A Thematic Analysis of Firebrands and The Wicked Walk: A Comparative Approach

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study major themes in two different novels written in English which are selected from two different countries Ethiopian and Tanzanian and the two novels are Firebrands and The Wicked Walk. The literary works were written in the 1970 which is the first reason for choosing these two different novels and the other reason is that both novels were written in the English language. A qualitative research method has been used to study the major themes of the two novels of the period. After the two novels were chosen, the next staple was reading and classifying them under the major subject areas. Then the most recurrent themes were identified. After that through the analysis the most recurrent themes were identified and discussed. The study has revealed that both writers have presented several themes in there literary works (novels). During the period in focus there were several themes in the two that enhanced the thematic purpose of the novels. From the themes presented in the novel the theme corruption, ideology of class formation, portrayal of women and innocence were the major ones.