Discusses how F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the gaiety and emptiness of life in his short story "Winter Dreams."

Discusses the work of fiction author Gail Godwin. Reviews her work from a feminist perspective. Provides examples of her writing style and technique.

Discusses the role of Gail Hightower in the society of the novel "Light in August" by William Faulkner.

Gary Soto, currently one of the most prominent Latino writers in America, has had a major impact on the literature of today. An examination of Soto's career and life in depth reveals his pride in his Mexican-American heritage and his strong love of writing.

Gathering of Days

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby portrays the American dream as a hoax. Protagonist Jay Gatsby's beliefs that money can buy happiness and that he can relive the past inevitably to his downfall.

The essay argues that the central theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is that the American dream has been destroyed by crass materialism. Plot points and scenes from the book are cited as examples. Gatsby is explored as a tragic figure.

Essay explains why "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays American romanticism.

Explores themes from the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel, "The Great Gatsby." This critical essay examines how Jay Gatsby's naive and unwavering dream - to recreate his past with Daisy - shapes the plot and final outcome of the story.

A paragraph on each of the following items, his parties, his guest list, his car, and his mansion.

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is a story about four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War. The book explores themes of unjust gender roles for women and the struggles between duties to family and self.

An analysis of the effects of war on Gene Forrester in John Knowles' novel A Separate Peace. Gene in 1942 is a sixteen-year-old student at Devon School, enjoying his final "golden year" of carefree innocence before he is drafted and is completely transformed by the prolonging effects of World War II.

Examines the novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Describes the battles that Gene, the main character, deals with throughout the book. Some are within himself, and some are against friends. These problems are explained through textual evidence from the book.

Analyzes Gene Forrester as a dynamic character from "A Separate Peace" By John Knowles.

In John Knowles' novel A Separate Peace, the main character Gene is constantly fighting his own private war, in9 both his mind and his social life. However, Gene's biggest enemy is not his best friend Finny, the other students, the war or society; rather, it is himself.

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a grown man named Gene Forrester reflects on his past experiences at Devon School in New Hampshire. He narrates his high school memories and describes the interesting relationship between himself and his former best friend Phineas.

A character study of the antagonist General Zaroff in Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Zaroff represents traits that are simultaneously exquisite, intelligent, and savage.

Examines biblical allusions in John Steinbeck's novel, "East of Eden." Provides a plot summary. Describes how the biblical allusions provide the story's foundation.

The atom was once thought to be indivisible, but its fissionability may be the thing that brings the earth to an end along with all beings. Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' resists repetition of the myth of the Fall and of Adam, while affirming it. Pre-Oedipal desire can be seen in the disaster. 'Beloved' tries also to deal with infanticidal violence of the father. The novel is about learning to see that the world denies its infanticidal appetite and does not see abjection imposed on a slave. 'Beloved' dramatizes the abject need that feeds the relation of master to slave.

Georg Lukacs, who wrote "The Ideology of Modernism" was a Hungarian Marxist literary critic. Georg Lukacs (pronounced GAY-org LOU-cotch) was one of the premier theorists of socialist realism, the only acceptable style of literature in the Soviet Union. In order to champion realism, and specifically an ideologically charged realism, as the only good way to write, Lukacs had to set himself in opposition to the literary movement that had superseded realism in the West.

George and Lennies relationship transformed into a jumbled mess of George's emotions by the end of the novel. Lennie was a good friend but really had no change in personality throughout. George was sympathetic for him and as he grew weary of him he also grew sad.

In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," Lennie and George rely upon their friendship to survive: Lennie depends upon his friendship with George to make the correct decisions. George relies upon the friendship with Lennie to plan for the future.

In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," the main characters of George and Lennie demonstrates a deep and geniune love for each other in the face of a society in which individuals shows little care for each other.

A common question asked is who needs whom more. Does George need Lennie more or does Lennie need George more?

This essay discusses George Orwell's failed attempt at creating a utopian world (in a very perverse manner) in the novel 1984. Describes how the inhabitants of the world that Orwell describes live a desolate, sad life.

