Novella

‘Classic’ Novel Essay - By Sarah Sprouster John Steinbeck 's critically acclaimed classic novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ is considered one of the greatest American classic literature. A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. ‘Of Mice and Men’ shows this characteristic throughout the book. The novella deals with themes like companionship, loneliness, racism etc. that everyone can relate to and has been translated into many languages showing how universal it is. The most…

In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck’s use of theme, the impossibilities of the American Dream, expresses his belief that the dream simply does not exist. His point is made clear by the end of the novella when none of the characters get what they desired from life. “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” George Carlin. Carlin’s attitude about the American Dream is mostly reflected in Crooks, the black stable hand. "I seen hunderds of men come by on…

of the story. The main themes in a story are a reflection of the social class and the beliefs of the society that the author lived in when writing it. Robert Louis Stevenson explores the idea of the duality of mankind, ethics and morality in his novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stevenson explores the idea of the internal struggle every man has between good and evil and the inclination man has for immoral behaviour. It also conveys to the readers the importance of reputation and…

satisfied , this sin is presented as a theme in the novella The Pearl , written by John steinbeck which talks about mainly about an indian legend of ( the pearl of the world) and what this discovery of this pearl effects the life of the main character and his family, this novella starts by showing the readers about kino's life " the main character " before he finds the great pearl and the events leading up to the discovery of this pearl , this novella starts with the discovery of this pearl and…

John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men , addresses the hopes, dreams, and lifestyle experienced by lower class people during the time of the Great Depression. The short novella tells the tale of a friendship between two men; George Milton, a small, thin and dark faced character with sharp strong features, and his companion Lennie Small, a big, child like, broad-shouldered guy with the strength of a bear, but the actions of a dog; traveling around the country by foot to find work and fulfill…

employment along side many other men. The small California town where they find work, Soledad, is Spanish for “solitary.” This allusion illustrates the common state of confinement that each character finds his or herself in at some point during the novella. Often, this confinement is self inflicted by the characters to defend themselves, but other forms of defence are demonstrated as well. Through the characterization of the individuals in Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck explores the ways humans…

Many of the characters in the the novella Of Mice and Men share a feeling of unwanted loneliness. The characters do not want to be left alone with themselves or left behind by society because… . In the novella, Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of ranch life in the early 1930’s and how everyone is driven to escape loneliness. Steinbeck does this through the emotions and actions of the characters in the novella. The omnipresent emotion felt by Crooks and Curley’s wife as well as Lennie and…

transformation into the horrifying, violent Edward Hyde. Many literary critics have speculated that the novella is a metaphor for multiple personality disorder, however, I believe that Stevenson was symbolizing a darker fear present during the Victorian era: the rise of cocaine use and the unexplainable disease of addiction. Dr. Jekyll portrays symptoms of addiction and withdrawal throughout the novella, and his professional friends, Utterson and Lanyon, provide attempts at intervention with…

The Many Reactions to War The characters of “The Return of the Soldier” and “Pale Horse, Pale Rider” waver from wanting to acknowledge the war and its effects to wanting to erase all traces of the war. Within both novellas there are characters who want the war to go on so that it can run its course, and there are characters who just want the war to end so that their loved ones might be safe. With the war being so prevalent in everyone’s daily lives, there is also the feeling of needing to…

she did not have a name in the novella. In a way she was a victim, but more than that she was very influential towards the novella. She showed how women had lived their lives being the only women in the novella. She has no name at all as if she was utterly worthless. The men are kind to her when they are alone, but in a group they shun her. All because they are worried Curley will give them trouble if they even dare talk to his wife. She greatly influences the novella through her life as a…