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Motivations and Betrayal in Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

The author notes that from the moment of the betrayal, Amir was unable to face Hassan. This is because it was difficult for Amir to face Hassan because of the betrayal that had occurred.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

The Poem “Beowulf”: Character Analysis

The poem depicts the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf and captures the Anglo-Saxon culture of the medieval period. Next, in the part of the poem which depicts Beowulf's battle with Grendel's mother, the character [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 385

“Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm Gladwell

In the book Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell explores the factors contributing to exceptional performance and success in various fields, such as sports, music, and business.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 384

Theme of “Speak” Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

In the beginning, the readers are exposed to the horrifying experience of Melinda being raped by Andy Evans. The little girl feels alone and has no idea how to deal with her anguish or let [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 387

Moral Dilemma in Saunders’ Escape From Spiderhead

Thus, the theme of the story traces the definition of the nature of people and love and suggests that all humans, independent of their circumstances, have a choice in a moral dilemma.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 885

“It Ends with Us” by Colleen Hoover

The novel's intended audience is young adults, which derives from the protagonist's age, the events and problems she has to face, and, most importantly, a lack of personal experience to deal with them at this [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

Elizabeth Bishop’s Poem “The Fish”

Looking into the fish's eyes may be regarded as the poem's crucial and turning point and as the author's attempts to identify and compare the existence of the human and the fish.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Julia Serano’s “Trans Woman Manifesto”

The decision to show one's femininity in revealing clothes and photographs despite the dangers of Trans sexism is rather a sign of solidarity and courage against the same dangers.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

“The Warmth of Other Suns” by I. Wilkerson Analysis

Robert Joseph Pershing Foster, George Swanson Starling, and Ida Mae Brandon Gladney are three people who decided to move to a liberal state and were forced to deal with the challenges of living in the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

George Hadley From “The Veldt”: Personal Characteristic

He understands that the technologies and automation of the processes he sought to achieve led to the devaluation of his wife's work, disobedience of children, and a life devoid of love, mutual understanding, and family [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 830

Symbols in The Birth-Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne

According to this view, Georgiana's goal to become eternal can also be a pursuit an unattainable mission to erase Aylmer's mark, which is, in reality, the primary fault that nature puts on all of her [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Romeo and Juliet: Analysis of Play

Being a tragedy, the story narrates the challenges two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, go through due to the enmity between their respective families. For example, the story of Juliet and Romeo presents a romantic and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 609

Arabian Nights: The Stories Analysis

In this instance, justice saved the innocent son from the evil act of transformation to a bull that the old man's wife did.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 405

The “Quiet” Book by Susan Cain

Secondly, the author draws the reader to the benefits of introversion and the disadvantages of the trait within the workplace. The author traces the roots of the extrovert ideal to the spring of industrial America [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3082

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

The first one is the absolute topographical realism and accuracy of details in the reproduction of the place of events. Conrad resorts to the parallelism of the climaxes in the stories of Leggatt and the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Characterization and Imagery in Morrison’s “Recitatif”

Morrison utilizes the element of characterization and imagery of her characters in the story to portray the idea of internalized racism to the audience as it plays with the reader's mind by being ambiguous about [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Magic 8 Ball by K. Pau: A Play Analysis

It is important to note that the play Magic 8 Ball by Kimberly Pau is about two girls, Melissa and Elizabeth, who use the ball to ask personal questions about their future. It is evident [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 750

Invent and Wander: The Collected Writing of Jeff Bezos

For example, in 2018, the Economic Club of Washington interviewed Bezos; in 2016, the Washington Post Transformers Conference interviewed Bezos; and in 2019, the Reagan National Initiative Conference interviewed him.'Invest and Wonder,' Bezos' book, has [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 17
  • Words: 4501

Gender Roles in “Beowulf” Poem

Women are portrayed as belongings for the advantage of the men throughout Beowulf and are made to support the male characters.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 278

Maya Angelou Deserves a Monument

The first argument for the erection of the monument to Angelou is her contribution to the world poetry fund. Angelou's poetic achievements and the inspiration of her work clearly deserve a landmark in history.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 454

“The Lottery”: Plot, Main Idea, and Writing Style

In order to offer the reader a better comprehension of the story, the environment is described in great detail. The power to choose the true meaning of the story is what actually distinguishes it.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 681

The Works of William Shakespeare

The writer reflects in his work issues such as the rush to liberation from the shackles of the Middle Ages, the widening of the horizons of the earth and the boundaries of human thought, the [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 866

Father-Son Dynamics in “Fences” by A. Wilson

Despite Troy's accusations that his father was wicked and the devil, his father has continued to beat him brutally. His isolation from his father shaped Troy's view of manhood after the violence and betrayal of [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Researching of the Ring of Gyges

There is no perfect equivalent of the ring of Gyges in the real world, and I can only think of some allegories to it, such as political power or financial superiority.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 317

“The Phantom of the Opera” Review

According to Karali, "The Phantom of the Opera shows the affective dimension of music that is felt at a corporeal level of experience," revealing the secret behind its influence on the observer's psyche.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 618

Themes in Evslin’s “The Adventures of Ulysses”

However, no matter how important the physical map of the city and the wanderings of the heroes is. Nobility, loyalty to the word, decency, and dignity are the distinctive qualities of the heroes of The [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

Robert Frost’s “Mending wall” as Opposition

On balance, the discursive nature of the poem lends itself to a discovery guided by the author via repetition and comparison, and the air of playfulness pervades the first part of it.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1274

Neoclassicism and Aurora and Cephalus (1811)

The emphasis of the color, hue, and light makes the figure of Cephalus the focal point, while toning down the background and other characters help to avoid distraction of the audience with the use of [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 351

