American novels

Brownstones was the novel I chose to read for the class. During class when we had to choose a novel, this was the one that caught my eye automatically just by the title. This novel is by Paule Marshall and was the first novel she ever wrote that was published in 1959. This novel was a very good read in my opinion, the diction and story line was very “breathtaking”. There are many ups and downs throughout this entire novel that the Boyce family went through. Some many events happened in this…

Compare and Contrast Essay In the novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy you are introduced to the prejudice citizens of Phippsburg, Maine. This novel takes place in the year 1912, just 37 years after the civil war ended. The main character’s friendship with a negro girl living on Malaga Island is disapproved of by the citizens of Phippsburg. In this paper you will learn how the community of Phippsburg express their contempt toward the African Americans living on Malaga Island in the…

Tom Buchanan’s ethnic discrimination is a product of complex Americans history and common attitude of the 1920’s, which becomes an obstacle of Gatsby’s Dream. Tom is a current husband of Daisy who comes out from a very wealthy and conservative family. To most readers, Tom appears to be one of the main villains of novel who does not have any morals. His racist statements bring out a lot of criticism nowadays: “Well, these books are all scientific…It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch…

with an old african american named Timothy. Timothy is both mentally and physically stronger then Philip. He shows him how to survive and resolve a problem when he is in a tough situation instead of panicking. In The Cay, Philip’s character reveals independence, consideration, and acceptance. Philip demonstrates independence after experiencing blindness as evidenced in the novel when he was able to survive by himself on the cay after Timothy’s death. In the beginning of the novel, Philip was…

“King Lear”, to a more contemporary Iowan/American-Midwestern setting. A startlingly tragic & insightful story which delved into the lives of families in a small Iowan farming community and dissected the issues of patriarchy, environmentalism, feminism and family dysfunction, her astute observational abilities and her honest representation prompted prestigious dailies such as the New York Times to call her “the Balzac of the late-20th-century American Midwest”. It was so celebrated, it even got…

dystopian society that is built on the remnants of the United States, called Gilead. Throughout the novel, Atwood uses satire to mock and warn the United States of the danger in the strongly held political opinions in the 1980’s, when the book was written. Atwood extrapolates the ideas to their extremes, showing the danger of their acceptance. The absurdity and outrageousness of her exaggerations give the novel a warning tone to the reader that these conservative principles must be rethought and…

Moreover, the novel is ought to read as both universal and particularly a black story because Hurston novel is a bildungsroman where the reader sees Janie’s development to womanhood in the novel. Ralph Thompson’s, Books of the Times, review stated that “Their Eyes Were Watching God is a story of Janie, who marries three times…in the case of Janie, we follow a typical progress from girlhood to middle age”. Not only does Janie’s three marriages portray her search for love, it portrays the stages…

that we can face while achieving our ‘Personal Legend’ are ourselves, that if we do not take the first step, we will never achieve anything in the first place, let alone face obstacles in the path. ‘Soul of the World’ is how the alchemy begins in the novel, although the Englishman should be given credit as well to have introduced so to the boy. The boy befriends new people and exchanges their stories with his, and learns of alchemy from the Englishman who wishes to seek ‘the alchemist’ who found…

At the time the novel was read differently for different types of people. For one, “When I was nineteen I wasn’t able to finish it. I think the prose style and class assumptions put me off. Had I finished reading the novel then I think it would have been very harmful” (Green 281). For another, “I saw myself reflected on those pages where Stephen Gordon lived.” Author…

Horatio Alger was a 19th century American author who is well known for works such as Ragged Dick and The Cash Boy. Alger's juvenile novels are also known for constantly and infamously displaying young black Americans undergoing "rags to riches" lifestyle. Horatio Alger describes three myths throughout Ragged Dick. The messages the Alger myths convey are: (1).each of us is judged solely on his or her own merits: (2).we each have a fair opportunity to develop our merits; and (3).ultimately merit…