Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 62

Whitman uses the spider as a metaphor of humanity, drowned in a sea of uncertainty, while Melville uses Pip's ocean experience to represent peoples' struggles in the world.

For instance, even though he is suffering from a liver disease, he does not gather the courage and energy to visit a doctor.

The "punishment" of the character, however, does not necessarily testify to the narrator's support of the expected behavior standards pointing out a conflict between the author and the society in regards to ethical, moral, and [...]

The reason for this is that, despite the unconventional sounding of the story's plot line, it appears innately consistent with what happened to be the socially suppressed unconscious anxieties, on the part of readers.

The creation is not a monster because it has human habits and affection. From the start of the story, Frankenstein's creation is misjudged due to the way it looks.

The realization of the narrator with regard to his brother's playing the piano begins when the duo are on their way to the club.

He is also careful about the words he tells them and how they perceive him. This sequence of events shows that Arnold is like other sociopaths because they use the same tricks to kill their [...]

Probably the main aspect of how the theme of hope is being explored in James and the Giant Peach is that the author made a deliberate point in referring to hope in one's life, as [...]

The main problem is that Doc is unable to find his own happiness, and at the end, he is still a lonesome individual who has to seek consolation in music and art.

However, when Gregor sees him in his new uniform, he is impressed, and the uniform appears to signify that his father has metamorphosed from an object of fear to a dignified man who deserves respect.

Eliezer's faith in God changes throughout the book, as Eliezer experiences the challenges of the Holocaust. The events in the book regarding Elizer's faith are quite sarcastic and dramatic as Eliezer's faith moves from an [...]

This paper explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the book's events and the occurrences of contemporary society in 2014. Orwell's accounts in the book 1984 strike many similarities with the events happening in contemporary society.

Sartre's thesis is in that essay is that the non-chronological narrative in the Sound and Fury is not merely a matter of style or aesthetic preferences but the fundamental elements of the novel's content.

The official name of Burma is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Burma is the largest ethnic group in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Joseph Bottum makes several powerful points regarding the constitutional independence of religion, but because he begins with some assumptions about the proposal for the building project that is inaccurate, he thus irritatingly casts into question [...]

The story 'Who's Irish' by Jen Gish is based on the events in the life of an elderly Chinese immigrant lady, and the struggle she undergoes as she tries to acclimatize herself to a radically [...]

It appears that the primary role of women in the play is for them to act as a basis on which men are evaluated.

In spite of the fact that the play is constructed as the detective story, the main play's idea is in presenting the realities of the American society in the early part of the 20th century.

The reason for this is that, as it will be shown later in this paper, the behavioral patterns of many of the female-characters, featured in The Namesake and Dogeaters, appear to reflect the concerned women's [...]

The last line hints at the difficulty of the waltzing, but the persona's tone indicates his readiness to continue dancing with his father. The third stanza describes the father's hands and how he manhandles his [...]

Family plays a pivotal role in shaping the structure and the plot of the novel. The main aim of the paper is to understand how family is portrayed in the novel.

The significance of intellectual life in the development of the role of the image of a cultural hero in the above-mentioned novels is also not to be underestimated.

The first part of the novel Passing by Larsen explores how the Irene and Clare, who were childhood friends, reunite. The letter evokes strong emotions in Irene prompting her to reveal Clare's childhood life and [...]

Toward the end of the novel, Bulawayo brings Darling, the protagonist, to the realization that America is not and can never be her home.

However, he tells the doctor that he is not actually aware of the reasons that are taking him to his death.

First of all, its cultural perspective is easy to identify for the mainstream readers, the writer sheds the light to the life of a family of the Chinese immigrants and their descendents.

It is wrong to make people see death as something horrible or horrifying as it is a fact and the law of nature. The miracle of people's life is to live and have their purpose.

It is possible to note that Oskar, being a little dwarf, transforms into a powerful man with the help of his drumming and his voice and his masculinity is embodied in his musical talent.

Consequently, Othello seeks to distance himself with the misconstrued stereotypes of a 'Moor.' This essay seeks to prove that the main character's sense of identity leads to his self-destruction.

Bulawayo moves her protagonist; Darling, from Zimbabwe to America with the intention of addressing the ills done in both Africa and the western world.

Though the concept of the gap between generations and the cultural issues are mostly conveyed through the specifics of the characters' interactions, the setting has also contributed greatly to the creation of the unique atmosphere, [...]

Thus, while comparing Mao Dun and Huang Chun-ming's stories, it is significant to state that the authors use the third person omniscient narrative point of view in order to create the complete picture of the [...]

The primary intention of Miss Moore is to expose the children to the outside world away from the everyday oppression and limited opportunities.

The authors present the best ideas and discussions to understand the issue of immigration. The chapter "The New Literature of Immigration" explains how the increasing number of immigrants has transformed the United States.

The expected conclusion of the paper is that ghosts do not exist, and ghost stories are only meant to mislead people.

