Misunderstandings in Chapter 49 In Jane Austen's Emma, the title character is an unlikely heroine. ... George Knightley is the only character in the book who openly sees Emma for who she really is, and in this regard "he acts as a stand-in for Austen's and the reader's judgments of Emma- (spark notes). ... In this chapter Mr. ... Elton's comments to Emma about Harriet, this is the climax of the book, and contains the biggest misunderstanding of them all. ... As the chapter opens we find Emma outside as Mr. ...

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A conventional book, or play, would have three parts, a beginning, a middle and an end, but "Enduring Love" Is not a conventional book and McEwan is not a conventional writer. ... Other obsessions which have lingered throughout the book are also cured. ... Chapter twenty four concludes the story of Logan. ... The book began with a picnic, so it's ending with a picnic is another factor which adds to the cathartic atmosphere of the chapter. ... There are many similarities between the final chapter and the first chapter, but the important difference, is the first chapter ends on a dark, pess...

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The book is divided into seven stories or chapters that are named Mattie Michael, Etta Mae Johnson, Kiswana Browne, Lucielia Louise Turner, Cora Lee, the Two, and the Block Party. ... The book displays the struggles of all African- American women. ... The first theme is in the chapter of Kiswana Browne. ... The last theme comes chapter of Mattie. ... In Cora lee's chapter, the point of minutia is her obsession with baby dolls. 7. ...

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This book was banned for two big reasons and a few smaller reasons. ... Also, in chapter 26, Sethe tries to kill Mr. ... It's understandable why this book was banned but it shouldn't have been. ... Overall, this book was tough but great and it should not have been banned. ... In closing, Beloved is a phenomenal reading that was banned by parents who most likely haven't read a chapter of the book. ...

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In The Rise of the Novel, the chapters preceding the analysis of Tom Jones, Watt hints at the importance of psychological verisimilitude in creating a realistic text. ... Focusing on the second chapter of the tenth book of Tom Jones it will be shown that Fielding's novel keeps in line with Watt's original criteria for the eighteenth-century novel. In the second chapter of Book X, when the Irish man, Fitzpatrick, arrives at the Inn to inquire after his wife, the narrator, through dialogue, conveys briefly the hardships Fitzpatrick has gone through to find and secure his run-away wif...

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Anderson sets the course for the theme of isolation in the first three chapters, excluding The Book of the Grotesque. The first chapter is called Hands and involves the sad story of Wing Biddlebaum. ... Mother is the third chapter of the novel and deals with another cause of isolation, the inability to communicate feelings. In this chapter, Elizabeth Willard is resented by her husband and has lost all affection from him. ... Throughout the book, different people try to help George Willard. ...

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In the forward of "Beloved," she explains that she is writing this book as an extremely angry African American woman. ... 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. Even in these chapters, Morrison's bias is dominant. ... Other critics disagree and claim that the book has no cultural importance whatsoever. They debate that more important novels could replace the book on reading lists. ...

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For example, Flaubert spends almost an entire chapter describing Emma's and Charles" wedding using meticulous details to paint a picture of her wedding dress, the cake and the feast that followed. In contrast with, at the end of chapter four, he ends it with, "When they left Tostes in the month of March, Madame Bovary was pregnant." Emma's pregnancy is not mentioned again after several chapters. One might think that Emma's pregnancy would be a major event in the book, but Flaubert doesn't describe it in nearly as much detail as he does with, for example, the wedding dress o...

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It is a chapter in which Paddy and his friends are in a gang. ... Roddy Doyle said when interviewed that when he wrote this chapter I was reaching back to my childhood for the memories and inspiration to write the book, the gang thing seemed important because there was always a gang. ... In the chapter The Family Outing' he knows something ahs happened when his mum gets out of the car away from their father in the pouring rain. ... In chapter two paddy and his friends try to put fuel into his little brothers mouth, so they can light it, Kevin pressed the fuel against his mouth but...

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One night, the 15 years old narrator of the book, Christopher Francis Boone, finds the murdered body of his neighbor's poodle, Wellington. ... Already in the first chapter it becomes clear that the narrator is struggling with a condition, perhaps a mild for of autism. ... But I could not be certain about this".1 An interesting and touching conflict in the book is between Christopher and his father, Ed. ... It is also a lot of digressions in the book. ... In my opinion The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a great book that is absolutely delightful to read. ...

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In the stories opening chapter McIlvanney takes a non-traditional approach to crime literature as he reveals to readers the novel's killer. ... In chapter five it is revealed that Tommy is likely a homosexual, although not admittedly so. ... The finest demonstration of this is in the book's final chapter when Laidlaw took his colleague, Detective Inspector Milligan "by the lapels and flung him across the corridor" (278) for his mistreatment of Tommy. ...

