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    express how she felt‚ now she is a strong woman who takes care of her mother. Now that Kambili’s father is dead Kambili doesn’t have to worry about her father getting mad at her she can now do anything she wants without feeling guilty. Throughout the novel Kambili has become more confident and mature. Kambili’s understanding of what Jaja went through and felt after being in prison makes the reader of the book realize Kambili maturity. Kambili is able to understand Jaja’s feeling and that he “will never

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    The novel Great Expectations is about a boy named Pip whose dream is to become a gentleman. As a child‚ Pip is kindhearted‚ caring‚ honest‚ and loving. Things soon change as he grows up and wants nothing more than to become a gentlemen to win over the girl he loves‚ Estella. Pip becomes rude‚ selfish‚ and arrogant in his early adult years. As the novel goes on‚ Pip redeems himself through the events of when he has a near death experience with Orlick‚ when he comes home to ask Biddy to marry him‚

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    Transition and Transformation: One could be forgiven for believing that the words ‘fiction’ and ‘novel’ mean one and the same thing. The main reason for this confusion is that both of them have a common denominator; they both tell a story. In the novel‚ we have the theatre of life and for over two centuries it has been the most effective agent of the moral imagination. Though it has never really achieved perfection in form and its shortcomings are numerable‚ nevertheless one experiences from it

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    Island Beneath the Sea: A Feminist Study Introduction The novel‚ Island Beneath the Sea‚ is a historical tale that takes place in the Caribbean and New Orleans‚ at the turn of the 18th century. The story‚ which is written from several characters perspectives‚ is primarily centered on the life of a slave named Tété. Tété‚ the principle protagonist in the novel‚ is a mulatta who spends most of the novel enslaved by her main antagonist‚ a Frenchman named Toulouse Valmorain. Written from both a

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    In the novel Saving Sky by Diane Stanley‚ a thirteen-year-old named Sky Brightman lives in a world of war‚ terrorism‚ and unfair prejudice. She is remarkably unaffected by it all‚ until her friend Kareem is in danger. His family is taken to deportation centers because of their Middle Eastern background‚ and Kareem is the next target. He must seek refuge with Sky’s family. Although both Kareem and Sky know the world can be dark and unfair‚ Sky tends to be more of an optimist while Kareem is a realist

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    The Character of Tom Jones in the Novel Tom Jones A character study always shows the good and evil side of a man. Here in this assignment I have to unfold the characteristics of Tom Jones- the protagonist of the novel Tom Jones. No man is without mistakes. But it is also true that totally corrupted person is rare. Here in this novel from a general esteem one can say that Tom is a playboy and has no moral ethic. But if one knows Fielding’s view of virtue then he is sure to uphold Tom’s character

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    The novel ¨Great Expectations¨ by Charles Dickens is quite full of drama. On Miss Havisham’s wedding day‚ she got sent a note from Compeyson saying that her Fiance had left her. A few years later she had a stepdaughter named Estella‚ raised to get revenge on the male kind. Pip is one of the characters that’s in the middle of all this and can non-stop think about Estella. Pip had fallen in love‚ but he didn’t quite get that Estella isn’t capable of love. In the beginning of the novel Pip finds himself

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    The Novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne had criticizes the Puritan society in the colonial times in Massachusetts. The Novel has a lot of characters and all of them start the Novel in a way and then end it in another way. Chillingworth is one of the most transcendent Characters in the Novel because he completely changed during the Novel. While he was on "England" Hester is in the New World working and waiting for him to come back. He got Kidnaped by the Native Americans thats why he wasn’t with

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    receives a chance to change his life thanks to his benefactor. Pip has chosen to be brought up as a gentleman in London‚ pursuing the beautiful Estella. Pip’s idea of gentleman is rank and riches‚ and has nothing to do with morals. All through the novel Pip change from an innocent boy to a matured young man. Pip was an innocent young child with great ambition. Pip lost his parents when he was very young and is brought up by his sister and her husband in poverty. Pip’s ambition is to get

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    Essay What is Mr Golspie’s role in the novel Angel Pavement? When we come to see Twigg & Dersingham company in the Angel pavement for the first time it present a sorry spectacle. The first chapter contains a detailed description of a street and the employees at Twigg & Dersingham. We learn that the life of the main characters such as Mr. Smith‚ Turgis or Miss Matfield is rather dull. The story is set against the background of the Great Depression. Their work at the office is quite monotonous;

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