Novel

Truly, that is how people are now, which leaves me in fear. The author of this novel, Jay, Asher, really compiled all of his own thoughts to fit the stories’ narrator, Clay Jenson. The author goes back and forth between Clay’s thoughts and actions combined with Hannah’s voice in the audiotapes, as she is telling the stories. Hannah’s stories, cause Clay to be in mixed thoughts and feelings. The author’s structure to the novel is something I’ve never encountered before; such a brave choice. He…

of famous novel The Optimist’s Daughter, is know for her exquisite literary works. Welty is a Mississippi native, having attended Jackson High School where she first engaged with her literary strengths. The Optimist’s Daughter is renown novel, arguably Welty’s best work— winning a Pulitzer Prize. The J.D William’s library at the University of Mississippi obtains several copies of the novel in English, French, Chinese, and Tybaniese which provides evidence of the popularity of this novel.…

In Mary Shelley's romance novel Frankenstein, she emphasizes the theme of knowledge in order to tell the story of the curious scientist, Victor Frankenstein. The novel focuses on his deep desire to create human life and therefore he has a need for new knowledge. The knowledge he gains drives him to create a murderous monster that constantly causes corruption. Although labeled as a hideous, wretched monster throughout the novel, the creature develops a sense of innocence. As the monster proves…

The idea of monsters have played a role in society since the beginning of civilization. In the novel Grendel, I believe Grendel is useful for the humans in the novel. As the dragon said in chapter() Grendel is the monster that makes the human think, plot, and become smarter. Grendel provides the fear that makes the human evolve, by stimulating them to change or adapt. It would be hard to say whether the world would be better with or without Grendel. Humans can be monsters themselves, they do…

The Street by Ann Petry is a novel that relays the difficult, chilling, and tragic story of Lutie Johnson and several others like her. Lutie Johnson is the protagonist a smart, cunning, ambitious, and independent woman; who sadly has not yet learned to read the signs and symbols of American culture with the disbelieving irony required by the conditions of her race and gender. At the opening of the novel, Lutie is intoxicated by such commonplace American images as Benjamin Franklin, self-made…

Extensive experiments with more than forty synesthetes, although the novel is focused around two of his close friends, led Cytowic to an understanding of synesthesia as well as a new conception of the organization of the mind, in which he highlights the forgotten importance of emotion over reason in science. Cytowic's persistence in unveiling synesthesia’s true nature also uncovers the indifference and hostility those in the science…

In recent discussion of the graphic novel Fun Home, a controversial issue has been whether Fun Home should be taught in a college setting, and if it should be required to read. On the one hand, some argue that Fun Home is a perfect representation of the problems some people face with their sexuality and the death of a loved one. From this perspective, people say it is easy to understand a perspective that you don’t really understand, and opens your mind to different ideas. On the other hand,…

fascinating novel, Things Fall Apart, in which he explores the struggle of a man, Okonkwo, and his conflict between the pride of his culture and the pride of his manhood. The novel was somewhat similar to what I had expected. From the obvious title, some type of community was going to fall apart but other than that, the other aspects of the novel such as Ikemefuma death, Okonkwo’s exile, and the white man’s church were completely unpredictable. One of the main things that I like about the novel…

Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical novel Persepolis received global recognition for sharing growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and was thus turned into a film under the directing of Satrapi. The coming of age story explores many themes connected to the idea of captivity and freedom. This essay will explore captivities and freedoms within both the novel and film mediums of Persepolis, and how these two versions of the same story are capable as well as limited in exploring this…

classic novels. They are normally boring to me either because of their topic, which I am not interested in, or the language is too difficult for me to understand and I get fed up. I prefer to read more modern novels set in the current time. However, I thought Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser was a great novel. Sister Carrie was written in the late nineteenth century, but I could still relate to the novel. Sister Carrie did not feel outdated like some novels do. Some parts of the novel were…