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A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a multifaceted novel that depicts war in various forms. Gene Forrester, a student at Devon School during World War II, experiences internal conflicts akin to different battles. Gene harbors jealousy towards his friend Finny and suspects that Finny is intentionally hindering his academic performance. Additionally, Gene is burdened…

In John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany, various symbols play a prominent role. Arm-less figures, water, and angels are a few of the more well-known symbols, but there are also subtle symbols throughout the novel. One of the most significant subtle symbols is prayer, which is an idea in itself. However, A Prayer for…

Things Fall Apart is a very riveting story with unmistakable character of a classical story.  The theme primarily revolved around change and its acceptance; the lead character, Okonkwo, was so afraid of change that he, ironically, had to change. Okonkwo’s personality is of the typical male in old stories: they did not want people to…

HOPE AND FEAR John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath Where does the courage come from? Where does the terrible faith come from? John Steinbeck, born in California in 1902 ( -1968, New York), is one of the most important American writers, widely known for his Pulitzer prize-winning novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, a “social” tale…

Susie Salmon, our central protagonist, is our narrator throughout the story. What early impressions do we gain of her here through her narrative voice? Sebold, the writer, uses a strange method of revealing the main problem of the story instantly, Sebold writes “My murderer” right at the start of the opening paragraph. This gives the…

In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair’s main argument was to show the public the vile conditions that immigrants faced while working in the meat-packing industry during the late 19th century and early 20th century. It was during this time period that the capitalist system had no limit and, therefore, was legally allowed to exploit immigrant workers….

The author of the story is Junot Diaz. The setting of the story is in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic. The novel begins with the narrator’s description of the curse, called fukú americanus—a curse of doom, specifically that of the New World. It was brought over to the islands of Antilles when the Europeans…

In the novel by Emile Bronte. Wuthering Heights. a strong contrast exist between storm and composure. Wuthering Highs and Thrusscross Grange. exemplify this construct. as they are binary antonyms in the narrative. where Wuthering Highs represents storm. and Thrusscross Grangpe represents composure. The physical features of the two topographic points and the people that reside…

Chinu Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a novel that contrasts sharply to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. In Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness he presents Africa in a very bad light and as an uncivilized country. In contrast, Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is a story about civilized Africa and their traditions. In Conrad’s Heart Of Darkness…

John Steinbeck’s’, The Grapes of Wrath is read as a direct allegation of the U.S. capitalist system of the early and mid twentieth century. Although the book on the surface can easily be read as an anti-capitalist book, it goes further than that. The book both essentially and unusually supports structural changes in the economic…