Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 55

Turning to the discussion of Camus' The Plague and the relation of people to absurd, it is possible to refer to some quotes from the text and the overview of the whole situation.

A perfect example is the comparison of the topics presented in the books "The unbearable lightness of being" and "The Kite Runner".

Perhaps, it is the rhythm of the author's voice that helps to reveal the new ideas. That is the magic of poetry.

This concerns what she refers to as "having doubts" in her conversation with Sister James at the last act of the play "Doubt" by John Patrick Shanley.

It is quite peculiar that Spiegelman uses only the black-and-white color perhaps, this is another means to emphasize the gloomy atmosphere of the Nazi invasion and the reign of the anti-Semite ideas.

In the story Black Skin What Mask, the writer brings to light many instances of irony between the narrator and his friend. He is still a friend to the narrator who is black.

In the book Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, the author brings into light Tayo, the main protagonist in the story, his relations with other characters in the book and brings out the effects of these [...]

On the other hand, there is a moment in Ali's story, which reminds me exactly of what I was feeling every day before I decided to move out of my stepmother's house.

It is a perfect presentation of the two major characters Blanche DuBois whose pretensions to virtue and culture only thinly cover her alcoholism and illusions of greatness, and Stanley Kowalski, who is primitive, rough, and [...]

Despite the common beliefs concerning the existence of ghosts, it seems that the ghost's presence is still supported by the testimonies of all characters in the story, including Horatio, Francisco, and the protagonist himself.

Yet, there are some distinctions Judy Brady believes that women are often viewed as unpaid house servants who have to take care of husbands' needs, whereas Glenn Sacks argues that gender roles begin to transform [...]

This essay continues the study of Borges with emphasis on these two stories, the theme of dreams and the nature of reality, and the author's speculative fiction as well as his assertions as to what [...]

One of the first examples of satire as the possibility to introduce some philosophical ideas was the description of the professor's activities.

And that is where I wanted to be, at home. I understood that she was the dearest person in my life and I behaved as a stupid thing.

The play Death of a salesman is indeed an anatomy of the American dream especially because the plot of the story revolves around some of the basic material gains that individuals in the American society [...]

In the article, the author suggested that the matriarchal structure of Negro families in America has resulted in disorganization of the black community.

Detail-driven points: Nonsense and puzzles of Alice's story represent an ability to find out the truth in its unique way and take a lesson that is crucial for life).

The scene opens with the frantic efforts of the master and the boatswain to save the ship and the people therein.

In addition, use of Symbolism imagery and symbolism creates a better picture in audience mind, concerning the themes that the play covers; such as where dark is used to represent evil.

It is even possible to notice that Mephistopheles tries to warn and make Faust refuse the deal as he is aware of the real situation and does not want him to make the same mistakes [...]

What is more threatening is that all people involved in the movie industry find it hard to distinguish between the real world and the one that is dictated by Hollywood.

The importance of inspiration in writing is discussed in the story Writers in Hollywood by Raymond Chandler. The author questions Hollywood's screenplays as an art of writing because he rejects the presence of the writer's [...]

He is in search of inspiration and all he is doing is rushing here and there to find a hint of something that would make him write at least several lines of his new novel.

This bore a neoclassic model of writing plays, which prescribed strict rules of verisimilitude: the unity of place, action and time, five-play act, and strict classification of the dramas in certain genres.

The plot develops from the chorus in ancient plays -Antigone while in recent plays like Henry V; it is built from the character's speech.

The Battle of Agincourt is an epitome of the play's reflection of culture and worldview. The drama has a type of language and setting that appeals to the English audience.

The owner was very proud of Nat Turner and usually made comments on his intelligence to his friends. Another reason that compelled Nat Turner to lead a rebellion was the escape of his father.

More so, the renowned author suggests that it is impossible to get rid of the sinful alter-ego. Stevenson claims that it is impossible to get rid of the alter ego.

For example, he says the goal of Europe is to deliver good to the colonizers at the expense of the resources of the colonized class; Cesaire maintains that it only serves to decivilize the colonizers.

