Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. ... Avoid plot summary. ... Throughout the novel, Simon is depicted as a man who seems stuck n a rut, unable to move forward. ... However, in the closing lines of the novel, Stephen finally frees himself from his father's influence. ... Summarily, Joyce's use of patriarchal figures and references throughout A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man allow for the development of conflicts which further shape Stephen's own personal development. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel about a nameless father and son who are traveling to the coast in the south. ... Cormac McCarthy is an American writer known for stylistically complex novels, such as The Road and Blood Meridian. ... "McCarthy published his debut novel, The Orchard Keeper, in 1965, and was awarded the William Faulkner Award for it (Mote 1). ... Since then, the novel has been adapted to film, and was released in 2009" (Mote 2). After the release of this novel, McCarthy's book became very successful and is now read in high schools in America and Canada. ...

• Word Count: 1485
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, the same issue has occurred. ... Beloved allows the characters in the novel to develop and realize that memories never die by becoming the physical memory, which makes them relive it, accept it and move on with their lives. ... In Toni Morrison's novel, Beloved, Beloved is the past that becomes the present, where the characters are reliving their past, which helps them to talk about it and reveal the parts that they have hidden for years. ... Toni Morrison, in her novel, is portraying that memories can be painful, however, over time people can accept...

• Word Count: 2475
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are three main themes that were perceived from this novel. ... To learn examples of these themes a plot summary is given. ... This is the general plot summary of Robinson Crusoe. ... He keeps a very extensive journal in the novel. ... This reflects the individualism behind this novel. ...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

However the focal point of the novel is the contention between its fundamental characters Jadine and Son. ... Unfortunately, in spite of vague result of the novel, it is still hardly possible to believe that such people could be eventually united and live in love for a long time. ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6

The novel, "Candide," starts at the castle of the high and mighty Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. ... In addition, there are more residents who are the protagonist of this novel Candide and his tutor Doctor Pangloss. ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

4/5 I Am Legend is a dystopian, magical realist novel. ... These examples summaries the idea that Robert Neville's living conditions are miserable and almost unlivable. ... 4/5 I Am Legend is a very ironic novel. ... What is the significance of allusion in relation to any themes of the novel? ... One example of conflict in this novel is character versus character. ...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Each installment in the Final Fantasy series is like a new novel written by the same author; certain ideas or characters may be recycled, but the plots and settings used are independent of each other. ... The 'Events' section of the Data log records brief, periodical summaries of the plot. The summary for all 13 chapters combined totals over 14,000 words, and the quality of the logs are not victimized by the quantity. ... Other, more extensive plot-driven games such as Final Fantasy XIII, could be stripped of its audio and visual components, reduced to nothing but in-game text and di...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ling's innocent nature is depicted at the start of the novel by her lack of understanding about the political and economic situation during the birth of China's Cultural Revolution. ... In the middle of the novel, as tragedy begins to strike her family, Ling's ignorance gradually dissipates and starts to develop the important traits to help support her family. ... In summary, after experiencing the persecution of her family, Ling's ignorance disappears and is gradually replaced by responsibility and understanding. ... The novel illustrates her actions: "With a proud sm...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ian Watt, author of The Rise of the Novel (1957) argues that one reason Fielding's novel is problematic is because the novel distances itself from the reader through the third person narration; the novel has lost some of its realism. ... Fielding's novel Tom Jones follows these minimal criteria; thus Fielding's novel is not in conflict with the criteria for realism laid out by Watt. ... 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. .....

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

The novel, never meant to be realistic in any strict sense, is of course filled out with an excess of other customs and motifs. ... Features of the idealistic novel with its exceedingly emotional view of experience abound. ... He wrote the novel as historically based as he could but still making it a fictional work. I think the novel is popular as well as scholarly. ... Part IV: Ideas, Concepts, or Summary Propositions I feel that the following four events were very crucial to the conclusion of The Last of the Mohicans: the war between the French and English; the attack of the Huro...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

It was in 1962 when his first novel, The Pretenders which is the first leg of his five-novel masterpiece was published. ... Summary "I have trod and searched and searched but found nothing." ... Jose Rizal recounted in his controversial novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The novels share a common dilemma in the form of Feudalism. ... Sionil Jose worded the whole novel. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut I.Character List Billy Pilgrim - The main character of the novel. ... Vonnegut - In the first and last chapters, Vonnegut explains why he wrote this novel. ... Plot Summary Addressed as an anti-war novel about the bombings of Dresden in World War II, Slaughterhouse-Five is a fictional story written by Kurt Vonnegut to create the sense of what it may have been like to actually witness this horrible feat.. ... A critical moment of this novel is when Billy Pilgrim is abducted by the Trafalmadorians. ... Major Themes A major theme of the novel is the rol...

