He is also the deformed, repulsive creature who, throughout the book, symbolizes Emma's moral corruption. ... We then discover that what we thought was a song about an innocent woman is actually a bawdy, sexual song. ... Both mucus also becomes Faubert's most eloquent metaphor for language, conceived as the ludicrous result of pathological swelling, and putrid seepage, destined to congeal in the repulsive form of lieu commun-(6). ...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Douglass did not go into detail about his experiences, making the reader imagine the details, but the reader knows that what he or she imagined was probably not as bad as the reality because the story was not fiction, it was all real. ... "Beloved" contains instances within the novel that make the reader cringe and put the book down for a few minutes in order to recover from what he or she just read. ... "The Woman Warrior," by Maxine Hong Kingston would be a superior reading selection for young students to read than "Beloved" because although it contains some of the same ideas and instances, ...

• Word Count: 1397
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Franz Kafka uses a style of writing that has a similar effect, and has been compared to a literary Rorschach test, which causes the reader to determine "hidden" meanings in his works, depending on what they wish to see or read (Link 4). ... Another explanation to the wide variety of hidden meanings is that both authors, Kafka and Hemingway, wanted their work to be ambiguous so that their audiences would be able to argue different meanings depending on what they considered to be most important (Straus 652; Sokel 204). ... Hemingway's works have been edited, analyzed, and rewritte...

• Word Count: 3072
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anthony falls apart in wild and repulsive parties during which "people broke things: people became sick in Gloria's bathroom; people spilled wine; people made unbelievable messes of the kitchenette... Fitzgerald creates Anthony to be a dreamer, a man trapped in his illusions of what he hoped life would be like. ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Evidently any writers personal lifestyle and experiences influence who they are, therefore influencing what drives them to write what they do. ... The protagonist, Emma Bovary is a naive romantic, constantly searching for someone in her life to provide her what she has limited herself to believe is an ideal love life and lifestyle. Her ignorance is the cause of her constant unhappiness, that is only at times relived through romantic affairs she has with men that manipulate her sexually and provide to her what she's always dreamed of. ...

• Word Count: 3767
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate