American novels

Mary, Marie, and Maria is a novel about a year-in-the life of three beautiful, stunning, and witty women who live exciting and interesting lives. Mary is an escort/corporate trouble shooter, Marie is a brilliant detective, Maria is a much loved local radio talk show host. Mary is white, Marie is African-American, Maria is Mexican-American. Mary and Maria are straight, Marie is gay. Why will readers care about them? The women have an enchanting mix of beauty, talent, and vulnerability. Readers…

Jorge Iscaas wrote the Latin American Maria between the years of 1864 and 1867, which would have been during the 19th century Colombia. Furthermore, this novel is considered to be one of the most important pieces of Spanish American literature due to its use of representative features of every day life, thus creating the literary term of costumbrist novel. A novel, which Jeanee Smoot, defines the as; “…recurrent glorification of the people of the provinces, seen in virtually all the writers of…

Sharon Creech is an American writer of children's novels. She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British. She was born Jul 29, 1945 in South Euclid, OH. The colleges she went to were George Mason University and Hiram College. The awards she got were Newbery Medal (2001, 1995), Carnegie Medal (2002) ,Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2003), Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young…

book To Kill a Mockingbird is an award winning novel written by Harper Lee. The novel is set in the Southern state of Alabama, during the early days of freedom for the African-Americans. There are many symbols that are used by the author in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird to convey themes. The most important symbols in this novel are, the “mockingbird”, prejudice and racism, and Boo Radley. (Themes) One major symbol is mentioned not only in the novel, but it is in the title of the book. In the…

is an American author, short story writer, and critic. Found on Gale Databases is her scholarly review and summary about Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of the Butterflies. Mujica’s negative connotation begins right off the bat when she states, “If you weren't an avid admirer of the Mirabal sisters to begin with, Julia Alvarez's new novel In the Time of the Butterflies probably won't change your mind” (Mujica). This statement is over generalized as it may change some minds. To me, the novel…

fretful time in American history known as the “Great Depression,” leaving many Americans unemployed with the crash of the stock market. The Scottsboro Trials had taken place during Lee’s childhood in 1931. In this trial, nine black teenage boys were falsely accused of the rape of two white girls. The case had various appeals, though one of the girls changed her testimony stating that no rape had occurred, five of the nine boys were given rape charges.…

goal. By losing one’s self in a novel, individuals become explorers, heroes, and just as often, social critics. Good authors create literature that allows readers this escape, as is the case with Stephen King, Stephen King’s postmodern novel Carrie blends fiction and reality to create a story that all teens can relate to. The american novel can be described in a multitude of ways. Novel is described as an extended narrative (Baldick 143). Baldick goes on to say, novels can be short, long,…

The film adaption of the novel is unique. Right away in the film, the first difference is about the characters, “‘We're English, and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things’” (33). In the movie, all of the boys are American cadets while in the novel they are English schoolboys. Another spot to notice is that Ralph’s arm also appears to be wounded but in the novel all the boys are well. On the screen, it reveals the settings as a beautiful island but the text…

‘To Kill a MockingBird’, a novel set in the early 1930’s, Alabama, is written by Harper Lee. It a story of a young girl named Scout Finch and her older brother Jem Finch, who's father (Atticus Finch) is a lawyer, and about to undergo the process of defending an african american man in court, despite the prejudice views of people from the time. Harper Lee explores multiple themes throughout the novel whilst also using techniques, to show how this young girl Scout grows and and matures, and how…

The Impact of Rick Riordan on American Culture Rick Riordan once said “writing is like a sport, it’s like athletics- if you don’t practice, you don’t get any better.” In a fan-crazed Harry Potter era, the 2000’s consisted of an “Urban Fantasy” phase. In the article “2000s: Print Culture,” Reed Wilson (et. al.) explains it as a genre “juxtaposing our own modern urban world with elements of the fantastic” (2012). The young adult population was craving a new series to latch onto and obsess over…