Scott Schwartz

Interview Novelist Manuel Puig “Homosexuality is not something we should judge. More importantly: the act doesn’t make you homosexual.” Readers of novelist Manuel Puig will never forget the novels of the Argentine man. Using innovative narrative techniques, dark comedy and particularly film, Manuel Puig has been a very successful writer. Born in 1932 in General Villegas, a small town on the Argentine pampas, Puig began studying English at the age of ten, to get a better understanding in…

In the book Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, Stacey Logan is trying to figure out who should be a better friend, TJ, or Jeremy. Stacey should be friends with Jeremy because T.J. lies constantly, doesn’t take responsibility for his actions, and he takes advantage of others. First of all, it can be true that Jeremy may not be trustworthy. But, it is easy to recall that TJ can be caught lying multiple times throughout the book. The text states, “When we got outside. T.J.…

Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi on March 26, 1911 (Biography.com). He won a Pulitzer Prize for his works, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Tin Roof. A Streetcar Named Desire, written in 1947, is the play that gave Williams his first Pulitzer Prize (Biography.com). The main characters in that play are Blanche Dubois, her younger sister Stella, and Stella’s husband Stanley Kowalski. Blanche Dubois has unexpectedly come to live with her sister because she…

In Death of a Salesman and A Raisin in the Sun, the leading character is trying to capture the American dream, but it just does not seem to happen because of lack of understanding from family and friends. Willy Loman in a Raisin in the Sun, was wanting the respect of people associated with him and Walter Younger in Death of a Salesman was trying a get rich quick plan to be able to support his family. Both men talked about the American dream and how they deserved it and was their right, but it…

Color can influence our emotions, our actions, and how we respond to various people, things and ideas. Throughout literature, color symbolizes a variety of different things. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway tells us a tragic story of a helpless romantic, Jay Gatsby, desperately trying to get his long lost love back. Gatsby does everything in his power, such as becoming rich and throwing parties every weekend, just to get back Daisy Buchanan, a married woman who he is…

book. Jordan is the go-between for Nick or the lower class to the rich and their lavish lifestyle everyone wishes to achieve. She is the young women who embodies the American Dream, she is beautiful, rich, successful, and high in the social class. F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby, utilizes the motif of the valley of ashes in order to show Jordan’s lack of contact with the Valley to convey how people who value their status within society over everything else, tend to take advantage of…

‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’ is a short story written by an American author known as Ernest Hemingway. The story was at first distributed in 1933 in the Scribner’s Magazine. The plot is staged in a late night café centering on an old man who happens to be deaf and is reveler on this particular night. Being the only client of the evening, he prefers dining when the night grows still (Hemingway 149). From the old man's way of life, there is evidence of theme of loneliness with the old man…

The novel A Farewell To Arms shows the development of the main character, narrator, and protagonist, Lieutenant Frederic Henry. From the beginning of the novel as a character that had not experienced true lost and his feelings towards war, Catherine Barkley, and his friends all seem superficial yet go through a drastic change as the character develops throughout each book. Book One introduces the readers to the character Lieutenant Frederic Henry, who is portrayed as naive and did not think…

Gone with the Wind by the late Margaret Mitchell has been described as one of the greatest books of this past century. With its depiction of Southern culture, rich characters, and vibrant landscapes, the book has captivated audiences for quite some time. However, this may not be the case for modern audiences. It is time to discuss if the book still holds up to today’s standards, or falls flat on its face. The plot of Gone with the Wind revolves around the life of Scarlett O’Hara and the events…

Annie Hall, directed by, written by and starring Woody Allen follows the life of Alvy Singer, a neurotic New-Yorker. Throughout the movie, he narrates his experiences as he ponders on the meaning of life and his failed relationship with Annie. The intellectual but comedic urban romance marked a turning point in Allen’s career earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1977. Yet, this paper focuses on his counterpart played by Diane Keaton and how her performance shaped both the story’s…