Essays on Character

After finishing part one of The Tortilla Curtain, I can tell that Cándido has not changed very much, at least not yet. He is very concerned about his wife and does not feel that he should be in the position that he is at the...

Northanger Abbey mocks and parodies the conventions of Gothic novels, most noticeably in its critiques of heroism. The opening line suggests that heroines are made and not born, constructed through the ingesting of societal norms and, in Catherine’s case, the constructs of patriarchy. Yet, her...

In Marie de France’s Lanval, the character of the mysterious demoiselle rises above the patriarchal male-dominated society and stands alone, using her beauty and objectification through the male gaze to assert dominance over any situation and in the end save Lanval from certain death. The...

The novel Rickshaw boy was written by Lao She and published in 1936, the main character was Xiangzi. He was an orphan farmer who worked in Beijing for rickshaw puller. He was optimistic and with hope of his live, his dream is having his own...

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ a grim version of the roaring twenties is portrayed, as well as the decay of the American Dream. As for ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin; which is set in the late 1800’s, at a time when the...

Hiring a full-time maid and being a Marxist is an example of Marji Satrapi’s father’s tensions. Marji, the protagonist of Persepolis, resembles her father because while she worships the prophets, they imply that a woman cannot become one of them. Like her father, she experiences...

The topic that I have chosen for this essay compares the customs, community standards, values, and traditions that define the town of Spoon River and the nameless town in The House of Bernarda Alba. I chose this topic because it is important for the reader...