Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis and The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

During the post-war modernism era writers portray the gender compound in interesting and unique ways. The book follows a group of Americans as they travel around Europe soon after World War One. In Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece The Sun Also Rises the narrator, Jake Barnes, and the other main character’s gender characterization is unique in that the main character’s gender traits juxtapose each other throughout the novel.

All three of whom are presented as posing a collection of traits and behaviors that cause Jim a great amount of frustration. Which after being analyzed in regards to the issue’s historical context reveals several instances in which the established gender roles were to some extent largely being ignored, or in the case of Jim’s mother and father are largely reversed. A creative decision that presents a family dynamic in almost direct opposition with the ideals of the era, such as those that describe the proper livelihood for a women being one of a supportive wife and loving mother. Or as it came to be known as the notion of the “eternal female”. In regards to Judy’s position on the spectrum of conventional deviance in gender her character is portrayed as exhibiting more behaviors socially specified, all of which draw a notable amount of influence from the concept of “normal femininity”. However, in the same vein as Jim and the other students Judy does conversely demonstrate a degree of rebellious disregard in her behavior. Leading such a phenomenon of recklessness to be attributed to an entire generation by their

The novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray is a mystery story of the various kinds of vanity driven people in a city lead by social status. Many, if not all, main characters in one way or another commit a heinous deed in order to feel better about themselves. Their selfishness is almost always the driving force behind all of their motives. This novel perfectly captures Thackerays satirical writing. It pinpoints all the flaws within those that are vain, both low and high class, and often humors himself by inserting witty ways to solve each of the characters problems. Satirical writing is a genre for authors that want to call attention to important topics such as vanity, government, the environment, and much more. There is humor and wit intertwined with the sarcastic remarks of an author. Vanity Fair is one book that covers just how vain all classes can be shown through symbolism, tone, and setting.

Everyone is affected differently by memories. Some choose to dwell on the past and often struggle in their present lives, while other let memories inspire them to make improvements in their current lives. Amanda and Laura from “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams and Beatty and Montag Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, choose to allow memories to positively or negatively dictate their lives.

face, so that Jim is able to hide his emotions and intentions from Liz, and the brute force necessary for his male dominated profession means he could easily overpower younger and inexperienced females (Hemingway, 2004, 74). Jim’s brutish physical description highlights the contrasting power between him and Liz, who is initially clean and tidy, to establish clear gender roles.

Musing on his adolescent years, he reminisces; “What was there for me to do after supper? Usually I had learned next day’s lessons by the time I left the school building, and I could n’t sit still and read forever. In the evening I used to prowl about, hunting for diversion”, and “One could hang about the drug-store, and listen to the old men who sat there every evening, talking politics and telling raw stories. One could go to the cigar factory and chat with the old German who raised canaries for sale, and look at his stuffed birds” (105, 106) Jim’s socioeconomic status created a singular expectation of him; furthering his education, a task naturally simple for him, allowing him nearly limitless free time to wander the town, witnessing everything around

Introduction: To me, the character of Jim Burden seems to be a odd. Although he appears to be childhood friends with the narrator, there is still misunderstandings between them. For example, Jim wrote a whole book instead of just bring notes. I can infer that Jim had a deeper relation with Antonia than the narrator did. The relationship that Jim has with is wife is also strange. Genevieve appears to just be using Jim to gain the title of married. There is no reason for her to marry him, and the narrator never mentioned any love between them. However, I do admire some of Jim’s attributes. I am fond of his adventurous personality. I do find it ironic that a lawyer is a bold adventurer, for lawyer are normally boring and heavily into reading the laws. It will be interesting to see what Jim think of Antonia; since he changed the title to my Antonia like he owns her.

Born in 1975 in Australia, Markus Frank Zusak is the youngest of his three brothers. His family passed through asperity moments and strived to maintain a decent live. Markus grew up wanting to become a house painter just like his idol and father Helmut Zusak. However was after reading The Old Man and the Sea and What's Eating Gilbert Grape that he decided to be a writer. The books were an immense font of inspiration and ideas for a Markus' first book. Thus, with sixteen years old, he started to write his first book that after many rejections was published in 1999.

