Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 41

In the beginning, Jimmy is painted as an indecisive person who has to deal with the pressure of war in Vietnam and nonreciprocating love from Martha.

In the novel, the main character's ability to use a narrative form of the dominant culture and undermine it with her story shows how the structure of domination of one culture over the other can [...]

It is the assumption of this paper that in both stories, the lack of detail concerning the reason why Trevor wanted to destroy the house of Mr.

This is one of the questions that are of great interest to this poet because she wants to show that memory is closely tied to imagination.

There is no doubt in the audience's mind that all the tricks that Antonio thinks of are his own and he only expects to have all the riches to himself.

In such a manner, the novel widens the concept of freedom and provides a new meaning of such words as arememory' and wouldisremember.' In particular, although Seth's new life is deprived of slavery, her memories [...]

This significantly changes how the characters are viewed wherein Abbas instead of being a victim becomes the redeemer with Hamida being the victim that Abbas is trying to redeem in the end.

Incidences of people living in 'bad' houses full of ghosts and evil spirits cropped up to support the existence of a link between the dead and the living.

This thought is said to be a central one for the story, and it is represented in the title. In addition to that, it is impossible to ignore the fact that The Story of an [...]

The girl believes that her eyes have turned blue, and she invents an imaginary friend who is always there and tells her that her eyes are the bluest in the world.

Overall, the protagonist of the book does not arouse sympathy because his actions were unreasoned, and he was unprepared for his adventure, which eventually caused him to die from poisoning in a forest.

Soon after that, the Nazis sent them to Auschwitz, but, because of the hardships of the way, only Eliezer and his father arrived there alive. That is how the author's attitude to and relations with [...]

In a way, he is a tool for the author to interject with his perspective of the events without disrupting the flow of the story. Liesel, as the story's central character and the titular Book [...]

For instance, he instructs Aerial to fly around the boat in which Antonio, Alonso and their acquaintances are, to cause a storm and consequent shipwreck, but finally manages to save all the occupants of the [...]

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.

He trained his sons on his approach to life and hoped they would follow and achieve his dream of success. Willy's life was a disappointment as he had the wrong ambitions and failed to teach [...]

This article focuses on the role played by inequality and morality in international politics based on Thucydides' depictions of the Athenians.

In conclusion, it is noteworthy that both teachings insist on a gradual process of learning and the use of meta-language in building a robust foundation of English.

We further analyze the individuals and how their actions and activities affect the society's social culture in relation to the post-colonial society of today.

The family pattern for the Blacks includes high fertility rates compared to the average Americans, with the Indians and the Hispanics also displaying the same.

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, [...]

Gibran's mother settled in Boston together with a young Gibran, his two younger sisters, and his half brother. Holland was a member of the European avant-garde-movement and he acted as a tutor and mentor to [...]

The role of a detective in the story is the main one, but the readers' focus is on the process of solving the mystery.

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, [...]

The story utilizes graphical language and imagery in the development of a sense of deceptive and persuasive nature and circumstances in the expansion of the symbolic approach of sustaining a condition of suspense. The imagery [...]

The frozen in time quality of the setting, combined with the images of "coquettish decay," underscore Miss Emily Grierson's inability to free herself from the memory of her father and of the past.

The effect of a mosaic society is that the cultures of the groups in that society tend to fade with practices that are more acceptable across the board remaining firm as the only ways the [...]

The Romantic era of art and literature is a movement which started in Europe at the end of the 18th century, peaking around the time between 1800 and 1840.

In this poem, the poet has used imagery to narrate his poem and depict the theme; a lot of imagery has been used in the entire poem from the first stanza to the last one.

Clearly, if we take into account the whole theme of Rand's novel, which depicts dystopian life in the United States during their being changed according to the ideas of planned economy, and the sufferings of [...]

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.

Ability to work and/or supervise oneself as a woman is also quietly depicted through the girl who is able to work in the absence of her father. Cather depicts most of the women in her [...]

