Historical Literature Essay Examples and Topics

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.

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.

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Austin, the brother of his wife, were involved in Texas land distribution, and their participation is demonstrated by Perry's letter that refers to the purchasing of land, as well.

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.

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

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 [...]

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 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.

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 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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

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

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.

The Old English epic poem Beowulf presents a good illustration of the relations and obligations of lords and vassals. God defines the rights and obligations in feudal society.

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

The story he tells us the story that discusses the German culture and societal class in the early 16th Century and provides a vivid account of the social interaction between the noble class, the army [...]

Hughes also demonstrates that he has a much higher understanding of human nature in his descriptions of the people of the church and his slight addition of sarcasm within the essay.

The third episode from the novel to support that Yu Hua is not biased against the nationalist period is that the civil war ended in the victory of the communist ideology.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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.

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 [...]

In the story, Huong becomes a refuge because of war in Vietnam and therefore finds herself in Australia as her second home.

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.

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.

This paper will therefore analyze the history of the story based on McLaurin's book, give the moral anxieties it springs up, the reactions of various characters in the book and finally extrapolates on the inadequacies [...]

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 [...]

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.

Throughout the chapters, Chua examines the most dominant cultures in history starting with the traditional empires of Persia and China and later the recent hyperpowers of the United States and England.

The cause of the fire remains unknown; however, several pre-requisites before the event were discovered during the investigation, such as inadequate fire alarm system in the school, absence of fire exit, and unpreparedness of the [...]

This is Lakota territory that is being occupied and Marshall tells of what was in the balance that made the Lakota struggle hard to defend it.

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.

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 [...]

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

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.

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

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?

From this point, during the first stage of the fight, Brown followed the strategy of avoiding the risk in order to save the lives of the crew members, but then he accepted the risk.

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

Anne Frank has compiled several versions of her diary, and one of them was directed at the readers of the future who should know about all the misfortunes of civilians during the Nazi occupation of [...]

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.

The character traits of the slaveholders are brought out by the use of the word nigger and the emphasis on ignorance as a weapon against the empowerment of the blacks.

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

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 [...]

A topic of color is prominent for both authors; however, these two poets deserve to be considered not only the voice of the American citizens of color but the voice of the whole diverse and [...]

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.

Borneman proposes readers an exiting and vivid description of the war of 1812 which led to consolidation of the nation and 'forged America's national identity.' Borneman analyzes the major events of the war and discusses [...]

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 [...]

Even though the events take place in the fictional country of Asia, the historical context the authors are telling about is real. That is why they failed to win the sympathy, and the Soviet Union [...]

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

Thus, the rise of colonialism in the second half of the 19th century is linked to the growth of capitalism in Europe.

The author enlightens the reader about the true and fictional stories of that time, points out the stereotypes and realities."Revolutionary Mothers" by Berkin demonstrates the silent, yet fierce power of women during the revolution, their [...]

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 [...]

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

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.

He was accused of corrupting the minds of the youths in Athens, creations of his deities, and not respecting the gods of the state.

It also deconstructs assumptions made about the battles that took place and the consequences of the war for the United States and the world in general.

In his book, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations, Edward Hallett Carr studies the political and economic factors that predisposed the creation of the conflict, at the same [...]

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 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 [...]

Gradually we get to know about the powerful influence of globalization on the century and its culture in general, about the relationships between Islamic world and the Western culture; and the most interesting is how [...]

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 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.

It is the reflection of certain processes and phenomena that took place in the Scandinavian society in the epoch depicted in the saga.

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.

In addition, Jim Lacey details Pershing's brilliant contribution to the war in the way he organized his fighters, selected the commanders, and built the army that won World War I.

The author of The Pillow Book is Sei Shonagon, a Japanese writer who served as a court lady to the Japanese empress in the 1000s. Sei Shonagon was a part of the upper class, which [...]

This is why some of Hu's actions seem irrational and bizarre not only to Europeans and Foucquet but to the readers as well.

The purpose of this critical analysis is to explore the author's description of the targeted characters in the book. The emphasis of the book is that the brothers were always determined, focused, and intelligent.

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 [...]

The success of an author depends on how well he attracts the reader to the point that the reader is motivated to read the next available book that the author publishes.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.