Novel

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus believes “...you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” It means that everyone has something going on and even if you don’t see it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Atticus is prompted to say this when Scout tells him that she doesn’t want to go to school anymore because Miss Caroline says she was wrongly taught how to read. Atticus tells her that they way to get along with people is to step into their shoes.…

perspective, children and innocents can teach their elders about the world. In Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye, the narrative voice of a young girl offers a unique and compelling perspective. Several parts of this novel are narrated by Claudia MacTeer, a ten…

women and their problems and love ,marriage and sex in all her novels. Manju Kapur a well known name in modern Anglo-Indian literature is widely known as the Jane Austen of India. Her novels deal with everything that is related to the modern family and the patriarchal society. Her novels present the contemporary picture of today’s woman who is eager to break free from the domestic walls of their house to build a world of their own. Her novels are Difficult Daughters, A Married Woman, Home, The…

Choi Jin-won directs and pens ‘’Mister Socrates’’, not a typical gangster film, but a movie that combines comedy, crime, drama and social commentary. The main character is Ku Dong-Hyeok (Kim Rae-won), who is a high-school drop-out and low-level thug. He shows no respect for other people, he has no ethics and he just loves to beat people. One night, while he reports the accidental murder of a friend of his, by another friend, he gets kidnapped by a gang. He is kept in an abandoned school and,…

Alterations in our environment and atmosphere impact our views and understanding of our values and the relationships we are involved in. This alteration causes an impact that clouds our thought process and lets us feed into inhibitions. This narrative is familiarized in The Age Of Miracles which focuses on the anxious news of environmental changes. It allows readers to witness a possible reality through the eyes of 12 year old Julia. Julia’s entire world is deteriorated since the news of ‘the…

Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, was greatly different from the novel. While the story filled the same premise, there were certain aspects that were changed; not to mention, the time line was distorted as well. The alters to the film were effective in a way that gave a deeper analysis. Henry Frankenstein and his henchman gazing at the freshly buried grave. As soon as everyone leaves, they pounced at the chance to get their hands on a body for Frankenstein’s experiment. Beginning the film…

all of the symbols work to make an allegorical novel that set a precedence in English classrooms for times to come. Each symbol in Lord of the Flies varies in meaning and power. The themes most prevalent in the story are the sow’s head, the conch, and Piggy’s glasses. The sow literally has power over Simon. It brings him to insanity and is used to show the true shift in the sanity of the boys on the island. “Simon…

thinks of romance novels, one might think of a middle aged woman, seated upwards in her bed beside her lamp on top of the nightstand, reading a romantic novel as her husband switches stations on the TV right beside her. This stereotype of romantic novels subordinates the American women who take enjoyment in them. Upon further study of romantic novels, the act of reading them can negatively impact the women who read them in more ways than one. The act of reading romantic novels leads to a…

The writer concentrated on Anne Radcliffe's novel. The Mysteries of Udolpho. She particularly determines the class with her references to Anne Radcliffe's book. The essential character of this novel, is a far reaching peruser towards examination of Radcliffe's books. She examines in Bath. The novel relates her coming to see, belatedly, the qualification between such fiction and reality of standard everyday presence. The…

Literature review carefully examines with respect to graphical novels of sub-genres and importance of visual presentation in graphic novels. Partially a few of references are studying the psychology of children with traumatic experience in which are used further to develop Katarina Muroaka as a believable and real character. Other references are studying target audience of Horror themed graphic novels, popularity and iconic influences of graphic novels and power of visuals in comparison to text…