Historical novel

1. State the title and author of the novel. “Out of the Silent Planet.” By C.S. Lewis. 2. Where is the story set? 1/3 of the story is in London, the other portion is on the red planet of Malacadra. 3. When is the story set? It does not say, therefore I had to estimate so I would say the 1900s. 4. Place it in its’ historical context. The historical context is in its belief, belief that there are other planets out there, and that nothing is impossible. Because, Ransom at first, did not believe…

The Ethan Gage Series is a series of historical thrillers by Pulitzer Award winning journalist turned novelist William Dietrich. One of the most popular of the Dietrich series of novels, the series is composed of 8 novels and two collections of the same. A prolific writer, the author released all eight titles between 2007 and 2014 releasing a book every year. The chief protagonist in all the novels is Ethan Gage, a jack-of-all-trades being an opportunist, idealist, womanizer, romantic, treasure…

the interview with Junot Diaz, I thought Oscar Wao was just a fictional story with a little historical significance in the margins. However, I was greatly mistaken. Listening to Diaz gave me new insights and perspective on the entire story itself. Once, I listened to Diaz I had the unavoidable surge to read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, once more. I was amazed to see, how I thought sections of the novel were irrelevant, but in reality were necessary to make the story cohesive and thus…

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel set in the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era which has remained the definition of the era. In Keith Windschuttle’s “Steinbeck’s Myth of the Okies,” he argues and writes that The Grapes of Wrath is historically inaccurate - either being grossly exaggerated or entirely false. In his essay, Windschuttle examines and critically analyzes the image Steinbeck creates to define the Great Depression and Dust Bowl era. First, Windschuttle analyzes the effects the Great…

H.G. Bissinger is a very effective author. In his non-fiction novel Friday Night Lights, he is unbias between the sides of arguements and writes freely without the persuasion of others. The author describes the racism, explains the passion for football, and paints a picture of the historical background of the town well. Bissinger keeps an unbias stand-point throughout the book. As he meets with people and they explain their views on certain things he does his best to keep his own personl views…

When grounded upon Raymond Williams’ concept of the dominant society and the perpetual flux between filtering residual and emergent cultures, the existence of the novel by such definitions are placed into that of the former. Novels represent a notion of residual culture that has been deeply absorbed within the current superstructure as “they contribute to the effective dominant culture and are a central articulation of it” (Williams 1434), while creating more production for the base through…

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is a booker prize winner best known for her novel Heat and Dust published in 1975 Jhabvala has written many novels, screenplays, and short stories such as To Whom She Will 1955, Like Birds, Like Fishes 1963, and Get Ready for Battle 1962. Jhabvala considers herself as a citizen of both worlds east and west. The narrator in Heat and Dust is eager to know the real story behind Olivia -her grandfather's wife- and her elopement with an Indian prince, by going to the same places…

Cohen, Andrew. "Creating Monsters: How Solitary Confinement Hurts the Rest of Us." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 18 Apr. 2014. Web. 18 May 2016. Andrew Cohen’s article, “Creating Monsters”, reviews a documentary that touches upon the subject of inmate confinement. The author examines the effects of confinement on an inmate such as furthering or even creating mental illnesses, leading to an endless cycle of the destruction of confined inmates. The audience level for the article is high…

am because of the dust. And what I am is good enough. Even for me.” (Hesse p.g. 132) The Book Out of The Dust was written by Karen Hesse and is a Historical Fiction novel about a young girl named Billie Jo going through life in the dust bowl. As in accelerated reader, it is worth three points and the grade level is 5.0, there are 277 pages in the novel. The book is about a young girl named Billie Jo Kelby, the main character, who describes her life in the dust bowl from winter 1934 through fall…

The Shadow Lines discusses the effects of fear on memory, the connection between the past and the present in narrator’s own identity, the life story of an Indian boy there and in London. The crucial and historical events like communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka, World War II, Partition of India, and Swadeshi Movement that occurred in 1980s are recalled by the narrator and these memories traumatize the narrator. The aspect of cosmopolitanism is found in the character of Ila. The protagonist is…