American novels

Identity crisis indianess and other diaspora experiences dealt by the author in the novel Oleander Girl. Themes such as class conflict, religion, politics, exile, racism etc which also jell up with the above themes. In between there are views on momentous and crucial gestures such as love, devotion and faith. The long kept secret of the family and dreams inserted in between provide a delightful impression to the book. The novel presents before us the protagonist’s quest for the identity of her…

In the novel, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, instances of racial tensions and the feeling of inferiority occur internally within Esch, causing her to feel unseen. In the grocery store scene on page 28, Esch compares herself to “Eurydice walking through the underworld to dissolve, unseen.” This passage highlights that Esch not only feels invisible to the man that got her pregnant, Manny, but she feels unseen to the white race. The reason she hints that she feels this way towards her race is…

The use of fantastic elements in an acceptable and believable setting is reminiscent of other texts that have been categorized as magical realism. Investigating the use of magical realism within ethnic writings of non-Latin American origin, Roland Walter notes that "magic is an integral part of reality in that the natural and supernatural categories of reality are harmoniously intertwined" (2). This mingling of the natural world with the supernatural is a key component in The Hundred Secret…

violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction – Albert Einstein. In the case of several instances, Huck, a character in a Mark Twain novel, used his uneducated mind to wrought several acts of genius, as well as teaching us a few valuable messages. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three meaningful subjects are explored in equality, education and slavery. Equality implies everyone being considered and treated equal. Everyone…

The well-known American Horror Novelist, Stephen King, has written many novels and short stories over the last six decades. He has sold over three hundred million copies of his novels and many movies have been made from them. Today, King is one of the most popular science fiction writers known and continues to write daily. He has made millions of dollars for his suspenseful, gruesome, and twisted work. In doing so, this has opened additional doors for King. He has also written several…

In Jack Kerouac's novel, The Dharma Bums, the main character Ray Smith meets Japhy Ryder who lives a simplified life. Japhy lives in a shack where he lacks items such as chairs that many people take for granted. He does not want more than he can handle and Japhy only wants to handle what he needs to survive. Ray notes that even Japhy's meals are simple yet delicious. Japhy is careful to only cook what he needs and to take only as much food as he needs to live. Kerouac introduces the idea of a…

role in her literary identity. In The Norton Anthology of American Literature it is written that , “ She herself declared that she was the grandchild of a Lost War” (1574). Surprisingly, she has a unique place in American Literature of 20th century. Her place in American literature is clearly stated in Harry John Mooney’s book The Fiction and Criticism of Katherine Anne Porter : Katherine Anne Porter is an anomaly in contemporary American literature. The amount of her published work is…

Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451, has been immortalized as a classic example of American literature studied in public and private school curriculums. It is often studied not only for its lyrical prose, but for its social commentary on censorship and the dangerous effects that follow suit. I had no trouble reading this novel originally, and felt that I was very able to connect not only with the plot and the main character, but the writer as well. The themes and motifs discussed in my class,…

loses the ruling of his country. In the novel, both boys are feeling ashamed. Amir tried to avoid being with his half-brother Hansen because looking at him would remind him of the evil mistake he made during the kite festival. They find out the secret that Baba is Hanson birth father. Both boys could feel a bond between each other, and even though Hansen is still mad at Amir for letting that boy raped him, he won’t harm Amir. For example, When the two…

article The Female Voice in To Kill a Mockingbird: Narrative Strategies in Film and Novel, Dean Shackleford (Winter 1996) compares To Kill a Mockingbird with its film version. Shackleford argues that “That the film shifts perspectives from the book’s primary concern with the female protagonist and her perceptions to the male father figure and the adult male world is noteworthy”. The article begins with a passage from the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee with Aunt Alexandra obsessively…