He traces the journey of their notion of these languages from as early as the pre-Enlightenment period to the modern period. This move was driven by the belief that the native languages represented the fundamental [...]

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.

McCullers' approaches to presenting the aspects of the main character Frankie's development and awareness of herself as a woman depend on rejecting the traditional vision of the problem, and they can be discussed as rather [...]

Robert Durand does not demonstrate any signs of uncertainty in relation to the morality of the slave trade, and his position corresponds with the position of the French people regarding the nature of the slave [...]

The book explores and criticizes the manner in which evangelicals in the United States sought to control their destinies and their circumstances for the better part of 19th and 20th centuries1.

The first thesis is based on the historical context of the novel and I believe that the novel by Stevenson is a resonance of the frustration of many Victorian intellectuals of the stifling social norms [...]

One should note that Antoine Roquentin, who is the main character, is obsessed with the search of the meaning that the surrounding world should have. This is one of the main issues that Sartre examines [...]

In addition, Bynum's singing through the play provides a clear picture of his spiritual and cultural relationship with his African heritage.

The Guest: the similarities and differences The common feature of The Brothers Karamazov and The Guest is, on the one hand, the absurdity of existence.

Grant Farred is of the opinion that "Securing an ideological space for coloureds within the ranks of the disenfranchised and crafting an artistic vocabulary that can engage the problematic of racial ambiguity and ambivalent political [...]

From the name of the book, it is clear that the cardinal theme of the book is the American dream. This is contrary to the fact that she was pregnant and in a crack house.

In contrast, Joyce's "The Dead" criticizes the cultural imperialism that threatens the harmony of the Irish and the revival of the Irish language and culture.

This essay discusses the character of the Townspeople with regard to the development of the themes and plot of the story.

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 [...]

It is based on the book Guns, Germs and Steel: The fate of human societies by Jared Diamond, professor of Geography and Physiology at the University of California Los Angeles.

The truth is founded by a reading of the root of the reality in question where in every case the ensuing fact is an occulted form of the reading.

He worships the goddess of "hunting and chastity, Artemis and ignores Aphrodite, the goddess of love". Hippolytus is the favorite of this goddess as he prefers hunting and staying chaste and rejects worshipping the goddess [...]

In the case of the red meridian, the gang's agenda was to take complete control of the Mexicans and Native Americans.

Paul in the book of Romans says that Adam was a typology of Christ and that Christian baptism in the New Testament is represented by the salvation of mankind in the flood of Noah.

The business world has been abuzz with this concept of "the bottom of the pyramid" given the sheer size of this market.

In his novel One Day David Nicholls attempts to show that love is the best and probably the only way to overcome loneliness and discontent.

The Muse is the giver of gifts and in this case it is the gift to create words that are melodious to the ear but at the same time the power to move the hearts [...]

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 [...]

Writing for a living is a serious issue: on the one hand, it helps to improve the quality and efficiency of the writing tasks and, consequentially, speed up the economic and social progress.

The style is quite appropriate in the poem as it is used deliberately to advance the poet's motive. Whitman's use of symbolism is also notable in redefining the self to the modern times.

This paper will focus on the title of the story "The Things They Carried" and how it acts as a guide to the meaning of the story.

In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Poe portrays the Usher family as struggling to survive albeit in a gloomy manner that involves degradation, disease, and death."The Fall of the House of Usher" is [...]

One of the reasons why the story The Cask of Amontillado and the poem My Last Duchess are being commonly referred to, as such that represent a particularly high value, is that the narrative perspective [...]

Also rendering the issue of the fallen world and the supernatural elements within the realm of the ordinary, the plot of a Gothic novel is traditionally composed of mystery, elements of fear or terror and [...]

In its turn, this explains why, as opposed to what it happened to be the case with her mother, the Laura's sense of existential alienation has strongly defined tragic undertones to it.

