Novels

Plato and later used by Sir Thomas More in 1516 in his book Utopia. The book features a fictional island named Utopia and all its customs. This book prompted and generated more innovative genres, including that of dystopian novels. Dystopian novels, like any other well-written novel, contain a strongly developed protagonist and a mysterious, controlling antagonist. Often, the author labels the government or leader of the corrupt society as the antagonist. The authors have a propensity to use the ignored

This book is unlike most nonfiction novels. It’s different. It has pizzazz and sass to it. I would most definitely recommend this book to others. It is well written, fun to read, and one can really connect to it while they are reading. It’s informal and isn’t loaded with facts or specific dates. Kear uses simple slang while writing this book and uses strong but fun diction that readers can relate to because it’s the type of language that they use in everyday lives. Her words come to life on the

THE NOVEL IN AFRICA John Maxwell Coetzee is a South African essayist, novelist , linguist, literary critic and translator. He has also won the Noble prize in the Literature category. The following lecture ‘The Novel in Africa’ was given by him in the University of California in Doreen B.Townsend Center for the Humanities. This lecture is a fictionalized creation of J.M .Coetzee, which upholds his belief that, “…a true sense in which writing is dialogic; a matter of awakening counter voices in

Violence is essentially a motif in the novel. The novel is set through the narration of Fowler the main character and we only get to see what he thinks and sees. Fowler is the not the most reliable character because the novel is set through his flashbacks, because we know Alden Pyle is dead from the start of the novel. The fact that violence is present throughout the novel means that Foster is experiencing, enacting or not stopping the violence. Violence has a toll on Foster because he starts to

In this particular film adaptation of the novel Emma, the character Jane Austen presents in the novel is the type of person who likes to meddle in other people’s lives. In this particular adaptation of Emma, Emma is portrayed through the character Cher. Cher is also a meddler in other people’s lives. This sets the film up for an interesting and developing plot. Cher Horowitz illuminates Emma Woodhouse because they both exist in that precarious realm where lovable threatens to tip over into loathsome

Kolessar Ms. Schroder English IV 12/8/16 Frankenstein Gothic Novel? Many elements combine to make a gothic novel. Gothic novels include elements of darkness, mystery, unknown, suspense, and/or the presence of supernatural forces. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein includes many of these elements, which put it into the category of gothic novels. A key component of a gothic novel is its setting. While the setting of Frankenstein changes throughout the novel, the multiple locations all retain the mysterious and

Dustfinger is a prime character in the novel, Inkheart, resembling selfishness and betrayal throughout his journey. Nevertheless, his depiction in the film adaptation of the novel wasn’t quite fitting for Funke’s original characterization. Despite the same acts being committed by Dustfinger, he draws more sympathy through the film’s version as his motives seem more pure while in the novel he was a rogue of a man who cared purely for himself. In particular, his interaction with Resa and his first

by philosopher William James in his book Principles of Psychology (1890) to describe the uninterrupted flow of perceptions, memories and thoughts in active human psyche. As a literary term, however, it denotes a certain narrative technique used in novels in which the narrator records in minute but somewhat abstract way whatever passes through his or her conscious mind. The socalled ‘stream of consciousness’ in a work of

I chose this novel because it looked interesting. I thought it looked interesting because the horse with the girl on the cover and the name of the novel, ’Missing’ it was very compelling. I have always been interested in novel’s that evolve animals, and when I saw the horse I thought it might be a good novel. I have also read some of the authors’ other novel’s and I thought they were very interesting too. The information I needed to know before reading the novel was the main character, the background

ironically causing more struggle, while trying to escape her own. Chapter 17- A novel which I have read that depicted sex, but was not described was Crank. The narrator, Bree writes about her first sexual experience in comparison to first high. Bree explains her first experience as unreal when her pulse began rising, and she felt herself “fly high”. Chapter 18- A baptism scene from a literal work I can recall is from the novel Crank as well. Bree’s child is born, and soon after her mom is responsible