Character traits are all aspects of an individualâs behaviour that reflects their personality and how they handle circumstances in life. Mother Teresa is a concrete example of how her positive attributes helped her to handle life situations. She was a woman admired for her unselfishness, bravery, generosity and her hard work. Likewise, this is also the case with Saul. In the novel, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, Saulâs resilience, intelligence, and perseverance are the most important traits that he uses...
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 âFeedâ a transmitter implanted into the heads of people. Feeds are a crucial part of life for Titus and his friends. Feed takes place shortly where media is always with you. Almost everyone has a tiny device implanted into their brain which corporations use to manipulate their customers. Each feed floods its users with a consistent stream of ads, persuading them into a lifestyle of constant consumption. From the feed begins implanted as a child you grow with it and...
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For a long time, the colonial discourses have Africa and African humans very badly; they justify their colonial mission by way of portraying a faux image of African people. Postcolonial writers such as Chinua Achebe produced an anti-colonial discourse to withstand these colonial stereotyped pics and to show that Africans are equal to different nations and have a wealthy subculture and heritage. In his novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe depicts the pre-colonial Igbo existence by means of using African...
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âA Clockwork Orangeâ is written by Anthony Burgess, and published in 1962. The protagonist is a fifteen-year-old young man called Alex, whose main interests are ultraviolence and classical music. He spends days sleeping and nights abusing, raping, and robbing along with his three 'droogs'. The four of them form a gang of which Alex is the leader. In the violence, Alex finds great satisfaction. However, one evening after a robbery, he is left by his gang, arrested, and later imprisoned....
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Introduction In Katherine Paterson's novel, "Lyddie," the protagonist, Lyddie Worthen, faces a pivotal decision when she is presented with an opportunity to sign a petition for better working conditions in the factory. This essay explores the conflicting factors that surround Lyddie's decision and analyzes the significance of her choice within the broader context of the novel. By delving into the complexities of Lyddie's circumstances, we gain insight into the themes of individual agency, societal pressure, and the pursuit of personal...
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Introduction Katherine Paterson's novel 'Lyddie' takes readers on a compelling journey through the life of a young girl facing numerous challenges in 19th-century America. Set against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, the story explores themes of resilience, empowerment, and the pursuit of dreams. Through the character of Lyddie, Paterson showcases the strength and determination of a young woman striving for independence and justice in a world dominated by exploitation and inequality. This literary criticism essay delves into the themes,...
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The graphic novel 'Snowpiercer', created by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette is a clear depiction of the three major classes of Marxist criticism: the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, and the proletariat. To begin with, in the novel, the Snowpiercer is a train consisting of one thousand and one carriages which are divided into classes. The closer a carriage is to the engine the higher the class. So, since the aristocracy class according to Marxist criticism consists of a small...
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The graphic novel âSnowpiercerâ, written by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette, is most closely represented by Marxist criticism. Marxist literary criticism is a loose term describing literary criticism based on socialist and dialectic theories. âSnowpiercerâ represents the three-class in Marxist criticism: the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, and the proletariat. The aristocracy can be best represented by the lieutenant in the graphic novel. An aristocracy is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged...
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Feminist literary criticism is described as the interpretation of composing literature from a femaleâs angle. Feminist writers often refuse the norms of typical literature, and they rebel against the patriarchal point of view. Feminist writers approach their literature in an empowering way to represent females. It criticizes and analyses the restraints and oppression of women throughout the years, and it portrays how women are viewed in literature. Feminist writers found themselves forbidden from composing literature in the era of the...
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Literature from Marxist point of view is a reflection of the human existence in such a society which is divided into different classes on the basis of economic conditions. This paper aims to explore various aspects of exploitation, systems of domination, oppression and socioeconomic conflicts that arise in the novel âMoth Smokeâ by Mohsin Hamid. The novel weaves a complex story of corruption, greed, unjust distribution of money and invites readerâs attention towards miserable characters, their wrong doings and especially...
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In the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Kathy was a young lady living a secret life. Everything she did seemed to be private but everyone around her seemed to be just like her. Many times in novels the cultural, physical, and geographical surroundings shape a character. Ishiguro uses Kathy Ěs journey and realizations to show how one's surroundings, both cultural and physical affect one's thoughts and therefore actions and relationships. During the novel Kathy and her two...
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The term Gothic fiction refers to a style of writing that is characterized by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion. These emotions can include fear and suspense. In this paper, I will be discussing the writer and works of Mary Shelleyâs Frankenstein. According to the definition of gothic fiction, Mary Shellyâs Frankenstein supports the characterized elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom as well as romantic...
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In the twentieth century, the Old Continent was marked by the effects that the First and Second Global Wars had brought on it. Poverty, destruction, technological and cultural backwardness were concepts which hit the mind of Europeans who believed in America as a chance to improve the quality of their lives and the lives of their families: âEurope was rotten and stinking. In America a fellow can get ahead. Birth don´t matter, education don´t matter. Itâs all getting aheadâ (Dos...
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Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis tells of her life from the age of 10 to 14 during the Islamic Revolution. It all started by telling all women to wear a veil. Boys and girls are separated at Marji's French school. Marji decided to become a prophet because he saw that there were many problems in the world that he thought could be solved. Sometimes you express your emotions to God. Marji's parents participated in anti-government demonstrations. He discovered that his...
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Suzanne Collins`s The Hunger Games trilogy, a dystopian story set in post-apocalyptic North America - now Panem, has been heralded as one of the greatest Young Adult book series, losing only to Harry Potter in NPR`s poll of the one hundred best teen novels. The Hunger Games is largely a tale of conflict, exploitation, and rebellion, with political and economic issues at the narrative`s core. Karl Marx argues that the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of...
