What are some examples in literature where many characters, innocent or not, suffer? Are there any classic books where a character(s) suffer, even though they are innocent?
2006-09-26 01:55:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Night
2006-09-26 02:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by LadyJag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
INNOCENT
The Lord of The Flies,
The Grapes of Wrath,
Diary of Anne Frank,
Schindler's List,
Oliver Twist,
Robinson Crusoe
David Copperfield
The Green Mile
GUILTY
The Scarlet Letter
Of Mice and Men
The Green Mile
Madame Bovary
Amadeus
2006-09-26 09:23:57 · answer #2 · answered by mommymanic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas -- the story of a man who was wrongfully imprisoned and plans a daring escape? Or "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo -- set against the background of France just before the French Revolution, it's the story of a man who was imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his family and was pursued relentlessly by police after he was released...
2006-09-26 09:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiob in a Bible, first of all. And Jesus.
Almost all romatics suffered - that was their way of living;) - There was "the illness of the century", so all young men suffered a lot;) - "Rene" Chateaubriand, "The Confession of the child of the century" Musset, hero of Byron, Mickiewicz, SÅowacki in Poland;
love sufferings in Austen's books, etc...
2006-09-26 13:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by Lady G. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Oliver Twist" and "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens feature innocent characters who suffer.
"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
"Giants in the Earth" by O.E Rolvaag
"The Emigrants" by Vilhelm Moberg
And, I guess you could include "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
2006-09-26 09:12:59 · answer #5 · answered by dontknow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night - Elie Wiesel
Short read. His personal account of the Holocaust.
2006-09-26 09:05:15 · answer #6 · answered by smlevesque_6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Eyre, everyone suffered, most were innocent.
2006-09-26 09:24:40 · answer #7 · answered by jaqui 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill A Mockingbird.
2006-09-26 09:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by CrankyYankee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