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Girl, Interrupted

... little about her family, she clearly sees herself as the family scapegoat. Caisson's " incarceration" in McLennan Hospital in Belmont, Mass., by reputation one of the nation's best psychiatric hospitals, let off her family the difficulties of having to live for two years with this "borderline personality." As diagnosed by the clinician's bible, the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," this condition could be the human condition, for it consists of "uncertainty about several life issues, such as self-image, sexual orien ...

Number of words: 571 | Number of pages: 3

The Bluest Eye: Quest For Personal Identity

... Families often had to separate, social agencies were overcrowded with people that all needed help, crime rates increased and many other resulting problems ensued. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison takes place during this time period. A main theme in this novel is the "quest for individual identity and the influences of the family and community in that quest" (Trescott). This theme is present throughout the novel and evident in many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, Cholly Breedlove, and Pauline Breedlove and are all embodiments of this ...

Number of words: 2830 | Number of pages: 11

A Summary Of A Christmas Carol

... homeless people under a bridge, and a cemetery. 2). The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew, Fred. First, lets examine Ebenezer Scrooge, since he is the main character of the story, All 3 ghosts visit him. Through him, the lesson of the story is to be learned. In the book, he is made out to be Anti-Christmas and he is constantly commented about by characters in the book, some feeling pity, others feeling hostility. "External heat and cold had little influence on ...

Number of words: 1769 | Number of pages: 7

Animal Farm: Power And Control Of The Farm

... seventh chapter, Squealer responds to Boxer's question of whether Snowball fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed by making Snowball look deceiving. He says, "That was our mistake, comrade. For we know now – it is all written down in secret documents that we have found – in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom." This quote proves that propaganda was used to make Napoleon look good and his opponents look evil. One of many reasons Napoleon and Squealer get away with these false allegations is that the animals are too dumb to ...

Number of words: 445 | Number of pages: 2

The Scarlet Letter: Sin

... new roles- sinner, whore, and vengance crazed sadist.These new roles are not necessarily apparent to all in town.However, even though the townspeople do not know of thesinners, God does. And in God's eyes, whose sin was greater?That, I cannot answer. But in this mere mortal's opinion, the sin of Chillingsworth far outdid the sin of Dimmesdale or Hester Prynne, for Chillingsworth's sin was one of revengeand one of secrecy. He was not driven by an anger at his ownsin, but by the sin of others. He used deception andmanipulation to make the lif ...

Number of words: 552 | Number of pages: 3

Malamud’s The Assistant: Frank Alpine's Metamorphosis From Bad To Good

... inaudibly to himself.” (p32) He resembled a homeless man. His beard and long-black overcoat contributed to his shabby appearance. Even Sam Pearl thought that Frank looked “half in his grave.” (p33) Frank also has a fascination with St. Francis of Assisi. Frank represents the Saint throughout the novel. Frank is mainly reverenced by the fact that St. Francis was “born good”, which Frank refers to as a talent. Frank Alpine and Morris Bober finally get acquainted and have a revealing conversation. In this conversation, Frank d ...

Number of words: 1450 | Number of pages: 6

Lord Of The Flies

... rain ceases, indicating a calm and peacefulness. When the “silver tide” comes in and washes away his blood and “streaks of phosphorescence” mend his battered body, it is as though Simon’s body is being prepared for ascension into heaven. “Lamps of stars,” “bright constellations,” and the moonlight provide much radiance. In addition there are brilliant flashes of lightning from the still lingering storm. The luminous sky provides light while the clear, silver water works on restoring Simon’s body after he has been savagel ...

Number of words: 332 | Number of pages: 2

To Kill A Mockingbird: Man Versus Society

... in the south during the 1930's. The story is a flashback when she was six to nine years old. This is a mini-novel by the author Harper Lee. The story took place in the very deep part of the south during the 1930's when the country was in a ecomincal depression in a town called Maycomb. This novel was written in the first person, therefore we know that the narrator is a character in the story. This story is a flashback that covered around three years. He father Atticus that treat her as an invitingly. In the south the tradition and society is m ...

Number of words: 459 | Number of pages: 2

Filling In The Gaps: Ideology In Faulkner’s “Dry September”

... the townsfolk—the people who don’t take a direct role in the action yet whose presence is always felt. It is my thesis that by the actions of the main characters, secondary characters, and the narrator himself Faulkner crafts a story about the complex and powerful function of ideology in a culture. It is also my belief that this treatment of ideology in “Dry September” extends around the reader, making the reader aware of his or her own ideological responses to the story. The Ideology This first section of the paper will serve as an ...

Number of words: 2185 | Number of pages: 8

Theme And Summary Of The Color Purple

... a submissive, abused wife to a confident and independent black buisnesswoman. There seemed to be numerous smaller themes throughout the book. One such theme would be the rejection of the christian or “white mans god”. Thanks in part to Shug Avery and Nettie, a new kind of god is introduced and is a great comfort to all the women. Cellie’s last leetter is written to this kind of god, which is thought to be a god of nature, stars and people. The Color Purple is a story about a black girl named Celie who was raised into brutality and ...

Number of words: 880 | Number of pages: 4

The Great Gatsby: Doubleness

... himself seemed genetically destined for doubleness. His mother's father, P. F. McQuillan, went to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1857, at the age of twenty-three. In twenty years he built up--literally from nothing--an enormously successful wholesale business. He was a totally self-made man, and from him Scott inherited a sense of self-reliance and a belief in hard work. The Fitzgeralds, on the other hand, were an old Maryland family. Scott himself--Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was his full name--was named for his great, great, great grandf ...

Number of words: 7517 | Number of pages: 28

Taming Of The Shrew

... Lucentio is going to disguise himself as a school teacher in order to win the love of Bianca while his servant Tranio takes his place. "I am content to be Lucentio, because I love so well Lucentio"(1.1.222-223). Tranio replied to Lucentio when told to go along with the scheme. Shakespeare then uses Tranio (as Lucentio), to pull a fast one on an innocent merchant. He then uses him for the real Lucentio's personal gain. He concocts a false tale of how the merchant will surely be put to death if anyone knows where he is from. His false ...

Number of words: 712 | Number of pages: 3

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