First novel in English

modernism writing period, Willa Cather. She has received a lot of recognition for her novels that are written about life on the Great Plains. Some of her most famous pieces of work included O’Pioneer (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Antonia (1918). A lot of her work was inspired by her childhood and her life. Many of the characters in her stories were people that she had met in her childhood. In her novel My Antonia, the main character “Antonia” is inspired by a childhood friend…

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947. His parents were divorced when he was still knee high to a grasshopper. His mother’s name was Nellie King and his father’s name was Donald king. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When he was eleven he moved with his mother to Durham, Maine. Stephen king began to look for a job and eventually found a job in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. Stephen king went to two…

words in the English language, there are multiple definitions of a word that can come into play depending on the context it is being used. Robert Cormier’s After the First Death, is a prime example of how knowing the context behind the characters in the novel, gives a different side to innocence that isn’t as straightforward as simply being not guilty. This theme of the ambiguity of innocence is traced throughout the novel. The most obviously notable example of innocence in the novel is Kate…

should not be afraid to write your first draft of a paper, it is suppose to be horrible. In her essay, “Mother Tongue”, Amy Tan discusses the hardships with her and her mother’s types of English, while in “Crummy First Drafts”, Anne Lamott talks about getting over your fears when writing the first draft of a paper; both of the authors essays vary in structure and tone, but have similar styles and purposes…

the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a women's success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture expectations of a women deeply embedded in Bronte's novel creates a parallel between the stories of Cinderella and Jane Eyre though Jane Eyre's prince in imbued with the characteristics of a Byronic hero. Bronte's…

Parker Bain Mrs. Schroder English IV 28 November 2016 Gothic Themes in Frankenstein Known as one of the most popular gothic novels of its time, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has various types of eerie vibes. There are many different examples of the gothic theme in this story. “Gothic is known as an English genre of fiction popular in the 18th to early 19th centuries, characterized by an atmosphere of mystery and horror and having a pseudo-medieval setting.” (Dictionary). In the book, there are…

of the novel. The instant connection she describes between the two is creative and realistic, and only readers will ever be able to feel the connection. Twilight was officially released in 2005, and quickly caught the eyes of readers. By 2007, her second novel to the series, New Moon had been released. After that came two more books, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn (Source A). Each story has it’s own twist, with nail biting plots, that kept its readers turning the pages for hours. Meyer’s novel was…

Gogol. Socio-Psychological dynamics of cultural disparities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s namesake. Jhumpa Lahiri, who won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2000 for her Interpreter of Maladies, is a brilliant novelist. Her first novel The Namesake forms the basis of the present study. Lahiri has the first-hand experience to authentically portray the diasporic experience of the…

When I got back the first couple of essays I had to write for my college writing class, I was disappointed. My professor’s comments on my essays weren’t exactly as what I was expecting. She brought up a lot of major issues on my essay that I needed to improve on. When she asked…

the Most Beautiful People, author Louise Erdrich has become an inspiring American novelist for Native Americans all over the country (Fun Facts About Louise). Louise Erdrich’s novels feature Native American characters and settings. Highly encouraged by her parents, she begins writing poems, but later will have made novels, that like Tracks, that truly do make her an American author. Louise was born in Little Falls, Minnesota on July 6th, 1954. She was the eldest of seven children and all grew…