Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 41

In this essay, the author seeks to confirm that in the two books, the role of the devil is the same.

Overall, it is possible to say that Diaz's account and The Broken Spears are more credible because the authors of these narratives had no incentive to justify their actions or conceal facts from the audience. [...]

On the arrival of her sister- Dee, she was not coming in the courtyard to her mother to greet and welcome her sister.

The car reminds readers of the good time the two brothers had before Henry participated in the war and the effects he carried along with him when the war was over.

The few times I have been forced to speak in front of a group, I have made a mess of it.

The main characters of the play are the members of a royal family, the rulers of the city of Thebes, King Oedipus and his wife Jocasta.

The reason for this is apparent as the novella's plot unravels, Ivan Ilych grows ever more aware of the fact that it was his willingness to conform to the society's standards of arespectability' that eventually [...]

The Great Gatsby is a story of a young man in the early twentieth century who seems to know what he wants in the way of that dream and what to do to achieve it.

In the 2004 film, 'A Cinderella Story' by Mark Rosman, the story takes a similar approach as the traditional folk tale with the exception of some added elements in the modified story.

The other Wes Moore chronicles the life stories of two African American boys Wes Moore, The Author, and The Other Wes Moore.

This paper aims to summarize the plot of the novel, to discuss the central themes and the main characters, and to provide a personal review of the book.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the contents of the story, its main characters, and reflect on the changes that have occurred in the past 50 years.

Finny liked to jump from a tree into the nearby river and encouraged Gene to do the same even though he was scared of it.

In this essay, the summary of the narrative and description of the main characters and themes will be provided. The protagonist of the story, Janie Crawford, is a very na ve and dreamy girl who [...]

This is a young man who decided to go in search of his "I" because he wished to know the essence of the world and acquire wisdom.

The application of imagery and symbolism in this piece of work begins with symbolization of the Old general depicts the reawakening of the characters upon being motivated by the actions of the other person.

The ruler of Egypt and his family are instrumental to the worship of the God and the Sun, setting an example for all people. Another significant point of the poem is that it makes the [...]

The phrase emphasizing on the age of the sheets is repeated to reinforce a negative attitude about the room. However, in the play the sun does not fall representing the destruction of hope in the [...]

Like Tom, Blanche in the book of Street Car Named Desire, is loyal to her sister who is the only member of her family that we come across.

In his work Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality, Patrick Sharkey provides facts to support the idea that the obvious racial inequality exists, especially in the urban neighborhoods, [...]

Although the characters of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie are different in their perception of the world and their actions, all of them prefer the world of illusions instead of reality in order to cope [...]

Although Crane's stories are imaginary, the reader can picture houses and the community in 'The Monster' or the town of Yellow Sky in 'The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky.' He vividly describes the living conditions [...]

A key indicator of the dysfunction is the inability to talk and lack of communication of feelings among the couples. In fact, he uses the nouns like the mother, the father, the dog, the doctor, [...]

Therefore, the fact that, while sitting by the fireplace with his wife, Updike felt suddenly amorous, cannot be thought of as a proof of him being a romantic individual, but rather an indication of the [...]

It is necessary to state that this department is opposed to the inclusion of this book in the seventh grade curriculum and argues that these students are not old enough to understand this book according [...]

Enoch Emery is one of the main characters of the book who can be discussed as the opponent to the main protagonist Hazel Motes because of the drives which direct their lives.

They do not necessarily have to be from noble family backgrounds as in the case of Aristotelian tragedies. If this play is, therefore, performed in accordance to the dictates of traditional drama, most of the [...]

The author makes it known to the audience that the character is essential to the story, and that arouses a sense of curiosity in the readers.

The unstable Indian leadership in the Old India A key issue that characterized the prehistoric Indians, according to the perceptions of Kipling, was the absence of a formal leadership in the lifestyle of the Indians.

He is considered one of the most influential agitators for change in the social order in the history of activism in America. The poem highlights the plight of the Negro in the USA.