• Word Count: 1657
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Daniel Pink discusses in his novel Drive that human motivations are not always as clear as we may think they are. ... The passages from the novels included, all easily relate back to The Happiness Advantage as the subtle underlying theme to them all is finding the motivation to obtain happiness, success, and your true passion. ... " This is truly where this novel, Drive, The Price of Privilege and The Happiness Advantage all come together full circle. ... That statement right there brings all these novels together in one simple fashion. ... In summary, the authors of each of the novels p...

• Word Count: 1306
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In romance novels, there is always, at a minimum, one antagonist. ... Readers almost always get a glimpse of that as the novel progresses. ... I think that Bronte made this stick out in the novel for a reason. ... In summary, Bronte created a one of a kind character when she created Heathcliff. ... Bronte truly wrote a remarkable novel....

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

(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. ... (Freud) In Emily Bronte's Victorian novel, Wuthering Heights, she explores various psychoanalytic situations. ... Plot Summary http://www.bookrags.com/notes/wh/SUM.htm 4. ...

• Word Count: 1544
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At the age of sixteen she wrote her First novel, The Outsiders. ... Summary The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. ... This novel shows this theme throughout a detailed story line. The fictional novel is set in the moderate-sized city of Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1960s. ... This theme is expressed in the novel several times. ...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

As Márquez describes in MyThanks at the conclusion of his novel: "the story seemed so ripe, and its style and tone so polished (Márquez 271).... The major themes of Márquez's novel involves world politics and the fate of nations, figural labyrinths of the mind and body, and explores the concept of fate and love. Plot Summary The novel is written as an historical account of the last days of Símon Bolívar, although he is only mentioned by name one time at the end of the first chapter. ... " Published in 1989 the novel is also in keeping with the crumblin...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Plot Summary The three men were on their way to Lou's house to drop him off after ice fishing with Jacob, they drove off the road trying to escape the crossing fox. ... The novel consists of many themes beside the main theme. ... Anyone except Hank, who got in touch with the money, was murdered later on during the novel. ... Another example of the symbolism in the novel is the farm where Hank and Jacob grew up. ... However, Later on in the novel the reader finds out that it might not have been an accident after all. ...

• Word Count: 2209
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

So sadly men got teased, and poked at if they said anything about being Sexually Harassed, then out came Disclosure (1994) Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland Michael Douglas runs afoul of a treacherous supervisor in this film version of Michael Crichton's novel. ... Read moreMichael Douglas runs afoul of a treacherous supervisor in this film version of Michael Crichton's novel. ... Dennis Miller also appears as one of Tom's wise-cracking co-workers. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Hide full summary Michael Crichton was inspired to pen yet another novel on the them...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Twain uses racism, slavery, and freedom throughout his book. ... But Twain does show how he mocks religion in his novel. ... I also think that this novel really explains sort of what it means to be an American by somewhat explaining slavery. ... In a summary of Blanche's life, she was somewhat wealthy and then after the death of her husband, the loss of Belle Reve, and her leave of absence from her high school teaching job, she now has no money or way of making money, which is why she is living with her sister Stella. ... ...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Summary of Forever . . . ... Other characters in the novel deal with the consequences of their decisions and actions. ... Kath also experiences growth over the course of the novel. ... At the end of the novel, we can see that Kath is much more mature. ... She does not embellish her novel by adding outrageous details. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Memoirs of a Geisha, published in 1977, is a historical novel written by Arthur Golden. ... Therefore, he was capable of producing a beautifully written novel about a geisha in Japan during the times of before and after World War II. ... The novel is narrated from the point of view of Sayuri Nitta, a retired geisha, whom the author had interviewed. ... Throughout the novel, we witness a transformation of Sayuri, into becoming a well-known and successful geisha. ... Last, I'd also like to criticize the writing style of this novel. ...

• Word Count: 1570
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one," wrote Eleanor Roosevelt in her novel, You Learn by Living. ... Throughout the novel The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses allegory to show a psychological struggle for happiness, independence, and relationships through the character of Edna Pontellier. One way Edna's behavior changes throughout the novel is with her struggle for her own happiness while trying to live up to expectations of society. ... Edna's independence also changes through the novel while experiences many p...

• Word Count: 1575
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I found the book on the corner of a shelf and realized that the cover of the book was pretty interesting, as it appears "the novel of firemen who are paid to set books ablaze". ... Summary: In this story, the author Ray Bradbury tells us about futuristic American city in which books are illegal to read or posses, and firemen aren't employed to save houses, but to burn books. ... Theme: In the novel Fahrenheit 451, the theme is Censorship as shown by Captain Beatty's speech toward the end of "The Hearth and the Salamander" while explaining the history of firemen to Montag in his hom...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School