Jane Eyre Essay

The thrilling novel City of Bones, the first book in The Mortal Instruments series, written by Cassandra Clare is about more than just killing demons and stopping the villain. It’s also about the relationships that the characters have with each other. This novel was exciting and mysterious which led many people at the edge of their seats at every turn of the page in the book. The author set the book in New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray, discovers she is the descendant…

When writing is said to be uncertain in exactness with regards to the meaning of language it is ambiguous. Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is the perfect example of text that is ambiguous in nature. In the story a young woman takes a job as a Governess for two seemingly perfect children. Quickly after she starts her job however she starts to realize there are unnatural forces in the house with them. the nature of evil that is hinted at in this ghost story and the suspense it keeps the…

Despite the evil and deception that individuals may encounter during challenging times, they will learn to change their perspective which fosters personal growth. This is evident in O'brien's characterisation of Ann Burden, where she matures into an adult through the hardships she endures. Through dialogue and a decisive tone, O’Brien shows that she gains the skills and confidence to survive physically and emotionally and learns that not everything is black and white, evident in, “ I have…

A middle class mother of two daughters, a sister of seven siblings, a philosopher, an author, a translator, a feminist, a victim of depression and family abuse, and an outspoken advocate for women’s education are just a few ways to describe the impactful, inspirational woman that is Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary was born in 1759, in London before the Romantic Era started. From the beginning, Mary lived an impractical life. At 15, she announced she would never marry after growing up sleeping outside…

Chapter 2 Maggie Tulliver’s Bildung The problem of female education seems to be submerged in the novel, in particular in the last scenes, by Maggie’s love problems but it is however noteworthy in Maggie’s childhood. Although she expresses the desire for intellectual knowledge, for ‘more instruments playing together’, it will be Tom to be sent to school and study Euclid and Latin. George Eliot chose to tell the story of ordinary people and Maggie’s story could stand for other girls, whose…

Lauryn Booth Journal 2B Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight Pages read in book: 180/382 Total pages: 361/400 Imagine that one day, you hear that someone close to you dies, but nobody knows how; or do they? What would you do? Reconstructing Amelia is a book about a mom named Kate, and her “goody-two-shoes” daughter Amelia. Amelia gets in trouble at her prep school, and Kate is instructed to pick her daughter up from school. When Kate gets to the school, she sees something she never…

The standards that women must meet has always been a high bar to reach, but it was especially hard in Victorian England. In his novel Bleak House, Charles Dickens lays out his idea of a perfect Victorian woman, setting the bar almost out of reach. His protagonist, Esther, is the epitome of woman; she is contrasted with other women that have failed to make the mark. These women, who are mere stereotypes of Victorian females, include but are not limited to Mrs. Jellyby and Miss Wisk. With each…

In Allegra Goodman’s short story “La Vita Nuova”, we are presented with a character that possess several traits. Amanda, the story’s protagonist undergoes change as she develops as a character. Amanda went from being an emotionally-dead victim of a hurtful breakup to someone who can feel again. In the beginning of the story, Amanda is perceived as a depressed character. She got dumped by her fiancé shortly before their wedding. Her fiancé would say that she was a “very dark person" or was "like…

A girl named Mary Lennox was a very disagreeable-looking child and had been born in India and had always been ill. Her mother did not want her and handed her to a servant Ayah to take care of and the child grew up spoiled and a little monster. A sickness had taken the mansion and many of the servants had died including Ayah and Mary was left alone in the nursery. Mary Lennox was abandoned in the nursery and her mother died and all the nurse left. Mary Lennox is sent away to her uncle in England…

Perception Versus Reality The novel, The Outsiders and the play, Sorry, Wrong Number, talks about the misperception of Ponyboy, an orphaned kid who lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Stevenson, a woman who lives in a house with her husband and maid. Mrs. Stevenson also thinks she is ill and adored by others. Mrs. Stevenson and Ponyboy both have a misperception of the people in their lives. They also believe differently of, or about, the people they live with. Ponyboy believes Darry, his…