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Shevek’s Character in “The Dispossessed” Analysis

Anarres oppressed Shevek, deducting the works under the collectivistic idea that nothing belongs to anyone, and everything belongs to everyone: "And the hand that you reach out is empty, as mine is.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 400

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

With regard to the underlying framework of the book, Anderson presents the Black community of the United States as the main victim of American society and historical development through the decades.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1531

Temporal Perspective in Fiction

This paper focuses on the perspectives of time in the following books Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, The Time and the Conways by JB Priestley, and The Dragon by Ray [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2775

The Reflection of Twain’s Views on Racism in Huck Finn

One of the most problematic aspects in the novel that potentially can make readers think that Twain's attitude toward slavery and racism is not laudable is the excessive usage of the n-word by all sorts [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

Baldur “Shadow” Moon Analysis

Thus, the means of his journey can be presented by Shadow's adaptability stemming from his neutrality and the ability to act as an intermediary.
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 353

“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern Review

The theme of magic always intrigues and fascinates millions of readers, and a circus is probably the first place that comes to mind when a person thinks about magic.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 397

Female Tragic Characters Analysis

The Darker Face of the Earth play written by Rita Dove is based on Oedipus Rex and has a similar plotline and characters in a different setting.
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

The Iliad: Religion and Beliefs

Homer offers a variety of shades of religious consciousness, and many of the plot elements used by the author indicate a social interpretation of the divine cult and the introduction of human beliefs into the [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Is Shakespeare’s Hamlet Really Crazy?

According to the first one, Hamlet pretends to be mad, so that he is not taken seriously and is not considered as dangerous, under the guise of a madman, he can say anything.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

“Genesis” in Galeano’s the Memory of Fire

Thus, the variety of protagonists presented in the book is distinctive, and each story is told from the perspective of this or that character and their vision.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

Voltaire’s “Candide”: An Overview of the Work

Some of the ideas that the novella challenges are related to wealth, love, and virtue. At the beginning of the book Pangloss tells Candide that God is entirely good and would not abandon his own.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Jonathan Swift, “Gulliver’s Travels”

The ideas presented in the novel seem to be rather sceptical (problems of the narrative style) satire of European culture and politics.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 870

Progress and Poverty Book by Henry George

George wrote the book following his recognition that poverty is the central puzzle of the 20th century. Thus, George's allegation is inconsistent with nature because the number of living organisms can increase to the extent [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2206

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

“What the Dead Know” Analysis

Martinez's story demonstrates the conflict between the brutal honesty of the resurrected dead and the unprepared minds of the living, who were unable to reject the established societal rules.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 399

The Politics of Vision Book by Linda Nochlin

They persuade the public and are involved in politics by highlighting the feelings and the plight of the society members. However, the ideas portrayed by the ancient artists remain the same and are crucial in [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 575

The Veldt and “The Lottery”: Insights and Value

Both The Veldt and The Lottery are stories that dive deep into the topic of human nature, traditionalism vs.modernization, and the notion of family that can have various meanings and aspects.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1476

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

Despite the many pieces of evidence of virtue, they look paltry compared to the description of weaknesses in the main character of the story, Dimmesdale.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 325

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

Caribbean Society Through the Lens of Literature

As a result, approximately a million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean, with about half of them arriving in the British Caribbean. Her books are on the African diaspora in the Caribbean as a [...]
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2492

Achilles’ Traits and Greeks’ Perception of Heroism

The character traits of Achilles reveal how the Greeks view heroism and outline their values such as fearlessness and fame. The Greeks acknowledged their desire for fame and honor, just like Achilles, who the Myrmidons [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 437

Autobiographical Writing by Women of Different Cultures

In doing as such, this book stands up to the separation points inside the women's activist sisterhood and offers a considered evaluate of the women' development in Middle East from the inside.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1214

Description Book “Sophie Scholl and the White Rose”

In 1942, Sophie and other members of the group began to distribute anonymous leaflets which they used to urge the Germans to stand up and fight against fascism by resisting the government.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 946

“A Defense of Poetry” Essay by Shelley

In the 21st century, the population of the planet has grown so rapidly that management technologies and the achievements of psychology are used to convince people.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 830

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

Gothic Aspects of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

This paper aims to identify and discuss O'Connor's understanding of the good and the evil in the religious context, based on the A Good Man Is Hard to Find plot and characters.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 306

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Turning Sorrow Into Meaning

In the novel, the culprit for the destruction of Okonkwo's personality, the disintegration of the clan, which Elder Mbata speaks of in the second passage, the destruction of family ties and religion, is the person [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Morality and Humane Traits in Huckleberry Finn

The most important one, in the presence of which it is possible for the author to commit a legal crime, is the fact that doing otherwise would cross my own ethical values.
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

Ancient Egyptian and Greece Literature

The history of literature began in the Bronze Age with the invention of writing in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. In Egypt, hieroglyphs and the similarity of drawings were used for writing.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 672

Feelings and Logic in the Literature Works

In his short story, Poe covers the side of the senses and the rigor of the mind. Another metaphor is the combination of the heart and the clock that beat in the head of the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 944

“The Pillow Book” by Sei Shonagon

The diversity of styles is evident since the author writes about nature, the seasons, the conversations between the Empress and the Emperor, the things that amuse and captivate her.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

“Romeo and Juliet” Staged in Greek Style

According to the analysis, it is evident that even though the story, plot, and characters stay the same, the change in the style of "Romeo and Juliet" will have a significant difference from the original [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 880

