William Golding’s novel, “Lord of the Flies”, may be set on a remote island sparsely populated with young boys who have become stranded and who are trying desperately yet ineffectively to establish and maintain order; however, the lessons that “Lord →
One of the hallmarks of the Gothic novel is its preoccupation with the “positional notion of good and evil” (Sandner 192) and the “complex confusion” that characterizes the relationship between these two aspects of self and society (Sandner 200). Gothic authors recognize →
Toni Morrison’s Jazz is a simply titled novel, but this simplicity belies the complexity of the narrative structure to which the word “jazz” alludes. Toni Morrison’s novel “Jazz” is experimental in that it challenges the conventions of the American canonical literary narrative. →
Sherman Alexie was once quoted as saying, “Indians call each other Indians. Native American is a guilty white liberal thing.” This simple statement reveals much about Alexie’s attitude toward a culture that he is both an implicit part of and →
Although he died at only 28 years of age, Stephen Crane lived a full and adventurous life, traveling, writing, and interviewing people for his many stories, novels, and articles. He managed to produce a staggering body of work from time →
To summarize, “The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane takes place at the Palace Hotel which is near a train station in rural Nebraska. The proprietor of the hotel, which is painted blue and is something of an attraction/eyesore in →
The short novel by Stephen Crane, “Maggie : A Girl of the Streets”, despite the title, is not necessarily just about Maggie, but rather deals more directly with the Bowery environment itself and how it shapes the lives of its →
Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams III in 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. Tennessee Williams was a sickly young man and because of his diphtheria he was bedridden, which at least gave him time to think and read quite a →
Before beginning this summary and analysis of “Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, it is important to point out that this play is not happening in the narrator’s (Tom’s) present, but it is based on his memories. The setting of “The Glass →