Introduction For many writers‚ the theme of a novel is the driving force of the book during its creation. Even if the author doesn ’t consciously identify an intended theme‚ the creative process is directed by at least one controlling idea — a concept or principle or belief or purpose significant to the author. The theme — often several themes — guides the author by controlling where the story goes‚ what the characters do‚ what mood is portrayed‚ what style evolves‚ and what emotional effects the
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Explore the theme of Appearance VS Reality in the novel “The Great Gatsby” Throughout the novel of The Great Gatsby topics of appearance VS reality is often depicted by Fitzgerald‚ the use of appearance in the novel of The Great Gatsby is used effectively to portray the nature of people in the 1920’s. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”‚ Gatsby is presented as a well-educated Oxford man‚ however as we advance into the book Gatsby starts to reveal his real identity and personality‚ we find out that Gatsby’s
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Alienation in Joyce’s novel is also depicted in many other forms‚ as we can see early in the book from his exclusion as young boy. Even the very first sentence of the novel could be interpreted as having modernist connotations‚ “Once upon a time and a very long time ago it was…‚” Perhaps a link through a figure of speech to the nostalgic image of tradition in the face of modernism and moving onwards‚ a foresight into the aim and ideas that will be played out in the book. It is at Clongowes that we
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Loss was a major part of the book Nectar in a Sieve‚ by Kamala Markandaya‚ and was highly influenced by the Europeans bringing it into India. First‚ the tannery caused many problems for the Indian culture. Many people diffused to India and around the tannery. With so many cultures diffusing into the country‚ it caused the Indian culture to start to decay and for cultural appropriation to occur. Not only did the culture slowly go away‚ but people were killed or died from the tannery. Next‚ because
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relevant themes to communicate and portray messages throughout their novel. Isobelle Carmody‚ the author of award winning novel‚ The Gathering‚ is one of these authors. The Gathering is about the protagonist‚ Nathanial‚ moving to a new town‚ Cheshunt. Expecting it to be perfect and flawless‚ he then discovers and unveils darkness of the towns past and how the evil affects the modern day world he lives in. Carmody explores characters and themes throughout her novel‚ such as‚ Nathanial and the theme of good
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For my unit 4 novel I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton it takes place in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma in 1965. It is told in the first person narrative by PonyBoy Curtis. The main characters of the outsiders are PonyBoy‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Sodapop. Both groups of boys such as the greaser (the main characters and more) and the Socs‚ the Socs are apart of the conflict. I personally like this book because of PonyBoy’s perspective on everybody‚ as him being the narrator and the way he thinks would have been
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of one’s past may affect the situation of one’s future and therefore I agree that fate had played a major role in the novel. In the story‚ one of the themes are to always respect ones promises and to fulfill them or you had to face the consequences. This is shown when Elya Yelnats does not fulfill his promise to Madame Zeroni and soon after‚ pays the price. In the novel‚ Madame Zeroni warns Elya “ That if he failed to do so‚ he would be cursed for eternity.” And at the time “…he thought
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Many authors construct themes through their novels to deliver their personal point of view on a particular matter occurring within society. This is dominantly reflected in the 1945 novel‚ ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell (Eric Blaire). The novel ‘Animal Farm’ is centralised among the story of the animals that live on Manor Farm‚ where they are dictated by their cruel master Mr Jones. Under the inspiration of a pig named Old Major‚ the animals rebel against Mr Jones and overthrow him. They decide to
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The Challenge of Moral Value One of the most important themes in the novel The Sun Also Rises is the Destructiveness of Sex. It is a book that can be called as an “immoral”‚ with sex as a powerful force. Many characters through the novel do things that are not appropriate to be done and that parents wouldn’t like from their children to do so. The most shocking character is the Lady Brett‚ which seems to have sex in an indiscriminately manner. Jake on the other hand betrays Montoya‚ in this way allowing
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S. A Novel about the Balkans‚ by Slavenka Drakulic‚ is a story about a Bosnian woman‚ named S.‚ who was tortured by the hands of brutal soldiers during the Bosnia war. The novel mainly centers on a series of S.’s flashbacks‚ as she recounts the horrific ill-treatment she endured throughout this time period. Through telling S’s story‚ the author creates a vivid image of how deep and dark human nature is during wartime. The story is a revelation of the terrifying aspects of war‚ which include torture
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