In life, age puts our understanding into perspective. As individuals mature, they often come to see their lives with greater vision and insight. There are a variety of fictional and nonfictional stories of these occurrences, especially in coming-of age novels. Many coming-of-age novels describe the transition from childhood to adolescence and from adolescence to adulthood. Many of these novels have profound underlying themes such as war, prejudice/discrimination, poverty, mental illness, or relationship formation/dissolution. In this paper, there will be three sections: summary, analysis of the main character’s development; moral and cognitive, and whether the novel would have differed if the main

Most of the time, opposition groups who call for the censorship and banning of books, are misguided by religious beliefs or personal values that they insist on imposing over the surrounding community. Such is the case with Lois Lowry 's The Giver, a fictional story of a society without emotions, arguments, or differences amongst people, where equality is the ultimate goal. The story revolves around 12-year-old Jonas, who is chosen to become the Receiver of Memories, which would be given to him by the Giver, a historian of humanity 's past. His lessons force him to confront feelings for the first time and the growing awareness of death. In recognizing his controlling community, Jonas sets out to expose society 's false idea of a utopia and

Among all of the novels that were presented for a novel study, When Everything Feels Like The Movies stuck out in my mind. I was quite intrigued by the language used; the utilization of unique ideas and comical speech was heavily raunchy and in-your-face! Many of the other novels displayed were based on serious topics and seemingly slow moving, whereas Raziel Reid displayed a book that failed to follow the common construct of award-winning novels. Additionally, I am fairly tired of reading novels with deep meanings! Since I acknowledge that this course will be delving into the classics and novels that require heavy inference, I chose this novel based on the fact that the story would offer a nice and refreshing break from the

The main characters, Jacob Barnes, often finds himself in unfavorable situations with the formidable Lady Brett Ashley. Even though he is aware of Brett’s romantic associations, he still chases after this idea of them being together and living a comfortable life in Paris. However, with Brett divorcing her current husband to marry the pilot Michael Campbell, lines become blurred and thus enters Robert Cohn: awkward Jewish friend of Jake. Robert takes an interest in Brett, they go to England together (unbeknownst to Jake) and when the whole party goes to Spain for a fishing trip, conflict sparks. The climax in Jake and Robert’s friendship for action-reaction has been reached and thus…“The funny thing is he’s nice, too. I like him. But he’s just so awful.” (Hemingway 107). Jake and an acquaintance’s feelings are revealed about Cohn’s shady meet-ups with Brett. The dialogue is short and to the point while the description of the setting is detailed and accurately depicts Barnes’s world. Also, Brett’s projected masculine character reflects the women of the twenties. The short hair and loose clothing, the unrestricted parties and smoking; their morals

This book displays its sexism quite openly. There is an ongoing battle of two exceedingly different sides of womanhood throughout the story. It encourages the engagement between a mother-like figure and a harlot. Throughout the novel, all the female characters must either be parental or crave the companionship of a male character, which often results in jealousy. Wendy and Tinker, being the two main female characters of the story, represent these two different types of women acceptable in the Victorian Era.

Joyce Carol Oates explores the character of Connie, an average, self-centered teenager. Oates gives readers insight into the mind of Connie and how she feels toward the antagonist, Arnold Friend. Connie has issues with her self esteem and her relationships, but she begins to have a much bigger problem when deciding if she should go with the stranger. She knows it’s wrong, but something about it appeals to her. In comparison, Ursula Le Guin’s The

Generally, female characters in literature are often portrayed as socially suppressed and inferior to their male counterparts. Due to the oppressive time period in which most classic novels were produced, female inferiority is commonly accepted while the concept of social equality is usually rejected in fear of the potential loss of masculine power. As a result of lacking a prominent voice in society, some female characters begin to face an identity crisis, which eventually escalates into their endurance of social isolation. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Annie Proulx explore the consequences of feminine oppression through the development of their female characters, John’s wife and Ottaline, in The Yellow Wallpaper and The Bunchgrass Edge of the World respectively. Due to her husband’s unreasonable regulations regarding her alleged sickness, John’s wife’s freedom of expression is strongly limited. Despite her initial faith in her husband, the progression of John’s wife’s stay at the colonial mansion during their supposed vacation ultimately evokes John’s wife to question the intent of her husband’s actions. Similarly, Ottaline’s position as a young female character in a patriarchal ranch also socially limits her ability to dictate her own life. While her younger siblings abandon the restrictions of the family ranch, Ottaline remains on the property and serves as a disgrace to her parents. As a result of societal pressure, John’s wife and Ottaline gravitate towards the yellow