Thus, the poets question on the role of the "sphinx of cement and aluminum" in the life of people makes people think of numerous issues.

However, the truth of the matter was that they were engaged in the development of the first atomic bomb to be used in the world.

Bambara is fully aware of this fact, and applies them in her story, The Lesson. Therefore, Bambara's education, childhood experiences and the characters she uses in the story exhibit her ethos.

This, of course, does provide a certain rationale to the suggestion that Norris used to be fascinated with the ideas of Social Darwinism.

Tens of thousands of people were executed and tortured to death during both of these events.= Cambodian Pol Pot and European genocide will always be remembered as ones of the most shameful pages of the [...]

He brings out the aspect of emotional burdens that the soldiers draw from the war. Loneliness continues to engulf in the lives of the soldiers long after the end of the war.

Parenting The mother is striving to bring up her daughter to be the best in the world. The motive of the Writer Kincaid intends to show the reader the difference between the old and the [...]

Hence, the similarities and differences depicted in the two plays in terms of plot, general structure and the way the issues are brought up.

He completes the portrait of Dorian as he is, and he introduces Gray to Lord Henry, who is a friend of his that he thinks is not morally upright.

As Young stresses, there are five manifestations of oppression, and the basic concepts of each of them can be found in Florida's new edition as a factor that affects creativity.

Loyalty is one of the themes in the story, as the boy is confused on whether to side with the family or the law.

With the help of the two characters portrayed by the doctor, the writer of the novella brings out the element of duality.

The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast two pieces of prose included in the book: The World of the Small Entrepreneur and The Rhetoric of Competition.

Hansberry and Hughes introduce the same idea of a dream compared to a raisin dried up in the sun, but explain it in different ways in order to show how the interpretation of a thought [...]

The Divine Comedy is one of the greatest samples of the world literature, the synthesis of the medieval philosophy and the premonition of the Renaissance.

One of the main qualitative aspects of the ongoing discourse of post-colonialism, is that it often addresses the issue of what can be considered the indications of one's endowment with the so-called 'post-colonial' identity.

The attention to the details of the escape, the description of the reactions of different workers, and the role of Sanguk on the island can make the answer to this question clearer and more interesting [...]

The novel The Bath by Janet Frame and the short story The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne also make readers think about the manifestations of bravery.

The main character in the first story is driven by curiosity and regret to seek the services of a witch to help her escape her shameful past before she dies.

At the same time, it is necessary to admit that the majority of the words chosen by the author play an important role in the understanding of the story.

To give a clear explanation of the concept of love is probably one of the hardest tasks in the world, and the characters of Carver's story make numerous attempts to comprehend what is more appropriate [...]

Hrafnkell is a man of his time, he has his own image of justice and punishment and under such conditions it is impossible to call him guilty.

In her narrative "Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl," Harriet Jacobs attempts to describe the role of 'the home' in the lives of black slaves, their children and white masters in the American [...]

Although Chopin uses the metaphor of storm in order to describe the adultery and the female character's desire and passion, the speaker's presentation of the love affair is extremely realistic and focused on details.

The issues raised in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, are relevant in contemporary American society and Bradbury's thoughts were a warning for what he highlighted is happening in the contemporary United States.

The section of the short story upon which this commentary focuses starts in the third paragraph and ends in the middle of the story.

On the other hand, it is possible that the tone of disappointment that is found in Mouret's passage is just a manifestation of the soldier's dislikes.

Bah employs subheadings to divide her long story into parts and themes, while Mayblum's writing is an undivided essay."The Price We Pay" by Adam Mayblum and "An Oral History of Adama Bah" by Adama Bah [...]

He acquires the role of the liar and follows it to the end. He realizes that the society of people is not for him.

This is one of the details that can attract the attention of a reader. This is one of the details that should be considered by readers.

Furthermore, the description of the character and appearance of the soldier is used in the poem to describe the progress, intensity, as well as the overall effects, brought about by the Civil war.

Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us is the book devoted to the research of the drivers of human behavior and motivation.

The ability to travel between galaxies and bend time is one of the major characteristics that are attributed to the God-like beings. In the end, it is clear that Nature is a divine part of [...]

Although the book cannot be denied its numerous flaws, most of which concern the credibility of the source material and the interpretation of the latter, as well as their adaptation into the English culture, the [...]

The Folktales of China is a collection of narratives and tales from the Chinese cultural background. The most striking and highly controversial section of this narrative is perhaps the criticisms of the perception of folk [...]

The life story of a young chimney sweeper is presented in the first stanza of the poem in the form of an emotional monologue.

Cheryl's focus on the beauty and loneliness of her journey, through the desert and the mountains, overshadow her quest to reach her destination because the main message in her narration focuses on her experiences, as [...]

In conclusion, it is possible to note that the central theme of the short story is ability of one person to help people cope with their problems and live on.

Bad luck is clear in the story through the inconsistent relationship between King Lear and his daughters as well as from the role of dishonesty and power in the play.

