The initial chapter has Doctor Iannis curing Stammatis's from deafness only to discover that a pea is lodged in his ear. ... The following chapter(2) uses single narrative in the monologue of Mussolini. ... The humourous image of a self absorbed dictator is purposely created, and his feline encounter later in the chapter ends up as a bloody mess and an early siesta. Satire is present in the chapter involving Corelli and the mine on the beach(43), with the smug engineer being decapitated shortly after declaring that Corelli was going to be killed. ... Yossarian's dead man in tent scen...

• Word Count: 2754
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the most fascinating aspects of the novel is Pynchon's choice -- or rather, invention -- of the names he gives the characters and organizations described in the novel. ... The sex scene at the end of the chapter is full of Freudian sexual imagery, all of which is tied in with the events on the margins of the sexual act. ... In this chapter, the novel seems to take a deliberate turn toward the absurd. ... The most pristine image of this isolation comes early in chapter five, when Pynchon writes, "Oedipa sat, feeling as alone as she ever had, now the only woman, she saw, in a roo...

• Word Count: 2590
• Approx Pages: 10

That is why the new aesthetic reality, which is giving birth in epic dialogue to the novelistic hero, - is not mutual relation and not symbiosis, but epiko-novelistic quality, endowing with epic weightiness the historically passing novelistic event and problematizing epic integrity. ... Historical consciousness is the consciousness giving the report in the historical nature. ... Since these "instants" before the reader's eyes, at his interested partnership as he is involved and willingly gives himself to involve in discussion of variants of developme...

• Word Count: 2592
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Understanding the poor relationship that Bret and his father have gives the reader insight as to why Bret lives an irresponsible life and having no regard to anyone but himself. ... Even though Bret gives off a selfish vibe, it is very obvious to the reader that he has no sense of self worth. ... At the beginning of the first chapter, Bret openly admitted that he despises his father and does not want to be anything like him. ...

• Word Count: 3723
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The use of the repetition of the 's' sound, sibilance, of the words 'ice' and 'freezingly' gives a sinister air to the situation and also adds to the already cold tense atmosphere between the two women and reminds us of other evil fictional characters such as 'The White Witch' for example or Cinderella's evil stepmother. ... She claims she is 'struck with wonder' (chapter 8 PAGE 74) by Helen. ...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

An eighty-page mixture of short, fragmentary chapters, photographs, and illustrations of medieval architecture and manuscripts, the Postscript is partly a poetics designed to "help us understand how to solve the technical problem which is the production of a work." ... As he remarks, he gives his audience, "Latin, practically no women, [and] lots of theology," partially rewarding their attention by also providing "gallons of blood in Grand Guignol style" (Eco, 1983). ...

• Word Count: 4697
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate