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"Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" by Anne Tyler, 1991.
An exploration of the themes of the 1982 nove including the father's abandonment of his family and the family's responses.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 47.95
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"When it was first published in 1982, critics hailed Anne Tyler's Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant as a great novel. De Mott, for example, called it "an extremely beautiful book" (14). Sheppard claimed that it gives the reader "the special satisfaction one gets from Anne Tyler" (78). This paper will explore five themes which are contained in the novel. The first and primary theme is the effect that a father has on his family when he abandons them. The four secondary themes all relate to the ways in which the different members of the Tull family are affected by Beck Tull's departure. Thus, this paper will consider the ways in which the wife, Pearl, and her three children, Cody, Ezra, and Jenny, experience emotional repression following Beck's mysterious disappearance.
At the end of the novel, it is revealed that Beck Tull left..."
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Three Novels by Katherine Anne Porter, 2001.
A look at three of Katherine Anne Porter's novels with the central theme of betrayal.
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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This essay explores the idea that Porter's three books ?Noon Wine?, ?Flowering Judas? and ?Theft?, despite seemingly diverse story lines, all have the central theme of betrayal.
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"Katherine Anne Porter writes with a pen of diversity, creating storylines that contrast each other in seemingly every aspect of fiction. Her Noon Wine, Flowering Judas, and Theft detail their plots with dissimilar settings, characters, writing techniques, and actions to ensure each claims a new experience in fiction. Yet the Porter trio have enough psychological similarities in thesis to generate the same meaning. In each story, betrayal emerges as the central theme."
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Anne Frank's "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", 2004.
This paper discusses the psychology of fear as presented in "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that Anne Frank in her bibliography "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", being a typical teenage girl, was incredibly emotional. The author points out that the circumstance in which she recorded these sentiments was such that they were always overshadowed by her immense fear. The paper relates that, in the first few diary entries written in the Annex, although slightly afraid, Frank does not realize the true level of danger she is in and therefore fills page after page with detailed but mundane descriptions of daily life in the Annex. The author then explains that, as Frank matures, she begins to empathize with the apprehensiveness felt by the adults and, as a result, her fear begins to increase. The paper stresses that, in a child's mind, death is not a feasible occurrence; therefore, she can allow herself to believe that she does not fear it.
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'In this entry, as well as many others, she discusses her constant fears of being caught by the Germans while hiding in the secret annex with her family. This entry is especially powerful because it sheds light on the fact that, in such small cramped conditions, there is little to do but let your mind wander. When put in a situation where you can not talk or laugh too loudly for fear of capture, all that one is left with is his or her thoughts and for a young girl, this can cause immense fright. As she points out on this same page of her diary, everything she says or does leads her back to thoughts of fear."
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Anne with an E, 2000.
The growth and individuality of L.M. Montgomery?s Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea", and "Anne of the Island", depicts an inner struggle from self-delusion to self-awareness that can be recognized within us all.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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The paper discusses how the character, Anne Shirley is more than a character in a book. She has been a friend and kindred spirit to millions of people over several generations. It shows how we relate her adventures to our own lives and filter them through our own experiences. Anne grows from childhood into adolescence, from adolescence to adulthood and beyond and each step of the way the reader is there with her, sharing her decisions, facing her fears and relating it to their own lives. The paper discusses how the growth and individuality of L.M. Montgomery?s Anne Shirley in "Anne of Green Gables", "Anne of Avonlea", and "Anne of the Island", depicts an inner struggle from self-delusion to self-awareness that can be recognised within us all.
