Historical Literature Essay Examples and Topics

The book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas are both stories by John Boyne about Bruno, a nine-year-old boy narrating his experience in World War II [...]

There can be no doubt as to the fact that, at the time "The Mahabharata" was being composed, the majority of women in India were being oppressed, socially and domestically.

In Chapter 1 "Return of Fear", Gaddis states that the Cold War was caused due to the competing and divergent ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Vietnam War was perceived as injustice because of the discrepancy between the loose form it took and the form the soldiers had been trained to identify and label as such.

It was mostly the fact that Indians were deprived of their civil rights in their own county, which was the cause of the rebellion, and, naturally, they wanted to achieve self-government.

The newly established nation that appeared as the outcome of the revolution was eager to proclaim its patriotism and to share its feelings of pride with the rest of the world.

The image of soldier Kien in The Sorrow of War demonstrates the difficulties of the Vietnamese people before, through and after this war.

The general tone of the poem is defined by the contrast of the beautiful and the ugly, the good and evil manifesting themselves through the experience of people at war.

The foremost ideological thesis, which defines Brzezinski book's practical implications, can be summarized as follows: ever since 75% of world's population and of world's natural resources are located in Eurasia, and ever since Eurasia generates [...]

This essay will consider the relevance of the topic introduced by Saunders and provide actual historical examples that support his hypothesis."The Red Bow" starts with a group of men going out for a dog hunt [...]

The author also ties the multicultural history of people comprising American diversity with a thorough analysis of the place they are at the time of writing his book.

The existing residential school system is one of the examples provided in the text as it contributes to the deterioration of the institution of family and the native culture of people.

Like many books on the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel's Night is a dramatic picture of the horror times in the history of humankind and particularly in the history of the Jewish people.

Geoffrey Chaucer has also been able to write quite a good number of poems such as The Book of the Duchess, House of Fame, The Parliament of Fowls and The Legend of Good Women.

Driven by the promise of his father, Jakob, to be reunited after the war, the main character of the story finds it indispensable to rely on God, for only He is able to lead the [...]

Her analogy sets the setting for her narrative framework, which portrays the English colonists as God's anointed and the Native Americans as the scourge sent by God to torment the English in order to lead [...]

One of the most important subjects raised in "The Talisman" by Walter Scott is the differences between Islam and Christianity and the confrontations between the followers of these two religions in the times of King [...]

The races portrayed in the novel are real and existed in the time of the writer. The Last of the Mohicans is set on the American frontier during the French and Indian War.

The purpose of this book is to bring out the story of the Mexican people before the invasion by the Spaniards.

In particular, one of the prominent settlers was William Bradford, who sailed to North America on the Mayflower in 1620 and established and governed Plymouth Colony.

The information from the chapter is crucial as it shows that world politics and social order have changed due to the new ideas of liberty and nationhood.

Those who were dissatisfied with the novel tried to accuse the author of failing to use social realism in the book and of excessive eroticism. Matthew Townes is the main character of the work, and [...]

As implied by the title, the poems are about various changes in the society of the author. Irony is used where the meaning of a statement or a phrase in literary work is different from [...]

With the help of such literary elements as images and a point of view, the author achieves a better transfer of the emotions and experiences of the characters and realistically depicts war events.

At the beginning of the story, Gilgamesh, the king of the Sumerian city of Uruk, despite achievements in the development of the town, causes the dislike of his subjects.

He explains the origin of the word literature with a revelation of the different forms of literary works in the ancient Mediterranean and near eastern.

From the book, it can be argued that there were two faces of disagreement depicted during the cold war era where the Soviet Union preferred to bring the whole of Europe; and the rest of [...]

The book "Goodbye to Berlin" was written prior to the Nazi uprisings; how was the book an indictment of this period of Western history, that is, the impending war?

These elements will be considered one at a time in a bid to prove the centrality of place for objective criticism of the novel Coming to Birth which will serve as my reference for the [...]

In this autobiography, Equiano is very definite in his mission to convince his readers of the existence of the slave trade in the 17th century, including the predicament and lifestyle of most of the slaves.

In the age of 13 Huda was married to her cousin, Ali Shaarawi. In the beginning of the twentieth century Huda was eagerly trying to unite women of Egypt.