In the footnote, he informs his readers that the main figure in the poem is a trickster and a teacher who lived in the legends of the Blackfoot Indians of southern Alberta.

According to Glazer and Williams, authors argue that their compositions are built of strong materials, and the likes and dislikes of children cannot be used as a basis for determining the quality of the literature.

This is one of the main issues that can be singled out since it is important for understanding the actions of the protagonist who wants to understand the reasons why she is reduced to the [...]

The two pieces of work that will be the main area of concern in this analysis are 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'Oliver Twist'. He speculated about the nature of messages that he sent [...]

There is another major theme that connects both thinkers in their views and it is the unexplained nature of love. Humanity is not the one that created love; people are simply the receivers and givers.

First, the reader is introduced to Hatim as he is walking into Chez Nous, a famous club occupying one of the larger rooms in the lower floor of the Yacoubian building.

The tone of the poem is one of anger and, at the same time, pride. The message that the reader is left with is that the singer discussed in the poem had died deep down [...]

The book is about the self and individuality of the people and how these have resulted to inequity in the society.

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 [...]

This event appears to be a seminal one in the life of the author, as the social theme of marriage plays out very much in several of Jane Austen's novels, including Emma, and Sense and [...]

The book focuses on the role of the Muslim woman, the rights that are accorded to her by the Muslim religion as well as the place of the Muslim woman in this century as she [...]

The love of a soldier is seen in the way he fights for king and country. He is the son of a king but his father is not the one he currently serves.

The absence of insurrection among the slaves in Southampton helped in propagating the belief that the slaves under the care of their white masters were satisfied.

To understand the peculiarities of the main character's vision of himself, it is necessary to focus on the first paragraphs of the novel in which Botchan introduces himself with accentuating the definite events of his [...]

This is the issue of the crisis that academic philosophy is currently facing and the need to reconstruct the discipline in order for it to remain relevant.

Baldrick's 'In Frankenstein's Shadow' is an indispensable input to what is promptly gaining primacy as decisive and learned compromise regarding the integral nature of Mary Shelly's narrative to the comprehension of the two concepts of [...]

The concept found in book, World is flat, is a series of transformation described as "world flatteners" which are said to have occurred in the economic and business sectors which have significantly contributed to equalization [...]

The poet describes how the musician sways to the rhythm of the blues and the emotional uplifting he gets out of the experience.

The use of pictures to create a given mood to the mind of the child reader is important as the child can closely follow the story and understand.

The Death of Artemio Cruz critically analyzes the shortcomings of the revolution in Mexico and looks into the history and prospects of the country by examining different aspects of the community, beliefs and politics.

In the book, Amy Chua discusses the phenomenon of "market dominant minorities, which are believed to be the Jews in Russia, whites in Zimbabwe, Indians in Fiji and East Africa, and the Chinese community in [...]

At the beginning of the myth, Gilgamesh decides to conquer the jungle's beast, Humbaba. The myth of Gilgamesh is a well-known literary piece.

The essays give a deeper meaning between the things that Faulkner borrowed from the real world and merged with the things that he espoused in his way of life.

Additionally, his immigrant status requires him to uphold the standards as well as the culture of the country that he lives in an aspect that portrays his hybrid identity.

In the poem, What it's like to be a Black Girl, Smith explores the issue of racism in a jagged society.

Overall, it is possible to argue that the each of the protagonists has a very complex inner world, but it is revealed only to the readers, but to other people.

Through the humor and empathy implemented in the novel, the characters that embody two Nazi soldiers are given human faces instead of the sole image of a murderer.

In fact, the hard language in the narration and the twists and turns of the story make the man seem like a sideshow.

Despite the fact that the Tale and the Prologue revolve around the issue of morality most of the time, the two stories manage to touch upon a range of other issues, among which the one [...]

Another ironic thing in the book is the character of the person who is described as being a pioneer in the atomic bomb.

Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story which makes the reader feel fear, depression and guilt from the very first page and up to the final scene.

This paper will examine the form and structure of the poem, the tone of the writer, and the themes that Emily Dickenson explores or emphasizes in her work.

In this case, the visit to the supermarket reveals Jack's true nature as an American who is proud of his way of life, and the satisfaction he feels after buying goods from the supermarket.

In the Story "The man to send rain clouds" by Silko, the central conflict is lack of rain or drought. Culturally the two believed that when the old man dies, he is capable of sending [...]

After killing the albatross who was suppose to provide them with wind, all the people in the ship died but he managed to survive because he had asked God to forgive him all the sins [...]

The authors managed to observe and expose the apparent follies and the corruption of the morals in the society for the period of the neoclassical era.

The imagery of the poem, its language, and structure are the main elements that help the author to convey his meaning and feelings for Lucy. One of the things that catch the attention of the [...]

In the play, the author creates the unity of setting so as to underscore the feeling that the main heroine Nora is the prisoner of her life.

By presenting the portrayal of Mina as the one belonging to the New Women generation, the author provides an example of the Victorian woman that is capable of resisting the devil's seduction.

In the Inferno, Virgil is a guide and the voice of reason in the poem. He is a mentor and protector in several instances and ensures that Dante sticks to the mission.

In the article "Diet for a Warmer Planet" Julia Whitty presents two specific ideas: that it is necessary to reduce the global carbon footprint made by humanity in order to prevent adverse climate change and [...]

Das is not willing to acknowledge the fact that her marriage proved to be a complete failure, and she can be partly blamed for this outcome.

The Setting in Robinson Crusoe and Paradise Lost: The Town of Hull and Heaven as Harbingers of Disobedience, Defiance, and Revolt The setting at the beginning of Paradise Lost and Robinson Crusoe provide a fertile [...]

The return to the lighthouse is used to show the change of characters that was realized after the death of Mrs.

This piece of work will give a review of the novel in regard to what the story is about and the various perspectives that can be derived from the author's arguments.

Although he is a philosophic wise man, the thrilled experience in Africa forces Marlow to take a different course in terms of his character. His curiosity and intelligence motivates him to explore Africa where he [...]

The first stanza of the song heaps a lot of praises on the girl's beauty and the extent of loneliness she is in.

The dog that accompanies the man is also indifferent to the man even though it seems to be have more aware of the danger posed by travelling in that kind of weather than the man [...]

The woman in her story goes against the tradition of the time and triumphs by challenging it and gaining a new self-identity. The author uses this story to address the issue of women oppression that [...]

Critics such as William Merritt Sale argue that Homer's purpose in creating the mythic poem of The Odyssey was to represent the inherent struggle of the human condition when faced with the choice between the [...]

Yes, that one there, pick it up and use it to wade through the waters Remember to be cautious enough, and let not your hand pass over the waters of death Yes that is okay, [...]

As the visitors attend the school, the novel depicts the way the protagonist changes in the course of his final year.

In this paper, we are going to focus on the two basic literary devices used by the author which contribute to the in-depth understanding of the themes and motives of the play.

Miller in "Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown: Cynicism or Meliorism" states that critics have shared the feeling that Hawthorne's story intends to express the move from the relationship between God and man that is brokered through [...]

The first allegory used in the book is the one of the Monkey King who was a great person, who was recognized by gods from the very first moment of his birth, and who worked [...]

The meaning of the title and of the poem itself is one of the most captivating issues, which have to be analyzed in this work: Eliot tries to unite past, present, and future into one [...]

However, while Wollstonecraft approaches the solution to the problem from the educational viewpoint and claims that the key to a successful and full-fledged participation of woman in social and family life lays in proper education, [...]

Unfortunately, he does not have the courage to handle a gun; consequently, he uses the gun for the wrong reasons and shoots a mule dead as he practices how to pull the trigger.

It gives a chance for the author to compare and contrast many elements of the book including his external state as a character in the book and the stream of conscious in his narration.

This study argues that Achebe's portrayal of women in his books was influenced by changes in society, which started of having little regard for the real value of women to a time when women were [...]

Throughout his entire voyage he is exposed to the brutality of the European attitudes and the rules of colonialism. The colonial activities are given a harsh image by the author of the novella.