The Mood in “Everyday Use” by A. Walker

From the beginning of the narrative, a sense of antipathy is observed between the main character and Maggie. The gloominess of the fiction is mainly highlighted by hardships and the dramatic visions of the narrator.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 288

“Mother Tongue” by Tan

Although the topic of the narration is language, the writer emphasizes its role in her mother's life and finishes the text underlining the value of her mother's opinion. Quoting her mother, the writer intends to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 303

Analysis of “A&P” Story by John Updike

The first characteristic of the modernist literary movement found in Updike's A&P is the method called stream of consciousness. From the very beginning of Updike's short story, the reader is immersed in the flow of [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

A Tale for the Time Being Novel by Ruth Ozeki

Following one of her dreams, Ruth is surprised to discover previously unseen pages of the diary, which point toward a happier ending for Nao and her father.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1677

Madeline in “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Poe

Her personality seems perplexing because she appears only three times: toward the middle of the story she passes "through a remote portion of the apartment"; some days after her supposed death she is seen in [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 334

Canto 5 of Dante’s “Inferno/Hell”

Plato, Courtly, and the general perception of affection today, represent it as a valuable sensation, which everyone should admire to have.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 346

The Story “Who’s Irish” by Gish Jen

One of the main issues raised in the story is the indignation of the older woman by the behavior of her granddaughter who "is not like my daughter Natalie, or like me".
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 851

Story of a Woman: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

This book is not only a political source of information with several complex terms and ideas, but a story of a woman and a mother in her attempts to find out the voice.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 299

“The Guide” by R. K. Narayan

Marco's and Raju's mother's characters are to be considered further in order to research the differences in western modernity and Indian traditional values.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

“Being There” by Jerzy Kosinski

Since the purpose of this paper is to unveil the theme and the thesis Kosinski wanted to convey to the reader I am going to unearth the slightest details of the book's and movie's plot.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1486

Three Short Stories Comparison

For example, the author begins the story by introducing readers to the forlorn lady who sits helplessly in a house that is closed shut. The author does not however present the answer to this query, [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1216

“The Western Heritage” by Donald Kagan Review

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 618

Psychological Strategies to Understand Literature

This approach explores the motivations of a writer, his characters, and that of the audience, drawing on Sigmund Freud's theories and other psychoanalytic theories to understand fully the meaning conveyed in such text. The characters [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 568

Classical Mythology: Herman, Apollo, Dionysus

Dionysus is viewed as apposite in character to Apollo; he is a god that is described to be slow to anger and always willing to help those that are in need. He is willing to [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1470

Short Story “Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry

Yet, the worst was still laying ahead it is not only that Dorset had refused to pay ransom for the release of his son, but he himself demanded ransom from both kidnappers, in order to [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1469

Two Characters in “Typical American” by Gish Jen

Although this could be a great sense of enthusiasm and optimism in achieving a goal, Ralph goes into this with the aim of getting a lot of money in a short period of time.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1116

Elements of Fiction in Colette’s “The Hand”

The author further takes the point of view of a third person character in narrating the story; as he tells the story from an invisible point of view where he is not one of the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 669

A Perspective on Philip Roth’s ‘The Human Stain’

Roth uses the "first person voice of the writer Nathan Zuckerman to tell the story of Coleman Silk, a black man who passes for a Jew ", a professor of classics and dean of faculty [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1506

Dual Consciousness in the Novel Life of Pi

In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the protagonist is found in a state where the realm of self-awareness and human consciousness fails to make the difference between reality and illusion.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1710

Jenny Joseph’s Poem “Warning”

This line also exposes her fear of social ridicule which is preventing her from doing all the things she would really like to do.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

US History in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1016

The Book Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

The beginning of the novel is not just the description of Lucy's first day on her new job, but the description of the changes, which she had suffered as a newcomer in the new country [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

Recurring Theme in E. A. Robinson’s Poems

Anderson makes a conclusion that the poem is built on the ironic contrast between the unheroic Miniver as it is and his dreams of adventure, romance, and art associated with heroic figures of the Trojan [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 846

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”

Introduced as simply an old woman, bent over, using a walking stick and wearing funny clothes, Phoenix's character is brought out in intimate detail through the imagery of her journey since many of the physical [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1568

The Role of God or Goddess in Aeschylus’s The Oresteia

Says William von Humboldt of the Agamemnon, and his remarks might be applied to the entire trilogy: "Among all the products of the Greek stage none can compare with it in tragic power; no other [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1527

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Moshsin Hamid

It tells the story of a young man Changez through a series of deviously and intricately crafted monologues where the protagonist narrates the story of his life to an ominously jumpy American who he happens [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1331

The Character of Gertrude in ‘Hamlet’

The character of Ophelia is responsible for projecting an aura of guilt and deception to the role of women in 'Hamlet.' She is not treacherous or complicated, but instead weak and insensibly dependent on the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1414

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini

The story begins when the narrator, Amir, is supposedly 38 years old, and the tale he tells is essentially a flashback over the events of his life that have brought him to this point.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2481

Themes in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare

With consideration of critical responses, use of language and structure, and through a close analysis of Hamlet's soliloquies, the role of Shakespeare's characterization of Hamlet in shaping the enduring power of the text is appreciated [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 908

Carnival in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the carnival elements in the play are widely discussed topics in the literary world. When analyzing the gradual development of the plot of the play A Midsummer Night's Dream [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1671

“The Yellow Wallpaper” Short Story by Gilman

In Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," the unnamed female protagonist is instructed to rest in isolation and stillness in the large upper room of a remote country house that has bars on the windows [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 232

The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway

In The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway reveals his conception of heroism not as a measure of the glory and recognition his character receives, but instead in the determination of the struggle.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3388