Summary Ralph hides in the jungle and thinks miserably about the chaos that has overrun the island. ... Much of the irony at the end of the novel stems from Golding's portrayal of the naval officer. ... After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. ... The novel's sales enabled Golding to retire from teaching and devote himself fully to writing. ... Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel's central themes and ideas. ...

• Word Count: 11237
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• Grade Level: High School

" Is the famous quote to start off Daphne du Maurier's top selling novel Rebecca. ... The novel keeps you on your toes and makes you want to learn what happens next. ... Danvers, came about for the novel. ... A theme of the novel is insecurity. ... In the novel, the second Mrs.de Winter didn't even have a name. ...

• Word Count: 3228
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• Grade Level: High School

Short summary and more information about Wuthering Heights II. ... It is a novel which contains a degree of emotional force and sophisticated narrative structure not seen previously in the history of the English novel. ... Wuthering Heights is a cyclical novel in structure. ... While David Daiches finds a 'stark grandeur' in the novel, G. ... Short summary and more information about Wuthering Heights Giving a short summary is important to explain well enough because of the complex characters and non-chronological order in the novel: Owner of the mansion Wuthering Heights, Mr. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I am going to be discussing a chapter of the novel Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley. This is a gothic horror novel about a scientist named Dr. ... From the overall summary of the book's plot, it is clear that Frankenstein is an intelligent man, highly respected about the town and has developed a good reputation. ...

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Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. ... Characters The Heroine - The novel's protagonist and narrator; we never learn her given name. A shy, self-conscious young woman from a lower-middle class background, she begins the novel as a paid companion to Mrs. ... When the novel begins, he has recently lost his beautiful, accomplished wife, Rebecca, in what the world believes was a tragic drowning. ... Baker - A London doctor who saw Rebecca the day of her death Frith - The butler at Manderley Clarice - The heroine's maid Jasper - One of Maxim&#x...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Thought of One Ayn Rand, the author of many inspirational novels is one of the most controversial authors of the twentieth century. ... (Brief Summary p. 1 )" Ayn Rand was born in Russia in 1905 and moved to America when she was 21. ... In her novels the main characters were strong individuals fighting agaist large, impresona systems. ... Ayn Rand's philosophy which is the basis of her novels is objectivism. ... Each of Rand's four novels celebrates the primacy of the individual versus society. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

(Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... He published...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. ... Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. ... He publis...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Northanger Abbey is an excellent novel because it shows the society reflected in many ways throughout the novel therefore giving the reader an inside knowledge of the time period. During the time period that this novel was written the gothic novel was a main piece of literature that was read. ... Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. ... However, she does continue to make a parody of the novel, as it was know. ... At the beginning of the novel Catherine is very young and nave; howev...

• Word Count: 2803
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• Grade Level: High School

The summaries in this paper examine several unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives that, taken together, give the reader of Native Son a deeper understanding of the novels purpose. Finding the purpose of the novel is a challenge, because the initial reaction is one of shock and dismay. ... I found that the novel revealed to me an existence that I had never considered before. ... Interprets Native Son as a naturalistic novel incorporating, as a major idea, the theme of escape. ... It offers a unique interpretation of the novel and generates deeper understanding about the con...

• Word Count: 2755
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• Grade Level: High School

After a brief summary of the two novel, the research question is explored through the analysis of different literary elements, how the author employ each literary elements to achieve the development of fear and how they influence the readers' fear. The four different literary elements discussed are: Character Development, Novels' structure, Magical Realism and Narrative Diction is explored through an analysis of the choice of diction use by the authors as well as the back-stories of each protagonist in both novels, its effectiveness in influencing the readers' fear. Novel'...

• Word Count: 4287
• Approx Pages: 17
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After leaving the Indian Civil Service he moved back to England and began to pull together his various journals and writings in order to prepare his first novels. ... This short novel was rejected twice, mainly on the grounds that it was only 35,000 words and used only a moderate part of all of the notes, journals and other things that he had collected and intended to use. ... Down and Out in Paris and London, is not a novel; it is a kind of documentary account of life unknown to most of its readers. ...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
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• Grade Level: High School

The final report will consist of several categories including a plan of the investigation, a summary of evidence, an evaluation of sources, an analysis, a conclusion, and the sources and word limit. Factors such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, novels, textbooks, and online web pages can all serve as sources, to help in the investigation. ... Criterion B Summary of Evidence The Bubonic Plague had spread to the far reaches of Europe and was continuing to devour any living and every living thing that came in its path. ...