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The first line of the book is both important and powerful, for it expresses the death in a way that suggests Meursault's outlook on life. ... Meursault evaluates the sun in every chapter and it seems to control the tone in the novel. ... Marie takes the role of Meursault's girlfriend in the book. ... It is important to note the sun's consistent role in the chapter. ...

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Throughout chapter one the language used by Elliot such as although chary for his time' portrays Silas as a good character and a nice person. ... At the end of chapter 2 Silas sees the gold as his unborn children' as the gold has replaced his friends and family and his faith in God. In Chapter 5 the reader is prepared for the theft of the gold although Silas is unprepared. ... Silas and Godfrey are contrasted throughout chapter 13 which demonstrates the change in Silas. ...

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The plot of this novel is summed up in the first two chapters, and is all about this one family and the events that happen to it. ... Faulkner's point is that memory, and especially the ways in which people remember and reinterpret events, can be as malleable and shape-shifting as is the style of this book. ... Ultimately however Faulkner is saying about the south, don't judge a book by its cover. ... Faulkner was very preoccupied with the south and its destruction from the Civil War, and this again is Faulkner saying do no judge a book by its cover. ...

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Southern Mail is a fictional book about a man, Jacques Bernis' journeys as a mail carrier, and is told by the author as the narrator. ... The action of this book took place within his mind or his plane. ... Herlin, Genevieve's husband and the father of their son , was mentioned for a few chapters throughout the book. ... His tone is much like a character in the book, he places himself in every scene and acts as though he is part of it. ... We find a lot of rejection throughout the book in many different aspects. ...

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Shelley also refers to "Cornelius Agrippa" throughout the book who himself wrote many volumes on the philosophy of the occult. ... Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary November night, again this adds to the stereotypical image of the horror genre. ... During chapter 24, Walton takes over telling the story, and again Shelley uses epistolary form for him to do this, as Walton is again writ...

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It is clear that his true motives and desires are geared towards his business and making money, but this poignant scene in chapter eleven allows the reader to empathise with him. ... (Chapter 12, Forster). ... She tries to befriend every character in the book which further shows her loving character. ... Wilcox begins to open up his mind to the outer world in the final few chapters. ...

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In the first chapter the very first description of Heathcliff is portrayed before anything really happens. ... The snow in the start of Chapter Two reflects the atmosphere inside Wuthering Heights and the mood of Heathcliff. ... The book makes you say this sharply and in a firm voice. ...

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The first of these sections, including the chapter covering Don Quixote's first expedition, functions mainly as a satirical composition of fashionable romance tales. The second section, contains the rest of the first part, is written under the appearance of a history, by going along in a historical detour and breaking up the chapters regularly, carefully reporting every day's events. ...

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His first book was Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. The Red Badge of Courage was written in order to win a bet he made that he could write a book in ten days on a subject he had no first hand experience with. ... Crane's objective when writing this book was not to give a history lesson on the civil war actually the reader must know that he is talking of the civil war because he never actually states that in the novel. ... This is most blatantly stressed in chapter 23 when he gives a description of the four prisoners. ... As he matures through the book we b...

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After reading the first book in Fantine, the audience captures the powerful effect that he has on others. ... The novel, however, explains, (cosette, book three, ten) "And then his little bundle of clothes, packed beforehand for the little girl). ... Hugo uses certain chapters to express the characters and their roles during that time. ...

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The frame work for "Like water for chocolate" as a book divided into monthly installments with romances, recipes and home remedies, establishes the way in which the reader will imagine the experiences in the novel. Like Tita whose way of life is based on the kitchen, the reader must navigate her world through the power of food, guided by the recipes at the beginning of each chapter. ...

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In "Lord of the Flies", the opening chapter introduces us to the characters and the conflict and poses a question: If people were dropped on a distant island that offered plenty of food and no dangerous conditions, would the experience be a good one or a bad one? ... The boy grew up absorbing three cultures: the Utopia he heard about from his mother; the Indian culture in which he lived, but which rejected him as an outsider; and the plays of Shakespeare, which he read in a book that survived from pre-Utopian days. ...

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In birth the creature is described near the beginning of chapter four of the first volume as one whose "yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath- of one whose " hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing- of one who had "teeth of pearly whiteness and watery eyes that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set."" ... 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 the other characters in the novel. ...

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Thesis statement: Eva Luna by Isabel Allende is an example of a novel that depicts a great variety of women characters that come together in their struggle to survive in a politically torn and male-dominated country. Good! Eva Luna was my introduction into the world of Isabel Allen...

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