2003 in literature

After reading a novel such as Atonement, one is forced to question oneself, one’s past mistakes, what one did in an attempt to right one’s wrongdoings and whether or not one’s efforts will be enough. Guilt and regret can often fill oneself after making such mistake and in an effort to rid oneself of the guilt, often an apology is made to the one the wrongdoing was made against. However, amendments are not always enough; apologies do not erase scars and often times, not even the guilt from the…

Victorian Era in the British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 until her death in 1901. This era was known for having a class conflict. People were either extremely poor or filthy rich. Many writers in the Victorian period used literature to voice their opinions about the class system, one of whom was Oscar Wilde. He used his comedy play “The Importance of Being Earnest” to discuss serious matters about the class conflict in the Victorian period in a humorous way. In…

‘‘Tuesdays with Morrie’’ is a novel written by the author Mitch Albom. It talks about and old man and a young man who are friends and life’s greatest lesson. The novel content displays fourteen Tuesdays that Mitch the writer had with Morrie. In the first Tuesday, they both take about the world and its importance for people. In the second Tuesday, they discuss the feeling of sorry for yourself. In the fourth Tuesday, they talked about death and the desire of being alive. The fifth Tuesday…

As the incredible books are composed for normal men, William Wordsworth likewise composed extraordinary lyrics for the same individuals. He excessively accepted that the dialect of the town society is the most valuable medium for composing verse. He felt what additional customary felling is there in the dialect of normal men are not found in the fake and organized dialect of the individuals live in the high society. Wordsworth brings Man and Nature closer to one another. The artist accepts that…

James Joyce utilizes free indirect discourse throughout Dubliners. That is when he writes the characters and their attitudes and emotions influence the way the story is narrated. This adds a layer of complexity to the writing in which the reader better to fully understand the character and the changes taking place within them through a close following of the word choice and tone in the story. “Eveline” details an adolescent girl who must choose between staying home and going away with her lover,…

In the novel “My Antonia” by Willa Cather, it is debatable whether characters Jim or Antonia learned more throughout their relationship. Personally, I believe that Jim learned more throughout their relationship. Considering that Jim is the narrator of the story, we get to see his inner thoughts, and never have confirmation of Antonia’s feelings, we just know what Jim thinks she has learned. Most first-person narrators can be considered unreliable, because we will never be certain on the feelings…

Eye" "The Bluest Eye" (1970) is Toni Morrison's first novel. Morrison is one of the well-known Afro-American female writers. Along with the prestigious Pulitzer prize, she also received Nobel Prize for literature in 1993. "Morrison's work at random house helped to define two decades of African American literary history"(Wall 139). Her novels have received wide recognition not only from the common readers but from the critics and reviewers as well.…

need to separate themselves from the form of the classics and create new ways to engage themselves as writers. A writer does not need to follow the standards of literary critics to write a quality essay, “ You need to know nothing of music, art, or literature to have a certain interest in their productions, and the great burden of modern criticism is simply the expression of such individual likes and dislikes—the amiable garrulity in the form of essays,”( Wolfe.…

There are several elements from fairy tales that exist in the novel. Margaret Atwood has received a fantasy award for her pieces of work honoring her for her writing that makes it interesting to read. Similarly, after reading just a few pages of the novel, I see how elements of fairy tale are used in order to create a motif or morals like a fairy tale does. For example, as the author states, “…some fairy-tale figure in a red cloak, descending towards a moment of carelessness that is the same as…

Long Journey’ is a 1991 novel by Rohinton Mistry. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won numerous other awards too. However, it came into the light when the book was withdrawn from the syllabus of the University of Mumbai's English Literature in 2010 after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician Bal Thackeray. In this light, a renowned writer Salman Rushdie points out that: The famous novel of Rohinton Mistry's 'Such a Long Journey' was withdrawn from the…