It is remarkable that in the Italian tradition, the structure of the poem would have been different, with a tercet instead of two lines at the end; the English tradition, however, presupposes that the tercet [...]

In a world where people are held back because of their talents, and their intelligence is marred by the social rules of all people being the same, Harrison refuses to succumb to the pressure and [...]

In "The Lord of the Rings", Gandalf the Grey is an important character who plays a significant role towards the success of the protagonists.

Thus, referring to Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, the reader can focus on the extremely emotional description of the person's feelings related to the ideas of suicide, responsibility, and guilt because Sensei, the protagonist of the novel, [...]

The dream is a premonition of danger that is ahead; although she dreams after fighting with her friend Tia, it also represents her conscience because her friend despises her during the ordeal. However, the dream [...]

Another aspect of satire in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is the wealth associated with Gatsby, as the reader observes in chapter two.

The very movement brings back the fleur of the England of the XVIII century, to "Southern-Gothic imp of Poe-etic perverse" with all its ideas of Gothic culture and the features that are due only to [...]

However, when the oracle instructs that Ikemefuna is to be killed, Okonkwo severs his head with a machete even despite the fact that he is warned by the elder that he did not need to [...]

Life is particularly intriguing and complicated especially when looking at the choices that people make in life in the light of the story, "Life Is a Smorgasbord", by Dan Lewis.

That is to say, indigenous literature is communal since it attempts to heal psychological wounds caused among the natives in the process of colonization, and the main goal of communalism is to heal native communities [...]

Oscar Wilde's comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, is a satire of everything stuffy and constrictive in the 19th and early 20th century. The play explores the theme of the relations between the sexes.

The major themes of the story is that people can sometimes get more of what they bargained for in helping someone, that the reality of the world is very perceptive and individual, and that fiction [...]

This fascination with the contradictions between the visible and the concealed aspects of personality and behavior is a reflection of Wilde's stated goal for the play.

The persona cannot afford to miss class taking care of the children the wife is the one supposed to attend to the children.

The book notes that when the Jews were forced into the concentration camps, Elie and his family remained calm and obeyed every directive from their oppressors. The author attributed the enmity among the Jews to [...]

Through this, she gained wisdom and proper methods of delivering the message to the world. The reason attributed to this is that one's status is a result of his past thoughts and feelings.

It is in the beauty of the song that the beauty of the girls voice forms the presentation of the melancholic presentation of imaginations left on the listener and transferred to the audience of the [...]

Without their knowledge, the meeting between Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey marks the beginning of a relationship that is the center of attraction in the book by EL James.

Based on an examination of the book, it is the opinion of the reader that the portrayal of the brilliance and personality of John Forbes Nash, Jr.is to a certain extent fiction mixed with a [...]

It can also be stated that the novel itself has distinct religious overtones as evidenced by Santiago's reference to the crucifixion in the scene where the sharks came to eat the body of the marlin.

This divergence in the acceptance of what is said to them between the younger and older versions of Oedipus is based on the fact that the older version of Oedipus had developed a considerable degree [...]

The major strength of the book is that the raiding mission that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden is described by a person who was part of the team conducting the operation.

Edgar died in Baltimore and the cause of his death was not clear. Edgar, in his element, overcame challenges and established a literary legacy that has stood the test of time.

During a long period of time the institute of slavery in such country as the United States of America was considered as the main controversial issue which influenced the social, economical, and political development of [...]

The first line in the book is a claim that the amount of food wasted by Americans in a single day can fill the Rose Bowl stadium. Towards the end of the book, the author [...]

It turns out that the only pure love Dorian experiences is love to art, not to a woman. Dorian is deprived of the ability to love a woman.

The secondary problem is related to an ethical dilemma with regards to the responsibility of the husband to provide and care for the family.

The story opens as the man and the woman sit in the shade of the station cafe, discussing what to drink to cool them down from the oppressive heat.

In the novel Black Rain, the author narrates the manner in which the life of Yasuko that was altered forever as a result of the Hiroshima bombing.