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… as a major American writer in 1850, with the publication of The Scarlet Letter. His work appeals to different levels of readers because he creates complex and elaborate settings. Through conflicts within his characters, he analyzes the moral and psycholo…

… Seven Vertically Challenged Men Once there was an attractive social worker named, Miss White. Miss White's boss, her stepmother, worked Miss White very hard to get even, in a sense, with her father whom Miss White's stepmother divorced. Miss…

… (1980), Marilyn Robinson provides a sense of women and the space and the domestic constraints of society. The story crosses several generations of women and their lives in a single house in a town named Fingerbone. Ruthie is the main protagonist.…

… the entire story, was dramatically changed with the introduction of the relationship between Winston and Julia. Winston, a lonely newspaper re-writer, finds out that his thought enemy, Julia, isn’t whom he first believes. After their first informal…

… Novel Emily Bronte, in her novel Wuthering Heights, creates a nontraditional type of writing, in a time period that rarely strays from tradition. Instead of having a romantic main character, like the majority of authors did during her time period,…

… and Loyalty Pearl S. Buck shows her readers the many faces of Wang Lung in her book, The Good Earth. Wang Lung is a rice farmer who gains all his wealth through the land. He struggles to move from poverty to a well respected wealthy man.…

… of discovery from the knowledge of the old; and her strong, imperious will would never have been daunted by opposition or difficulty; never have given way but with life." M. Heger on Emily Bronte.1 Throughout her life time, Emily Bronte was a self-impos…

… blindly through anger, rather than through reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, but this principle is not always an intelligent theory to live by. Young Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of…

… through its various characters. Charlotte Bronte successfully employs several characters throughout the novel, who each have a distinct view on religion, specifically Christianity. These characters include Mr. Brocklehurst, Eliza Reed, Helen Burns,…

… of novels can parallel that of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Released in 1925, the novel cleverly demonstrates the manners and morals commonly practiced throughout the time period. The plot revolves around several main themes and effectively…