In narrating his good fortune he writes "It was my good fortune to be deported to Auschwitz only in 1944", and explains that when he reached Auschwitz "the German Government had decided, owing to the [...]

At the very outset, it was clear to the soldiers that the war in Indochina was not being conducted in terms of the glory myths on which they had been raised. The second part of [...]

The book, being very sincere and straightforward, gives us one of the brightest and most detailed pictures about the horrors of the biggest military conflict in human history.

Whether it is the fact that the author leads the reader beyond the boundaries of the socially acceptable or makes a cautious warming about the threats that await for the reader in the craziest of [...]

The kite runner and the kite fighter restrict the movement of the kite in order for it to move in an orderly manner.

At the heart of the book is the court case, which paints a vivid picture of how the various African people interacted with the British on the colonial Gold Coast in the 1870s.

The story is written in the first person and the other describes the events as the witness and participant of that horror.

The author discusses the belittling of black people and the preservation of white supremacy, describes how black citizens' inability to vote escalated into them being assaulted and murdered, and explains how law facilitated racial barriers.

The current research paper was written in order to analyze Antigone's courage in the context of the philosophy of Aristotle and overall ideals of the Ancient Greece.

The author of this novel seeks to highlight the futility of the American War and the hypocrisy of the Vietnamese government.

Realism points out that power is based on characteristics that can be tangible or intangible, and can emanate from the use of the armed forces, level of income, and the size of a state.

The book's chapters, the monogram, and the conclusion do not explain the author's central argument. In this book, Clendinnen attempts to explain Landa's actions when he championed for the rights of the Maya people and [...]

With imagery that allows the reader to experience his trials and worries, the story describes his experiences and hurdles on his way to his new "free life" in New York.

On the whole, the novel is an example of intersection of personal and historical aspects of life depicting an individual and his changes under the impacts of the political history of the country.

However, the interpretations of slavery and obligation to pay the rent are not mutually exclusive, because the obligation to pay the rent forces humans to become slaves and have to provide their bodies for incubating [...]

On the other hand, it is important to understand that a number of people are aware of the plot and the worth of the story, and it is a real challenge to prove the chosen [...]

In his novel, under the title Peace Shall Destroy Many, Rudy Wiebe creates a controversial depiction of the life of the Mennonite community inhabiting the countryside in Canada in 1944.

Nevertheless, the streaming growth of the industrial revolution of the 19th century brought some significant changes to the understanding of social inequalities."The Semplica-Girl Diaries" is one of the chapters from the diary called Tenth of [...]

Prior to the completion of the letter, the shop was reduced down to ashes together with Cecil, the person who fetched her to Jamaica, mistreated her sexually and who assisted her in putting up the [...]

In the story of Jacqueline Navarra Rhoads, Nurses in Vietnam, one can see a dramatic transition of a nurse who not only honed her skills, transcending the level of an ordinary nurse but changed her [...]

One of the main ideas in the book is the post-war effects on the well-being of the people. The main idea portrayed in the writing is the theme of loneliness and loss to the loved [...]

The book "Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America" by Watson is an insightful analysis of the political thinking and worldview of the Jacksonian era - more than two decades after Monroe's presidency and [...]

The incident changed Eliezer's attitude where the fulfillment of getting the bread at that particular period outweighed the life of his father.

Therefore, an analysis of "Address to two Hundred Million Fellow Countrywomen," discloses the nature of primary sources used by one of the historians to reveal the activities that lead to China's liberation. The source was [...]

The story focuses on the unification of the disparate chiefdoms of Mande and the decline of Ghana, as well as the development of trade routes.

The narrative is mainly an exemplification of the stages that Robert took from the time of training to the time he became one of the workers in the army that took part in the Vietnam [...]

The relationship of Death with this girl is extraordinary, and the story revolves around a trait in this girl which makes her a passionate book thief.

The book by Nathaniel Hawthorne titled The Scarlet Letter is considered the best work of his not in vain the contents and the topics touched upon in it raise much profound thinking and reveal the [...]

The Souls of Black Folk is testimony to Du Bois' position as one of the leading scholars on race, religion in general, and the Black experience, in particular.

