Essays on Novel

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the book Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat. As a young boy, I was fascinated by the story and I loved the way Brian Dennehy played Tyler Powell, the son of an ancient chief named Ootek. I also found the film very...

Faulkner's novel Light in August Faulkner's novel Light in August is Faulkner's most humanistic work, and it blames Lena's tragic fate on both society and natural forces. Faulkner reveals the destructive power of religion in this novel. The novel also explores issues of class and racial divisions, Sex, and the Structure...

Bram Stoker and "Dracula" Bram Stoker, an Irish novelist, wrote the gothic horror novel "Dracula" in 1897. This book was the first leading piece of vampire fiction, and it set the standard for all vampire-centric novels. The novel is written in epistolary style, which means that it is told from the...

In the novel The Outsider, the main character Meursault "opened himself to the gentle ignorance of the world," he uses his unusually optimistic time to discover his surroundings; he has no respect for women and judges them based on their looks. When we look at the friendship between Marie Cardona...

The Themes Explored in Candide The basic and common concepts that the author discusses in a literary work are referred to as themes. Voltaire satirizes many facets of European life in his book Candide to illustrate the shortcomings and corruption of the 18th century. The novella has multiple themes, but one...

The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that takes place in Puritan Boston in the 17th century. The story revolves around a woman who has committed adultery with a Reverend and is sentenced to carry a scarlet letter as punishment for her transgression. When Hester is released...

The novel Black Boy by Richard Wright is about understanding American history from the eyes of an African-American boy growing up in the early twentieth century. Wright journeys through his early childhood in this semi-autobiographical book, not understanding that there is such a chasm between whites and blacks. He is...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a rock star novel that received the Pulitzer Prize in 2007. The novel centers on the Dominican perspective of the diaspora by the narrator Yunior, who serves as the audience's...

Worth Jenifer discusses the first and second installments of Marjane Satrapi's novel Persepolis. The two novels are unconventional solo performances that can be read as an articulated solo performance that Satrapi would otherwise deny. Satrapis' Comic Relief and Social Change Satrapi provides comic light relief when juxtaposing the macabre imagery of revolt and...

Agriculture and its Spread Agriculture is believed to have taken hold about 12,000 years ago, resulting in a significant shift in civilization and the way people live. The novel Weapons, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond give insight into how agriculture expanded from a few places to different parts of the...

Stephen King: A Renowned American Author Stephen King is a well-known American author who was born in September 1947 to Donald Edwin King and Nellie Ruth King Pillsbury. He is married to Tabitha King and has two daughters. Stephen worked as an English tutor at Hampden Academy after graduating from the...

Raskolnikov's Dual Personality Raskolnikov is one of the most convincing and fascinating characters Dostoevsky has ever developed. The name is derived from the Russian word "rasko," which roughly translates to "cut." This is the basis for Raskolnikov's characterization in the book. In his books, Dostoevsky also used characters with dual personalities....