To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. In the novel, Lee reveals the situation happened in Maycomb city and depicts Arthur(Boo) Radley, a mysterious hermit who is recognized as a madman by citizens. M...To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. In the novel, Lee reveals the situation happened in Maycomb city and depicts Arthur(Boo) Radley, a mysterious hermit who is recognized as a madman by citizens. My paper is going to argue for Boo that he is not a madman, being locked out by his father; instead, he chooses to be a hermit due to the awfulness of the city:its prevalent gossip, its racial inequality and its lawless policies.展开更多
The Chrysanthemums, written by American writer John Steinbeck, is a good short story. In this novel, John Steinbeck reveals a tragic fact and creates a female image, Elisa Allen, who fails to realize her own social va...The Chrysanthemums, written by American writer John Steinbeck, is a good short story. In this novel, John Steinbeck reveals a tragic fact and creates a female image, Elisa Allen, who fails to realize her own social value in the male-dominated soci?ety. As we know, the various components of a story such as setting, characters, and language are closely bound with theme.Therefore, this essay attempts to analyze how John Steinbeck make the story unified through combining the setting of the story,the description of the characters, language and symbolism in the story to reveal the theme.展开更多
文摘To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. In the novel, Lee reveals the situation happened in Maycomb city and depicts Arthur(Boo) Radley, a mysterious hermit who is recognized as a madman by citizens. My paper is going to argue for Boo that he is not a madman, being locked out by his father; instead, he chooses to be a hermit due to the awfulness of the city:its prevalent gossip, its racial inequality and its lawless policies.
文摘The Chrysanthemums, written by American writer John Steinbeck, is a good short story. In this novel, John Steinbeck reveals a tragic fact and creates a female image, Elisa Allen, who fails to realize her own social value in the male-dominated soci?ety. As we know, the various components of a story such as setting, characters, and language are closely bound with theme.Therefore, this essay attempts to analyze how John Steinbeck make the story unified through combining the setting of the story,the description of the characters, language and symbolism in the story to reveal the theme.