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"The novels are over, Anne finally realized she loves Gil, and their future seems set, so why do we still need more? What is it about Anne Shirley that has kept a world at her side for close to a century? Epperly captures it best when she states; ?we cannot fully explain Anne?s hold over us?(46). My mother and grandmother both read Anne?s story before me, loved her spirit, and secretly wished to be her. Three generations of women enraptured by one small girl with the heart of a lion. Why? ?Anne Shirley continues to live on today because she does not conform to reader expectations, to cultural stereotype, or accepted convention?(Epperly 70). I like to believe Anne Shirley lives on today because each of those readers would consider her a friend and kindred spirit and has held and cherished a piece of her in their hearts since they first discovered her. There is something about Anne that brings out the best in people. Her imagination, her joy in every common thing, her virtues and her faults; Anne is an icon for attaining our dreams."
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"On the Road" and "Saint Maybe", 2005.
A look at the theme of life experience in the novels "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac and "Saint Maybe" by Anne Tyler.
2,020 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines how in novels "On the Road" and "Saint Maybe", by Jack Kerouac and Anne Tyler, the authors stress upon life as a set of experiences and how these build a person. It shows how Jack Kerouac's characters go flying off randomly along the twisted contours of their lives in his autobiographical epic "On the Road". In contrast, it also looks at how Anne Tyler in her novel, "Saint Maybe" shows "ordinary" people and their ordinary lives. She displays the fact that people in this world are only human and are hence bound to make mistakes, yet they struggle to survive with the attempt to work out the problems they face in relationships and communication.
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"The journey of the seventeen-year-old protagonist, Ian Bedloe, begins when he doesn't imagine the consequences of his actions. He suspects there is more to Lucy's past and to the problems of her present, than either Danny or the rest of the family has acknowledged. And one night, when Ian's plans for a romantic evening with his girlfriend-indeed, it is the night he plans to lose his virginity-are disrupted by having to baby-sit Lucy's children longer than he was supposed to, Ian becomes enraged. And so, on the way home, Ian tells his brother what he suspects about Lucy, and also mentions that the daughter, for whom Danny abandoned his studies to marry Lucy, is not his child. In disbelief and horror, Danny commits suicide by driving his car into a wall."
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Southern Novels, 2004.
This paper compares Harper Lee's ?To Kill a Mockingbird? and Olive Ann Burns?s ?Cold Sassy Tree? from the position of their both being Southern novels.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper discusses that the romanticized South appears to be a land of plenty, blessed with a temperate climate, and filled with happy people for whom hospitality is almost a religion; but, the other South, the nightmare version, offers stifling heat, which engenders uncontrollable passions and senseless acts of violence, and ?secret sin? poisoning even the mainstream of life. The author points out that the themes of ?To Kill a Mockingbird? and ?Cold Sassy Tree? are very different; about the only thing that holds them in common is that one took place in Georgia and the other in next-door neighbor, Alabama. The paper relates that ?Cold Sassy Tree? scratches the surface of "Southern-ness"; where "To Kill a Mockingbird" digs deeply and brings the rotting roots up to the light of day.
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"Indeed, there are no obvious class distinctions in "Cold Sassy Tree". When such technological marvels as the automobile, the indoor plumbing and so on are introduced, it seems as if very ordinary people, Will?s relatives, who have them. There is none of the racial strife so obvious in "To Kill a Mockingbird". In fact, anything even resembling bona fide racial tension is so lacking in the book that the book seems beyond romantic. It is both melodramatic and sentimental; the same sort of unrealistic symbolism seen in "Gone with the Wind", and the same one that ensured Cold Sassy Tree would get a chilly reception from the critics, despite its popularity."
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Detective Novels Compared, 2002.
A comparative analysis of five recent children's detective novels and five recent adult detective novels.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will argue that the key point of similarity between the two forms of detective fiction is the adherence of the authors to a formula. It will be seen that while the adult novels are undeniably more complex than the children's works, both generally present their audiences with the comforting familiarity of formulaic plot and repeating characters.
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"The Diary of Anne Frank", 2002.
A discussion of Anne's search for knowledge in "The Diary of Anne Frank".
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This essay will examine The Diary of Anne Frank, and argue that this piece of writing contains evidence of a young girl's profound search for meaning and for understanding.
