Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 62

The United States of America are comparable to the Pequod, in the sense that this country is a melting pot of cultures.

Hence is the unique peculiarity of the narration: the short story is interpreted as the text with the contradictions. Hawthorne uses his favorite device of the ironic ambiguous features, the shift of the viewpoint from [...]

In the poem, Song of the Open Road, the traveler was excited to explore the open road before him. It is high time to echo the sentiments of Fuller.

The main issue is that Ibsen uses these techniques to show how the protagonist discovers her inner strengths, while Sophocles applies them to depict the frustration of a person and the destruction of his vanity.

With this knowledge, it is necessary to examine the role played by the other characters in the poem. On the other hand, Penelope knows that she is expected to remain faithful to her husband.

First of all, it should be said that a good analysis of the work is impossible without a clear understanding of the character of its author and ideas peculiar to him.

His father, Gim Lew Yep, was born in China in 1914, and he came to the USA when he was ten.

From the very beginning of the novel, the author reveals the problem of the individual and its place in society. And vice versa, in the society of the black, she experiences the white side of [...]

Meyer refers to the concept of information overload, which shifts the historic power of the press and alters the ways, in which the community responds to it.

After going through the summary of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, one of the main points that stands out clearly is that people in the novel are quick to judge others simply because they [...]

This is one of the aspects that can be distinguished. This is one of the details that should be taken into consideration.

The difference between these two works is that "Funeral Blues" sticks to the same tone through all the four stanzas, while "Richard Cory" has a rapid shift in the last quatrain, from utter admiration it [...]

Consequently, I believe that differences between passion and love have a tendency to exist, as passion is the uncontrolled actions to show affection, and love is the act of the understanding of the behavior of [...]

The life in the city turns out to be a complete disappointment to her, and she is ready to give up as she does not want to be a burden for her sister.

Thus, Wu Xing implies that the universe's building blocks exist in the state of circumstantial uncertainty depending on what happened to be the qualitative features of how one of the elements relates to the other, [...]

The play has won attractions across the main cities in the world. He was the King of Thebes and a cousin to Dionysus.

By depicting the behavior of a teenager named Sammy who works in the supermarket chain, the writer illustrates the way in which an individual responds to the culture dominated by consumption and rigid norms that [...]

The story of the bananafish, is a metaphor to the materialism that had crept into the society and people did anything to satisfy their greed.

In fact, Mel Gisbon's power as an act does not provide a sufficient understanding of his ability to penetrate to Shakespeare's world and reach the ideas in the play.

In the beginning it seems that the main focus of the movie and the books is the game and surviving of the players, but actually, the basis and the causes of this brutal game lay [...]

The events leading up to the final scene in the film and in the novel with the initial ending are the same.

He says that he is a man, who has always believed that the easiest way in life is always the best.

She used to prove her orders and insights to Gertie in the light of the Bible by manipulating the teachings according to her desire.

This is one of the details that can be identified. This is one of the issues that can be singled out.

The poem The Sick Rose looks into vulnerability of women in the face of men, the susceptibility of love in the face of unfaithfulness, and the susceptibility of the body in the hands of STDs.

Since he was highly educated and well-travelled, Machiavelli was made the senior official of the Florence government serving as the head of the second chancery and secretary to the council of the Ten for War.

The events of the past still haunt some of the countries, the relics of the war are still being found in the places of former battlefields, the veterans are being honored and the films about [...]

Consequently, the love explained in the book of Mark is the ultimate love that makes people volunteers of even their own life for the purposes of abiding to the promises.

William Blake describes the peculiarities of their life with the help of Tom Dacre's words in the first stanza of the poem.

In this essay, I will argue that the eighteen short stories in the Selected Works of Lu Hsun presents a picture of the social realities of china and present the emergence of the new Chinese [...]

The second story describes the life of a common family in which even tenor is interrupted by the visit of one of the daughters of Mama and their different understanding of identity.

When choosing a storybook, the storyteller has to consider the vocabularies in the book and the words used should be motivational to the hearers in order to get their interest to listen.

An illustration of the way Troy "misses the mark" in the play is by considering his relationship with the son, Cory.

Bernhard makes use of clear words and concrete examples as well as numerous quotes to articulate his belief that the cause and sequence of the events in this book were created on purpose by Homer [...]

The first line of the poem creates a picture of the nature around the man: "The sea is calm to-night". The author wants to describe the nature and the place of humans in this world.

Marjane gives experiences of her life in Tehran during the revolution that toppled the Shah's regime, the success of the revolution, and the terrible consequences of the Iran war with Iraq.

As it has been mentioned, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is full of different symbols which help understand the full meaning of the story along with the significance of the title and its [...]

