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“The Divergent” by Veronica Roth: Major Themes

Another major difference between the book and the film is the pace of the narrative account. The reason why Tris Prior turns out to be a sympathetic and relatable champion in the Divergent is because [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Supernatural Forces in Literature

Moreover, Gilman has used ghosts as one of the supernatural forces to create the mood of the story and the theme of mental illnesses.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 977

“Sometimes With One I Love” by Whitman

The poem is a part of Whitman's Leaves of Grass collection, where the writer shares feelings and observations about human nature, reactions, and emotions."Sometimes with one I love" reveals the harsh consequences of non-reciprocal love, [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 670

Inferior Characters in “The Golden Age” by Apuleius

In The Golden Ass, the behaviors of Lucius and Socrates are ridiculous due to the impossibility of coping with their curiosity and pleasure but prioritizing sexual satisfaction, basic human needs, and the overwhelming power of [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2278

Zora Neale Hurston in American Literature

In the introduction, the author of the article presents the story associated with the first visit to Zora Neale Hurston's grave by Alice Walker.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 921

Literary Significance of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”

Specifically, in "Young Goodman Brown," the author explores the dual nature of Puritan New England people's personalities: "freedom and democracy" value contradicting with "intolerance and persecution" practice."Young Goodman Brown" reflects the ambiguousness of identity and [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Gender in “The House on Mango Street”

In the book, the theme of gender inequality and the unwillingness to live like the women of the neighborhood-under the control of men, is expressed through the thoughts and narrative of the main character, the [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

The Memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel

The incident changed Eliezer's attitude where the fulfillment of getting the bread at that particular period outweighed the life of his father.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

Analysis of “Mending Wall “by Robert Frost

The speaker communicates with the neighbor by continually questioning the legitimacy of the wall. First, the poem is written in the form of a short story where the speaker recounts one remarkable event in his [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 493

March Book 1 Overview and Analysis

The novel is based on the life of John Lewis and opens with a group of African American protestors marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The police deny the demand of one [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Novel Analysis

Abootalebi, Hassan."The Omnipresence of Television and the Ascendancy of Surveillance/Sousveillance in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451". This chapter explores the role of books in two of Bradbury's works: The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 761

“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae

In this poem, McCrae addresses the subjects of war and death, expressing feelings of peace, remorse, and perseverance by altering the tone throughout the work.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Nathaniel Hawthorne “The Scarlet Letter”

These lines are from the 'Forest Walk' chapter of the novel where Hester scolds her daughter, Pearl for questioning the burned "A" on the minister's chest.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 711

Conflict in ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ by Connell

Rainsford went through an internal conflict when he was in the ocean and had to keep stay focused by not panicking and realizing that his clothes were not helping his strokes and he 'wrestled out [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 258

“Journey Beyond the Stars” by Deepak Narang Sawhney

At the same time, the author calls it the metropolis of the Third World with all the poverty, homeless people, and immigrants, who struggle every single day to survive in the city that wants to [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1154

“Pride and Prejudice”: Analysis of a Passage

The story, the characters, the setting, and even the speech of the characters make strong references to the environments of the beginning of the 19th century in England.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1397

Discussion About Figurative Language

In The Veldt, the nursery is personified as it is given the characteristics of being a parent, and it performs all the duties of the house.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 1220

Reaction to “The spirit catches you and you fall down”

People near Lia have linked her condition to an attack by spirits; a misconstrued thinking that has become a common belief until her encounter with Dan, a non-believer in spirits, who performs a series of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

“The Star” by Arthur C. Clarke

From the discovery of the impending danger of the destruction of earth through a Supernova, the group of scientists decides to build a vault resembling Pluto which would protect them from the Supernova.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1514

The Book “Stiff” by Mary Roach

The sensation made by this book is in the alternative perception of the life after death people have which contradicts the usual idea of what happens to us that used to dominate in the minds [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 806

The Lost Daughter Novel by Elena Ferrante

Leda's personality is shaped by her childhood traumas and relationship with her mother that influence her own experience of motherhood and her relations with her daughters and other people.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2758

“The Conference of Birds” by Peter Sis

The journey, which is depicted in the book, represents people's strong desire to investigate laws of nature that run the world and acquire the wisdom needed to improve life on the planet.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Anti-Racism in Shakespeare’s Othello

For Shakespeare, Brabantio's views are representative of the racial prejudice of the society in general, rather than of his personal feelings towards the protagonist. On the other hand, Othello's story is cohesive and believable; he [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1372

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry Analysis

Given a chance to choose a friend among the characters, I would go for Jonas because of his impressive concern for society.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 362

Discussion of “Utopia” by Thomas More

Overall, this lack of private property in Utopia led to the people of the country having no desire to compete with each other through the accumulation of wealth as all of their belonging are the [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

Grief Poem ”Home Burial” by Robert Frost

The persona depicts that "the husband saw her from the bottom of the stairs". The woman wanting to leave the house is a sign of emotional loneliness because the husband does not feel the angst [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 393

“Forgiveness Story” by June Callwood

Callwood's audience is people who hesitate or struggle to forgive their offenders, and her purpose is to persuade these people to take the path of forgiveness.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 958

The Rejection in the Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The main character depicts his nervousness and the feeling of fear and anger caused by the old man's vulture eye. He thinks that the police are simply making a mockery of his horror and points [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 681

The Tales of the Grimm Brothers

The tales of the Grimm brothers hold a very special place in the pantheon of the world's renowned collections of stories for kids.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1124

Edward “Blackbeard” Teach

One of the greatest secrets of Edward Teach's life is his birthplace and the years of his early life. The unusual appearance of Edward Teach reflected his character and warrior nature.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

“I’m a Fool” by Sherwood Anderson

Reading this short story, the audience meets a young boy who desires to make a mash on a beautiful girl resorting to the use of lies and deceitfulness, but he soon realizes that such an [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

“Fires in the Mirror” Play by Anna Deavere Smith

The play consists of a number of interviews of the participants of the accident happened in the Crown Heights. The subject matter of Fires in the Mirror is the conflict between the Jewish community and [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1446

“American Son” Novel by Brian Roley

Facing all the variety of challenges connected with the integrating into the new society, the book's main characters strive very hard to overcome all the obstacles on their way to success in the conditions of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1946

Guilt and Justice in Lord Byron’s Manfred

Neither the details of the tragedy nor the identity of Astarte are disclosed in the novel, but most scholars agree that the nature of the events, as well as the feelings of the protagonist, are [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 621

Shakespeare’s Romeo as a Tragic Hero

Romeo and Juliet's love, no matter how strong, was not able to break the bounds of the rigid social order in the 13th-century Verona. In Romeo and Juliet, a slim chance to live and to [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 597

The Concept of Global Literature Review

Regarding the question of the blurring of national boundaries, it is necessary to note that it is not a typical attribute for global literature.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Analysis

The play raises the question of what stories will be remembered in the future and whether they have any chance of staying unchanged. Returning to the central conflict, it finally receives a resolution in the [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 859

“Budapest” by Billy Collins: Explication

The pen and the arm are included in the description, hence the mention of the snout and the clothing. Billy Collins' "Budapest" is a representation of his creative process and the forces involved in it.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 853

Gender Roles in ‘Mr. Green’ by Robert Olen Butler

Green Butler uses the character of the grandfather to develop the theme of gender roles within the culture. The character of the grandfather is extremely sound for the cultural beliefs the author conveyed through all [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

American Literature and Community

This piece of literary work is written at the period of the end of the civil war in America, and the south's era of greatness is coming to an end. This is a reflection of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 960

Censorship on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The main protagonist of the novel is Guy Montag, a fireman whose job like others, is to burn books without questioning the impact of his decision.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1153

‘The Third Policeman’ by O’Brien

O'Brien notes that "the narrator discovered the work of de Selby when he was at a boarding school and decided to be a dedicated student of this work".
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3532

Morality in Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland

The story presents a tale of the Wielands as a precautionary tale that is meant to cushion against taking hard stance in religious matters; Theodore Wieland's over-commitment to religion is presented in this book as [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1423

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe

The neighbors who heard the scuffle that ensued and went to the ladies house gave evidence to the police, and in as much as most of them agree on a great extent to the events [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1220

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

‘All My Sons’ by Arthur Miller

In this case, Jim was responsible to his family and also to the whole society in terms of medicines but not for material gain.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1193

Magical Realism in “Tropic of Orange” by K. T. Yamashita

The extension of borders of the tropic, the contraposition between the life in LA and the life in Mexico, the change of events is a typical technique of Magical Realism, namely, hybridity that implies extensive [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 660

Perception of Female Beauty in Literature

The current age has seen an acute upsurge in the value placed on the beauty of women; where the stigmatization, low esteem, and shame associated with being bad looking among women is leading to high [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 683

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness Review

Congo locates in the center of the continent and can be compared within the heart of Africa."The vision seemed to enter the house with me - the stretcher, the phantom-bearers, the wild crowd of obedient [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1951

Ode to a Grecian Urn by John Keats

Given the fact that Keats belongs to the Romanticist era that ushered in the enlightenment period, it is not surprising that most of his poetry tends to cross the borders of physical reality.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 963

Propaganda in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell

His greatest objective is to carry out the spreading of the revolution and to bring in the improvement of the general welfare of all the animals on the farm.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1181

Behavior for Zeus in Lucian’s “Zeus Cross-Examined”

Zeus' opponent, Cyniscus, succeeds in setting traps for the god and becomes the unquestionable winner of the argument due to his eloquence and because of Zeus' wrong conduct and the disadvantageous position he adopts in [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 641

Struggle of Women in Male Dominated Society

The men in the story have never accepted Minnie Wright's oppression as being the driving force of her killing the husband and how it led to a desperate act.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 649

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

The Concept of Myths in Cultures

A myth can be described as a story which explains something, an event or a certain situation in the world people live in, with people believing in it.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 474

Hills Like White Elephants Analysis

Hemingway wrote 'Hills like White Elephants' in the third-person perspective that restricts the tale to the words and actions of the characters.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1106

“The Wasteland” by Thomas Eliot

In the society stage, a critic looks at the significance/meaning of the poem in relation to the community for which the poem was written.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 5204

Shakespeare’s “Othello” and Miller’s “The Crucible”

The villains in both "Othello" and "The Crucible" are unique in their proficiency in the use of language for manipulating others and their ability to use the current setting for achieving their goals; Abigail is [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1534

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

Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway and War Experiences

The thesis of this paper is in the form of an argument to convince the readers that Krebs's laziness comes from his inability to adapt himself to the changing patterns of life, which society imposes [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1381

“Technoculture” Concept in Modern Fiction

The first is changes in the scope and uniqueness of the main sectors technology, information, and industry. In sum, the term and concept of "technoculture" reflect the essence of modern society and its overdependence on [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Lord of the Flies: Novel Analysis

The sinister nature of the novel is inferred in the title which derives from the Hebrew word, Ba'al-zvuv which means god of the fly, host of the fly or literally the Lord of Flies a [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 952

Sieg Heil! War Letters of Tank Gunner Karl Fuchs

The most significant parts in the book, as for me, is the description of the acquaintance with T-34, the best tank of the World War II, and the parts, when Karl tells about the books, [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1386