Category: Study Guides

  • The Road Essays

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    The Road and Faulkner Cormac McCarthy’s book The Road shows the link between William Faulkner and himself. This is especially true of the representative characteristics of the book compared to Faulkner’s Nobel Prize speech. At least three distinct topics tie the two together. These are the depiction of the apocalypse… 1 542 words Cormac Mccarthy…

  • Native Son Study Guide

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    Native Son Study Guide Author: Richard Wright Original title: Native Son Published: August 2nd 2005 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published 1940) Setting: Chicago, Illinois (United States) Illinois (United States) ISBN 006083756X (ISBN13: 9780060837563) Richard Wright wrote “Native Son” in 1940. It is a very strong, tragic and emotional novel about the position of…

  • Mrs Ethel Rogers

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    In the novel And Then There Were None written by English writer Agatha Christie, Ethel Rogers is another interesting character that has her own story. As it was mentioned above, this woman is a wife of Thomas Rogers who was hired as a butler by Mr. Owen. In turn, Mrs. Rogers was hired as well,…

  • Pride and Prejudice Quotes – Page 13 | Just Great DataBase

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    If I endeavor to undeceive people as to the rest of his conduct, who will believe me? The general prejudice against Mr. Darcy is so violent that it would be the death of half the good people in Meryton, to attempt to place him in an amiable light. -Chapter 7 Pride and Prejudice 1 It…

  • The Pearl Summary

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    The story commences with the introduction of a young Mexican-Indian pearl diver who is also the protagonist of novella named Kino. Kino is married to Juana, the couple having a baby by the name of Coyotito. They seem to be a peaceful family, having a happy and easy-going livelihood, but all of it changes as…

  • Oedipus the King Study Guide

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    Oedipus the King Study Guide Author: Sophocles Original title: Οἰδίπους Characters: Oedipus, Creon, Jocasta, Teiresias, The Chorus Published: September 17th 1998 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published -429) ISBN 0192835882 (ISBN13: 9780192835888) The story of Oedipus is one of the most famous in the European literature. There are few people who haven’t heard of…

  • The Bluest Eye Essays

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    The Bluest Eye Introduction The bluest eye is not just a story created by the author, but a series of very painful impressions. Reading the book is a cry for remedy (Ruby 20). However, Morrison puts across issues which are painful whilst trying to show the hope as well as encouragement that is below the…

  • Augustus Carmichael

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    As the author endeavors to depict various social layers in her novel, she tries to create various types of personalities melted in one place. Augustus Carmichael is a desperate and depressed poet. Because of his condition, he takes opium to fins a pleasure. He did not achieve much success until after World War I. He…

  • Buck Mulligan

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    Buck Mulligan is the central character of the novel. He is the antagonist of Stephen Daedalus. They live together in Martelle’s tower. Buck Mulligan plays out of the best friend of Daedalus, his patron, but he is jealous at the same time. There is an intellectual rivalry between them, in which Buck Mulligan strives to win, using…

  • IT

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    IT is a representation of the evil force in the novel. More precisely, it is described as a disembodied and oversized brain. It is interesting why the evil force is presented through the image of the brain. An explanation can be found in the fact that this image shows the reader how it looks like…