Bildungsroman

The bildungsroman novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee was once voted to be the most inspirational book in history, over ruling even the Bible. Though there are some hard topics to face in reading this novel, they are present as cautionary examples for readers to avoid making the same mistakes. Lee constructs the society of Maycomb as a discriminatory environment that places the black community in a subservient position to the whites, by exploring the life of a young girl. By following…

must discover her own self, to find love in herself, then she may burst through those bars and soar high above the clouds, and finally she 'll be able to see. Jane Eyre, a story of passion, mystery, and romance, by Charlotte Brontë. In Brontë 's bildungsroman, she describes the milestones in Jane 's life that lead to her to her self-awareness and independence. Through her harsh childhood, passionate romance, her venture to her wits end, she discovers herself. Jane Eyre must love herself before…

Bildungsroman, Hobbit Style Growing up is hard, especially the transition from acting like a naïve kid to a mature adult, and the realization of not relying on others for help but your own. Bildungsroman, it means a coming of age story. Usually a coming of age story involves a young person or kid growing up and learning about life. The Hobbit, written by J.R.R Tolkien about hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who goes on a quest with his friends. Bilbo is viewed a respectable hobbit because of his last…

one of my teachers that I was reading The Catcher in the Rye, and the first thing he most likely thought of was the main character as he said: “Holden Caulfield, a lost soul!” ...But he was only a lost soul until the end. This most well known bildungsroman by J.D. Salinger is about this identifiable character, Holden, and the truth of what he had been through and what had happened to him in the end that enabled him to tell his story. He had always held a critical attitude and behavior and had a…

father. Her development follows her from girlhood to motherhood. She matures away from her inclination towards money and status, to true love and happiness. Because of these inclusions, the novel should be categorized in the contested concept of bildungsroman. Ultimately, the protagonist’s development throughout the novel is symbolic. It is meant to mirror the realizations and growth that the author believes will alleviate the struggles between the manufacturers and the working class; these…

Harper Lee published her novel To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. The characters in the novel are based on the behaviors of people that she knew growing up in Monroeville, Alabama. The novel is considered to be a bildungsroman, which is a novel where one or more of the characters is forced into adulthood throughout the story. The story takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s and it highlights the racial, social, and political issues of that time period. In the novel, Tom Robinson, an…

Maturity and Growth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a bildungsroman. It is a bildungsroman because it really shows how the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, grows into the person she becomes at the end of the book. Katniss is a teenage girl, that is very mature and strong for her age, who goes through experiences that changes her perception of the “real world”. Katniss was once an outspoken girl but soon learns that in order to survive she would have to hold her tongue. She picks up the…

(B) Catcher and the Rye – J.D. Salinger The purpose of this essay is to show Holden’s Progression from a state of innocence to one of experience. The study guide defines a bildungsroman as “…a novel which is an account of the youthful development of a hero. It describes the processes by which maturity is achieved through various ups and downs of life. ” (Byrne et.al, 2012: 55). However Holden is an unusual protagonist because his central goal is to resist the process of maturity through many…

Bildungsroman, or a coming of age story, brings these two prospects together, with the character’s emotional development effecting how the plot unfolds, usually written in the first-person perspective. Contrary to most coming of age novels, this particular story…

monsters, Cyclopes, and Godlike beings. Never losing hope in his father’s return, Telemachus has to mature quickly to keep the house in order. Telemachus makes this epic poem not only an adventure story, but a classic example of Bildungsroman. Telemachus typifies Bildungsroman in The Odyssey through his actions of taking part as leader of the house, dealing with the suitors, and taking responsibility for finding information about his father.…