The culture of consumerism that was unravelling and the rising popularity of television led to the development of the marketing industry as people know it today.

For example, he says the goal of Europe is to deliver good to the colonizers at the expense of the resources of the colonized class; Cesaire maintains that it only serves to decivilize the colonizers.

She is also courageous because she had to hide in the other family, away from her parents. She was brave when she encountered the Nazis in the Annemarie's apartment and pretended her elder sister.

In the narration of his experience during the battle, he recounts the role of Captain Andrew Haldane, the commanding officer of King Company, during the Peleliu battle.

Nietzsche argues that the soul of the last man is damned because he is unable to attain the set of the moral ideals set by the law.

The theorized analysis of desire in different works of literature was first witnessed in the sixteenth century. The 16th century literature centered on the theme of desire, and the most written desire was ideal love.

Children literature deserves lots of attention; it provides the reader with an opportunity to investigate the worlds of different people, analyze oneself, and comprehend each piece of information because of such features as a friendly [...]

She persuades Townes of the significance of the history of people of color in the world, their existence and the influence of their grace around the globe.

The background is the faded wall] A group of women is sitting on the opposite side and the background is a faded wall- 'you should cry, and tries to relief' by the women.

The plot attests at how people undergo a sort of rite of passage in order to be accepted by society, the rite exemplifies itself as a formal admission to a certain way of life of [...]

Social progress and the struggle for independence are interacting themes of the Colonial Era and the Age of Reason, which can also be found in The Journal of John Woolman.

The intimate and traumatic effects of slavery, the intersectionality of identity, and the fluidity and richness of personal experience are all powerfully and menacingly brought to light by Conde's work.

The author's objective in writing this book was to highlight the complexity of the early American Republic and to challenge the conventional view of the Founding Brothers as a unified group.

Thus, it is important to establish how Tram develops a deep connection with the soldiers and the way the medical worker uses it to escape the harsh reality in which she is trapped.

The author gives a detailed account of his experience of surviving the Holocaust and ensures that this terrible page in history is not forgotten.

The extensive description of the journey along with the highly detailed depiction of people inhabiting America, the environment, and the related issues, can be seen as the primary advantage and strength of the letter.

The author made a series of arguments regarding the longitudinal influence of Euro-American settlements and discussed the pertinence of tree history across the State of California.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a chivalric novel written in the 14th century by an unknown author about the exploits of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, showing the spirit of chivalry and faithfulness [...]

One of the big points of aggravation for King is that white people often describe living Indians as "not real Indians," due to them being different from the idealized Dead Indians.

The approaches of Douglass and Equiano to slavery and freedom are similar in their goal to achieve emancipation and to get rid of the oppressive systems that enslaved them.

"A Book of Bolivar" by Marie Arana is an exploration of Arana's ancestry, specifically, her connection to the Bolivian town of Bolivar.

The award-winning book brings the readers to the lives and experiences of Vladek Spiegelman, a holocaust survivor, and his father during the period.

An analysis of Carlos Fuentes' "Aura" and James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son" reveals the significance of speaking out about the injustices that can exist in society.

The thesis of The Romans, fourth edition, is that the Roman Empire was a unique and innovative state that could adapt and conquer various terrains and people.

While the "Song of the Ice and Fire" has various scenes and storylines, the scene at the Seven Kingdoms involving the death of King Robert is the most intriguing.

Another concept discussed by both Loewen and Gonzales is the idea about the roots of domination of Europe and the West in the modern world.

Apart from the story being arranged in chapters, the layout and approach suggest that the author has described the area of events narrated and then given the narration.

The examination of Zamperini's life and the relationship with the family and colleagues attributed to the core thematic constructs; struggle, discipline, friendship, and determination.

Her strong faith helped her to endure her captivity and ultimately be restored to her family. Rowlandson's faith in God gave her the strength to endure this difficult situation.

The book is a powerful testimony to the horrors of the holocaust and how people can lose their humanity and innocence.

This makes "Coming off Age in Mississippi" an excellent choice for students interested in learning about the history of the Civil Rights Movement and literature that can be enjoyed on its own."Coming off Age in [...]

