Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature

On the Road 643 In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats contrasts the world of nature with the world of art. Examining the illustration ...

644 Kerouac, Jack success. In the 19th century it became associated with immigrants coming to America, looking for “the land of ...

On the Road 645 wherever you go (as our heroes find out numerous times). But the vast landmass that is America holds the promise ...

646 Kesey, Ken in his personal growth, and happens to meet Dean Moriarty at a time when he is looking for something “more” out o ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 647 subtle but in-depth exploration of how we construct our heroes, what it means to be “heroic, ...

648 Kesey, Ken a small part of a much larger organization called “The Combine” that is trying to make everyone and everything in ...

Annie John 649 are mocking him. We soon learn that this abuse is not particular to the Chief and that the staff at one time or a ...

650 Kincaid, Jamaica The following themes—coming of age, identity, innocence and experience—all offer perspectives from which to ...

Annie John 651 between a childish attachment to the past and the prospect of an independent life on the old continent, the life ...

652 Kincaid, Jamaica family’s envisioning of her future, of her identity— her sexual identity, among other things. Sophie Croisy ...

A Small Place 653 kinCaiD, jamaiCa A Small Place (1988) Kincaid was born and raised in Antigua while it was still a British colo ...

654 Kincaid, Jamaica natives a “commodity,” is an ugly human being to those being commodified. Poor people, people like the nati ...

A Small Place 655 and collapse that wealthy Antiguans fly to New York for medical care and poor Antiguans consider it a death se ...

656 Kingsolver, Barbara and Britain itself, while completely leaving out any history of her own ancestors, how they arrived in A ...

The Bean Trees 657 Taylor drives farther west until she reaches Ari- zona, where she is forced to stop when her car breaks down. ...

658 Kingsolver, Barbara tire shop and a shelter for illegal immigrants. Mattie becomes a mother figure for Taylor and Turtle, co ...

The Poisonwood Bible 659 she wants society to view her. As she travels west, Taylor also reacquaints herself with her Indian her ...

660 Kingsolver, Barbara catastrophes, hunger, political instability, and other upheavals. This experience will turn into a test ...

The Poisonwood Bible 661 values. She comes to see these values as entirely unethical because they are attached to her home count ...

662 Kingsolver, Barbara rejection of his teachings in an environment that requires other frames of thinking and looking at the w ...