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Tess of the DâUrbervilles by Thomas Hardy is about the titular character, Tess Durbeyfield, who goes on a journey to reclaim her familyâs wealthy name. On this journey, she encounters a relative, Alec, who takes away her innocence, causing her to live with a secret that eventually causes her downfall. In closely examining this passage, it highlights the significance of death, justice, God, and the continuity of life. The first two sentences about the black flag signify death and freedom...
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Introduction Tess of the D'Urbervilles is one of Thomas Hardy's best novels - perhaps it is his very best. The beautiful simplicity of his style when, as usual, he forgets he is writing, the permeating healthy sweetness of his description, the idyllic charm and yet the reality of his figures, his apple-sweet women, his old men, rich character as old oaks, his love-making, his fields, his sympathetic atmosphere - all these, and any other of Hardy's best qualities we can...
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âLife is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met- obligations to truth, to justice, and to liberty.â -John F. Kennedy. The historical non-fiction novel, Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot, by Bill OâReilly and Martin Dugard describes Kennedyâs journey as the 35th president of the United States. The novel specifically focused on the life of John F. Kennedy from his early years all the way to his role as a leader. To discover some...
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In the novel Passing by Nella Larsen the audience experiences what is called, the rites of passage. They have a sense that they are attempting to be something that they are not meant to be by constructing an illusion that they believe influence other people that they posses an identity. The Rites of Passage is what each adolescent goes through in their life, along with adults in certain aspects. In this novel I was able to look at the underlying...
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Bohemian Rhapsody, a song, made by the band, Queen, is an old British hit song from the 1970s. This song has been largely been known as just another popular song from that era, until someone started to look closely at the lyrics. The lyrics show the constant thought of âfantasyâ and ârealityâ. This of course is some of the main themes of The Stranger, by Albert Camus. The Stranger stars the main character Meursault as a young man who despises...
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In combining realistic and imaginative elements to tell a moving and dreamlike story, The Scarlet Letter is an example of the romance genre. In fact, the novel`s original title was The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. While today we think of romances as love stories, and The Scarlet Letter does contain love scenes between its two protagonists, the term romance as Hawthorne uses it refers to a work of fiction that does not adhere strictly to reality. In the preface of...
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John Steinbeckâs The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is a novel that explores and highlights the modern gender roles of his generation, it is also one which portrays Steinbeck's modernized ideology towards the traditional patriarchal system during a time of great change. The proletarian novelist displayed his ability to perfectly portray the hardships faced during his experience of The Great Depression, allowing his readers to experience it through the eyes of his detailed and vivid Characters. During the depression there was...
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In Daniel Keyesâ novel Flowers for Algernon, Charlie, a 32-year-old intellectually disabled man, undergoes a newly researched surgical procedure that turns him into a genius. Being intellectually disabled means having severe limitations when it comes to mental and cognitive capabilities. Many with this disability have an incredibly troublesome time adjusting to life, and generally, have IQs equal to or less than 70 (Berger 1). Charlieâs IQ of 68 meant that his mental age was younger than his physical age, which...
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Howes describes the self as âa construct of the mind, an hypothesis of being, socially formed even as it can be quickly turned against the very social formations that have brought it into birthâ. By exploring literary narrative thinking, which emphasises the structure of events in terms of a humanâs feelings and thoughts, a dual landscape is created by allowing for the contrast of the selfâs stream of consciousness against societyâs grouping and categorizing of the individual. In Selvonâs novel...
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Truman Capote is one of the most famous and controversial writers in contemporary American literature. He was a flamboyant character, cultivating eccentricity and a certain taste for scandal, as you can guess from this self-portrait: 'I am a alcoholic. I am a drug addict. I am a homosexual. I am a genius.â In turn adulated and criticized, he was one of the most controversial figures of his time. He entered literature at the age of nineteen with his novels, but...
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Relative clauses found in the novel entitled The Pearl by Steinbeck in 1947. This analysis based on the theory of Generative Transformation via Chomsky in his book. Syntactic Structure (1971) and supported through Bradford in his e-book Transformational Syntax: A Student Guide to Chomsky's Extended Theory (1988). The findings of this learn about show that there are three outstanding patterns of the relative clause and clause structure Relative is an embedded clause that is modified through a noun in a...
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Composed as a literary novel that narrates through a legend of redemption and inscribed in the context of Ancient Troy is âRansomâ by David Malouf, which unravels how changes come to the reception of individuals in worlds. Such can also be said of the film âInvictusâ, the two texts applaud the power of a changed perception as well as its impact on an individual, an institution, and a country. In addition, Malouf and Eastwoodâs intention also coincides with the fact...
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Rules need to be broken at times. As both the 1985 film by John Hughes, âThe Breakfast Clubâ, and the 1981 novel by Morton Rhue, âThe Waveâ, discuss why and what can happen when such acts are done. With so much desire to break the rule, there is little room left to see why they need to be disobeyed sometimes. Law break can come in many ways, and likewise, the effects can come in many ways; some extremely liberal, others...
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Harry Potter is a character in the series of fantasy fiction novels written by J.K. Rowling. It is one of the most famous stories in the world and almost all people seem to know about it. There are seven series of the novels, which are Harry Potter and the Sorcererâs Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieâs novel âPurple Hibiscusâ explores the tumultuous relationships between the members of the Achike family, inflicted by the father, Eugene. The novel is narrated in the first person, by the fifteen-year-old protagonist Kambili. This essay will portray the significance of âbody writingâ which will be depicted through Eugene and Aunty Ifeoma. The entire family are subjects to domestic violence, in which the father justifies through the practice of strict Catholicism. The idea of dualism, where the mind and...
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