Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature
The Hobbit 1063 Thoreau’s doctrine of self-reliance. In his opinion, work should be seen not as an unavoidable burden but as a m ...
1064 Tolkien, J. R. R. their quest to regain gold stolen from them long ago by the dragon Smaug. Though a hobbit would seem an u ...
The Hobbit 1065 ship position earlier taken by Gandalf, and he has now matured sufficiently to assume the surrogate father role. ...
1066 Tolkien, J. R. R. Bard and the other humans opposing the dwarves in order to claim a share of the treasure. Bard and the el ...
The Lord of the Rings 1067 betraying them by turning over what he has stolen to the forces besieging the dwarves. While such act ...
1068 Tolkien, J. R. R. event that occurs in the novel is as attributable to choices and actions freely selected as it is to fate ...
The Lord of the Rings 1069 tagonist of the novel. Central to the novel’s premise is that heroism as conventionally understood is ...
1070 Tolstoy, Leo without it” (The Fellowship of the Ring)—another phrase that recurs throughout the novel. Sam, one of the wise ...
War and Peace 1071 of Tolstoy’s characters, ranging from romantic to familial to spiritual love. All of these types of love are ...
1072 Tolstoy, Leo Leo Tolstoy’s day, it probably triggered very dif- ferent emotions—emotions indicative of a vulner- ability th ...
War and Peace 1073 Andrey Bolkonsky voices his feelings of regret to Pierre: “Never, never marry, my dear fellow; that’s my advi ...
1074 Toomer, Jean However, at the moment when he issues the chal- lenge, Pierre’s uncertainty about his wife and his marriage is ...
Cane 1075 majority of African Americans experience in the South. However, the majority of the black people situated in Ralph’s s ...
1076 Toomer, Jean The second section of the book, set in the urban North, shows blackness as a vital force in a spiritu- ally de ...
Fathers and Sons 1077 “Becky” and “Blood Burning Moon” explore miscegenation. Becky is a white woman who gives birth to two blac ...
1078 Turgenev, Ivan about themselves, and their philosophies undergo dramatic changes. Through these characters and their dualit ...
Fathers and Sons 1079 After Bazarov falls terminally ill with typhus, she responds immediately to his wish to see her one last t ...
1080 Turgenev, Ivan When Bazarov returns home, his parents are delighted and do their best to support him in his scientific rese ...
Fathers and Sons 1081 just completing their time at the University of St. Petersburg. Arkady brings Bazarov home to Mary- ino fo ...
1082 Twain, Mark nihilist view that life is insignificant and that noth- ing endures after death, Bazarov has been unable to rec ...
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