Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby perfectly illuminates the American life of the Jazz Age. It stoof the test of time and has earned the distinction as one of the truly great American novels. ... With the coming of Prohibition, the law banning the manufacture, sale, and distribution of liquor in the U.S. from 1920-1933, there came a new era- one of organized crime. ... Many of the characters in his novels are based on people from his life. ... All of these qualities- carelessness, hypocracy, aesthetic values, "intellectualism", and power- Tom so blatently diplays, are cha...

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Although, the Victorian age ranging from 1886 perhaps was one of the most industrious of their time. ... Coming towards "Jane Eyre", when analyzing the novel, one cannot fall short to observe the apparent strange ambiance which for some reason seems partly there as an effort to terrify the reader. ... Jane from a little age has an attraction with the supernatural and the inexplicable, and it is exactly such an unexplainable occurrence that brings back together Jane and her Mr. Rochester at the novel's end. ... Nevertheless, the novel should not be read as a gothic novel but a no...

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Thus, it is no coincidence that the grandmother is later specified to be 2,000 years old, which happens to be when Christian theology reads God's first coming to Earth. ... By acknowledging the grandmother to be an embodiment of God, one can better comprehend the concept of the grandmother's age and eternal beauty, however her magical powers and ability to remain unknown by some are notions that take readers to a deeper level of religious application. Throughout the novel, the grandmother serves as a protector and guide for Princess Irene and Curdie through spiritual means. ... Thro...

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The characteristics of the American hero are similar in both Indiana Jones and Natty Bumppo. ... "Cooper began writing at age thirty to demonstrate to his wife that he could write a better novel than the one he was reading to her" (Encarta NP). ... In this novel, Natty is called Hawkeye because of his ties to the Mohicans. ... Throughout the many adventures of Natty Bumppo, he always had many of the same characteristics. ... Indiana uses wits in this novel in order to defeat his enemy, which is a prime characteristic of the American hero. ...

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American Psycho' deals explicitly with sex and violence, the main style of the novel is the satirisation of the American Dream, as twisted by the excesses of the 1980s. ... People are described, not by physical characteristics or personality, but by the designer-label clothes they wear: "Dibble is wearing a subtly striped double-breasted wool suit by Canali Milano, a cotton shirt by Bill Blass, a mini-glen-plaid woven silk tie byBill Blass Signature and he's holding a Missoni Uomo raincoat. ... The plot analyses the unrest and cultural...

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Remarque also ties in many smaller sub topics within the theme to display other characteristics not usually noticed by people not involved directly in the War. ... The novel is set at the beginning of World War I. ... The soldiers are often enlisted at very young ages and sent in to live amongst people they hardly know at the beginning. ... The fact that Remarque told of all the horrifying events makes this novel very different from most War novels. ... To achieve a feeling of indifference towards such a harsh reality as death is something that is very hard to imagine, but the reader does ...

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The most obvious example of a childhood experience coming out in a Bronte writing is Charlotte's representation of the Lowood School in Jane Eyre compared to her experiences at Cowan Bridge. ... In "Jane Eyre" while at Lowood, Helen Burns becomes a good friend and even a mother type figure to Jane even though they are close to the same age. ... One Byronic characteristic Rochester, Heathcliff and Branwell share is their love for a woman they can't have. ... This seclusion from society is a very common characteristic found in a Byronic hero. ... This essay has shown that thr...

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(Novel Guide) You said I killed you- you haunt me then! ... Again quoted in an article from the Novel Guide analysis, they state that supernatural events happen in the beginning of the novel and continue until the very end. ... These themes and instances are tied to a spirituality and life-after-death theme in the novel. ... She strengthens the plot, characters, and setting throughout the novel through situations such as projection of self on other's (living vicariously), past short comings magnified and transferred to others in the future, and basic other psychoanalytical staples s...

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In the novel, Woolf juxtaposes two images of women, one traditional and the other modern, which are represented by Mrs. ... Right from the beginning of the novel Mrs. ... Women can't write, women can't paint-what did that matter coming from him, since clearly it was not true to him but for some reason helpful to him, and that was why he said it?" ... Lily Briscoe is not the only woman in the novel who subverts the traditional gender role; Three of Mrs. ... Ramsay dies unexpectedly at a relatively young age, and Prue dies as a result of childbirth. ...

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Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has remained enormously popular since its publication in 1960. ... Lee makes use of several images and allegories throughout the novel to symbolize racial conflict. ... The central symbol of the novel, the mockingbird, further develops the theme of racial prejudice. ... To Kill a Mockingbird also can be read as a coming-of-age story featuring a young girl growing up in the South and experiencing moral awakenings. ... Atticus is clearly the hero of the novel, and functions as a role model for his children. ...

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Huck's skepticism of society, and the values held by the older generation, is apparent from the beginning of the novel. ... Free of the constraints of a normal existence, Huck is able to approach life in a way that most other kids his age can only dream of doing. ... For example, were it not for Jim's intuition about the coming storm, at the beginning of the novel, Huck may have been caught in it on the river, and possibly drowned. ... Though he is the same age as Huck, Buck's judgment and independent thinking abilities have been destroyed by the Grangerford's feud with ...