• Word Count: 2638
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One of James' novels, "Turn of the Screw" (1898), has caused a lot of controversy among many critics, and each of them has had a particular interpretation. James' creative writing built a close connection between his novel and his readers. ... Since the perception and experiences of each person are different from the other, the reactions to this novel are varied. ... For example, at the very beginning of the novel, Douglas started telling the story and said the Governess was in love (James, pg. 24). ...

• Word Count: 2947
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

While Green was living in Chicago, he began writing a novel based on his years at Indian Springs and when it was completed, "Looking for Alaska" was published. His second and third novels were published in 2006 and 2008. ... Plot Summary The story is about a 16 year old cancer girl, Hazel Grace Lancaster who meets Augustus Waters who has lost his one leg because of cancer in a Support Group. ... Her mood changes throughout the novel. ... He contacts Peter Van Houten (it appears to be his assistant later in the novel) for Hazel's unanswered questions about the end of the book. ...

• Word Count: 2713
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School

The "state of nature- of human beings was the focal point for many of the 1500th -1900th century philosophers. Many of these philosophers attempted to understand and describe humans in this original condition. One of the most intriguing aspects of man was the concept of human interaction as it per...

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Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle illustrates how greed and ruthless competition has made turn of the century America into a brutal jungle.Take or be taken? ... Following graduation, Sinclair went on to graduate study at Columbia University, where he began writing full-length novels with serious social themes. These novels such as King Midas, The Journal of Arthur Stirling, and Manassas, did not receive any critical recognition, but they showed that Sinclair was concerned with the condition of working people and the inequality of the rich and poor in his first works. ... Some of the worst...

• Word Count: 4457
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel Fight Club, by Jack Palahniuk was published in 1996 and released as a motion picture starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in October of 1999. ... Whether consciously, or subconsciously, the average "Generation X" male of modern society can relate to and understand Fight Club, which makes both the novel and motion picture such an important proclamation regarding the state of our modern culture. ... The support groups give Jack a sense of belonging, a sense of being important to others as he expresses on page 107 of the novel: This is why I loved the support groups so much. ......

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• Grade Level: High School

Section V: Summary, is self-explanatory, the focus will be on the information collected in Section IV in relation to the questions presented in the introduction to answer the title question of the paper: Is terrorism a part of globalization? ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The author has created the novel's world, Middle Earth, not only by using imagination, but by also adding details from the modern world. ... They die together in the battle at the end of the novel. ... The die together in the battle at the end of the novel. ... Summary: Bilbo, a simple hobbit, is smoking his pipe one day when the wizard Gandalf appears and asks him to go on an adventure. ...

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• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

A Time to Kill is a novel written about how a ten-year old black girl named Tonya Hailey's life was shattered when two rednecks beat and raped her, and then how her father took the law into his own hands and decided their punishment himself. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The purpose of this summary is to briefly discuss recent findings regarding adolescent substance use, adolescent brain development, and the impact of alcohol on adolescent behavior and brain function. 2. ... In actuality, it appears that many of the changes that take place during the second decade of life are novel and do not simply represent the trailing remnants of childhood plasticity. ...

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Four types of lower courts are prescribed by the constitution: high courts, district courts, family courts, and summary courts. ... Family and summary courts are exclusively courts of first instance. ...

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The Colour Purple Chapter 1 The first few pages begin Walker's narrative of the life of Celie, a fourteen-year-old black girl who lives with her dying mother and her sister, Nettie. Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mo...

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• Grade Level: High School

From Jules Verne came the novels Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, and Twenty thousand Leagues Under the Sea. ... Up through the early twentieth century, novels, even if they had fantasy elements, were still regarded as fairy tales. ... Their invention of "high fantasy " " a novel taking place in a highly developed fantasy world " and their characters' epic journeys brought a whole new side of seriousness to a genre that had been seriously lacking it. ... Some of these include The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; A Game of Thrones; and what is th...

• Word Count: 3873
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography