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How Do I Love Thee, Let me Count the Ways

The most stimulant reason for the selection of the poem comes from its touchy phrases that explain the need to appreciate and put all the love to the most high, the creator of everything, the [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 576

Maya Angelou’s Journey Towards Acceptance of Self

In this paper, I will aim to confirm the soundness of namely Walker's suggestion, while pointing out to the fact that, by the end of Angelou's novel, Maya did not only become fully self-aware individual, [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1162

Mythological and Modern-Day Heroes

Myths and other forms of literature were the tools that the community used to pass the deeds of the heroes from one generation to the other.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 780

The Emperor of Ice Cream

In the mentioned stanza the action takes place in the kitchen of the deceased woman for the purpose of depicting her concupiscent way of life by means of the presence of muscular man preparing an [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 539

Warriors Don’t Cry

It is because of these social issues that Africans could not develop compared to the whites The main reason why Melba together with her friends was persistent in staying in Central High was to promote [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 921

Novella “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver

Prior to advancing any hypothesis about this issue, it is crucially important to understand the functions of the story-teller in any work of literature and discuss the personality of the narrator, who embodies certain stereotypes [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Influences
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

A Simple Story by S.Y. Agnon

He significantly influenced the development of Hebrew literature by means of the frequent usage of literary techniques. These techniques assist in helping the reader to comprehend the atmosphere of the story and enter the characters' [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien

The main theme of "The Things They Carried" by O'Brien is the events that were happening during the Vietnam War. It is a compelling short story of the Vietnam War.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 991

Ulysses by James Joyce

The encyclopaedic narrative does not lead to a climax in a story like the way the narrative style does to give a lesson or meaning of the story.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1407

Should the Obama Generation Drop Out? by Charles Murray

Although Murray emphasizes an importance of the reforms of the educational system, the information in his essay provides the description of the inability of many students to deal with college-level material and incapability to pay [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

An Analysis of “The Minister’s Black Veil”

Reverend Hooper was the chief protagonist in the story, The Ministers Black veil. Wearing the veil was the main cause of alienation from the villagers, congregation and his bride to be Elizabeth.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Star”

A long side his physical and cultural evolution religious, traditional and scientific theories have been put forward during different epochs of the history of humankind which attempts to explain the origin of the universe and [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 669

A Clockwork Orange: Setting and Literary Devices

The role of setting in Anthony Burgess's dystopic novel A Clockwork Orange can be defined in a similar manner even though it does not immediately affect the way in which novel's characters address existential challenges, [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1662

Learning to See & Learning to Listen

Thesis statement: learning to listen is easy as compared to learning to see but hard to perfect. Even though it is the easiest approach to learning, listening remains the hardest skill to perfect as compared [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 668

Hamlet Is More Resilient Character Than King Oedipus

As soon as the notorious prophecy of him murdering his father and marrying his mother is made aware to him, Oedipus runs away from his foster parents, being under the assumption that they are his [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1105

The “Sylvia and Aki” Book by Winifred Conkling

The incorporation of two distinctive perspectives on the events transpiring in the book, namely, those of the Mendez and Munemitsus families, also contributes to reinforcing the powerful message that the book conveys: "Every child deserves [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 650

Opus of Love, Sacrifice, and Irony

The lack of amenities in the apartment is a stark contrast to Jim and Della's affection for one another. This portrayal emphasizes the depth of Della's love for Jim and draws attention to the theme [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1194

The Poem “They Shut Me Down in Prose” by Dickinson

The author flirts with people who want to limit her to writing, and she laughs at them and the scenario they have created. She inspires the reader to resist society's pressures and act only in [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 506

Hermeneutics in Capó’s and Acevedo’s Literature

Due to the combination of realism and symbolism in the horizon and the world in which people lived at the time, the book is imbued with the contradiction between the American and Cuban worlds.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 723

Hamlet: A New Type of Independent Thinker

Hamlet considers the plan to disturb Claudius and convince the audience of his guilt distracting attention from prayer and confession. Such innovations permeate the entire text, which allows the reader to assert that Hamlet did [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 403

“Mrs. Caliban” by Ingalls: Book Core Analysis

The concept of surrealism is understood as a direction in bourgeois contemporary art, the purpose of which was to know the depths of the human subconscious, familiarize ourselves with supernatural phenomena and create a different [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 922

Shakespeare’s Relevance Nowadays

Shakespeare's themes are eternal, and his accurate portrayal of people's motivations and feelings offers an understanding of human nature and behavior. Shakespeare created hundreds of new words, phrases, ideas, and grammatical structures for the English [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 337

The “Thunderhead” Novel by Neal Shusterman

The present essay is dedicated to the analysis of the second book of the series, Thunderhead. It thinks about it in the following manner: "when the brutality of the dance overwhelms the beauty.the future is [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1182

The Work “Letter on Inoculation” by Voltaire

Voltaire is a French writer and philosopher whose work "Philosophical Letters" has become one of the greatest works of the eighteenth century."Letter on Inoculation" contains arguments on vaccination at the time when the English adapted [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 430

The Meaning of Culture: Analysis

Chapter three in the book by Trompenaars and Woolliams, named "Riding the Waves of Culture," provides the necessary information about the culture and its aspects.
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 288

The “Prisoner on the Hell Planet” Comic Book by Art Spiegelman

It is apparent that Art's relation to Anja is one of immense sorrow, uncertainty, and loneliness, and that his reactions to the Holocaust mimics this relationship with his mother's memories which is a graphical representation [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

The Book “Freedom Summer” by Bruce Watson

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.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1186

Setting in the “Parable of the Sower”

This is because it helps to outline the picture of what is happening more clearly for the reader and contributes to the formation of the general mood of the narrative.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 399