He comes back home with the idea that nothing has changed and expects to find all the intriguing things about his home the same as he left them and to his disappointment, nothing is as [...]

The authors of these famous texts show in detail how the main characters Gilgamesh and Prospero struggle with the sense of alienation because of their exile, but overcoming this challenging experience, the characters develop their [...]

First of all, there is a need to point out that Reed is recognized as one of the most influential African American letters. The most interesting point I would like to highlight is related to [...]

This is evident, first in Celia's love for her, which is proved in Duke Fredrick's capability of allowing her to stay in the court.

Chang does indeed appear to have the features of the poor student archetype: even though Yingying was not his wife, he did abandon her, and at first glance it seems that the reason is the [...]

When the war began for the US, and Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, the American government not only entered the war but also decided to isolate all Japanese, who resided in the territory of [...]

It is the reporter, who wants to know more about the island and the reasons why the life of the islanders cannot be changed.

Sanguk's escape is a symbol of rebellion that is necessary for the island and destructive to the Cho and Haewon-Miyon couple. Why and when does Cho return to the island?

73 to 143 is to explain the essence of the idea of the island of the dead. The main events are the expected inaugural speech the new director Cho, his expectations to promote a number [...]

In his review, Venkatachalam writes about Diamond's level ground, where it all started, and which after some time became unequal due to some ultimate causes, such as rapid domestication of plants and animals in some [...]

In the book, it is apparent that the technological and military disparities between the Europeans and the Guinean people and not the presumed genetic superiority of the Europeans help to enhance the survival of the [...]

The citizens of the USA became familiar with the poet in the early sixties. I suppose that famous Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is one of the most influential literary figures in the world.

In company with other 'Okies,' they tried to find land, dignity, employment, and future for their children.'The Grapes of Wrath' begins with a representation of the Dust Bowl, the incident that brings about all that [...]

Jackie would, therefore, wrestle with this fact for the rest of her life. Jackie would hear the real voices of her mother, her dad, and her little brother screaming for help.

The case described by the author is a clear reflection of the situation where the two sides were not ready to compromise, which led to the tragedy.

After all, as the author shows in this particular story, it is named on the account of self-righteous/pious but perceptually arrogant individuals that the saying "road to hell is made out of good intentions" continues [...]

Iris blamed the Sky for the fine weather and the absence of rains for a long time as she was allowed to appear only after the rain. The Sky told her that people needed only [...]

Bob Dylan's autobiographical book Chronicles throws light on the development of folk music in the United States, American identity, and certainly, the personality of the author.

The presence of money in one's pocket is, perhaps, a good opportunity to provide for oneself and his or her beloved ones, yet the play shows that big money pouring over the edge is, alas, [...]

The speaker is optimistic to go and face the rivals and although the chances of surviving the fight look minimal, he wants the group to die a noble death, a death that will be of [...]

Forget the time when you could marvel at the beauty of a single panel of a graphic novel for a solid half an hour.

The principal theses of the article are easy to enumerate; these are the origin of the African American literature, the stages of its development, its most famous writers and their impact on the literature and [...]

The entire story is a documentation of the happiness that the dogs brought to Bill, and its conclusion is practically an illustration of how fond memories always stay with the individuals left behind after the [...]

Exploring the apparent conflict pertaining to the burial of Polyneices I am of the opinion that Antigone had a right to bury her brother.

It is impossible for one to be in a fighter jet and later be in his car, driving the wife to the beauty parlor.

The tension comes from the fact that he knows that is his dog, but he really does not want to see it too close, and the dog has been missing for five days, so now [...]

The book was written during the pre-colonial time and the author portrayed the western practices as of value to the people in the village.

He is not the person he would like to be. He starts creating stories where he is the person he would like to be.

It is necessary to note that the idea of the triumph of the self is one of the last ideas that can appear in some readers' minds.

The high sales of the book and the popularity of its ideas have shown that his writing was convincing to a large number of people who often choose to ignore the criticism of the book [...]

