English Essays

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man A Portrait of Stephen Dedalus as a Young Man A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is above all a portrait of Stephen Dedalus. It is through Stephen that we see his world, and it is his development from sensitive child to rebellious young man that forms the plot of the novel. There are many Stephens, often contradictory. He is fearful yet bold, insecure yet proud, lonely and at the same time afraid of love. One Stephen is a romantic wh...

A River Runs Through It by Norman Mclean
A River Runs Through It by Norman Mclean Norman Mclean’s A River Runs Through It explores many feelings and experiences of one “turn of the century” family in Missoula, Montana. In both the movie, directed by Robert Redford, and the original work of fiction we follow the Mcleans through their joys and sorrows. However, the names of the characters and places are not purely coincidental. These are the same people and places known by Norman Mclean as he was growing up. In a s...

A Room with a View by ED Forster
A Room with a View by E.D. Forster Opening a Window A Room with a View by E.D. Forster explores the struggle between the expectations of a conventional lady of the British upper class and pursuing the heart. Miss Lucy Honeychurch must choose between class concerns and personal desires. Honeychurch is a respectable young lady from a well-known family. She travels with Miss Charlotte Bartlett to Italy at the turn of the century. In Italy they meet Mr. Emerson and George Em...

A Rose For Emily Symbolism
A Rose For Emily - Symbolism Authors traditionally use symbolism as a way to represent the sometime intangible qualities of the characters, places, and events in their works. In his short story “A Rose for Emily,” William Faulkner uses symbolism to compare the Grierson house with Emily Grierson’s physical deterioration, her shift in social standing, and her reluctance to accept change. When compared chronologically, the Grierson house is used to...

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner The story A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner in my opinion was a very interesting story. The story was about a old and troubled woman named Emily Grierson who because of her father’s death had become one of the towns obligation’s and also one of it’s problems. Emily a very stubborn old lady who refused to pay her taxes because of a little tale that Colonel Sartoris who was the mayor at the time had told her. He told her that her fathe...

A Separate Peace About the Title
A Separate Peace - About the Title Most stories’ titles give readers some insight of what the story will be about. This important concept is seen in the novel, A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles. In general the setting is its own separate peace. There are also specific examples of when characters in the novel try to create their own separate peace. The winter carnival is a good example, which shows the students at the Devon School creating their own separate peace. Afte...

A Separate Peace Character Analysis
A Separate Peace - Character Analysis A Separate Peace ,by John Knowles, is a story about Gene, his friend Phineas, and his internal conflict with himself. Knowles creates a riveting drama with this story utilizing elements of plot, setting, character, and theme. This paper will cover these elements and how they convey the author’s message. Separate Peace has a complex plot which starts innocently enough at Devon , a boarding school, with a jump from a tall tree. This m...

A Separate Peace Enemies
A Separate Peace - Enemies Life is a war for everybody with may difficulties and enemies. Everybody experiences the harsh reality of life’s struggles externally and internally. On thing that makes people win their wars are their hopes and those who belive in themselves. In John Knowles’ novel, A Separate Peace, the main character, Gene, faces internal and external wars and tries to perceive who it the true enemy. Gene has many different enemies. Of all of Gene’s enemie...

A Separate Peace Finding Peace
A Separate Peace - Finding Peace In the John Knowles novel, A Separate Peace, we can see a suggestion of a universal “separate peace,” a “separate peace” which anyone can find within themselves. Throughout this novel we can see how each character finds their own peace. We can also see that the simplest acts are the things that give them peace, and that there are some times that everyone can find peace for just a short time. For Gene finding peace was v...

A Separate Peace Finny
A Separate Peace - Finny “He was everywhere, he enjoyed himself hugely, he laughed out loud at passing sea gulls”(39). This line is describing Phineas, or Finny, and how he lives life to it’s fullest and seizes the day. Finny is an example of living the “carpe diem” (seize the day) philosophy. There are a few examples in the first part of this novel of how Finny takes advantage of life. The first example is how he enjoys himself so much at the ...

12 Angry Men Juror 9
12 Angry Men - Juror 9 This essay will compare & contrast the protagonist/antagonist’s relationship with each other and the other jurors in the play and in the movie versions of Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men. There aren’t any changes made to the key part of the story but yet the minor changes made in making the movie adaptation produce a different picture than what one imagines when reading the drama in the form of a play. First off, the settings in the mo...

12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men This essay will compare & contrast the protagonist/antagonist’s relationship with each other and the other jurors in the play and in the movie versions of Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men. There aren’t any changes made to the key part of the story but yet the minor changes made in making the movie adaptation produce a different picture than what one imagines when reading the drama in the form of a play. First off, the settings in the movie are a ...

1984 A Grim Prediction of the Future
1984 - A Grim Prediction of the Future Nineteen Eighty-Four was written between the years of 1945 and 1948. Orwell got the title from switching the last two numbers of the publication date. In Orwell’s criticism of a perfect society, his book became known as one of the greatest anti-utopian novels of all time. The book’s message is so powerful that some say it went so far as to prevent the sinister future from realizing itself. Althought the book starts out as the story o...

1984 Analysis of Predictions
1984 - Analysis of Predictions We are in a world of uncertainty and we can only guess and make predictions about what tomorrow will bring us. The book 1984 by George Orwell, was written in 1949 with his predictions about the future in 1984, thirty five years later. The part that interested me the most was where Orwell explains how we will no longer think on our own and that our thoughts and emotions would be controlled by the “thought police” for example. It was ...

1984 and Today
1984 and Today In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston Smith feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the ruling Party of London, which prohibits free thought, sex, and any expression of individuality. The people of his nation, Oceania, are watched every minute of every day by “Big Brother”, an omniscient leader who can only be seen on “telescreens,” but never in real life. Winston illegally purchases a diary in which to write his criminal thoughts, and becom...

1984 by George Orwell with Outline
1984 by George Orwell - with Outline 1984 by George Orwell Outline Thesis Statement- This paper will examine how George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism. I Introduction II Summary of 1984 III Roles of major Charters A. Big Brother B. Winston C. O’Brien D. Julia E. Shop owner IV Propaganda A. Ministry of Truth B. Ministry of Love V Orwell’s thoughts on Totalitarianism A. From life experiences B. From a writers point of vie...

1984 by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell Outline Thesis Statement- This paper will examine how George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism. I Introduction II Summary of 1984 III Roles of major Charters A. Big Brother B. Winston C. O’Brien D. Julia E. Shop owner IV Propaganda A. Ministry of Truth B. Ministry of Love V Orwell’s thoughts on Totalitarianism A. From life experiences ...

20 th century attitude
20 th century attitude 20th century writers dealt with many issues and themes throughout their writing. The authors that I have chosen to look at are Updike, Beatti, Rothke and Plath. These authors and their works will each be evaluated by how they deal with the subjects love, death, loss and passing of time. The short story “ Separating “ by John Updike deals with the subject of love and I also believe it deals with the themes “ quest for identity” and “ alienation an...

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Americans seem to feel that their culture is superior to that of others, which they believe enables them the right to tamper with the art originated in other nations. In the case of the novel, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, American publishers believed that they had the right to alter the author’s work to suit their society by excluding the final chapter. I believe this was wrong on their behalf and that the novel should have...

A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange The Monk: A Rebellious Offspring of the Age of Reason Understanding the Gothic novel can be accomplished by obtaining a familiarity of the Augustan point of view, which helps to develop a reference point for comparing and contrasting the origin of Gothic literature. The thinking that was being questioned by the Gothic novel was Augustanism; and without some understanding of Augustan principles and their role in eighteenth-century thought it is difficult to ...