The New York That Newland Archer

The first example of society behavior is used through the story of a late thirties white man name Benhard Goetz who shoots four black youths on a subway cart in New York. This anecdote is significant to the novel because it takes place in the mid-80s where society is pointed by drugs, and violent brutality wreaks havoc through the city of New York. Leaving his Manhattan apartment, Goetz hops on the subway and notices four African American youths “horsing around,” and “acting rowdy.” According to the story, Troy Canty, one of the boys, asked Goetz for five dollars. Out of instinct James another one of the boys, “gestured toward a suspicious-looking bulge in his pocket, as if he had a gun in there.”

Had Felice not offered up Chicago as a new place of residence, Jake would have wound up exactly how he’d started, having been “thinking a gitting away from the stinking mess [of Harlem],” a place he’d previously designated as home, to “go on off to the sea again” (McKay 322). Throughout the text, Jake frequents a variety of unique places, from Harlem to Pittsburgh to Brooklyn to the train in which he “had taken [a] job on the railroad” (McKay 125). McKay’s audience is privy to a plethora of details regarding Jake’s rousing endeavors in every new location he discovers. Home to Harlem’s audience watches as “that strange, elusive something” in Jake catches him and has him “[roaming] away” and “wandering to some unknown new port, caught … by some romantic rhythm, color, face, passing through cabarets, saloons, speakeasies,” and so on; in short, the emphasis on Jake’s travels is on his restlessness in his desire for movement rather than a search for some inner truth he may hold (McKay 41). Thus, the picaresque novel employment of the episodic form is vital for Home to Harlem as it allows for the motif of movement to be used for its potential. Not only that, though, but it can easily be inferred that Claude McKay designed his novel to be structured in such a way with a degree of intentionality. For whatever reason, McKay understood that an episodic format was the best to display Jake’s story. Thus, his audience must

When Teddy breaks the city, he is trying to cut off with his childhood and all the negative behaviors that his uncles reproach him like “...that great big lummox [plays] with paper dolls… An eleven-year-old boy...” (45). This supports the idea that the uncle wants that Teddy matures. Teddy is a victim of stereotypes: maturing is giving into what is predefined. He trades all his dreams represented by Theodoresburg by compromise “...before when he [come] [to the attic] his flesh [tingles]... Now there [is] only a taste like that of a spoilt nutmeat” (45). Here, it is proved how Teddy loses typical characteristics of children like dreams, hope and fantasy. These losses are metaphorically represented by a rotten meal taste. The uncles representing Teddy’s real life oppose Teddy’s dreams represented by the paper city. This rejection is also claimed with other literary resources as

Sydney Carton, the alcoholic aid of an attorney is able to break out of his depressing shell and fulfill his promise to Lucie Manette by the end of A Tale of Two Cities. He shows himself as the true hero of the novel and shines over all the other characters that were “recalled to life” (7). The ultimate sacrifice, to give up one’s life, should be rewarded as the most heroic action in any situation out of good

The writer composes the story from the perspective of an analyst. She alludes to occasions later on, facts, and information that no character could have known in the setting of the story. Incorporated into the content are genuine quotes said or composed by the general population she expounds on, including the primary character. She utilizes an extremely objective voice, giving successive analysis of distinctive individuals' outlook and continually alluding to insights to demonstrate her point. Since the book does not focus on the point of view of any single character, it peruses more like a news article than a story, which frequently exhausting its groups of readers. Accordingly, Hillenbrand's written work style once in a while obstructs the correspondence of her thoughts because she regularly includes actualities, quotes and investigation in the book; it usually bores audience on the grounds that it peruses more like a news article instead of a

The unkind culture of New York was irrelevant while he was in awe of the snow and towering buildings. The pure white snow gave off a new and exciting feeling for their new home and opportunities waiting for them. As he and his

The Black Wall Street, Harlem Renaissance, Great Migration, and Great Depression are all period that came in mind, while reading this novel. To begin, the novel presented aspects of The Great Depression and Great Migration because it represented African American people escaping from the poverty, segregation, racism, violence, and lack of job opportunities they were exposed to in the South by migrating to the North. The novel itself represents The Harlem Renaissance because it was written when importance of literature during the time period for the African American people and the Black experience was growing. To continue, the Brothers throughout the novel were reminded of their class and race, which made them constantly aware of who they were and where they came from. This can be related to modern day Black men who experience poverty because they ar