To make a detailed description of the expressed opinion and to prove it, we should consider the characteristic features of the heroes and the general perception of novels which are directed at the description of [...]

Huck, the key character in the book, brings the collision of a sound heart and a deformed conscience, a conflict well illustrated through the theme of racism, civilized society, and slavery among others.

This essay is going to compare and contrast the characters of two women, Calixta from Chopin's "The Storm" and Elisa Allena from Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums", who are in different contexts of the stories.

In "The Subjection of Women," John Stuart Mill argues for the emancipation of marginalized women for both the benefit of the society and the personal gain of the woman.

In "Love Among the Ruins", Browning compares the past with the present giving love more weight than material things through the persona that he creates.

In this line, Browning uses personification to portray the general mood of the poem. Porphyria's Lover: The Oxford Book of English Verse.

At the end of the story, a man offers to "take the bags over to the other side of the station", where no hope for childbirth and their relations is seen.

Although the term literature means different things to different individuals, it is the reader of literary work who has the discretion to define what literature is and what it is not.

In The Iliad, the relations between two characters, Agamemnon and Apollo, as well as their motivation and passion help to underscore the theme of power and rage; the conflict between the characters is based on [...]

This aids in understanding the events of the war, to meet the political goals when America fully participated in the war as seen through eyewitness report of the event.

A major difference between poems and drama and the short story is that the first two have a predefined format of writing which includes the use of more dramatic words as compared to the short [...]

"The Pilgrimage" by Nelofer Pazira uses multiple rhetoric devices, including epithets and similes, which seem to perform similar functions in the description of the two opposing themes of the essay: the peaceful life in Afghanistan [...]

One of the reasons behind the rising popularity of the "eco-fiction" genre has to do with the fact that the philosophy of environmentalism has now been firmly incorporated in the discourse of post-modernity, which nowadays [...]

One of the most important themes that come out clearly in this book is the sense of smell and its significance in promoting hygiene in the major cities of the United States before the Civil [...]

The secondary argument supporting the claim of the psychological temperament in Plath's works is based on the interpretation of her state of mind when she forcefully vilified her father as a Nazi sympathizer.

Along with the analysis of globalization and ethnic identity in literature, understanding food culture through the works of Asian American authors is outlined.

Although I have never been in a situation similar to Henrietta Lacks, I still had to deal with some aspects of the issue related to the patient's control over their body.

The book engages with its readers, inviting them to a journey of personal growth and the struggles that the lead character experiences in the process.

Therefore, "Kindred" remains one of the few novels that allow understanding the emotional core of the relationships between African Americans and White Americans and specify the effects that the choice between slavery and freedom has [...]

The United States has a diverse population both in terms of culture and religion. However, financial endeavors create conflict in religious experiences.

It is instead time to think about the essence of a happy and full life and gather as many pleasant and unforgettable moments as possible.

Who is Henry Louis Gates and why did he travel to Ghana? Henry Louis Gates is an American historian, filmmaker, and critic who investigates the history of African Americans.

What I noticed is that the names in this play are all "telling," and while Lucre and Hoard refer to luxury and hoarding assets, Spitchcock means "a fried eel".

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock does not contain the glorification of the beloved, the rapture of the power of feeling expected from a love song.

The acknowledgment of this serious, sad element of the character's life circumstances reminds the audience of the inescapable nature of many circumstances in life.

However, the little girl defends the pig and states that it is unfair to kill it "just because it's smaller than the others".

His first book is entitled Lonely Country, and it is the very piece of art, which made him known as the king of the lonely country and proved that he was a sadhu in poetry [...]

Despite the seeming difference in the details of each of the seven stores, there is the invisible and almost intangible connection between the seven parts of the book.

In addition to the possibility to improve an understanding of the story, images help to define the level of relationship between a reader and an author.

The writer makes the reader believe in his dream world where children become champions and where, unlike the real world, the good always wins over evil.

