Hugo represents difference and although one of his characters is extremely passive in her ways, he still manages to bring out positive qualities such as strength and endurance. ... Rather than ignore the female character, Hugo draws attention to the under represented women of Paris and ultimately the world. Fantine, in particular, represents a group of women who are largely under represented in society: women forced into sex work. ... Eponine despite having no place else to go turns away from her father and away from the evil she has known since birth. ... Hugo, in the Nineteenth century is ...

• Word Count: 2647
• Approx Pages: 11

The use of the repetition of the 's' sound, sibilance, of the words 'ice' and 'freezingly' gives a sinister air to the situation and also adds to the already cold tense atmosphere between the two women and reminds us of other evil fictional characters such as 'The White Witch' for example or Cinderella's evil stepmother. ...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She writes about several different themes including good and evil, love and hate, beauty and ugliness, friendship, and death. ... Expanding on the representation of Jesus or God in The Bluest Eye, Alexander understands the problem of how a supposedly omnipotent and loving God can allow the existence of evil and suffering to still take place. ... I don't see Alexander's argument as a problem with the novel in comparison to my understanding that evil and suffering must still take place under the control of a loving God to make the word revolve correctly. I believe differently that ever...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Known as one of the most controversial American writers, James Baldwin has been known to speak out on racism and civil rights throughout the 1950s. He is recognized as one of the finest writers in post World War II Literature. Although he spent most of his life in France, his works became very we...

• Word Count: 2515
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School