Arguably, the sociopolitical and religious system of governance in Britain at the time was threatened by Machiavelli's Ideas of freedom from religious dictatorship and injustice in the society.

There is even more to it the deployment of stream-of-consciousness technique in The Dead, was also meant to encourage readers to consider the possibility that, contrary to the philosophical conventions of the 19th century, the [...]

One of the most difficult questions is, of course, what it is to be a human. These works contain the answer to one of the most important questions for the humanity.

As well, an action is "wrong" if it results in the opposite of happiness to the people. Mill's utilitarian theory can be used to assess the ethically of Jay Gatsby's action, as presented in the [...]

Before the woman could notify the buyer about the blemish in the cake, the buyer acknowledged before a crowd that she had baked the beautiful cake.

Herrington notes that this interchange serves as a cliffhanger to the reader and develops the plot leading to the climax where the two sing the same song as a sign of consensus.

Judging from the prologue that precedes the poem, the reader realizes that the author of "Lanval" was of French origin. The purpose of this essay is to carry out a close reading on lines 17 [...]

The review will take the form of an in depth analysis of part one of the whole poem before that, most imperatively, presents the plot of the poem including shading light into the flow.

The synthesis of old and new traditions in play writing contributes to the development of new genres that Shakespeare makes use of to reflect the historic and cultural context of his epoch.

The main theme was on the importance of the temple of the Lord and the need for people to get at the task of rebuilding the temple.

As the representative of the Harlem Renaissance, the author describes the life of Harlem community after the Second World War and the civil rights movement.

In the story called Women on the Margins, the recognized author Davis explores the three lives of seventeenth century women. Overall, all the women to a less or more extent were under the influence of [...]

On the other hand, Mina, who is portrayed as the typical modest and moral woman in the Victorian era, ends up being spared of criticisms and punishments in spite of her involvement with the Dracula [...]

In her novel Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid created the character who in many details reflects her own personal experience."The Tongue" is the most provocative because of its open frankness part of the novel.

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.

However, the authors insist that it is the corporate control that is threatening the running out of water."Corporate control of the world's water resources and distribution systems is a threat to the well-being of humans [...]

Although the government is unable to curb corruption and inequality in the society, it does not keenly solve the problem about Taiping movement but rather resorts to killing the supporters of the movement.

Jackson was on the quest to save his grandmother's regalia at the pawn shop and he indulged in different ventures to get the money the pawnbroker had requested.

This essay seeks to argue that Finkel, in his story, is telling the truth and to this end, a critical evaluation of the elements that define a war story shall be carried out before an [...]

Auden uses the motifs of mourning and the loss of the sense of life after the lover's death for representing the idea similar to that developed in Bradstreet's poem.

However, these immigrants have had to bear the brunt of rejection and cultural shock in the land of opportunities. Nonetheless, the story is different with their children, who have to try hard to achieve divided [...]

His wish is to live a life in which there is always an interaction with the nature, where he can experience the fruits of the nature.

For contemporary audiences yet delight in the satire of Lysistrata, the farcical comedy of manners in which the themes of national war and peace, and yes, even war and peace between the sexes, all receive [...]

Unlike other types of calligraphy, the Chinese calligraphy is more of painting where characters are used as a tool of communication and to express what the artists' spiritual world is like.

Helen is genuinely willing to help poor people and she even offers money to the Basts, but she is so generous because she has never had to earn her living.

It is important to note that the idea of the differences in culture between the East and the West can be traced back to the early Roman times in which there was an increasing opinion [...]

The social revolution of the thirties had a lasting impact in shaping the social and cultural intelligentsia of America, the play Waiting for Lefty is definitive discourse on the ills of capitalism and the reasons [...]

The Umuofia society is religious as it is characterized by the worship of Chuckwu the chief the god, spirits and the ancestors.

Maracle's Ravensong is a story of who a number of Natives were treated by Whites in the late 1950s; it is not about some general facts and events, it is a lesson that some Natives [...]

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

Both poets suffered from depression that influenced the themes of poems in Praise to the End by Theodore and Ariel by Sylvia.

Variation in the expectations and delivery of love is the cause of hurt and mistrust. To her, love is pain and joy at the same time.

Catullus belonged to a generation of poets who dubbed themselves the neoterics, normally translated as "the modems," a moniker derived from the Greek term "neoterikos," who borrowed heavily from the school of poetry that originated [...]

Ha Jin is a Chinese novelist currently living in the US and the author of the book Saboteur, Saboteur is about a young man, Mr.

The use of foregrounding is evident in this line and has been used to draw the readers' attention to the subject matter and his stance on the issue.

The opening scene of the play 'The Importance of Being Earnest", the reader is introduced to highly stylized, exaggerated and unrealistic world.

Children literature deserves lots of attention; it provides the reader with an opportunity to investigate the worlds of different people, analyze oneself, and comprehend each piece of information because of such features as a friendly [...]

Not that the chain is of any importance to Fanny no; she uses it to cover her romantic feelings and this is self-deception.

It is possible to give different questions, and in my opinion, the idea to united water and the issue of death is one of the most brilliant steps in this poem. It is possible to [...]

After spending some time in this neighborhood, Nick finally attends Gatsby's exuberant parties only to realize that Gatsby organizes these parties to impress Daisy, Nick's cousin, and wife to Tom.

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.

She is best known for her recurrent theme on the status of women in societal affairs, the challenges and problems facing them as well as repression and gender bias."The story of an hour" is rhetorically [...]

Although the setting for the song was in a field of barley the reader can easily sense that the composer wanted everyone to know that he is a lover of nature.

In order to identify the actual reasons for Iago's hatred to Desdemona and Othello, the author makes use of his own approach in analyzing the play through the prism of motives, plots, themes, and character [...]

Since the concept of identity has been traditionally considered abstract and more often collective, the present stage of socio-linguistic study marks the revelation of individual identities and group identity features in a separate individual clearly, [...]

In the "Two Kinds" there is some love between the mother and daughter. This love is depicted in the way the mother prevails upon her daughter to succeed in her studies.

Critics argue that Sammy quit his job, to become a hero in the presence of the girls. Sammy decided to quit because of the girls who had attracted his attention.

Wes Moore, his hewing, is the person who lived in the same neighborhood as the author of the story, he went the same school, and it can be said that he experienced all the life [...]

Apart from the Monk, who incorporates the features of a typical fatalist, which have been blown to cosmic proportions, the Knight plays the role of a person who uses common sense to analyze the role [...]

Although very common in the literature, the play portrays the character of Dr. This essay explores the concept of anti-heroism and demonstrates how the character of Doctor Faustus is an antihero.

The symbol of the street-car carriage described in Emilia Pardo Bazan's short story reflects the desire of the people to represent themselves as belonging to the higher class and to overcome the challenges of the [...]

In the book, Natsume Soseki brings out the upheaval of the Meiji period as he relates to the tales of a stray cat probing deeper into the lives of human beings and fellow cats living [...]

Meanwhile Caesar's son, Octavius, the heir to the throne, decides to avenge for his father's killing which leads to the deaths of the chief conspirators, Cassius and finally Brutus.

This shows that the woman presented to us has a strong character that enables her to deal with the enormous loss in her life.

In Chapter Three of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the protagonist attempts to make sense of the nonsensical elements of female history, namely, how it could be that "in Athena's city, where women [...]

The author, Alan Bennet has demonstrated his expertise in play writing through the interesting and fascinating nature of the play. The development and nature of the play, "The History Boys" is really admirable and eye [...]

This paper will analyze the character of Ruth Gruber by focusing on two themes: the idea of inspiration and hope restoration and the notion of truth telling according to the book "Haven: The Dramatic Story [...]

The main theme of the book is the importance of nature to the life and well-being of man. To explain the nature principle, Louv says, "The Nature Principle is about the power of living in [...]