FS Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" portrays the main character Charlie with a strong correllation with Fitzgerald. The bond between Fitzgerald and Charlie Wales is not as shallow as the contempt that Fitzgerald holds for the life that both he and Charlie experienced: both Charlie and Fitzgerald experience financial success, suffering marriages, and alcoholism.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward, was an aristocrat and his mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, hailed from working-class Irish immigrants.

One of the most well-known authors of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald based his fictitious writings on his own wild, tragic life experiences and struggles. His most renowned work, The Great Gatsby, reveals more than what appears on the surface; in it, Fitzgerald exposed what he saw as the flaws of the "American Dream" and how it led to self-indulgence, greed, and ultimately disillusionment and self-destruction.

The distinct similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby are very easy to see throughout the novel The Great Gatsby. F. Scott is widely known for putting his everyday life into his novels.

An essay examining how obession can eventually lead to a characters downfall as in "The Great Gatsby."

A character analysis of the German spy Faber in Ken Follett's novel Eye of the Needle. In the book, Faber is an intelligent cheat, a master of disguise, and a cold-blooded killer. However, he also feels desperately lonely, as in his line of work, he can trust no one.

In Ernest Hemingway's short story, "The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber" The main character, Francis and his wife Margaret, are on a safari with a man named Robert Wilson. Francis and Margaret fight about many things when he runs away from a charging lion. In the end, Margaret who was trying to protect him from a charging wounded buffalo "accidentally" shoots him. The theme that is being conveyed is that facing one's fears can lead to happiness in some way or another.

Examines The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchida, and When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard. Compares the types of adversity faced by the main characters in each of the three books and discusses how each character faced their challenges.

Analyzes the Yusef Komunyakaa poem about the Vietnam War "Facing It." Provides insight into Komunyakaa's guilt over his part in the war and the conflict between light and dark depicted in the poem. Discusses the use of the first person narrative and it's importance to the poem.

Should people always tell the truth, or it is sometimes better to lie? Some people prefer to hide themselves behind a wall of lies rather than face the truth and deal with it. It is an incontestable fact that truth hurts, but without it people can never create trustful relationships or reach real happiness. This can be observed in families' relationships. Every family has secrets that remain hidden somewhere in the deepest drawers; secrets that people keep in order to protect themselves, or their beloveds. Such secrets, however, may ruin the trust, communication, and love among the members of these families. In the novel the curiosity incident of the dog in the night-time and the film Secrets and Lies, Mark Haddon and Mike Leigh examine secrets and lies in the Boone and Parley families. In these works, real happiness comes when characters face the painful truth.

Explores the thematic opposition between fact and fancy, or 'the head' and 'the heart' in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times. Explores the rivalry between these philosophies as a central theme to the Hard Times, as well as a fundamental crux of human existence.

Though Brown's style of writing in The Da Vinci Code has been said to have minor flaws because of the way he presents his "facts", in reality it makes the story stronger.

Essay discusses the aspect of fading feelings in the poems "Housecleaning" by Nikki Giovanni and "Finis" by Waring Cuney.

In "Sound and the Fury," William Faulkner portrays the Compson family as representative of fading Southern culture and traditions.

In the book Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, the author has added the effect of parallelism of today's society and his fictional society in which Guy Montag, the main character, lives.

Essay on the themes of "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.

Provides an analysis of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Discusses how the author uses imagery, tone and other literary techniques to develop theme and setting.

The world of Fahrenheit 451 has many disadvantages, if we are not careful, our world could eventually lead to something like it. It is important that our society have the least amount of censorship as possible, that way we can keep our expression and our individuality at hand.

A review of Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, a story about a community in which books are illegal.

Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 depicts a society that is controlled by the television and shows how members of that society live their lives vicariously through the television. This essay considers the ways in which today's society is influenced or even controlled by the media, as it is in the book.

Reviews the novel Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury. Provides a plot summary. Describes Montag's search for personal identity. Explores conflicts in the novel.

This essay compares the lives of the the main character Guy Montag.

Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 is really a political commentary about political corruption and censorship, written as a warning to future generations about oppressive conservative governments. It serves as a warning to society to change its ways before it is too late.

Examines popular nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Describes the serious history behind the seemingly innocuous rhymes.

The Grimm Brothers fairy tale "The Frog Prince of Iron Henirich" has all the elements of a classic fairy tale. This includes a timeline of events that is unclear, the use of supernatural and other stereotyped characters, and a vague happy ending.