In "1984", Orwell creates a society of rebellious characters, cities in ruin and an oppressive, totalitarian government lead by Big Brother. It is a world in which ignorance is bliss.

Discusses F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Provides a character analysis of Jay Gatsby, weighing the question of whether he is good or evil.

Angie Dupree had just moved to Fairlie, West Texas with her family. She was in grade ten an very curious. She had one brother. Her brother's name was Jeremy. He was younger than her. He liked tennis and was very reserved. Her dad works in an oil company; therefore they had to move into different places at least once a year.

Discusses the book Gilgamesh, by Herbert Mason. Explains how Gilgamesh undergoes devastating tragedy and life-altering experience that leads to his denial of the truth, the truth that he cannot accept, the truth that a life that is lost could not be brought back, and the truth that there is no element of solution for immortality

In Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Gilgamesh initially seeks immortality, but ultimately learns how to be a better king. The hero manifests Joseph Campbell's archetypal cycle of separation, initiation, and return.

The title of Isaac Bashevis Singer's short story, "Gimpel the Fool," is a rather straightforward title. Without even reading the story, it gives the reader a good feel for what the story entails. Gimpel is in fact a fool, but he is not truly a fool at heart.

Essay performs a character study of Ginger Coffey.

There is a counterculture that approaches in Allen Ginsberg's poem HOWL. Counterculture is a movement against government during 50s and 60s, mainly led by the students of Europe, as a campus rebellion, an act of war resistance, a demonstration against racial injustice. Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl gives birth to the counterculture revolution in United States, a movement later forwarded by the hippies - who grew out of the beats. In easy words, counterculture is a total rejection towards all established assumptions. Protesting against technocracy, sex and revealing sexuality, psychedelic drugs, visionary experience, breaking the conventions of arts and literature; all these are the basic characteristics of counterculture. And Howl combines and celebrates all these features for the first time, as it becomes `a counterculture manifesto'.

essay discusses the medical records and case notes in "Girl, Interrupted" by Susanna Kaysen.

Examines the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier. Analyzes the novel's suggestion that suggests that everyone suffers when society has different rules for different groups.

Main characters in the Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams) and their real and imagined lives.  

Discusses the Tennessee Williams play, The Glass Menagerie. Provides an analysis of major themes. Describes the plot of the play.

About Glengarry Glen Ross

Essay provides a discussion on the book "Go Ask Alice."

Reviews the book, Go Ask Alice. Describes why Go Ask Alice targets mostly the teenage audience, because Alice's problems are as relevant today as in the 1960's.

Analyzes the anonymous diary, Go Ask Alice. Summarizes the story. Examines major themes and describes how drug use blurs the line between fantasy and reality for the title character.

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, Gatsby only has one goal in life, to reunite with his love Daisy, and he focuses all his energies towards that goal. When it seems impossible for him to achieve that goal, his world falls apart, leading to the ultimate tragedy of his own death.

Reviews author Danielle Steele's first novel called "Going Home." Provides a plot summary.

Focused on the part where Simon speaks to the "ord of the Flies. The essay also shows a critique made by William Golding in his book the "Lord of the Flies" about how naive we can be.

Discusses the novel Gone With The Wind, by Margaret Mitchell. Analyzes characters from the story. Describes how Mitchell put characters in intense situations in order to depict the importance of being able to adjust and succeed in a new life.

An analysis of the idea presented by Arthur Miller in his play "The Crucible" that good and evil are relative, and that only individuals can judge themselves, not society. This idea is important to one's understanding of the play itself.

Essay discusses the aspects of good and evil in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Essay looks at how Morrison portrays evil and how she gives the reader the power to decide who is in the wrong, if there is anyone in Toni Morrison's "Sula and Bluest Eye."

In Toni Morrison's Sula, the accidental drowning of Chicken Little by Sula and Nel illuminates the books themes of ambiguity and good versus evil. Several scenes are examined in detail to highlight this premise.

Analyzes O'Connor's portrayal for the universal need for unconditional love as she describes it in "Good Country People."