Close Reading of “Men We Reaped” by Jesmyn Ward

Ward's "Men We Reaped" is a synthesis of significant social problems, from the fragility of African-American men and family responsibility to the difficulties of living simultaneously in the black and white worlds."Men We Reaped" is [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

Women’s Role in “The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald

Though the women in the novel are depicted as careless, treacherous, and selfish, the author uses them to underscore the power of the will to rebel against societal norms in pursuit of happiness.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 933

“A Rose for Emily” by Faulkner

In conclusion, A Rose for Emily is an excellent example of the Southern Gothic genre. A Rose for Emily illustrates the Southern Gothic genre by reating it to Homer's murder.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1391

“Bhagavad Gita”: The Reading Reflection

The plot of the Gita unfolds within the framework of a conversation between Arjuna, the prince of the Pandavas, and Krishna, his guide, charioteer, and the supreme God incarnate.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 387

Quote Explanation From “The Epic of Gilgamesh”

This is the task worthy of a hero because, in order to acquire the previous cedar logs for the monument, the characters would have to travel to the faraway forest guarded by the dreaded giant [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Romanticism in Modern Ecological Literature

The current efforts by humans to safeguard the environment, coupled with the onset of ecological literature, not only indicates that romanticism never disappeared but also proves that the romantics were right. The artists were critical [...]
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1629

Miller’s Death of a Salesman vs. Wilson’s Fences

The two characters, Willy Lowman and Troy Maxon, can get a lot of challenges and fences in their quest to achieve the American Dream. One common idea in the two plays, Fences and the Death [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 638

The Poem “Still, I Rise” by Maya Angelou

The person addressed by "you" in the poem is the oppressor of the Woman. The Woman tells her oppressor that she will rise like dirt despite the unfair treatment she receives.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 113

The Short Story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury

The wife stays at home with the offspring, Peter and Wendy, while the husband is at work; it accounts for the difference in their perception of the nursery's home effect.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 304

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

Protagonist in “The Dreamer” by Junot Díaz

One of Junot D az's works is the essay The Dreamer, which tells the reader about the story of his mother. The protagonist of the work is the author's mother, whose actions, in turn, are [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 650

Analysis of “Hanging Fire” by Audre Lorde

I think that the irony, demonstrating how issues of the girl are directly related to the mother's relationship with her is, used effectively.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 281

“Mrs. Sen” Short Story Analysis

It is also likely that the relationship between Eliot's mother and her neighbors is sour. Sen is a responsible person and knows how to take care of children.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 310

Short Story as Preferred Genre of Literature

They are written in a simple language, and they are usually direct to the point. As a result, the audience develops a satisfaction with a narration that takes the readers to the fantasy world, making [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 379

Addiction in Sexton’s, Marshall’s, Flynn’s Poems

The poems The Addict by Anne Sexton, Habitual by Nate Marshall, and Philip Seymour Hoffman by Nick Flynn, address the issue from the psychological perspective as an inner struggle within a person.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Hubris (Pride) of Odysseus and Oedipus

This paper aims to examine the myths of Odysseus and Oedipus from the unifying idea of hubris. The hero becomes a hostage to circumstances and incurs the wrath of the gods.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 401

Mood in Poe’s “The Masque of Red Death” Short Story

Edgar Alan Poe's short story The Masque of Red Death is a unique piece, allowing the reader to experience Gothic fiction and analyze death's inevitability through the author's allegoric instruments.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 389

A Feminist Life Lesson in “Sula” by Toni Morrison

This essay is going to review gender and love and sexuality as the key themes that intertwined with Nel and Sula's friendship, while also explaining how these influenced each of the two main characters. On [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1182

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London: Man and Nature

By describing the protagonist's challenges and his death at the end of the story, the writer emphasizes the power of nature and its indifference towards an individual's life.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 285

Navajo Stories: Changing Woman Myth

Furthermore, from this story, the reader will learn about the special relationship of Navajo to the stars, the constellations of which provide the life principles and values of the people.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 892

Daughter of Destiny Book by Benazir Bhutto

The writer puts forth the information concerning the state of the transparency of the Pakistani Government and the corruption claims that warranted her father's death. The writer's mother is instrumental in her journey of faith [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: Poem Analysis

For instance, in the seventh stanza of the poem, the author appeals to the reader by encouraging them to rediscover their fascination with a blackbird instead of drowning in dreams of a "golden bird".
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

Character’s Psychology in “Jazz” by Toni Morrison

Whether it be on her talks of achievement or the information that she can burn a cigarette in his attendance with no harming her image, it is obvious so as to what Selden and Lily [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 30
  • Words: 8207

Biblical Analysis of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

Thus, the essay will consider the short story from a Biblical perspective and demonstrate that O'Connor's short story introduces Biblical allusions to critique people's attitude to Christianity. Thus, the author tries to demonstrate that religion [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 323

“The Awakening” by Kate Chopin

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin published in 1899. The novel is an earlier work of feminism as it shows a woman’s search for identity by rejecting oppressive social norms.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 893

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

Human Nature in Shakespearean Tragedy “Hamlet”

Soliloquies maintain significant place in the play Hamlet, which start with the beginning of the play, and chase the protagonist almost near the close of the end of the play.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1210

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in Cervantes’ Novel

Cervantes was, of course, one of the first to notice the disparities between his Sancho and this unsavory imitation, and he defended his character in Don Quixote, Part I portrays master-knight relations between Don Quixote [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1689

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges: Piece of Postmodern

The book Labyrinths is the collection of short stories written by Borges, and it is one of the most vivid examples of postmodern literature where realty is combined with the author's imagination producing the elements [...]
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589