First novel in English

extracted from the Arabic novel by Radwa Ashour with its translation by William Granara clarifying which strategy is used to renders specific idiom. It is of importance to know that Ashour tries in her novel to mix between the colloquial and formal language. Therefore 11idioms…

a contemporary American best seller. Though fiction, this novel speaks about the real life struggles Latino immigrants have to endure coming into a new country. Arturo and Alma Rivera migrated from their homeland, Mexico, to provide a better life for their special needs daughter, Maribel Rivera. They quickly encountered the Toro’s, Rafael, Celia and Mayor, who reside in the same building as them. Immigration plays a vast role in this novel for both families since they all experience immense…

(Jeremiah) and Ooneemeetoo (Gabriel), illustrates the effect of forced Anglophone education in a residential school. In addition to be sexually abused by the Roman Catholic priests, they must reject their own native language in order to assimilate the English language. Highway’s story defines the tragic loss of indigenous identity through the forced assimilation policies of Canadian society during the era of residential schooling, which involves changing their names to Jeremiah and Gabriel. The…

grade student in English 11 at Fairfield Warde High School. I would like to discuss both the positive and negative aspects of the English curriculum this year, as well as the transition from middle school to high school as it pertains to my English experience. Throughout the year, there have been several texts that we have not only read, but spent a significant amount of time analyzing and discussing. One of the most effective units was on the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand. This novel explores the…

draws his experiences from multiple locations. Anita Desai in a Review, Sitting Pretty, (1993) pertinently comments: Seth belongs to the generation of practitioners of Indian Writing in English, born after Independence who has attracted attention in India and abroad and even made the reading and writing of novels a respectable pursuit. (Anita Desai 26) Due to the diversity of his themes, forms and genres, the literary world wants to study him. Thus, being an international writer, Vikram Seth…

Finn is a novel written by Mark Twain in the late 1800s and takes place along the Mississippi River. At a glance, one first looks at the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn seems to cast that the hero of this story is Huckleberry Finn because the book bears his name. Jim, Huck’s slave companion, is an unlikely hero in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because he is a black slave, but his true heroic nature becomes apparent through the bonds he forms with…

In the Novel Wuthering Heights one can easily see how Heathcliff could be labeled as the Byronic Hero of the story. Certain characteristics distinguish him from the other characters. Heathcliff can be labeled the Byronic Hero due to his personality traits to his isolation from society overall. Heathcliff portrays a very dark character. In the beginning of the novel Heathcliff is said to be a “dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman”. This bring many of the readers to…

types of narrators and narrative, which will be described in the present research. The present paper is devoted to the role of narrative in Laurie Lee`s autobiographical novel “Cider With Rosie”. In “Cider with Rosie” Laurie Lee describes his joyful and at times rough days of childhood in his dear village. The novel is written in such manner, that even the most inattentive reader…

through sensuality and sexuality. Although the topic was still treated rather modestly, at least in English literature, two novelists, D.H. Lawrence and Radclyffe Hall, challenged constructs to write novels with ideas, themes, and morals revolved around sex and sexuality. In this respect, they changed the game in English literature and English culture. In bold contrast to other English novels of the time, D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness…

heart. In retrospect, my reading memories have formed my way of thinking and my characteristics as well. In my childhood, I read many interesting comic books from preschool, which is still on my mind. The first comic book I read was Bo Con, translated into English is Lost Calf. Since this was my first book, I finished it with help from my dad. That story was about a journey of a cow to find her lost calf, and she burst into tears when she found her baby. I told…