Chapter one details the origin of the cowboys and the beginning of the cattle trade through the introduction of the longhorns.

Hence, I expect to obtain an original perspective on the topics discussed in the book, such as the fight against fascism, the role of Churchill in WWII, and Orwell's influence on the independent and realistic [...]

Based on the works of Irving, Crevecoeur, and Smith, the perspective of rural life entails a number of issues that defines and shapes the regions.

Considered to be one of the essential books of Holocaust literature, it relates the story of a single Reserve Police Battalion 101 stationed in Poland and tasked with the transportation and execution of Jewish prisoners.

Another dominant element of medieval society, reflected in the poem, is the priority of the Christian worldview and its separation from the pagan and Moorish.

The selected book, therefore, explores the efforts of some of the involved stakeholders and how their contributions led to the establishment of a democratic nation.

This essay aims to provide an analysis and reaction to a quote from the book that states, "Jesus the guide, the way, the vision, and the companion of the return".

Their resistance to the Chinese oppressors demonstrates the resilience of the Vietnamese warriors, paying tribute to the rich culture and traditions of Vietnam.

The system, as a rule, is in a state of quasi-stable equilibrium with the environment, with the transformation from one state to another occurring cyclically and permanently through some limit states of the system.

The events in the Middle East in the middle of the 20th century showed a moment of crisis that changed the social structure of Iran and led to the Islamization of the country, which resulted [...]

The notion's significance for Gramsci in this specific moment, more specifically the collapse of northern-led Italian political development, is rooted in its illumination of vulnerability, of coalitions and class constituents unable to make their personal [...]

The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300 1589 is a book by Toby Green that examines conditions in Iberia and West Africa in the 14th and 15th centuries that set the [...]

Historically, the cultural exchange between the Indians and the Europeans was unique and vital to the development of America. The author uses the term 'Americanizing' to help the readers understand how the European immigrants have [...]

The theme which corresponds to the discussion of the selected book is "Individuals, groups, and institutions" since the topic reflects on the link between these elements and their political significance.

Serving as the pivoting point in Douglass' perception of his situation, his fight with covey made him realize the necessity to fight back as the only possible response to the atrocities of slavery and the [...]

However, as the war progressed, the number of casualties and the horrors of the war action prompted small groups of people to form an opposition to the popular opinions.

Nevertheless, the way the facts are grouped and delivered could be conducive to students' ability to develop a clearer picture of the catastrophic downturn's influences on the nation's and the poor population's mentalities.

The style and substance of the content are persuasive, mainly due to the author's utilization of rich archival sources, which significantly solidifies the validity of his assertions and authenticates the narrative. Stolen is a lucid [...]

The objects represented a thread that connected the soldiers in the depressing war setting to the real world that still exists somewhere.

Furthermore, the text demonstrates the attitude of the Spanish toward the native inhabitants in the region that is frequently unnecessarily cruel and disrespectful.

Campbell's Halfbreed is a narrative that reveals the power of poverty, discrimination, and injustice in relation to Metis families and women in particular and the way of how misery and strengths shape human life.

The writter elaborates the tales of the five New York residents who dwelled in the city between 1863-1935. These immigrants were "the Glockners, the Moores, the Gumpertzes, the Rogarshevskys and the Baldizzis".

Carol Berkins also shows what happened after the war, more so where the women were not given equal rights as their husbands during the drafting of the constitution.

Such was the everyday reality of those who turned out to be a direct participant in the First World War - the reality in which people lived and died.

They persuade the public and are involved in politics by highlighting the feelings and the plight of the society members. However, the ideas portrayed by the ancient artists remain the same and are crucial in [...]

However, the plot of the book develops in the states of South and North Carolina shortly after the end of the American Civil War.

Since the book is based on a transcript of a court hearing, most of the scenes unfold in the courtroom, where the woman tries to convince important people of the significance of her rights.

The Europeans took advantage of the disunity among the native tribes to grab their land and exploit them. The author explains that the Native Americans designed a similar language to the Europeans to communicate with [...]

The primary theme is the revolution and the role of Zapata as the author illustrates that the story of one would not be complete without the other. The book is dominated by the themes of [...]