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Perspective and Stereotype in Western Detective Novels, 2001.
The writer examines novels by Agatha Christie and Joseph Conrad, and discusses characters and scenes in light of prejudices the authors may have held, bringing as evidence Chinese (non-Western) detective novels.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 68.95
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We can also see the kind of xenophobic stereotypes that Christie used when we compare her works to detective fiction taken from an entirely different cultural tradition: When we think about the detective novel, we are most likely to see in our mind?s eye Sherlock Holmes?s deerstalker cap or hear the Belgian accents of Hercule Poirot. The genre of detective fiction ? with its traditional elements of the seemingly perfect crime, the wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points (in many cases, the bungling of the dim-witted police (in opposition to the cleverness of the private operator), the astonishing powers of observation and superior mind of the detective, and a startling and unexpected denouement (quite likely taking place in a parlor) in which the detective reveals how the identity of the culprit was ascertained ? seems a quintessentially Western concept.
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Anne Rice: Searching, Seeking, Finding, 2005.
Examines the understanding of the characters in Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat".
2,758 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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In Anne's Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat," the psychological self-examination and realizations of the characters contribute to an understanding of self in life and in death. The paper shows that the characters in both novels are perpetually asking questions of themselves and of others around them, desperately seeking the answers they yearn for. One of the main focuses of many of these characters is their morality in the decisions that they choose and are forced to make. The paper shows that closely following in the footsteps of the questions of morality is the quest for humanity. The vampiric characters in both novels are clearly not physically human any longer, but they strive to find and preserve the inner humanity. Finally, after finding the answers to their questions on morality and humanity, characters try to establish the place, if any, left to them in the mortal world.
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"Louis asks himself if his "very nature is that of a devil" (Interview, p. 73), trying to determine once and for all whether he has a place in the world of men, or if he is simply too monstrous to continue to try to be a part of their world. Several of the characters from The Vampire Lestat also struggle with this concept. They avoid the public, and shun the symbols of God with a belief that they will harm them. They disregard the advice given to them by their old queen, who has told them many times that "there is nothing to fear in the sign of the Cross, nor the Holy Water, nor the Sacrament itself" (Vampire Lestat, p. 226), but they do not listen to her wisdom. They believe that by their very nature they have no place in the world of men, and must keep themselves segregated from it, even after Lestat proves the old queen right, and shows them they have nothing to fear from a church or anything it contains."
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Letters in Two of Jane Austen's Novels, 2007.
An analysis of the central role of the letter in Jane Austen's novels "Pride and Prejudice" and "Persuasion."
3,179 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper compares the letters in Jane Austen's novels "Pride and Prejudice" and "Persuasion," focusing on those from the suitors of the two heroines, and discusses how they enable us to see these correspondents as they truly are, and shed light on the attitudes of the readers of their letters as well. The writer discusses how the true characters of the suitors Mr. Wickham in "Pride and Prejudice" and Mr. Elliot in "Persuasion," both charmingly and deceptively open in their social manners, are revealed in their letters, and how Darcy's revelatory and confessional letter to Elizabeth Bennet is the turning point in their relationship. The writer explains how Austen in her last novel, "Persuasion," originally planned in epistolatory format, demonstrates an even deeper understanding of all of the capabilities of the letter, and how Wentworth's letter to Anne reveals not only the equality that he and Anne reach at the end of their courtship, but also the extraordinary way in which a letter can capture a single moment, to change all the moments that follow thereafter.
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"There are other letters from Mr. Elliot that Mrs. Smith shows Anne that we do not see, but they are enough to impress upon Anne "a dreadful picture of ingratitude and inhumanity"(169). Of course, we cannot help but compare the damning letter of Mr. Elliot to the letter Anne receives from her other, more favoured suitor: that of Captain Wentworth. The fact that these are the only two letters by men shown in their entirety in the text can be no accident. By these letters, we are able to compare the written epistles to the manners of the people who wrote them, especially if we maintain the assumption of the inherent revelatory aspect of letter writing, and the way in which the writer's manner contrasts, or does not contrast, with his style of writing."
