Essays on Novel

A Pair of Silk Stockings is a short story by Kate Chopin about a family who finds a windfall in the estate of the deceased king. The story follows the story of a woman named Mrs. Sommers and her family as she decides how to spend the money. She tries...

Enduring Love Enduring Love begins in a field where the protagonist, Joe Rose, is having a picnic. A hot air balloon has broken free, and Joe joins a group of men who pull it back down. While all of them eventually let go of the rope, one man, Dr. John Logan,...

Sutherland's Inspiration Sutherland first became interested in writing about dragons after being encouraged by her agent Steven Malk to do so. The result is Wings of Fire, a series of books about dragons who fall in love, have adventures, and struggle with problems just like humans do. While they may be...

"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card is a 1985 military science fiction novel. The novel depicts two conflicts between humankind and an insectoid alien race known as the Formics. The book depicts how the human race must work to save itself, despite being under attack from the Formics. This novel...

In the novel, Sons and Lovers, Paul Morel suffers from the psychological disorder called Oedipus complex. Although the disorder has many different causes, a traumatic event in the child's early life may have influenced the development of this disorder. It was presumed that this condition was a result of the...

Jasper Jones: A Critically Acclaimed Novel Jasper Jones is a 2009 novel by Australian writer Craig Silvey. It has won several awards including the International Dublin Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. In addition, the American Library Association ranked the novel among its 'Best Fiction for Young Adults'...

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...

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...