Novels Essays
Wuthering heights (comments)
Wuthering heights (comments) ESSAY ON WUTHERING HEIGHTS PLOT & STORY The plot is designed in three parts: Chapters 1-3, Introduction; Chapters 4 (Volume 1) to chapter16 (Volume 2), Nelly’s report of the story; last four chapters, Hareton and Cathy’s relationship. In general, The plot is dense and fast moving. The first three chapters take place in 1801, when Mr. Lockwood meet Heathcliff (his landlord) in Wuthering Heights. There, he also meets Hareton Earnshaw, Cathy Lin...
Wuthering heights 2
Wuthering heights 2 Throughout the novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Bront� effectively utilizes weather and setting as methods of conveying insight to the reader of the personal feeling of the characters. While staying at Thrushcross Grange, Mr. Lockwood made a visit to meet Mr. Heathcliff for a second time, and the horrible snow storm that he encounters is the first piece of evidence that he should have perceived about Heathcliff's personality. The setting of the moors is one that makes the...
William fualkner a rose for
William fualkner - a rose for A Flower Frozen In Time: A Rose For Emily William Faulkners story A Rose For Emily, is a tragic story about a young lady by the name of Miss Emily Grierson. Emily came from a well to do family, that had allot of history in the town they lived in. The Grierson’s were so powerful, that they did not have to pay any taxes. The whole town seemed to think that the Grierson’s were snobby because in Emily’s fathers eyes, none of the men where ...
Winter in the blood an analysi
Winter in the blood an analysi Winter in the Blood, a Native American novel written by James Welch, takes place on a cattle ranch in Montana, around 1970. On the surface, this is a story of a Blackfoot Indian sleepwalking through his life, tormented by visions, in search of a connection to his heritage. Welch’s language is, at once, blunt and poetic, and the pictures it conjures are dreamlike and disquieting. Furthermore, the narrator of the novel is disheartened by the loss of his ...
With and without the state in
With and without the state in In the world we live in today, countries and nations have formed a class system. The superpowers remain at the tip of the pyramid, the middle class of the developed, and the developing or less advanced at the base. These primitive cultures or the lower class cannot mobilize upward in society because the world cannot help them. Those who do only aid those with potential and countries whose resources would be beneficial to their own policies. ...
Women And Body Image
Women And Body Image Eleven million women in the United States suffer from eating disorders- either self-induced semi-starvation (anorexia nervosa) or a cycle of bingeing and purging with laxatives, self-induced vomiting, or excessive exercise (bulimia nervosa) (Dunn, 1992). Many eating disorder specialists agree that chronic dieting is a direct consequence of the social pressure on American females to achieve a nearly impossible thinness. The media has been denounced for upholding and perha...
Women in china during the long
Women in china during the long Women In China During “The Long Eighteenth Century” During the 18th Century women in China continued to be subordinated and subjected to men. Their status was maintained by laws, official policies, cultural traditions, as well as philosophical concepts. The Confucian ideology of “Thrice Following” identified to whom a women must show allegiance and loyalty as she progressed throughout her life-cycle: as a daughter she was to follow ...
Where The Red Fern Grows
Where The Red Fern Grows Billy was walking home one day when there was a dog fight in the ally and he went to investigate to see what was going on and there was a bunch of dog�s beating up on one dog so he decided to get involved and break it up. They all scattered away when they saw him coming. The dog that was getting beat up on was lying on the ground in what looked like a lot of pain. He rushed over and noticed he was a beautiful hound dog. He also noticed that he wasn�t hurt that ba...
Which is better, to have rules
Which is better, to have rules Lord of the Flies is a story of hardships, death and ultimately, survival. The island on which the boys are on presented many difficulties for their living on. In this situation, there was no time for fun and games, work was much more important. The group consisted completely of pre-pubescent young boys and the thing that destroyed their democratic ways was the allure of having lots of fun, swimming, feasts and other enjoyable activities. If the splitting of th...
White fang
White fang I. Introduction Jack London, a skilled writer, is seen as the best of his time. Many of London's works are considered to be world classics. In, White Fang, London cleverly transforms the main character, and uses the characters background as the catlyst in this transformation. II. Summary of White Fang London wrote White Fang as a contradictory story to his own Call of the wild. White Fang is a story of a dog (White Fang) whoose father is a wolf, and his mother is a dog. H...
Who am i this time
Who am i this time Who are they now? In 'who am I this time', I believe the author is try to tell the story of how two wandering souls had found each other through the strangest of circumstances. The two main characters Harry Nash and Helene Shaw both have trouble communicating with other people. They have a hard time dealing with society and they can not handle personal relationships very well. These two main characters are both wanders in life that had never known love before the...
Why is the crucible so called
Why is the crucible so called How is ‘The Crucible’ appropriately titled? The word ‘crucible’ is used by Arthur Miller in his play as a metaphor. The first definition of the word crucible is: a melting pot especially for metals. In the play this is first acknowledged during the first act, as we gradually piece together the information concerning the girls dancing. The ‘kettle’ viewed by Reverend Parris mirrors a crucible. We are told that the girls...
