In Ernest Hemingways The Old Man and the Sea an old seasoned fisherman name Santiago struggles with the greatest catch of his life A swordfish he struggles with for three days and three nights but unfortunately his swordfish is eating by a large shark before he is able to make it back to his village This research paper will be about why this was chosen for the Pulitzer Prize The reason it was chosen for the Pulitzer Prize is because the book has great usage of symbolism man themes and simple bu
Even Santiagos dreams have a heroic theme While struggling with the marlin and experiencing great physical pain Santiago dreams of Joe DiMaggio the greatest ballplayer of his generation and of lions playing on the beaches in Africa This association with the king of ballplayers and the king of beasts adds to Santiagos heroic proportions Santiagos heroism is also personified by the fact that he is alone when the great trial comes his battle with the marlin Although he repeatedly wishes the boy we
The effect of Shug Avery on Celie In Alice Walkers The Color Purple Shug Avery is one of her most vibrant characters Shugs first impression in the novel is that of a negative one she is insulting and arrogant However the key to Shugs character is the element of surprise Shug awakens love and self esteem in Celie and in return Celie awakens generosity in Shug Walker uses both of them help each other become what they really need to be Both Celie and Shug were very oppressed people Celie was oppre
Explain the most important idea ideas in the text and explain what you thought about it The purpose of this essay was to write about what I thought was the most important idea in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and explain what I thought about the theme Throughout the novel I believed that the most important theme was Loneliness This essay will explain why I thought Loneliness was the main idea in this novel In my opinion The Great Depression in the 1930s although not directly menti
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a novel involving two extremely different main characters George is a reasonably intelligent hardworking ranchman Lennie on the other hand always manages to find trouble He is equally as hardworking and honest as George but his simple childlike mind always finds him trouble wherever he goes However they have one thing that unites the two of them as close as any bond can This is that they both share the same dream of owning their own ranch and after many hard
Lord of the Flies William Golding the author of Lord of the Flies says The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable All of the characters in the book changed over the course of the book because of the society they had to adapt to They came from a nice society of Great Britain but now
The Key To Survival The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel is divided up into three sections that at first seem fairly inconsequential to one another However shortly into the reading of the second part of the novel a reader will realize the importance and depth reached by bring these two separate pieces of work together One of the most obvious themes of the novel enhanced by strong metaphors and symbols is survival Martel is able to indirectly describe nearly every type of basic survival strategy
In the introduction of the novel Pi says I have a story that will make you believe in God p x Lets begin by reflecting how heavy of a claim that is One must first take into consideration that storytelling has been used throughout history to instill a belief in god Holy scriptures could probably be deemed some of the best pieces of fiction of all time depending on whom you ask and how seriously they take their religion However could such a modern and relatively short story do the job some of the
John Gardner displays Grendel as a very critical and important character in his novel Grendel In fact without Grendel the novel in itself would not exist Through humanistic and animalistic qualities John Gardner brings out Grendel to have a significant presence in the novel Grendel From the start of the novel Gardner is presented as a lonely and dumb creature He is described to live in a cave that is dark and somewhat spooky No one talks except for Grendel Everyone else is described through act
It is a remarkable achievement to have kept the readers sympathy for Pip throughout a snobs progress Discuss this view about Great Expectations Great Expectations by Charles Dickens was written in 1860 The book identifies many social issues that were prevalent during the early 19th Century in Victorian England Charles Dickens tried hard to educate the people about the injustices around them he had a very clear view of what was wrong with society and hinted what should be done through his writin