Thesis Feedback by Gretchen Monroe

Elizabeth Sauberan

2024-04-15 15:06:04 UTC

Within the atmosphere of the utterly isolated island, the author's emphasis on dialogue and character development depicts the dangers of a society with an absence of authority, argument, and a recognization of the inherency of human dignity.

Elisabeth Berrier

2024-04-16 01:29:54 UTC

In Sense and Sensibility, Austen illustrates the societal flaws of the 18th Century through the plot structure, to highlight and emphasize the societal expectations which resulted in negative implications

Setting it up in history

Historical context

(Moral & ethical) societal flaws - in place inherently due to status, focus on society based that specific historical context in which Austen wrote

How that shows up in the setting of the story

How that then plays into the characters that she portrays within those settings

The types of conflicts

Dialogue

Irony

Zoe Moore

2024-04-16 17:20:25 UTC

C.S Lewis’s “The Screw Tape Letters” comments on modern Christianity by using satire to warn Christians about the attacks Satan uses to tempt humans.

Olivia Leitner

olivialeitner — 2024-04-16 17:26:23 UTC

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the characters and settings act as representations of the twisted leadership of communism and its influence in Soviet Union, as a warning against the corrupting power of greed.

Olivia Lovegrove

2024-04-16 17:31:34 UTC

Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book portrays the laws and relationships between animals in the jungle as it relates to social norms and the Indian caste system, and one character's struggles with identity as he moves between contrasting structures in different societies as he works toward his sense of place.

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book portrays the laws and relationships between animals in the jungle as it relates to social norms and structures while one character struggles with identity as he works toward his sense of place in contrasting social structures.

Jenna

2024-04-16 17:32:02 UTC

In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis uses different themes and character interactions to examine the many ways that demons tempt humans. He uses this collection of fictional letters as a warning to us in order to avoid falling into sin.

Annie Hueser

2024-04-16 17:58:38 UTC

George Orwell’s attack on Soviet communism through symbolism and characterization seen in Animal Farm exemplifies a hierarchy, bureaucracy, and a conflicting view of stratification.

Mya Vest

2024-04-16 19:36:34 UTC

Alice’s journey through Wonderland reveals how her maturity develops throughout the story, as well as how symbolism is portrayed in her encounters with new characters and experiences in various settings.

Ella

2024-04-17 14:23:03 UTC

In And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie illustrates humanity's desire for control, which stems from guilt and corruption, through the utilization of characterization and microcosm in both the first and third person point of view.

Gannon

2024-04-17 18:17:37 UTC

In The Pearl, Steinbeck's symbolic use of a pearl emphasizes its ability to provoke both hope and despair in the characters and their relationships, emphasizing humanity's inability to comprehend the coercive lure of promise through wealth.

Jasmine

jasminegrace — 2024-04-17 18:20:05 UTC

Edgar Allen Poe’s utilization of fantasy and dreams emerging from the interior of the human psyche is a commentary on the reality of human nature and its instinctive flaws compounded by societal expectations and internal conflict.

Eva Daniell

2024-04-17 19:48:14 UTC

By creating a fictional totalitarian society in his book 1984, Orwell explores a potential outcome of denying truth and reality, as well as the dangers of self deception and blind conformity; in the current cultural climate, Orwell's work can be a alarming reminder of what happens when we take dangerous ideologies like this too far.

Dahlton Fisher

2024-04-19 05:13:32 UTC

Throughout The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath’s thinly veiled characterization of Esther Greenwood and use of grotesque diction deflates romantic ideals to match Plath’s life experience.

Sarah

gmonroe4 — 2024-04-23 13:22:23 UTC

In "Pride and Prejudice," Jane Austen's portrayal of the different female character types and the influence of outward social mores upon each character's development (through crises, conflict, dialogue, and influence and effect of settings), towards Austen's condemnation of the development of fulfillment through societal expectations.

Abram Nelson

2024-04-24 18:04:58 UTC

Lord of the Flies takes a gaping view into the inner workings of the human mind, and plays with how the individual reacts to situations that feel out of their control, but directly impact their terminal fate.