“The Chaser”, analysis of the story by John Collier

The plot

In John Colliers, “The Chaser,” we encounter a young man named Alan Austen, who has a problem, one that is all too common. He’s fallen truly, madly and deeply in love with a young lady named Diana. But he has a problem, which is two-fold, she isn’t aware of his feelings towards her, and as a consequence, she’s not in the slightest bit interested in him, The core of the story surrounds Alan’s struggles to deal with his unrequited love. Alan pursues a new solution to his problem. This comes from an old man who lives in his neighborhood. Continue reading →

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“The Magic Mountain”, analysis of the novel by Thomas Mann

The novel “The Magic Mountain” grew out of a satirical novel that Thomas Mann decided to write after visiting one of Davos sanatoriums, where his wife Katya was being treated at that time. The main idea of the work was to make fun of human inability to real life and, as a result, the flight of the individual into illness. Work on the “The Magic Mountain” was started in 1912, interrupted by the First World War and again resumed in 1920. The two-volume novel was released in 1924 by S. Fisher.

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“Doctor Faustus”, analysis of the novel by Thomas Mann

The novel “Doctor Faustus” was created by Thomas Mann in difficult times. The first pages of the work were written in 1943, when the truth about the collapse of a new national idea degenerated into fascism became apparent to everyone, even Germans. Published in 1947, the novel was an artistic denial of the anti-human ideal that Germany set for itself in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Analysis of Fitzgerald’s “Absolution”

Absolution is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of America’s best known authors of the twentieth century. Even though it was included in the author’s 1926 collection of short stories titled “All the Sad Young Men”, it was first published two years earlier in 1924. Receiving generally positive reviews upon its release, it gained even more interest when Fitzgerald later released his best known novel, The Great Gatsby, because of the perceived connection of the two works. Continue reading →

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“Babylon Revisited”, analysis of the story by Fitzgerald

Babylon Revisited is based of Fitzgerald’s real-life incident where his daughter, Scottie went to go live with his wife’s sister, Rosalind and her husband Newman. Fitzgerald was branded as the voice of the Jazz Age in the 1920’s with Zelda, his wife, famously known as the Last Flapper. They lived a lavish lifestyle which eventually led to Zelda being sent to a sanatorium in Switzerland. Rosalind then took Scottie as she felt that Fitzgerald was irresponsible and unfit to raise his daughter. Continue reading →

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“Things fall apart”, analysis of the novel by Chinua Achebe

Introduction

Set in the village Umuofia in Nigeria, Things Fall Apart is a tale of the life of the Umuofia Clan told through Okonkwo a respected man in the tribe. It also chronicles the colonization of the village by the European missionaries and how the Igbo people were affected. The book provides an insight into the tradition and culture of Umuofia, Chinua shows that despite its struggles the village was functional. She aimed at criticizing the imperialism and painting a picture of how much colonization changed the lives of most African countries. Continue reading →

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Analysis of “Anna Karenina” – parallelism in the composition of the novel

“Anna Karenina” begins with a phrase that is the psychological key of the work:
“All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
The pathos of the novel is not in the affirmation of spiritual unity between family members, but in the study of the destruction of families and human relationships.

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“After the Ball”, analysis of the story by Leo Tolstoy

The story by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy “After the Ball” is a bright protest against the unnaturalness of the inner world of a person who does not share good and evil. It is regret that it is impossible to find happiness in the world that generates this unnaturalness.

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“Childhood”, analysis of the novel by Leo Tolstoy

Childhood is a happy time in the life of every person. Indeed, in childhood everything seems bright and joyful, and any grief is quickly forgotten, as well as short resentment toward loved ones. It is not by chance that many works of Russian writers are devoted to this topic: “The childhood of Bagrov-grandson” by S. Aksakov, “Tyoma’s Childhood” by Garin-Mikhailovsky, “How the boys grew up” by E. Morozov and many other works.

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“Winter Dreams”, analysis of the story by Fitzgerald

Plot Summary

Winter dreams are considered to be one of Fitzgerald’s most accomplished short stories. Published in 1922, Winter Dreams is a play on the American Dreams ideal perpetuated in that era and is a study of class, aspirations and relationships and obsessions through infatuation. Continue reading →

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