Weetzie Bat
Weetzie Bat By: Sam Cascy Characters: Weetzie Bat Dirk Duck My secret agent lover man Grandma Fifi Charlie and Brandy Setting: Hollywood and Venice California area Plot: Weetzie and Dirk meet in high school and become best friends, soulmates. Dirk confesses to Weetzie that he is gay, so they set out together to find ideal Ducks (boyfriends, lobers). Brandmother Fifi gives Weetzie a magic lamp in which a Genie grants her three wishes. She wishes for an ideal Duck for Dirk, a My Secret Age...
What is the true image (the ch
What is the true image (the ch What is the True Image of God? Do you believe that God wants the best for his people? Do you believe people should use their talents to their fullest potential? Finally do you wish to live in a backward society? The answers to all these questions are obvious! We all wish to make God happy by using our talents to provide a forward thinking society. If this is the case then you must acquit my clients, Sally and Katherine. They should not be discriminat...
What we talk about when we tal
What we talk about when we tal The short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver, is about two married couples drinking gin and having a talk about the nature of love. The conversation is a little sloppy, and the characters make some comments which could either be meaningless because of excessive alcohol in the bloodstream, or could be the characters’ true feelings because of excessive alcohol in the bloodstream. Overall, the author uses this conversation t...
When the legends die
When the legends die When the Legends Die is an insightful look into the Native American culture and .how it has been greatly influenced by other cultures. Native American society has always appeared in a mysterious way to most. Their ideals and culture seem ridiculous to us when we view them. Personally, I think we could greatly benefit from Native American culture. Their lifestyle was skillfully developed with true morals and respect for all things. Their culture is now portrayed as ...
Walking across egypt
Walking across egypt Mattie Rigsbee is the main character in Clyde Edgerton's southern style novel, Walking Across Egypt. Mattie is a seventy-eight year old widow with two middle-aged children. Living alone in a small house, she makes sure that everything is taken care of. Although begins to display some signs of aging, and her family is trying to convince her to slow down her lifestyle, Mattie's character and mind setting prohibits her from becoming the stereotypical elder. She must make a ...
Walking the tight rope
Walking the tight rope Walking the tight rope The recent murder of Tupac Shakur is a great tragedy and a waste of a young, promising life. Shakur at only 25 years-old had come to represent a volatile mixture of youthful energy, exuberance, arrogance, self-confidence and, at times, foolishness. He represented possibility on the one hand and self-destruction on the other. What mustn't be overlooked as the Hip-Hop Community mourns his loss is that there are many young Bla...
War And Peace
War And Peace Leo Tolstoy�s novel, War and Peace, contains three kinds of material, a historical account of the Napoleonic wars, the biographies of fictional characters, and a set of essays about the philosophy of history. Critics from the 1860s to the present have wondered how these three parts cohere, and many have faulted Tolstoy for including the lengthy essays, but readers continue to respond to them with undiminished enthusiasm. The work's historical portions narrate the campaign of ...
Was the atomic bomb nessary
Was the atomic bomb nessary Atomic Bomb Necessary .... Was it Necessary? August 6th, 1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Today many argue over whether or not the US should have taken such a drastic measure. Was it entirely necessary that we drop such a devastating weapon? Yes, it was. First, we must look at what was going on at the time the decision was made. The US had been fighting a...
Watership Down
Watership Down Hazel became the leader of the rabbits once they left their original warren. He was a very smart and tricky rabbit who won the respect and trust of the other rabbits by his courage and many great deeds. He always handled problems calmly so others would also remained calm. Whenever a plan was needed, Hazel would always come up with one. Fiver, the younger brother of Hazel, was unique because of his small size and ability to foresee danger. He saved the rabbits from de...
Uncle Toms Cabin
Uncle Toms Cabin Uncle Tom's Cabin, also called Life Among the Lowly, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is a realistic, although fictional view of slavery. The main characters in this story are Uncle Tom, Eliza and George Harris. Uncle Tom is a pious, trustworthy, slave. He never wrongs anyone and always obeys his master. A very spiritual person, Uncle Tom tries his best to obey the Bible and to do what is right. Eliza is a beautiful slave owned by George Shelby, Sr., the same p...
Understanding Holden Caulfield
Understanding Holden Caulfield Understanding Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger�s The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger�s The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger 1953), is a novel told in an autobiographical manner which tracks Holden Caulfield on his two day sojourn through 1950�s New York City. This short twentieth century novel delves into the underlying problems that mire Caulfield to the point where it seems he will never enter the adult world. Holden's misguided morality brings abou...
Upton Sinclairs book The Jungl
Upton Sinclairs book The Jungl Upton Sinclair, he wrote a book called "The Jungle". The book was about the meat packing industry's in Chicago. What would the city of Chicago's meat industry be like without Upton Sinclair? The book described what the meat industry's were putting in the meat that the people of Chicago ate back in the early 1900's. Upton Sinclair was a muckraker in the 1900's, this period of time (the 1900's). Upton Sinclair and The Jungle made a positive impact on the city of ...
Uses and abuses of information
Uses and abuses of information Introduction In George Orwell�s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, we are presented with a dystopian vision of the future. Orwell�s book follows the life of Winston Smith, a citizen of Airstrip 1, formerly Britain and part of the nation of Oceania. The country is governed by Ingsoc, the English Socialists, a totalitarian regime led by the iconic leader Big Brother. Oceania is constantly at war with as well as always being in alliance with one of the other two...