The Possessed is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a group of intellectual political radicals in 19th-century Russia. Pyotr Verkhovensky, obsessed with the mysterious Nikolai Stavrogin, convinces him and others to join his revolutionary organization. They plot to kill Shatov, whose views are opposed to theirs and, after Pyotr kills Shatov and the suicide, Kirillov, takes the blame, the police arrest them and Nikolai commits suicide. The novel grapples with the tension between the idealist and Slavophile intellectual and political movements in Russia at the time.
The Dispossessed is the story of the inhabited worlds of Tau Ceti and their invention of the instant interstellar communication device known as the Ansible. The Ansible reconfigures relations between two inhabited worlds, rough analogues for the United States and the Soviet Union at the time of the Cold War. The two begin a proxy war triggered by these changes and soon events spiral out of control in a parable for the fragility for Statehood.
Turbulence The Storm by Kate Chopin is filled with symbolism from beginning to end Chopin plots a situation in which two people surrender to their physical desires The main characters Calixta and Alcee find themselves thrust together by a sudden storm This situation leads to a rekindling of the passionate feelings they had left behind them years ago when each had embarked on new lives down separate paths As the storm begins to strengthen outside the emotions buried long ago erupts anew between
In The Birthmark from Nathaniel Hawthornes Tales Hawthorne confuses the reader by introducing the story in a wordy and overwhelming manner The introduction leaves the reader confused and wondering why an author would begin a story this way The first part of the introduction basically uses an unnecessary amount of vocabulary to tell us a little background there is a scientist who loves his work and managed to marry a beautiful young woman The latter part of the introduction is practically indeci
Books Reading and Learning in Wuthering Heights In Emily Brontes book Wuthering Heights books reading and learning seem to play a pivotal role in each characters persona Heathcliff and the elder Catherine seem to despise reading Catherine does say after all that she took her dingy volume by the scoop and hurled it into the dog kennel vowing I hated a good book Chapter III page 26 The real objects of their resentment however are the moral and religious lessons that are forced upon them via books
Moby Dick 1 is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod commanded by Captain Ahab Ishmael soon learns that Ahab does not mean to use the Pequod and her crew to hunt whales for market trade as whaling ships generally do Ahab seeks one specific whale Moby Dick a great white whale of tremendous size and ferocity Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby Dick and fewer yet have knowingly encountered
Jane Eyre Male Oppression Considered one of Charlotte Bronts greatest works Jane Eyre will always be known for its strong message and symbolism especially the theme of male oppression On Janes journey to self discovery many male characters attempt to oppress her but she resists In Jane Eyre Charlotte Bront uses the interactions between Jane Mr Rochester and St John Rivers to assert that women during the Victorian Era possessed the will to overcome male oppression and gain both their own indepen
The Poisonwood Bible My father of course was bringing the Word of God which fortunately weighs nothing at all 19 Missionaries from all backgrounds have been traveling all over the world in a vein attempt to spread the base of their beliefs Christian missionaries in particular have struggled in their efforts to convert indigenous people With a conversion of faith comes an adoption of customs morals lifestyles and even political views Even though the Word of God weighs nothing it was actually the
The Colour of Magic Colours surround us It has the ability to stir emotion and change feelings as colours change Not only in everyday life but also through the written word colours play an important role in our imagination Colours affect the mood and emphasize the importance of events in a novel The concept of colour symbolism is prominent in The Great Gatsby White yellow blue and green affect the atmosphere of scenes through association with a specific mood When analyzed the frequent use of co