Novel

Ellen Hopkins wrote the novel Crank from her experiences around her own daughters crystal meth addiction. Hopkins is a novelist, most of her published work has been New York Times best selling novels. Crank is part of a trilogy that consists of Crank, Glass, and Fallout. Among other books that Hopkins has written that share the same tone and style are Impulse, Burned, Identical, Tricks, Traffick, Perfect, Tilt, and Smoke. Hopkins is a very accomplished author who has won many awards for her work…

Lord of the flies, a realistic/dystopian novel written by William Golding follows a group of boys that have been stranded on an island after a horrific airplane crash which killed all adults. The boys are left to survive on their own on an uncharted island, and form a sense of society - however as the novel progresses, the boys will realize that society can be torn apart by the desire and struggle for power. The protagonist, Ralph, is one of the few British schoolboys who survived a chilling…

development of Desai's female characters in terms of the patriarchal Indian family structure. Desai in all her novels and short stories focuses on the personal struggles of middle-class women as they attempt to overcome the societal limitations imposed by a tradition-bound patriarchal culture. Her debut novel, Cry the Peacock presents Maya, the protagonist as a hypersensitive women. The novel is opened with the theme of mysterious death of Mayas dog Toto in the first part while conflict,…

it can be also transferred to a movie. In this chapter the narrator of Jane Austen’s novel Emma and its transfer to the film adaptation directed by Douglas McGrath is discussed. 2.1. The figure of narrator in the novel “Emma” by Jane Austen At first, considering the division into first- and third-person narrator, the narrator in Jane Austen's novel Emma is a third-person narrator. The narrator opens the novel giving readers information about the main character, and the narrator presents to…

characters are impacted and affected by the urban setting. Having an urban setting affects the characters or people in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra, the short story “Thank you Ma'am” by Langston Hughes, and the Novel Seedfolks written by Paul Fleischman. Characters and people in lyrics are affected from an urban setting. An example of this would in the lyrics of “New York, New York” and “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra. In “New York, New York” the line “I want…

during the great depression (1930s) and goes over several years of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch’s life. The readers learn about Scout’s brother Jem, Scout’s father Atticus, and several other characters from the fictional town of Maycomb. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Characterization is used to portray the theme that if someone lives in fears then he or she will not be able to see thing how they actually are. The first time the theme is portrayed is when Scout and Jem’s thoughts of…

The novel Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli, is about a young orphan boy named Misha Pilsudski, originally known as "Stop Thief" (1) who is a Gypsy in the time of the holocaust. Throughout this book Misha also known as "Stop Thief' struggles with his identity. In fact at one point he does not even known his real name or how old he is. Misha is an interesting character because even though he is going through the worst possible time of his life he is always is positive, hopeful and innocent. Misha goes…

Douglas Brunt New York, NY. Simon & Schuster 275 pages Have you ever wondered what was taking place on Wall Street leading up to the housing crash and Great Recession? Douglas Brunt with his debut novel and New York Times best seller offers up a compelling and dark look at life on Wall Street. This novel is narrated in first person through the eyes of Nick Farmer, a bond trader at Bear Sterns. The book is laid out in chronological order over the course of a single winter in New York, in which…

and unpredictability. These are just some of the many characteristics that a reader will look for in a good novel. If all of these expectations are met, a reader will be satisfied with the content they have read, and will be intrigued to read more from that particular author. The book Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen is categorized as a good novel for many different reasons. Firstly, the novel contains a vast amount of character development. Secondly, teenagers can relate to the characters and the…

eality in George Eliot’s Understanding of Novel As a woman writer in a time when women’s presence in literature was just beginning to be acknowledged with the rise of novel, George Eliot was already among the best novelists of the time, women and men alike. While being among best novelists can be a subjective matter, perhaps it is safer to say that she was among the best realists. This feature alone has attracted attention from the male writers of her time around the world, so it is actually…