Jane Kenyon

Both the scholarly community and the public alike recognize Jane Erye as a feminist classic, a bold social commentary penned by a daring woman intent on shedding light on the hypocrisy that riddled Victorian English society. Indeed, the rise of the character Jane Eyre from a suppressed and maltreated orphan to a woman capable of grasping at independence and whose husband needs her as much as, possibly even more, than she needs him, appears on the surface to be a tale meant to empower any female.

b. About the author—Daphne du Maurier Daphne du Maurier is an English writer and playwright. Daphne du Maurier's writing is a bit ropey at times. In particular, Rebecca, just feels like a myth, or a fairy tale. One of her strongest influences is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The novel “Rebecca” is generally regarded as her masterpiece and has been adapted into film several times-- One of the films was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. c. About the book--

Jane Austen, one of the greatest authors to have ever lived, begins her (arguably) most famous work, Pride and Prejudice, with the very intriguing opening sentence: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” this line is probably the most well-known and iconic opening sentences in English Literature. The effectiveness of this line as a stunning opener to the novel works on both the lexical and underlying levels: the use

In this novel there is a woman referred to solely as Curley’s wife. She wanted to be famous while she only settled down with Curley. Her high hopes is what let her down, and made her unhappy in this situation. There are some controversies surrounding her. Some may speculate that she could have been trying to seduce Lennie. Was it all true, was she trying to make trouble, or was she simply caught as a victim in her plead for attention? Curley’s wife could have been trying to seduce Lennie, and here

The music is everywhere in the story. In this case the music symbolizes the characters feelings, and the setting. For example Connie listens to music in which she dreams about boys in her life. The two characters, Connie and Arnorld friend listen to similar music (sexual) and this shows Connie desires to grow up fast instead of living her childhood. Connie views herself as an older person because she goes to a place where older teen socialize. She lies to her parents and is tire of them comparing

the office earlier that morning very agitated and complaining. He told her he was going to “blow”. She indicated to us that she was, “very afraid” and that he has an arsenal of weapons. She also indicated that Jane Hayes, who was eating lunch with us as well, felt the same way although Jane was not in the office when this exchange occurred. Tracey and I were both stunned by this information and really didn’t know what to say. After lunch Tracey and I spoke about what was said and from my perspective

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a book about a young boy just entering high school who leaves his best friend and family to go to school mostly occupied by white people. This whole book follows him through his first year in this school where he tries to get a better education than he can get on the Rez, in the hopes that he will one day get off that reservation and out of his soul crushing poverty. “The Absolutely True diary of a Part-Time Indian” ATD, Sherman Alexie uses unfortunate

How would you define success? Is it a habitual and deliberate system? or is it an inconsistent string of life events? Success is universal, it has no formula, and no person is subjected to it. These writers both have their ways of claiming success but, they are different. Sandra Cisneros was a woman of Mexican lineage living in America, which is a struggle in itself, along with her accounts with poverty. As a young woman in a household with her male siblings, was taboo for her to not have been married

Hurston ultimately provides powerful personal closure for herself. Through Janie’s story, Hurston highlights that worldly success does not define personal fulfillment. Perhaps Janie’s marriage to Jody placed her in the lap of wealth and power, but it also thrust her into the hands of misery and voicelessness, and even in relationships that are supposedly blissful, such Janie’s marriage to Tea Cake, there lies a darker side that cannot be ignored. It is true that Tea Cake allows Janie to have fun

When reading fiction novels it’s sometimes hard to follow what going on without have predictable plots. While reading I’ve learned that it’s always a great idea to look for reviews or rating to help get an idea of what you’ll enjoy. Now I will be explaining my favorite book that I picked up on accidentally The purpose of Taming Lily was to inform as well as entertain. After reading I concluded that this novel was based around hopeless romantics to inform that they too can find love and happiness