He is aware that his background is not Thebes and is likely to face the threat of the Sphinx. Therefore, it is worth noting that Oedipus provides a good example of the ancient Greeks who [...]

In the eighth page, as well as the ninth, Phaedo reports all the activities that went on in the room, including the views of friends and strangers on the decision of Socrates to pursue justice [...]

Consequently, this resulted in Marie-Claire beginning to suspect that Conrad's strongly defined affiliation with the masculine virtues of rationalization and control was misleading.

Although both Morrison and Emecheta provide the life stories of black women and discuss the problem of social choices for them in the novels, the authors' writing styles differ significantly because Morrison concentrates on irony [...]

Shakespeare's Macbeth, Dante's Inferno, the Malinka epic of Sundiata, and the Oedipus of Sophocles are all representatives of certain ideas, ideals, and values in the human age and history.

For instance, when Achilles is given the special armor, he obtains a lot of knowledge about war and the vulnerabilities of the armor.

In spite of the fact that men and women play equal roles as the protagonists of the play, it is necessary to analyze the viewpoint of men about the described situations because it is necessary [...]

Although Jack Merridew, one of the lead characters of William Golding's shockingly unforgettable Lord of the Flies novel, is a child and still has a lot to learn in terms of how society works, the [...]

However, Salzman had realized that the Chinese culture was different from that of his home country only after he came to China.

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.

The author focuses on the life of Emily Grierson who once belonged to the Southern aristocracy; however, she is forced to adjust to the changes that American society underwent. This is one of the main [...]

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.

However, in Ferdinand's case, the emotional pain was the result of a misunderstanding after the ship wrecked, Ferdinand came to the assumption that he was the only survival completely on his own.

It is significant that the life of people is not the center of the story, the moments and the feelings people experience there are really important in the writing.

The speaker in the poem 'My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun' by Shakespeare, is a man trying to find the exact reason for the immense love that he feels for his lover.

In the process of pursuing his freedom, he experiences different dramatic life events as he heads to the Alaskan wilderness. The theme of ultimate freedom comes out here because he is not around to explain [...]

Updike in the short story "A & P" uses Sammy, a teenager who is employed as a clerk in a grocery shop to illustrate the difficulties involved in the process of growing up.

He is viewed as a man of wisdom, owing to the lessons he has learned from his sufferings since childhood, which he, in turn, teaches Albom.

Kapstein has compiled his work in The Symbolism of the Wind and the Leaves in Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind, this paper examines this Kapstein's analysis, and the writer differs with Kapstein on some [...]

The fact that Hal obeys his father's call is important as it shows his obedience to his father. It can be noted that Hal's relationship with his father is strained in the beginning.

This book is important in teaching the audience about honesty, and repercussions of greed. He is unable to work peacefully for the good of his people.

According to the author, in the past three decades, many American workers have continued to work past their retirement age to solve the problem of their insufficient retirement incomes.

Overall, it is possible to argue that the rights of a person should be the top priority for scientists, and the interests of subjects or patients should be considered first.

The splashing of the Log in the midst of the swamp caused a commotion and the frogs were very frightened by what was going on at that time.

From an analysis of the three poems, it is evident that they all try to reflect on the memories of the poets' parents. Considerably, the present tense is trying to put the reader in the [...]

The poem sparks with a long tradition of belle dames famed to vilify and destroy men of fame like the knight in the poem.

Zhenzhen was brave enough to leave a society that could only associate her with the Japanese rapes, and this was her way of seeking independence.

One of the main peculiarities of Lu Xun's writing is that he chooses to give tiny details that can enable the readers to understand the mental decline of the narrator.

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 [...]

The road to maturity for the narrator is through his intercourse with the war, and the readers are made aware that the true nature of the narrator in the story beginning when he relates that [...]

There is a considerable level of a description placed on the background of the farm, the activities of the people within the home, the type of food that is being prepared as well as the [...]

Scott Fitzgerald was one of the more famous satirists of the time, particularly in his production of the work The Great Gatsby.

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.

The complexity of the novel and its meaning is often compared to the challenging and full of struggles life the writer herself.

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 world is involved in an endless war, and the political regime called Ingsoc and headed by a mystical Big Brother permanently looks for ways to control the citizens' minds and private lives.

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.

The purpose of this essay is to provide a summary of the book, analyze the main characters and the central theme of the paper, and, finally, present a personal opinion about Fahrenheit 451.

Thus, this paper, starting with the outline of characters and plot, discusses potential interpretations of The Catcher in the Rye and proposes the opinion of the paper's author.

The novel follows the complicated relationships within Jade's family where she, as the youngest child had to obey everyone else, besides, as a female she was to blindly respect the authorities of the male members [...]

Folklore of the US is the cultural heritage of the nation; therefore, American society tries to preserve their practices in terms of a plurality of ideas.

The old woman fails to accept her jilting by her lover to her death even though she prides in having been married and fend for her family all alone after facing the death of her [...]