The main character, Reuben Land, is the protagonist of this novel. Everything that is happening in the novel evolves around his point of view. Reuben changes from a little eleven year old child to a mature eleven year old young man throughout the story. For example, when Davy Land murdered two thug kids, Reuben realized that their “friends” were never there for them: “Of course vindictiveness is an ugly trait and, yes, I do mean to forgive all these nice deserters; I mean, eventually, to say, to their ghosts if not their living faces, It’s all right. I understand. I might’ve done the same. Not yet, though. Let me bear witness first. Two men I remember who did not desert---no, three” (Enger 59). Reuben was mature enough to realize that only true friends will be there for you. He sees that only your true friends will stick with you during the troubled times, and the others would stay away. One thing I can’t identify with Reuben was when he was going to rat out his brother to

Upon reading the first few sentences of the paragraph, one can easily assume E. B. White has inhabited New York once before. His capability in drawing three New Yorks established his familiarity with the city and its various versions. This is implied when he states, “There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born there, who takes the city for granted and accepts for its size, its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter--the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something” (White). Coming from the perspective of the author, it adds an authentic value to his words and description of the types of people who live in New York. The individuals who exist in each of the version contribute to New York’s remarkable essence

Edith Wharton is well known for her vivid descriptions of wealthy, upper class New York society and their old-fashioned mores. The Custom of the Country illustrates not only the strict values of ‘old money,' from which Wharton herself descended, but, also, the variance in customs held by those with new money, as well as those from other states and abroad. Two of the novel's main characters that attempt to join this society exemplify the conflicts they face as their imbedded small-town, yet, somewhat modern values clash with those of New York society, further demonstrating the shift of values in American society near the end of the Gilded Age. As Undine Spragg and her family move to New York in hopes of securing a fortune and social status

One of the reasons that Lewis’s works are so significant is that he has a unique style of writing and a very revolutionary way of thinking. It is obvious from the book Main Street in which the story takes place on the Main Street in Gopher Prairie, a small town. People in the story are old-fashioned, very religious, and have little interest in their government. In this story, Carol tries to reform the village so that it can become more modern and beautiful, but as she tries to introduce new traditions to the town, she starts to realize that many of the people who live there are not very welcoming of the social reforms, and they think it is better to settle down and enjoy small town life (“Main Street”).This work by Lewis satirizes the duplicity, intolerance, and resistance to change in small

The novel is set in the twenties, following World War I. The economy is booming, which is crucial for the ability to convey the themes of the American Dream and post-war moods. Set in New York City, the book opens in the West Egg, a new money part of the upper class neighborhoods.

The story takes place on a sunny day in New York’ streets in the 1960’s. The protagonist is an unknown narrator who is an elegant young man with a grey suit on. In the beginning of the text is the atmosphere vibrant, idyllic and calm. Furthermore the protagonist approaches an old man who is selling flowers because he have to buy

Wharton takes the much-admired upper crust of society and exposes them, not in a hurtful world, but an objectively world. Wharton writes: "I've come to the conclusion that I don't in the least know what they are," said Mrs. Ansley. "And perhaps we didn't know much more about each other."(780) This one passage serves as a direct commentary on both the bonds of friendship and family life. Wharton's language is objective, straightforward. The character speaks these alarming

While the Victorian people called for romantic intrigue and petty drama in the literature of their time, Dickens’ added complexity to his novels not to satisfy the frivolous needs of Victorians but to further the theme of irony in his novel. In A Tale of Two Cities, irony is an ever-present theme and is woven into the plot seamlessly by author Charles Dickens. Coincidence is a complementary theme to irony in this novel. Dickens’ constant implementation of situations of coincidence and chance leads to a greater sense of irony throughout this book. Dickens adds complexity to the plot and further enforces the theme of irony in the novel through circumstances of coincidence, including the indictments of Charles Darnay, the life and associates of Dr. Manette, and Madame Defarge’s need for and path to revenge.