Modernist Novel

The Impact of Harper Lee Harper Lee is considered to be one of the most adept and brilliant writers of the 20th century because of her controversial novels that expose the American south for its dark reality and its prejudiced people. Go set a Watchman, continues a story from Lee’s first book --To Kill a Mockingbird -- and incorporates topics of race and class in society. The piece also continues the clashing ironic themes of great change and lack of change. Although the book created dissension…

The novel revolves around the theme of “honor” that inspires the theme of secrecy. For Angela, her secret was out on the day of her marriage and the revelation of the secret of her virginity inspires the events that has implications for her twin brothers Pablo and Pedro, as well as the character of Santiago Nasar. The murder happened, Santiago was killed but till half part of the story, it remains a mystery. Angela’s mother, Purisima has brought up her little girls to be great spouses. The…

In the novel, The House of the Seven Gables, Phoebe Pyncheon, the main character, visits her cousin, Hepzibah, at the seven gabled mansion. Her visit to the gloomy mansion is one where she makes living almost bearable to an ordinary person by drastically lightning up the atmosphere of the mansion. She certainly does her very best to make Hepzibah and Clifford comfortable and more human. Throughout the novel, Phoebe exhibits the character traits of being cheerful, helpful, and selfless. Phoebe…

that fight back against it. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald the theme of society is so prevalent among all the characters lives. How society was during the period of time in which this book is set in controlled the entirety of what happened in the story. Gatsby knew him and Daisy couldn’t be together because he was poor so his whole life after that was about becoming wealthy enough to show her they could be happy together. Then throughout the novel the values of society…

fiction, for me, usually has a relatable character who faces problems we can all relate to. His problems are hard, but not impossible, to overcome. The story itself, has to be memorable. Its ending has to be interesting and fulfilling. Cisneros’s novel met most of my expectations. It’s told in a unique poem-like way, where the author shows no interest in following rules. Her story is told in a series of short chapters; with each chapter…

A novel can display multiple reasons for portraying the objective or lesson that it withholds in its binding. Charles Dickens is an English writer who tells an amazing story of controversy and struggle during the French Revolution. Throughout the novel, A Tale of Cities, Charles Dickens displays casuistry and sacrifice, through the ambiguity of his characters, Madame Defarge and Sydney Carton, by referring back to the novels message of how change is inevitable even though the majority of people…

In The Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler describes the life of a man named Macon, and different occurrences that completely transform him. From the start of the novel, the reader learns about Macon’s dark past and the subsequent negative and positive repercussions that resound throughout his life. Tyler then displays how these changes have impacted his life in an unpredictable yet entirely positive way. For instance, only a few years before the book begins, Macon’s son had been killed while he was…

century American genre writers. Ray Bradbury, who as a little boy, seemed to take an interest to his childhood. His captivating spirit later led him to write novels and short stories which included parts of his experiences as a boy. In his youth, he found himself intrigued with magicians and various readings of adventure and fantasy fiction novels. According to the editors at (BIO.), beginning at the age of twelve or thirteen Ray Bradbury made the decision to become a writer. “He made the…

in the novel Despair by Vladmir Nabokov. Nabokov had a common theme in many of his works and a theme that is very prevalent in this novel- fake doubles. He creates a static and narcissistic protagonist, Hermann, that propels the plot forward and sets the base for Nabokov’s love for fake doubles. The novel is also heavily characterized by Hermann’s point of view, because the reader is given vivid descriptions of Hermann’s thoughts and desires. Symbols are found densely throughout this novel as…

closest to you, including your loved ones, to determine what your purpose is. These two circumstances were discussed in the short story I wrote, a spin off from Fahrenheit 451 which follows the story of Clarisse McClellan who was presumed dead in the novel. Clarisse did not have a purpose in the beginning of the story, however, by trusting her loving uncle, as well as participating in the things she enjoys, regardless of if they are forbidden or frowned upon, she found a purpose in her odyssey.…