Both of them focused on similar problems but used entirely different methods to deliver their ideas while having clear benefits and disadvantages of their choices.*One the one hand, novels like Citizen help build an emotional [...]

It is important to note that the gender theory has its roots in the feminist theory's analysis of gender roles. Eve Sedgwick is a highly influential writer in the field of queer and gender theory.

I do not hope to reveal every layer, but I would like to point out several patterns, in which I would pay attention to the educational relationship between the girl and the mother with a [...]

One of the fascinating fragments of this book is the ninth chapter."A Little Medicine and a Little Neeb" - this is the title of the chapter, which I will be reflecting on below.

Therefore, the historical significance of the text is that it became the beginning of the historical manner of writing characterized by a thorough analysis of described events and strive for establishing cause-and-effect relationships.

I will use the texts of Plato's "Apology, the Trial and Death of Socrates" and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" in order to comprehensively analyze the theme and consider the questions of who I am, [...]

Nottage found her great-grandmother's picture in an old family house and wanted to learn more about what it was like to live in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century, but she had [...]

The randomness is probably related to the character of the suburb which is the accidental gathering of diverse representatives of cultures and nations.

One of the most interesting aspects of the book is how the sexual identity of the father affects the development of the sexual identity of Alison.

The topic of a woman's voice being silenced by society and becoming heard in writing appears to be among the similar themes of the critical essay "The Laugh of the Medusa" by Cixous and the [...]

Even though both works reveal the main values of society, emphasizing the role of love, they show that people from the 12th and 21st centuries are not the same.

This theme can be used to teach the topic of identity to high school students by elaborating that names often have origins that are deeply rooted in a particular culture and that a name can [...]

Instead, she wants to provide her readers with a chance to position themselves toward the residue of the past experiences of the country that still can be felt on the streets of modern London.

It is possible that Celan uses repetition to express the feelings of repetitiveness that he and the other people felt during the imprisonment.

In "Two Scavengers in a truck..".the story is being told in the third person, and two different kinds of work are described.

First published in 2008, it describes the events from the beginning of the 20th century when many Mexican people came to the United States after the Mexican revolution for shelter to the first decade of [...]

The process began at the end of the 20th century and took a decade of interviews with Sal Castro to arrange the book in his own words.

A child has an imaginative mind and creates a world, separate from the realities of his/her life, in the form of a make-believe play.

This essay is very emblematic of Smith's work, which is perhaps the reason that she chose to open her book with it.

Dennis Brent is a character who the author includes in order to represent resilience through his will to survive and adapt for the sake of his family.

The chronotope of the writing reveals the periodization of the history of this event, and the author considers the political occurrences that led to the takeover.

The next determinant of a book's success with the audience is the use of language and the musicality of words. Rosen's "We are going on a bear hunt" is one of the brightest examples of [...]

A few of the meanings that I can extract from this word include the lack of ease in finding the means of articulating one's perspective or even viewing it as normal and legitimate and the [...]

Moses is used to this kind of life and described by one of the other characters as "world-stupid," meaning he does not know how to live in the outside world. He has a strong connection [...]

Modern Chinese writers pay much attention to such topics as the essence of life, the importance of understanding the landscapes of culture and life, and the necessity to never forget about the worth of travels [...]

In his book, Kozol presented the stories and events that were a part of his personal experiences and motivated him to focus on the research of the problems of institutional racism and the normalization of [...]

In particular, the author provided some statistical data about the rates of homelessness in the country, the number of people living in the streets, and their demographics.

Indeed, compared to the Greeks, who composed legends about the creation of the cosmos and the gods, the central place in Roman mythology is given to Rome itself and its heroic people and the specific [...]

The purpose of the paper is to introduce the material about Toni Cade Bambara's contribution to the world of literature and analyze some of her most popular works.

From Offred's accounts of their time at the Center, Moira shows a strong will to survive by maintaining her composure and emotional strength while many of the women were devastated in the life of imprisonment [...]

Therefore, the dichotomy of violence and hope remains alive in a deliberate attempt by the author to show that conflict is a necessity for peace and stability.