... The Bluest Eye was published under the name of Toni Morrison. Sula followed in 1973. It was her second novel, and deals with themes of race, womanhood, the effects of history, and the contingencies of love, examining how all four intertwine to affect the beliefs and actions ... Tar Baby (1981), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1998). Besides being a popular novelist, Toni Morrison has won almost every major literary award and honor, including the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Chianti Ruffino Antico Fattore International Award in Literature, and the Nobel Prize. S...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . The One Ring that plays a major role in The Fellowship of the Ring was the fruit of Bilbo's struggles in The Hobbit. Although The Hobbit was a large success, his greatest literary accomplishment was not from the prequel but the actual trilogy which he entitled The Lord Of the Rings. The trilogy was hailed as a work of absolute genius by Raynor Unwin ... 560) to date spawning a motion picture trilogy, infiltrating the ideals of such cults as the 1960 Hippies and the 1990 Russian Idealist movement,(St. James 560) being hailed as a modern literary classic, it was something that almost did...

• Word Count: 1879
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... corners of the human heart and reveal the evils that remain foggy to human comprehension. Characterized by a fearless desire to achieve originality, the writings of Golding present new and daring themes. Lord of the Flies, a story illustrating the idea that without civilization our values are lost, was Golding's first novel (Bloom 8). Within this work, symbolism plays a dominant role in the development ... of the novel. This literary technique is used to give a significance to the major characters and objects which represent a minor theme or figure relating to the story. Lord of the Fli...

• Word Count: 2125
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School