The romantic relationships in this novel provide some human behaviors that serve as rich topics for psychoanalytic criticism. ... Close relationships dig up the psychological residue of earlier family conflicts and bring into play aspects of a person's identity that they don't want to deal with or even know about, the best way to avoid painful psychological self-awareness is to avoid close relationships, especially romantic relationships. It would be easy to say avoid relationships altogether, but the psychological wounds responsible for that fear creates a demand for a stage in whic...

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• Approx Pages: 11
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"Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion," Javan. One of the biggest questions lying at the root of human curiosity is whether love is real or merely an illusion. In our day-to-day lives, it can be very difficult to draw the line between the two, because our mind alters everything we perceive. Some believe reality is that love conquers all, while others believe it brings nothing but destruction. ...

• Word Count: 2763
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• Grade Level: High School

The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. ...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School