Odd Thomas is a book written by Dean Koontz This book falls under the genre of thriller and mystery although the book does contain some spiritual and supernatural elements within the plot Koontz has selected his protagonist to be a twenty year old male named after the book itself Odd Thomas Odd likes to think of himself as a normal and average person He works his job as a short order cook in a restaurant called Pico Mundo Grille located in the small California town of Pico Mundo Odd is also a c
Foreshadowing is one of the elements of style which make The Scarlet Ibis great For example the author states The last graveyard flowers were blooming and their smell drifted through our house speaking softly the names of our dead This passage clearly foreshadows the death of Doodle Also Hurst comments on Doodles full name William Armstrong that such a name sounds good only on a tombstone again foreshadowing Doodles death Later Doodles cries of Dont leave me Dont leave me are a parallel to the
The Dead Father Jerome Klinkowitzs remarkably insightful review of Donald Barthelmes work begins with an anecdote about an evening they spent together in Greenwich Village Barthelmes home for most of his life as a writer and how a perfectly Freudian remark by Barthelmes wife put a stop to the writers boorish mood Why Donald she said your fathers is bigger than yours She was referring to their respective biosin Whos Who in America It is Klinkowitzs well argued contention that Barthelmes mid care
Maycomb was an old town but it was a tired old town when I first knew it To Kill a Mockingbird was written in Alabama during the Depression and is described by the major character a little girl named Jean Louise Scout Finch Her father Atticus Finch is a lawyer with high ethical values Scout her brother Jem and their friend Dill are maneuvered by the local gossip about a man named Boo Radley who lives in their district but never leaves his house Legend has it that he once bashed his father in th
John Steinbeck and The Dust Bowl John Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath is a novel that deals with a broad spectrum of issues and human conditions Steinbeck deals with topics such as intolerance labor relations greed isolation poverty and the human spirit Even though the original book was published in 1939 the novel is still widely read and in many schools is required reading for English classes Steinbeck opened the eyes of America with his portrait of human suffering and the working conditions in
Epics are revered stories passed on throughout countless generations Three such epics Gilgamesh Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf are renowned classics that depict the heroic journey of three characters These epics contrast greatly amongst one another spanning from Mesopotamia England and Denmark containing many different quests and obstacles Powerful and divine Gilgamesh sets off on a journey to conquer immortality for himself and a beloved friend Sir Gawain noble Knight of King Arth
Krystle Hernandez In the Romantic era literature became increasingly subjective personal emotional and imaginative Whereas Enlightenment writers focused on the similarities between people Romantic era writers like William Blake were becoming more interested in individuality and the differences between human beings Blakes collection of poems Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience written in 1794 particularly the first version of The Chimney Sweeper reflects these tendencies of the Romantic p
Capturing Cruelty in the Opening Scene of John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men The English author and historian Edward Gibbon once wrote that The works of man are impotent to the assaults of nature Nowhere is this philosophical perspective better captured than in the John Steinbecks Of Mice and Men The novel tells the story of two migrant agricultural workers George Milton and Lennie Small during the Great Depression in 1930s California A central theme in the novel is mans cruelty to one another and
You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it Yann Martel This quotation means that when life comes good or bad you have to except it in order to make the best of it For example if I am having a miserable day then its either I go with the flow or I ruin my day even more If I was to go with the flow then my day would turn out much better than if I wasnt to go with the flow and try to go against nature I agree with this quote because it shows that life isnt only good or bad b
Theme Analysis The characters in Of Mice and Men admit at one point or another to be envisioning of a different life Before her death Curleys wife acknowledges her desire to Lennie to become a movie star Crooks even though he is harsh allows himself the pleasing desire of hoeing a scrap of garden on Lennies farm one day and Candy holds on desperately to Georges dream of owning a couple of acres During the reading of the beginning of the novel circumstances have taken away most of the characters