Fairytales have evolved through time just as we have, including the various values and attitudes that are echoed to us, via the implementation of various motifs typical to the diverse structures of fairytales. Through evolving cultures, fairytales have been developed from written literature into films such as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella to Everafter and Little Red Cap to The Company of Wolves. Their values and attitudes have both been retained and discarded, to which I will explore with you today.<

Examines how faith can take on many forms. Explores the theme of faith in a variety of texts, including Anne Bradstreet's, "Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House," in Mary Rowlandson's account of captivity by Native American entitled " A Narrative of the captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson," and Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.

Literary analysis of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the movie "The Talented Mr. Riply" and the way that they speak to being a fake somebody or a real nobody.

John Milton's "Paradise Lost" portrays Satan in a heroic light. Satan is a hero defined through his war against God, his cunning and guile, his journey to Eden on Earth to corrupt mankind, and as the protagonist and most described character in Milton's epic poem. The perversion that Satan suffers from an angel into a devil allows for the struggle of good versus evil to exist, therefore letting admirable qualities exist.

Fallen Angels is a novel based on the Vietnam War. Essay discusses the plot and gives a summary.

Examines the book Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers. Details the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War. Tells how soldiers in the Vietnam War had to deal with different climates and how they had to alter their daily routines in reaction to the weather.

First published in 1930, William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily" is about Emily Grierson, a Southern woman who was irreparably shaken by the fall of the Confederacy and the ensuing changes that took place in her life. Raised to be a lady of stature and nobility, and instilled by her father with the belief that no man in the area was worthy of marrying her, Emily was alone after her father's death. Following the end of a courtship that her family and the townspeople opposed, Emily lived reclusively until her death, holding on to what she knew best and struggling with her loneliness.

This essay will disscuss the point of whether Troy is a trouble maker in the novel "Falling Forward" by David Metzenthen.

Discusses the story Falling Leaves, by Adeline Yen Mah. Describes how nothing drives Adeline more than the quest for her families' acceptance and love. It almost seems that Adeline's need for love in her life is amplified by the hardships and cruelties she experiences as a child, and continues to experience as an adult.

Provides an extensive chapter summary for the book 'Falling', by Anne Provoost

Analyzes the novel Falling, by Anne Provoost. Dicusses views and values in the essay and explores major themes of conflict and violence.

Essay provides an analysis of the short story "False Gems."

"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "Miss Brill" by Katherine Mansfield have female characters who are obsessed with the imperfections in their lives. Unlike the woman in "The Necklace," however, Miss Brill's thoughts and actions about her life do not harm anyone.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, illustrates a wealthy gentleman by the name of Gatsby who achieves greatness through his desire and determination to win over the love of his life, Daisy. Everything from Gatsby's wealth to his background was an illusion of significance. His desire for Daisy led him to create a character who supposedly possessed greatness. He lived under the false pretenses of being wealthy.

Discusses the William Shakespeare play, King Lear. Explores the theme of betrayal in the play. Describes how the title character is driven by trust, deception, betrayal and loyalty all of which drive Lear into madness.

In Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," the lies and excuses of the Loman family led to the inevitable breakdown of the family. The plot of the play is described.

The Jewish fathers of two friends take different approaches to raising their children in "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok.

Family relationships in William Shakespeare's "Hamelet" and their universal appeal.

In "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe, the author shows family relationships and how they can be jeopardized by change or different beliefs and views of the same tradition. Achebe shows strong values of an African tribe in a unique light.

Discusses famliy troubles in the short story "A Domestic Dilemma" by Carson McCullers. Explores the effect that alcoholism has on Martin, Emily and their family.

Discusses The Chrysalids, a novel set in post-apocalyptic Labrador. This essay deals with the fanatical views of the Waknuk people, and how they lead to unecessary fear.

Jane Austin's Mansfield Park is not widely accepted by critics. The novel's criticism is due to the heroine, Fanny Price. Since Fanny does not encompass the conventional characteristics of a heroine (charm, wit, and beauty), critics hold the opinion that she is passive, week, and boring. Ironically, Austin's goal was to demonstrate that superficial charm and wit are nice, but there are more important characteristics such as discipline, morality, and depth of character.

This essay is about the short story, "The Standard of Living" and how setting can play a major role in a story.

Essay explains the aspect of fantasy and how it is used in books such as "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter."

Essay describes how the story of "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien contains fantasy that relates to reality.