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The Romantic Fates of Jane Austen and Anne Elliot, 2001.
This essay compares the romantic life of novelist Jane Austen with that of her character, Anne Elliot in "Persuasion".
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, $ 41.95
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The paper draws comparisons between ?Persuasion?s? Anne Elliot?s romantic struggles and that of the author, Jane Austen, suggesting that nearing the end of her life, the author was reflecting on how her own life may have eventuated had she married the man from her youth, instead of remaining single. The author examines other relationships in the novel and how those relationships represent the alternative fates Anne may have suffered had she not gained the strength to take an active role and marry for love.
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"Jane Austen's final novel, "Persuasion", is an insightful portrayal of the challenges faced by women in the 1800s. The story seen through the eyes of the heroine, Anne Elliot, gives readers an impression of the influence that nineteenth century society could have on a woman's fate, had she not the strength to resist. Anne Elliot's character changes from passive to active over the course of the novel. It is in this way that she avoids the alternative fates dramatized for her by other women in the novel and ironically, by Jane Austen herself."
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Place in Two Novels, 2002.
A comparison of two novels one by author Charles Dickens and the other by George Eliot.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the two novels: Charles Dickens' "Dombey and Son" as a novel of metropolitan life, and George Eliot's "Middlemarch" as a novel of provincial life. The author chose these novels to offer the reader a view of England through two different eyes. The novels also convey how writers manage to get their themes and thoughts across to their readers in different ways.
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"Dicken's novel "Dombey and Son" appeared in serial form in 1847 and 1848. It tells the story of Mr. Dombey, a proud, rich businessman who hopes to pass his prosperous company on to his son, Paul, but Paul dies as a child, and there is no one to carry on the business. Because he is so enamored of his company, and passing it on to his heir, he neglects his kind daughter Florence"
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Social Novels, 2004.
A paper that links several novels through the theme of social awareness and change.
1,005 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at examples of social novels and how the writers used these reflections as a method of critique and to suggest ways to change. The novels referred to in the paper include George Orwell?s "1984"; George Orwell?s "Animal Farm"; John Steinbeck?s "The Grapes of Wrath";and Joseph Heller?s "Catch-22". The paper concludes that the unifying thread in all these social novels is their reflection of reality.
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"Joseph Heller?s novel has more in common with Orwell?s writings than with Steinbeck. Unlike Steinbeck, who strove for a hyper-realism in The Grapes of Wrath, Heller?s Catch-22 uses satire to chronicles the futility and ultimate dehumanization of war. While stationed in the fictional Mediterranean island of Pianosa, Air Force soldier John Yossarian participates in several brutal and dangerous operations, where his men die not for their country, but to obtain good aerial pictures of the exploding targets. Disgusted that his life is constantly in danger for nothing, Yossarian vows to survive this pointless war at all costs. He thus spends much of his time faking illness and devising ways to be sent home."
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Anne Frank, 2005.
This paper looks at the life of Anne Frank.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper tells the story of Anne Frank, the young girl who hid from the Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam. The writer discusses that she hid for 25 months before being discovered and then was sent to a concentration camp along with her sister and parents. The writer tells that Anne, her sister and mother died in the camps. In this paper the writer shows that her father survived and published her diary, which has become known the world over as "The Diary of Anne Frank".
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"When Adolf Hitler came to power, his anti-Semitic beliefs were put into practice by his Nazi party, which passed anti-Jewish laws and built concentration camps, where millions of Jews were killed or died from the harsh conditions. Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl and her family were forced to hide and Anne began a diary which documented the sufferings of her family. It has become famous as "The Diary of Anne Frank" and has been made into movies, TV specials and plays. The diary ..."
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