Bildungsroman

novel ‘Spies’ through understanding, maturity and love. We see the protagonist, Stephen, remembering his childhood through his adult eyes, looking back on his actions, as well as his understanding and the perspective of the world. ‘Spies’ is a bildungsroman, and so the story is orientated around the concept of Stephen’s progress in maturity and the change in his perspective of the events that happen within the novel. ‘Spies’ main idea…

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a multithreaded, Bildungsroman novel. It tells the story of a young Afghan boy Amir, whose closest friend is Hassan. The plot of the novel focuses greatly on number of events, like political and cultural situation in Afghanistan or relationships between Amir and his father, Baba. The novel has been praised for its role in understanding the complex nature of Afghanistan by Western audience. According to former Afghan ambassador in The United States, Said…

Mississippi River. In the book, this river symbolizes peace and maturity, but whenever Huck and Jim come onto land there is chaos. In the novel the main character Huck goes through moral crisis and character development which makes this book a Bildungsroman. Throughout Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses satire, to humorously show and explain many aspects…

Within the Bible, the purpose of life is never outright specified. Yet, as a Christian, the Holy Text does provide clues to how a person should live his or her life. It is stated that mankind must “rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth". (Genesis 1:26-28) Also, within The Ten Commandments, which is basically the Christian rulebook, one must never steal, murder, commit adultery, etc. Even though some rules and suggestions…

Most of Charles Dickens’ novels are inextricably linked to the setting which is utilized to portray themes, reflect on character personalities, situations and emotions. London and Kent are places that become the haven for his characters and their development. Great Expectations is set in Victorian England during the nineteenth century, a time when social changes were occurring at a fast pace throughout the nation. The Industrial Revolution of the late eighteenth century had transformed the…

Without evil, there is no good, without good, there is no evil; no one is ever comprehensively virtuous or immoral but rather at intervals with both. Within Harper Lee's bildungsroman, To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem Finch recognized this as he and his younger sister, Scout, grew up in Maycomb, Alabama. As he matured over the years, Jem learned that the concepts of good and evil are complicated ideas that take on a variety of forms. Whether it be from the Radleys, Mrs. Dubose, or the trial of Tom…

only relying on a particular person or event. – unlike what other fictional stories and books contain. – Starting with the convict, to the experiences at the Satis House and his wealth, the constant changes in Pip’s life cause him to experience a bildungsroman, which concludes with Pip being a mature and sensible adult. Dicken’s created Pip as an illustration of one person’s growth to society. Philip Pirrip, as a young, simple and naïve boy, does not know what a gentleman means and the changes…

Ellen Foster is a bildungsroman by Kaye Gibbons, dealing with a young girl named Ellen whose troubled family affected her, as well as her views on life and the world she lives in. Her views on the five pillars, school, self, family, society, and faith, are greatly affected. The pillar of family most impacts Ellen because her struggles with her biological family cause her to reach out to others and leads to her acceptance in diversity of race, lifestyle, and background. At the beginning of the…

Anglian fiction. Flood of fire is about a world of sepoys sahibs and rajahs who are travelling from Assam to Calcutta to Canton. “Vikrm Seth attained dizzy height of success with The Golden Gate (1986) and A Suitably Boy (1993). He stunned the literary world with his novel. Upamanya Chatterjee, with his novel English August (1988) was a great success”. Chatterjee’s tone was ironic and shown all the administration. Chatterjee brightly uses Indianised English in the novel. His contemporary…

The antebellum era dates back before the Civil War, when slavery and the cotton industry dominated the Southern economy. It was the time period in American history that symbolized the injustice and immorality of human nature, in which displayed the ubiquitous threat of racism imposed upon the African Americans. The slur promoting racism, known as the “n” word, was used to mock the enslaved African Americans, and exemplifies why this expression is derogatory and consists meaning of negative…