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson: Short Story Analysis

While there were some attempts by the author to divert the attention from the overall nervousness, such as the depiction of the casual conversations among the gathering crowd, the atmosphere was depressing.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 312

Plot Analysis of Homer’s The Odyssey

Through the meeting of Telemachus with Menelaus, the author emphasizes the significance of hospitality as a primary value and develops such features and discretion, leadership, and heroism of the son of Odysseus.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 747

This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan

The exploration of the difficulties that occur during the transition from adolescence to adulthood is the key message of the play.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1313

Moliere’s Tartuffe Play: An Analytical Journal

The events of Tartuffe transpire over the course of one day, originating in the early morning and concluding in the late evening, with most of the situations happening at the house of the protagonist.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 995

Is “Candide” Positively Influenced by Psychological Factors

The character sketch of Candide is an exquisite piece of optimism, that according to Fleming & Voltaire presents the best of all possible worlds as the circumstances brought opportunities to Candide to experience all the [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1452

Classical Epos of Beowulf and Gardner’s Work Connection

This paper is dedicated to the study of the connection between classical epos of Beowulf and Gardner's work through the analysis of Gardner's toying with the conventions of the warrior code, the place of heroes [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1129

“Antigone” by Sophocles Is a Play Without a Hero

It tells the story of the king Oedipus' daughter and her uncle Creon, the new king of the city of Thebes. The current essay represents the discussion of the characters of the famous play Antigone [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1464

Identity Shaped by Culture Through the Prism of Literature

On this basis, therefore, the relationship between culture and the identity people acquire will be established in the study of the books, "Everyday Use", "Goodman is Hard to Find" and "The Things they Carried".
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 652

Mythology: The Tragic Hero in Antigone

In the Greek tradition, the women were the ones that were concerned with the issues of burial and she wants Ismene to help her to ensure that their brother is properly buried despite the objection [...]
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1130

Satire in Voltaire’s Candide

In this story, Voltaire wanted his audience to question the church's monopoly over moral issues in the face of her hypocrisy, critique the system of giving objects like jewels monetary value, assess the usefulness of [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1233

Hero Image in Literature

Gilgamesh from the Epic of Gilgamesh, Achilles, and Agamemnon from The Iliad, and Beowulf from the epic Beowulf may serve as the best examples of epic characters, which represent the image of a hero properly [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1731

John Updike’s “A&P” Short Story Analysis

A&P by Updike is a story of personal protest against the 'general good' for everyone, a path to self-respect, and the right to be different. To understand the nature of the protest committed by the [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell

One of the most obvious elements that the author of the Animal Farm uses in order to highlight the satire is irony.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 766

The Topic of Complex Family Relations

For example, the difference in tones in "Sonny's Blues" and "Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter," the plot is rather dramatic, providing a pessimistic perception of the story.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 502

Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” as Gothic Romance

In the story, the reader can share the experience of necrophilia and explore the components of decay by observing Emily who plays a dual part as both the subject and the object of necrophilia.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

Analysis of “In My Eyes He Matches the Gods”

The poem is a description of the speaker's feelings and desires to only have the lover to herself. Sappho wrote the poem to express feelings to the lover, who cannot return the love as he [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 259

“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates Review

The main focus of this paper is to summarize the first section of Between the World and Me that depicts the childhood of the author and points out the hardships that haunt African-American people.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

“The Language of Love”: Reading Critique

Aiko is currently in love with Adam but she does not show any interest in marrying him because she is either waiting for Adam to make the first move or wishing that everything would come [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 13
  • Words: 3928

“I’m Still Here” Book by Brown for Educators

While she eventually learns to oppose white supremacy, the author cannot deny that the change is insufficient, although Brown continues her efforts to improve the situation.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 874

Features of “Royal Beatings” Story

The methods of compressed plot and the detailed description of characters and events may make a considerable contribution to achieving this purpose.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 486

“A Sound of Thunder” and “Nethergrave”

Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" has better descriptions of the characters and the book overall, it also concerns a more relatable theme and familiarizing with the setting. In the story "A Sound of Thunder," [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 667

“How the ‘80s Programmed Us for War” by Sirota

The article's main idea is that excessive exposure to the military movies and themes in the cinematography of President Reagan's period has resulted in the cultivation of aggressive values in American society.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

“Pride and Prejudice” by Austen: Chapter 43

The reason for writing the piece was to explore the place of marriage in society and what is meant to women during the 18th century. In such a quote, the reader realizes that Elizabeth wanted [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

How “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” Addresses Slavery

The insensitivity in this mistreatment and dehumanization of Black people is pervasive to the extent that Jim considers himself "property" and was proud to be worth a fortune if anyone was to sell him. To [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1409

“The Salton Sea” by George Kennan

For example, having sufficient data about the land and the river, the engineers neglected the possibility of canals' obstruction by the silt and failed to develop relevant solutions. This requires the in-depth examination of territory, [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 290

Hamlet: Analyzing Various Scenes

On top of this, Hamlet hopes that seeing a replay of the murder of his father would move the king's conscience to a point where he would be forced to admit his crime.
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1005

The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861

The first chapter, Introduction, shortly describes the content of the book, the attitude of different classes of people to African slaves' education, and how this influenced the use of slave labor and their general position.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 648

Literature: Relationships and Human Behavior

The story of the narrator from "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" demonstrates the absence of one's connection to his parents. This example adds to the role of relationships in one's behavior and [...]
  • Subjects: Themes in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 828