Assignment 1 From studying the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger I discovered that Holden Caulfield the main character in the novel is merely a confused adolescent filled with bitterness and resentment His attitude towards others around him holds him back in life He is a self confessed compulsive liar and makes quick decisions without realising the consequences of his actions The novel is narrated by him in the most colloquial of styles and it is obvious that his view on things could
Bluest Eye Summary and Analysis winter We are once again within Claudia MacTeers narrative opening with a lyrical passage about the harshness of winter and her fathers determination to keep his family warm and safe Claudia also confides her dislike of a new girl in school named Maureen Peal a light skinned and well off black girl who has quickly become the new darling of teachers and children alike On an unseasonably warm day Maureen happens to choose to walk with Claudia and Frieda part of the
Washington Irving wrote Rip Van Winkle with the American people in mind At this time society was changing drastically America was attempting to go through a struggle with forming their own identity America was wanting to have an identity that would set them free from English culture and rule Irving uses his main character Rip Van Winkle symbolize America Rip goes through the same struggles that America was going through at this time before and after the Revolution Irving uses such great symboli
Love and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is a very popular novel written by Jane Austen and it is read widely all over the world It was written in 1813 This novel is taught to be less conservative than her past novels due to the material that is being presented She states The work is rather to light and bright and sparkling Austen During this specific period of time people considered wealth to be one of the most important factors or the only important factor when
Love between two persons may never be as ironic as in Othello a play written by William Shakespeare This play is about Othello that is the main character who is in love with Desdemona Othello in the play is called Moor which means Muslim from northwest Africa this is somewhat the reason why Desdemonas father did not accept their true love Though even after going against Desdemonas fathers will she in the end is murdered by her own love Othello Othello is a brave soldier and very loyal to his wi
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A huge man was the first introductory phrase that Steinbeck use to set a first site of Lennie He goes into more detail shapeless face this made me think that he was a tubby man as huge does not state tall muscle or fat Carrying it on slopping shoulders may mean lack of confidence as the shoulders are not held high Steinbeck also describes Lennie to a bear as he heavily drags his paws paws meaning Lennies feet this sets the final picture into our head about the
The Deterioration of Macbeth Most readers of Shakespeares Macbeth understand that the play is a tragedy and that the conclusion of the play is brought about by the tragic flaw of the plays hero Macbeths tragic flaw is his ambitious nature The play shows the arc of a man who is destroyed by his own ambition In doing so a great irony is displayed to the plays audience As he becomes more ambitious and successful his actual personal power and sanity decrease The higher his ambition climbs the more
MACBETH ESSAY The proposition that Macbeth is a villain in whom there is little to admire is an inadequate judgement of Macbeth s character Macbeth is not consciously and naturally malevolent and there are many aspects of his character and his downfall which serve to support this Macbeth was not only a victim of his own actions but also of the human condition and the extremely powerful forces of both his wife and fate Throughout the play the audience undoubtedly experiences feelings of horror a
This essay is a character study of Ralph who is one of the main characters in William Goldings Lord of the Flies I have chosen to analyse Ralphs character as it is the character with which I feel that I can relate most closely Ralph is probably the novels main character This essay will include my identification of the major aspects of Ralphs character and how he symbolises different themes which are portrayed in the novel I will cover in this what Ralph contributes to the plot of the novel a de
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an intense and gripping novel which follows the life of a group of English schoolboys who were evacuated during World War Two and their plane crashed on a desert island As many writers at this time were exploring the effects of such atrocities as the Holocaust the novel would seem to be Goldings attempt to discuss his theory that man is fundamentally evil and that it is only society that civilises him By placing a group of schoolboys in such a context Gol