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- 1931: Lord Of The Flies 3
- William Golding, in his fictional novel Lord of the Flies, has created one of the most stunningly elaborate, captivating works of American literature. It is a straightforward story of a few shipwrecked schoolboys that dramatically turns into a multifaceted tale of endless deceit, trickery and all out jealousy. It is in this story that three boys, Ralph, Piggy ...
- 1932: King Lear
- ... Walter Scott may not have intended to describe the tangled web of secrets that fuels Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear", but it certainly applies. Secrets come in many shapes and sizes, and in works of literature they can be categorized as either secrets that are unknown to the reader or secrets that unknown to the characters. In "King Lear", the secrets are kept from the characters. As in many great tragedies ...
- 1933: Kate Chopins The Awakening
- ... At the beach, Edna removes her collar and unbuttons her dress at the throat. Two young lovers enjoy each other's company while others swim in the cool water. The lady in black reads religious literature on a bathhouse porch. Noting Edna's thoughtful silence, Adele implores her to reveal her thoughts. Edna replies that the sea reminds her of a day when she walked through a large meadow in Kentucky ...
- 1934: Janies Quest In There Eyes Wer
- ... Grandmother and spends her life traveling with different men until she finally comes home. Robert E. Hemenway says about the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God is ... one of the most revealing treatments in modern literature of a woman s quest for a satisfying life I partially disagree with Hemenway because, although Janie is on a quest, it is not for a satisfying life. She is on a quest for someone ...
- 1935: Jack Londons Apparent Conflict
- ... also because of the time period which he lived in, and the life in which he lived. Because of this, London s stories and conflicts are some of the most intriguing and controversial in American Literature, as he seems to take a silent stand in all aspects of life through his novels.
- 1936: Interview With The Vampire
- ... years passed, and she made the backgrounds so realistic that I could almost feel everything surrounding me. Actually I think Anne Rice had done such a great job that this book should be counted as literature. After reading the last line of this novel, I was both stunned and fascinated, but somehow quite disturbed. It really took me some time and thoughts to understand the whole plot and to sort out ...
- 1937: Imagery Patterns In The Seafar
- ... to the belief that the Anglo-Saxons values are outdated, one will find when taking a closer look that most of the values are, in fact, still present in today s society. Most of the literature from that time period, lasting from 449-1066, is by unknown authors. The oral tradition practiced by the Anglo-Saxons made it possible for the pieces to be passed down and still be in existence ...
- 1938: Iago Is Evil
- I am not what I am Iago is quite possibly one of the best examples of evil in literature. He is not merely manipulative as other "bad guys". Iago also brings the interesting aspect of truthinto it all. He quite literally tells the best lies using mostly the truth. What can we callhim? Whether ...
- 1939: I Am Joaquin Vs. The First Sev
- Sometimes many similarities can be found between two completely different works of literature. The poem I am Joaquin and the short story The First Seven Years at the same time exhibit both contrasting positions and similar ideals. Even though I am Joaquin is told from Mexican-American perspective ...
- 1940: Huck Finn Racism
- ... he was raised upon. Through Huckleberry s adventures Twain expresses his challenge towards civilization s rules and moral code. One must read between the lines and reach for the meaning in Mark Twain s subtle literature dialog. If one were to do this that one would realize that it is not racist, but anti-slavery. For someone to think that Twain considering the era was racist would ludicrous. Considering that Mark ...
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