Novel Essay Examples
This chapter presents a brief summary of the study, the salient findings based on the data gathered, the corresponding conclusions drawn and the recommendations offered. FINDINGS The present inquiry revealed the following FINDINGS: 1. There is no significant difference between the respondents’ determination if the Beloved novel is real or fiction when grouped according to…
Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper is an updated version of the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romiette has had another drowning dream.To relax herself, she starts to write in her diary. The next morning is Julio’s first day at Romiette’s school. After having trouble with gangs in Corpus Christi, Texas, Julio…
Before the start of the novel, Voldemort, considered the most evil and powerful dark wizard in history, kills Harry’s parents but mysteriously vanishes after trying to kill the infant Harry. While the wizarding world celebrates Voldemort’s downfall, Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid place the one year-old orphan in the care of his neglectful…
Argued to be one of Hardy’s most controversial novels, published in 1891 during an era when the underprivileged classes of society, were submissive to superstitious beliefs in particular those such as luck spiritual beings and ultimately fate which were the foundations of lower class civilisation, Tess of the D’Urbervilles presents a story of Fate toying…
“Opposition gives definition” said Heraclitus in 6th century BC (Graham). If that was true, in 21st century people are given “definition” by the usage of the prefix “anti-“. Therefore, an “anti-war” novel is one, which opposes any form of aggressive competition. Regeneration by Pat Barker is one of the plentiful novels inspired by the atrocious…
How do the writers of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights use setting and atmosphere in the development of their novels? Setting and atmosphere are dominant features of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Through them the authors are able to reveal plot through characters and underlying themes. They colour our interpretation of the novel and allow…
The novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte has been categorised as both romantic and gothic by scholars and literary critics. The plot entails the exploration of a woman’s domestic trap, a common Victorian theme, with her subjection to patriarchal authority and her dangerous attempts to escape from such restrictions and the consequences. There is a…
In this essay I am going to look at how readers get a sense of Dystopia from the first opening chapters of the novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood. We are thrown right into it and we readers are forced to think what is happening. Right at the start of Chapter one Atwood starts…
From your reading of Chapters 1, 2 and 26 of “Jane Eyre”, as well as any previous knowledge of the novel you might have, write about the links you begin to see between that text and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”. “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1892 for a…
Freud suggests that fear is “linked in some way to an earlier emotional response that has been repressed.” In chapter 3 Hawker experiences a great amount of fear when he is attacked by the Brides of Dracula, in a dramatic, highly sexual scene. Hawker’s submission and confusion as to whether he is experiencing pleasure of…
There are many stories conveyed in chapter 3, some stories are more prominent than others. The most obvious story is that of Joe’s, as he is the narrator of the novel. Joe’s story follows one that is direct to his perception. This presents the reader with a biased account of what happened, and each character’s…
Comment on how the language contributes to the understanding of the character, plots, theme and narrative style of the novel Chapter 6 is presented to the audience entirely in the past with no hindsight. Once again it develops the plot showing the children developing closer to adulthood, yet still not quite there, not understanding the…
Imagine being on a deserted island with no rules, no civilization, nothing besides the need to survival. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell are two fictional stories that deal with this concept, exploring the behavior of humans in such a primitive,…
Before commenting on the quotations from the novel I have to clarify that ‘In Cold Blood’ is a fiction based on a true story. This means that the book has several documentary elements and others are fictionals. Capote had to use tools of writing a report, and of traditional fiction as well. As a result,…
Although appearing to have a cynical view of love in the poem Larkin does in fact not doubt love, but the expectations that we have of it. In the words of Andrew Swarbrick, Larkin expresses not feelings of bitterness or pessimism but “of pathos, of a tender sympathy for the widow who recalls dreams knowing…
