr. George Knightley is the only character in the book who openly sees Emma for w...

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• Grade Level: High School

Silas Marner: What do you think George Eliot wanted to illustrate through the pattern of Silas' moral journey in Silas Marner'? At the start of the novel, Silas Marner is a valuable member of the community in a village called Lantern Yard. He is a kind, honest man who has a great faith in God. S...

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• Grade Level: High School

He has had a long writing career, spanning four decades and taking him from a mechanical typewriter balanced on his knees in the laundry room of a caravan to a summerhouse on a lake in his beloved Maine (similar to "Sara Laughs" in "Bag of Bones"). ...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School