Meaning is gained from a literary text at both a literal and also a symbolic level. Literary devices are the most direct way in which an author reinforces the themes of a novel. ... In the novel, one of the most significant literary devices used by Winton is symbolism, which plays upon the aesthetic sensibilities harbored by the text's audience and provides insight and deeper understanding to the themes of the novel. ... Besides this, the character of Quick Lamb is also indicative of how human beings can through circumstances in life feel anguished and homeless. ... The main symbols used...

• Word Count: 1957
• Approx Pages: 8

By using the literary technique known as stream-of-consciousness, readers are able to relate to the characters, and discover them in a more personal light. The narration of "Just like a Tree," shifts from one character to another. ... Although everyone appears to be effected in some way or another, there are two characters whose monologues reveal the character of the community as a whole, while revealing certain truths about themselves. ... She is an "outside" character, as she is not of the same social class or ethnic group as the other characters in the story. ... The character of the c...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Edna Pontellier was a literary figure on the edge when The Awakening was written. ... This pulling from the various archetypical, yet very human, characters and settings eventually allows Mrs. ... Kate Chopin created a character that was multi-faceted and generally unacceptable in her time. ... However, Edna's character is can really show us how to reject prescribed roles in society and become individuals. The catalyst of Edna's awakening was the variety of characters that all fit their archetypical roles. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Hamlets' character flaws mirror my own. ... She was assumed to be untrustworthy and of ill character. ... Like mirrors, literature enables us to see our situations by observing a character's achievements and flaws. ... Different readers can make different opinions or comments of the same literary words. ... The character is instantly unlikeable, ignorant and dismissive of her husband's heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Flannery O"Connor's Magnificent Use of Foreshadowing in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" Foreshadowing is a literary technique used by many authors to provide the reader with a glimpse of future events that will transpire within the work, thereby hooking the reader into the story and retaining the reader's full attention. ... As the story commences, we learn that the central character, the grandmother, is trying to dissuade her son, Bailey, from taking the family on a vacation to Florida. ... O"Connor's choice of the town name lets the reader know that the character's liv...

• Word Count: 2114
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Compare and Contrast of Everyday Use and Monkey Business Today I am going to show you how two great literary master pieces have so much in common, but are so different. ... I am going to compare the characters in each story by showing you how they are alike and how they are different. ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Kate Chopin's The Awakening, is a memorable story of one woman's quest for self happiness and strength. She goes against all odds in fulfilling herself and realizes that sometimes it is better to put your needs in front of the societies. Living her life to the fullest, she dies knowing that in her h...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Death of a Salesman" The play death of a salesman can be easily explained as a literary way of detailing the psychological deterioration of the classic middle class working American man. ... Willie's second major character flaw being his frequent and strange exaggerations of the truth. ...

• Word Count: 1662
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

At this point in their lives, Faith is a successful literary agent while her sister, Hope, is a prostitute with a drug addiction. ... I think that this is a very powerful scene in the novel because the suppressed feelings of each character, especially Hope, become apparent, which then means that they can be taken care of at long last. ...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

1. "A Pair Of Tickets- 1989 2. Born in Oakland, CA 1952, author Amy Tan wrote her very first novel "The Joy Luck Club-, which went on to become a critical success and a best seller. 3. During the war in 1944, Suyuan Woo was subjected to great tragedy. With her twin infants she fled on foot from t...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rufus, the main character, struggles throughout the novel to learn the true meaning of what has happened to his father and to mature. ... Probably the most influential person in Agee's life that affected his whole literary career would be Father Flye. ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School