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It can be described as an easily noticed characteristics belonging to any given individual, or shared by all members of a particular social category or group. ... In these instances one is part of a minority (e.g., by race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation), or if one has identifications with multiple groups (e.g., by being biracial), or if one is pulled by conflicting messages (e.g., those coming from the media and the family), an identity crisis is likely to emerge. ... As the setting of both novels involves the country America, which is far advanced and even has a man of colour as its presi...

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Her reign will ever bear this distinguishing characteristic of her sex."2 In its own right the reign of Catherine the Great was impressive, but it was made all the more important because she was a women.3 The mere fact that Catherine II, a small German princess without hereditary claim to the throne, ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 amid the loyalty of the great mass of the people, and the respect and admiration of her neighbours, is sufficient proof of the force of her character. ... She set about composing herself for the ceremony that was to mark the ultimate stage in the transformation of a...

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Of Hurston's four novels and more than 50 published short stories, plays, and essays, she is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. ... Hurston's best novel describes the life of Janie, a black woman at the turn of the century. ... Yet, she doesn't find her definition of love until she is about forty years of age. ... Unlike Joe, Tea Cake does not silence Janie but actually listens to her and even reads into her expressions, something that Joe completely ignored.Another characteristic that distinguishes Tea Cake from Janie's previous husbands is his wil...

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"Stoker wrote about fantasies like sex and suggestive situations even though he lived in a very conservative time period, and yet people showed great interest in his morbid novel" (Fisher 64). ... A man with multiple female sexual experience is also a desire held by most men of all ages in all time periods(Plamino 1). ... That is the primary reason why his novel Dracula became famous" (Worley 172) Plays and books during the nineteenth century and before dealt mainly with comedy and romance. ... It is read about in novels and stories. ... They possess similar characteristic...

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The thinking, social skills, and other characteristics of middle school students certainly do differ greatly from those of younger or older children. ... For example, I like English and I have observed that students at this age enjoy acting out different characters. ... Another section in chapter two of our text describes an English teacher using cooperative learning groups to discuss a novel they are studying (50). ... This seems like an area that middle school students would feel more freedom, due to the fact that coming from elementary they are probably not used to such complex discussio...

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With the idea that parents have more experience in marriage, they weigh heavily on connecting partners based on important characteristics. These characteristics range from religion, horoscopes, financial, and placement in the caste system ("Arranged Marriages"). ... In the novel " The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri, Ashima agrees to marry a man who is a stranger, since her mother appointed her for an arranged marriage. ... Having identical upbringings it is not complicated for the couple to have more understanding of where each other are coming from. ... At a young age,...

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In "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver, the women Taylor, Esperanza, and Lou Ann all share the monumental task of being a mother, each coming from very unique backgrounds. ... "The adoption process Taylor undertakes is unorthodox and not really legal, but it works" ("The Bean," Novels). ... Turtle is at the age where her memory is vague, so she does not even know who her mother is. ... By the end of the novel, she's evolved and has recovered from the abuse by trusting and connecting with others. ... Both ladies share many similar characteristics, such a bo...

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Despite these wishes, the movie The Joy Luck Club, originally a novel written by Amy Tan raises the questions of oppression and power in the lives of four mothers and their daughters. ... Due to his background, he well portrayed the Chinese stereotypical characteristics (e.g., tiger mom, strict on their child and plays mahjong while gossiping) which well illustrates each character's hardship, oppression, power dynamics that they faced. ... An-Mei faced social destruction and family's discrimination at an early age which also allowed her to conform to a male-dominating culture and cho...

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Last the hybrid creativity found in fields for example architecture, which ''exhibits both a novel problem solution and the personality of the creator''(32). ... Creativity is not just for artists, not just for businessmen looking for a new way to make more money, not just for engineers coming up new innovations. ... Hinshaw suggested that a commonly attempted explanations for behaviors characteristic of mental disorders and illnesses are the belief that the conditions and behaviors associated with untreated disorder are the result of demonic possession or influence or the...

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Salinger's novel, The Catcher in the Rye, portrays the life of a teenager, Holden Caulfield, and the conflicts he has to face. ... He often finds himself fighting the biological clock, which will eventually result in old age and death. ... Other childlike characteristics of Holden are his carelessness to do well in school. ... An example of pure innocence is the young boy on the street singing "If a body catch a body coming through the rye." ...

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While colorful prose and realistic dialogue may give a play or novel some artistic merit, it is the conflict that gives the fiction its dramatic energy; it is the conflict that draws the audience in, holds their interest, and brings them to care about the characters and the ultimate resolution of the story. ... It is the masterful portrayal of this age-old conflict between the sexes that serves as the dramatic centerpiece in both Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire- and Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House."" ...

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