THE GUIDE STRUCTURE The novel begins as a third person narrative but Narayan limits the narrative perspective or standpoint to Rajus consciousness almost entirely We never enter for example Rosies or Marcos consciousness which has the effect of keeping them ambiguous or mysterious especially Rosie Just once we seem to move away from Rajus perspective when Velans idiot brother relates his encounter with Raju to the villagers Otherwise Narayan sticks consistently to the Raju standpoint The third
The Little Prince Published in 1943 The Little Prince is a fantasy about a pilot stranded in the Sahara who meets a small boy from another planet The boy who refers to himself as a prince is on a quest for knowledge The little prince asks questions of the pilot and tells the pilot of life on his own very small planet This story is told in a simple fashion as childrens stories typically are but it is not really a childrens story It is a story of a grown up who has almost forgotten what is import
Experiences can change the outlooks we have on life and the ways in which we deal with certain situations In Maestro Paul Crabbe and Eduard Keller experience very different lives Their past experiences have helped shape who they are and the ways in which they deal with situations Through reading Peter Goldsworthys Maestro we are able to see that Kellers story depicts the darker side of human experience while Pauls story reveals the lighter aspect Kellers experiences during World War II have led
Henry David Thoreaus Civil Disobedience shows his dislike of the government We live in a world where everything we do is related to the government There are many things that happen in which the citizens do not agree with but we have to or get ourselves killed or into jail There are many things that the government has not done right but I do not believe that we should have a government at all as Thoreau suggested The government should not be used to control the people but to direct them in the r
An Eye Opening Proposal In A Modest Proposal by author Jonathan Swift is an essay that uses satire to make its point A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices abuses stupidity and or any other fault or imperfection He adopts the persona of a concerned economist who suggests that in order to better combat the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy As a result he argues not only will the population be reduced but the inco
Most people want to get ahead and certainly almost everyone at one point or another dreams of the good life a high level of social status wealth health motivation and inspiration Willy Loman is a lower middle class man who has been shaped by the American Dream Willys shattered life and the dysfunction of his family represent the failure of that dream The play kills this dream by portraying Willys failure as well as the failure of the success dream itself Death of a Salesman encompasses sex matu
The ideal of chivalry and knighthood is deeply grasped by Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and portrayed as flawed Within this display of knighthood it is recognizable that human nature simply ruins knighthood This is the key image that is taking place in the background throughout the entire narrative poems This image is the basis for all the events that fall into play and eventually foreshadow an imminent downfall The downfall may be imminent but its not going to happen just yet Chivalry is thr
I could not in those days see God for his creature whom I made my idol Janes quest for identity and morality are justly rewarded Discuss this in reference to feminist critic In the mid nineteenth century woman would have carried the burden of staying in their place however Jane Eyre is seen as atypical to this behaviour Janes quest for identity is evident throughout the text and is able to be compared to that of Antoinette in Wide Sargasso Sea Janes strong will and moral character is carried th
Many writers use a country setting to establish values within a work of literature For example the country may be a place of virtue and peace or one of primitivism and ignorance Choose a novel or play in which such a setting plays a significant role Then write an essay in which you analyze how the country setting functions in the work as a whole Do not merely summarize the plot In Cry the Beloved Country the setting of Johannesburg plays a crucial role in the development of the novel as a whole
A Childlike Heart Throughout the novel Alice in Wonderland Alice faces many changes not only growing physically but mentally The many changes in Alices size along with her actions mature vs immature can be closely associated with the transition from childhood into adulthood that we all make Alices many adventures in Wonderland include the many changes she goes through after her fall down the rabbit hole and into a strange world Alice faces many challenges that test her maturity As the story pro