Great American Novel

In the novel Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow, due to one of the most substantial wars in American history, The American Revolutionary War, a character by the name of Vivian Lacy will be discerned. The exceptional women Vivian givens the reader a glimpse into various aspects of her personality. Allowing the reader to gain insight into the subconscious of Mrs Lacy. The psyche of this character is a complex, and important aspect of the entirety of the novel. It may not seem like this is the case, as a…

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” the protagonist Huck goes through an indescribable transformation that further developed his morals about making life defining decisions. In the beginning of the novel, Huck is undermined by the town due to the actions of his father; Huck has no aspirations or any idea of the direction he is heading in. Huck is simply just moral less child. Huck was known as the “son of the town drunk”, yet he never let this come in the way of his relationships with others…

For whom the Bell Tolls than in the early novels. It is obvious that results support critics’ claims about the beginning of change in this novel. If we look at the openings of the three novels; The Sun also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For whom the Bell Tolls, it is obvious that, although words are concrete, simple, colloquial, and belong to our common-core vocabulary, they are longer in the third novel. The words are simple in the first two novels, but they are compounds in For whom…

symbolisms seen throughout her short stories are racism, the deep south, journey, and lots of indirect characterization. Welty is from Mississippi, and most of her stories are set down south. “A Worn Path” is a short novel set in the south and introduces the journey of a young African American woman named Phoenix Jackson. She is heading into town to get medicine for her grandson that is never mentioned, but inferred that he is dead. Throughout her journey the old woman struggles with racism and…

indignant. In addition to revealing the weak relationship between people, but also from the side of the article depicts the social culture worships money, lack of trust between people, deteriorating social order, which is also confirmed the title of the novel "A Good Man Is Hard to Find . " In addition to the atrocities of the end of the story, but also reflected from the grandmother of two conversations, when it comes to Mr. Teagarden pursue her past, granddaughter said she would never marry…

to leave this reality through imagination. Fleeing from the cruel reality of war and the invention of a fictional planet is more or less the situation in which the main character of Slaughterhouse-Five by the American author Kurt Vonnegut, finds himself. Slaughterhouse-Five as a literary novel combines in itself historical, sociological, psychological and scientific elements. In order to finish his long thoughtful project Vonnegut had to find…

In The White Tiger, Arvind Adiga, presents a protagonist Balram Halwai who struggles to come to terms with his new identity. While working as a cook, dishcleaner and a driver, Halwai transforms himself into a master. He differentiates himself from his master through actions with consequences. Revolting against the brutality of Ashok and Pinky Madam, he is able to affirm the identity of a successful entrepreneur from a Rikshaw Puller's nameless son 'Munna'. In three years of schooling, a school…

The Sociology of The Green Mile The Green Mile, directed and produced by Frank Darabont in December 1999 was a movie based on the novel written by Stephen King. The movie starts off in a Louisiana prison taking place on death row. The main character Paul Edgecombe performed by Tom Hanks described how they referred to the death row of this specific prison as the Green Mile because of the faded lime colored floor. Paul talks about how he has encountered many prisoners on death row for various…

To Kill A Mockingbird: Courage is perseverance Anna Quindlen, an American author, once said, “Acts of bravery don’t always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice...” There is no one form of courage. Courage is doing something when you know you might fail. This is exactly what Atticus Finch, one of the main characters of Harper Lee’s To…

No matter how difficult, people face struggles, and life goes on. Colum McCann’s novel, “Let The Great World Spin”, describes how major acts of beauty impacts induvial in unique ways. The event includes Phillipe Petit, a tightroper crossing a wire between the twin towers in New York. When this event occurs, each individuals struggle is exposed and explored, directly or indirectly from Pettit’s act of beauty. The character Lara is indirectly impacted from Pettit’s actions, allowing her life of…