What book of literary merit would you recommend for a senior to read, doing an full analysis of tone, symbolism, etc in a research paper?
any recommendations, suggestions?
i was thinking about paradise lost or the handmaid's tale? what do you think about these books?
any others you can suggest?
2007-01-29 06:33:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I read the Handmaidens Tale in college and did a paper on that one, and also wrote a paper on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. If you want to do something different, I suggest Swan Song by Robert McCammon http://www.amazon.com/Swan-Song-Robert-McCammon/dp/0671741039/sr=1-1/qid=1170100037/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1675072-1228916?ie=UTF8&s=books You can click this link for info on the book. Happy reading!
2007-01-29 06:49:48 · answer #1 · answered by Barb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a number of those are from woman perspectives, some will be somewhat "girly woman" on your liking yet others should be ok. i have left both type on and also you'll settle on. Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell) Picnic at putting Rock (Joan Lindsay) Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan) taking area in Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks) My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks) Hitch hikers handbook to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Holes (Louis Sachar) Lord of the earrings / The Hobbit Eragorn trilogy Narnia The Golden Compass Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice) Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur) searching for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) Angels Gate (Gary crew) Sisterhood of the travelling Pants Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople) The Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Chocolat (Joanne Harris) Harp contained in the South; undesirable guy's Orange; Missus (Trilogy by technique of Ruth Parks) the position the middle is (Billie Letts) My position (Sally Morgan) Little women human beings (Louisa would Alcott) Rebecca (Daphne De Maurier) the three Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas) some thing by technique of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen even with you do don’t run The December Boys (Robert Noonan)
2016-12-03 04:58:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those are good choices, although some people say Paradise Lost is hard to get through. 1984, Brave New World, Candide, are a few others that come to mind; Candide is short, but it's packed and would work well for a paper.
2007-01-29 18:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try white oleander by Jane Fitch. It is ripe with all these requirements. It is a bit long though. It is engrossing and full of life.
Try Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid. It is short and the symbolism and other techniques are not hard to grasp. An easy and fun read.
The art of war by Sun Tzu.
Them by Joyce Carol Oates. social decay and other issues. a bit long
Good Luck
2007-01-29 06:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by tk_tembo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really enjoyed Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
and To Kill a Mockingbird.
2007-01-29 06:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by kristonianinstitution 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984 by George Orwell
2007-01-29 06:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
2007-01-29 06:42:32 · answer #7 · answered by j_goodwin27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
paradise lost is too hard to read. Why not canterbury tales? there is lots of info on it, its interesting and its pretty easy to analyze each person.
2007-01-29 06:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100 Years of Solitude--Garcia
Moby Dick--Melville
(Both would be monsters to tackle, but both are wonderful must-reads--full of symbolism)
2007-01-29 06:41:11 · answer #9 · answered by erique 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not actually sure if this one would work... but try Something from the Nightside
2007-01-29 06:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by Paris, je t'aime 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