Applied Operations Mgt. Afflictions - Psych. No sources listed. A 6 page paper looking at Samuel Richardson s eighteenth century novel. The paper discusses Richardson s use of letters and journal entries to advance plot and express characterization, and concludes that the gradual revelation of the plot and characterization in real time allows the reader to know what Pamela knows, as she knows it, and thus to grow vicariously along with her.
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An 8 page look at this eighteenth-century novel in terms of the motivation of its protagonist, who, after being raped, wills herself to die. The paper asserts that despite the fact that Clarissa's historical period and social background mitigates against her ability to turn her life around, the novel's ending is disappointing because she simply gives up. Bibliography lists 3 sources. A 13 page paper examining the way the black community reflected in Richard Wright's works Native Son and Black Boy actually helps support the oppressive white status quo through a massive program of self-censorship. Wright shows, particularly in Native Son, how such efforts backfire by causing bottled-up emotions to explode in violence and rage.