In the critical analysis of The Age of Innocence, done by Constance Allen, the author depicts the novel as "subtle yet unmistakable indictment of stratified New York high society in 1920." ... Allen believes that The Age of Innocence is one or Wharton's most successful books because it offers an inside look at a subject the author knew very well. ... Wharton wrote with a comfortable, fixed and formal style, which at times can become dense and lose the reader in the convoluted details. ... The Age of Innocence is known as a novel of manners because people live the way society expec...

• Word Count: 534
• Approx Pages: 2

This coupling of innocence with disease relates to the combination of beauty and corruption that Emma herself has become. ... This progression from innocence to sexual degradation mirrors the path of Emma's life and inevitable destruction. ... Madame Bovary is but a variant on the age-old tale of the fatal consequences of feminine lust . while for Emma the beggar is clearly a devastating reminder of something incurably horrendous (whether it be her own corruption or that of love) he is incapable of distinguishing between invisible cause and visible symptom as Emma had been of separa...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This national book award winner is an epic tale and the launch of a new style for the author focusing on a matured young man with a passion for horses joining with his friends to overcome loss and betrayal. ... "All The Pretty Horses details a journey that is both literal and, at least to some extent, a bildungsroman, a movement from innocence to experience, from purity to knowledge, from the known world into the unknown world--and the unknown world in this novel is Mexico-(Blair 1). ... John Grady at the age of 16 is already quite mature for his age and because of his maturity he does no...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

I will comment on their style of writing and the techniques they use to present their characters. ... A common problem that a child of Paddy's age would have to face is the break up of their parent's marriage. ... This portrays his innocence. ...

• Word Count: 2123
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

There is, in fact, an admirable balance in Mistry's Bombay, which brings us back to my earlier proposition: that Mistry's writing in its development of the time-honored fictional ingredients-setting, character, style, and plot-seeks and maintains a delicate balance. ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There is, in fact, an admirable balance in Mistry's Bombay, which brings us back to my earlier proposition: that Mistry's writing in its development of the time-honored fictional ingredients-setting, character, style, and plot-seeks and maintains a delicate balance. ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate