Novel

Abstract: Bapsi Sidhwa’s third novel Ice-Candy Man was published in 1991. In America, her publishers Milkweed Editions published it under the title of Cracking India. Using a child narrator named Lenny, the novelist presents the Kaleidoscopically changing socio political realities of the Indian sub-continent just before the partition. This extremely sensitive story takes up the themes of communal tensions, using religion as a way to define individual identity, territorial cravings political…

A graphic novel is a type of literature that provides the reader with a completely different reading experience than a traditional novel. This summer I read This One Summer, wriiten by Jillian Tamaki Graphic novels appeal to many people for the reason that they are easier to follow. For people who have a hard time focusing on a traditional novel or for younger children, illustrations can help the reader to follow along with the plot and collect the details that the author is trying to convey to…

Relationships and Their Variance Many different types of relationships occur between different people. Throughout William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride the reader is presented with a variety of relationships. Relationships can be positive, negative, or neutral. Friendship, hate and love are all common themes of occurrence in Goldman’s novel. Throughout the novel we see stories of true friendship taking place between many characters, specifically Inigo and Fezzick. Inigo and Fezzick met…

Comics, graphic novels and manga can tie generations together, can start a trend or a give a group of friends a place just to hang out. And the store that houses them can make a difference. Going into a mainstream store as opposed to a smaller-in the hole-comics/graphic novel store is a bit different. For instance, you really have to dig deep within the comic locator or friends of friends to find these small-tucked in the corner of nowhere-places. The mainstream bookstore that I went to was…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, a historical novel is set in a period of history and works to convey the social conditions, manners, and spirits of the time in realistic manner. Also, a historical novel may have a mix of historical figures and fictional characters. An author of historical novels may choose focus on a specific event or the overall society and how a particular set of characters is affected by events of the time. Based on this view of a historical novel it may seem as though a work of…

The purpose of this paper is to flash- light the social realities reflected in the novels of Anita Desai and Kiran Desai. Anita Desai was the one novelist who concentrates more on the exploration of modern Indian sensibility. She observes the realities from a psychological perspective. Anita Desai is in many ways a representatives of Indian woman novelist in English. Her contribution to fiction in independent India is more significant than the other women novelists such as Ruth Prawer, Nayantara…

gender roles. The quote comes from Celeste Ng’s 2014 novel ‘Everything I never told you’, which deals with the suicide of a mixed-race child. However, this is hardly the story that Celeste is trying to tell with her novel, as it unfolds to become a critique of women’s rights and society’s patriarchal ide-ology. This analytical essay will focus on Celeste Ng’s critique of mentioned topics by commenting on the main themes and message of the novel, whilst also giving a characterization…

Fiction Novels and Their Impact On My Life
 As a child, giant books scared me, so watching my older brother finish an 800 page harry potter book in less than a day blew my little 8 year old mind. Since that historical moment in time, I have grown an addiction to fiction books. Watching a writer’s imagination come to life through ink on paper was amazing, and I strove to capture the same images in my own mind. The brilliant fiction novels I read when I was younger, the environment my brother and…

Eyre In the Novel, Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte, an important character is Jane Eyre who is the titular character. Jane narrates her story in the past tense… Jane’s beliefs and values change throughout the novel as she discovers new surroundings. Jane matures as she gets older and becomes self disciplined. The novel, Jane eyre is based on some important aspects in the author, Charlotte Bronte, life. An attribute towards Jane is how she matures and grows throughout the novel. She…

agony. There's a certain ambiance that comes along with freedom that not one person can explain indefinitely. It brings such a joy to a person, especially one who has been enslaved and not likely to be released from something so terrible. In the novel “Nothing Gold Can Stay” A prisoner sent to fetch water for his “chain gang” tries to sweet talk a farmers young wife into helping him escape, only to find she's as…