The scene divulges the heightened parody presented by Shakespeare where there is bafflement and confusion among the young lovers. The scene sets the stage for confusion in and bickering among the young friends.

Throughout the short story it can be seen that Eveline was for all intents and purposes somewhat of a slave to her father.

The subject of the present paper is argumentative analysis of poetry, hence one of the most famous Shakespeare's sonnets "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" will be subject to analysis and argumentative response [...]

Thus, the analysis of the lines the poem includes gives us an opportunity to suppose that Hughes depicted the issues he was interested in, the issues, which can be regarded as burning problems of his [...]

For instance, Jean Tarrou in Camus Albert's book The Plague happens to be a mysterious visitor who finds himself caught up in the town of Oran during the time of the plague.

Nevertheless, the use of imagery to underscore the theme of devotion comes out clearly, as the story unfolds. In this case, the education edict comes out as an image, a controversial image for the author [...]

The black death in the meaning of a shame which has been planted into one's life could also be the death of the young and beautiful Docia, the death of her hopes for the future [...]

The story of the book offers the readers to know about the illiberal approach of the dwellers of Cholistan desert in Pakistan who try really hard to survive and lead a life of a nomad.

Once they find the cheese in the Maze, Hem and Haw are convinced that the mound of cheese will never be exhausted.

The book "Tuesdays with Morrie" is about the lessons the author learnt from a former College teacher, coach and friend-Morrie Schwartz on death and life.

In the bible it is also referred to as a book of wisdom in the same category as the book of proverbs.

It is one of the most prominent writings of the Roman period and it is an innovative interpretation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, "the essence of both the Iliad and Odyssey has been poured [...]

The short stories The North Wind and the Sun by Aesop and The Dead Men's Path by Chinua Achebe show that persuasion and peaceful measures can be more effective than inducement and force.

Thus, it is reasonable to suggest that the criteria for the evaluation should be applied to the times when the book was created and the materials that do not fear the grip of time, the [...]

The action of the novel occurs in one of the days of the life of the prisoner, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, who is serving a 3,653-day sentence in a labor camp.

Though Silas becomes an outsider following the false accusations said against him by his church, he is later the most trusted and the beloved insider of the village following his adoption of Eppie, a girl [...]

On his way to the squash game, the reader realizes that there is a big protest going on in the street, and this is when one comes to know about the political views of Perowne.

The book 'English sorrows of young Werther' is about the individual and the subjectivity that results in doing so. This book was representative of a kind of revolution in literature owing to the prevalence of [...]

In a way Meinke tries to illustrate that marriage is one of the major life decisions for everyone. In essence, Fierstein tries to illustrate that marriage is mainly for companionship as it provides persons with [...]

It addresses the plight of the Chicago meatpacking industry workers by focusing on the lives of two immigrant families who came to America in anticipation of a better life during the late 1800s to the [...]

In this essay, I will discuss the way in which Marquez portrays female characters with the help of stereotypes that reflect the role of women in Colombia. The fictional town of Macondo is governed by [...]

But, no matter how strange, awful and bitter it seems, the poet admits that people fail to see that beauty and lose the sense of nature, unity with it completely: "For this, for everything, we [...]

There was the belief that some people were born to be free while the rest of the world should serve them, being just slaves, deprived of any rights and is doomed to spend the rest [...]

In the novel, she explores several aspects of Confucianism, which is a philosophical, religious and ethical system that is predominantly comprised of religious and traditional precepts of Chinese traditions. For instance, obedience is one of [...]

It is also necessary to note that the tradition of a lottery is highly overestimated by the people in the village, as it is described by Jackson in the story.

In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis introduces a collection of puzzles that fulfill a human life, make people move and think about the past, present, and future as a one whole, and turn the majority [...]

Moreover, within a tale is a message that aims to influence an audience in a certain way."The Mill on the Floss" contains the message that comes from the teller, which is a reality of the [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 depiction in the story as the main character in the story is that of a humble and religious young man.

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 [...]

The validity of this suggestion can be well illustrated, in regards to the fact that, throughout his conversation with Jig, the American never ceased exhibiting the signs of being thoroughly arrogant.

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 parents want him to have two identities with one represented by the name 'Nikhil', which should be used at school to fit in the American culture and 'Gogol' to be used at home as [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

The book gives a true reflection of the effect of war on soldiers from the perspective of a soldier who directly participated in a war to defend his country.

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.

It is possible to mention that the book and the film show that the parental style of Chinese immigrants may differ from that one of Western parents.

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.

The work validates the status of Muhammad as the spiritual leader of Muslims. The work refers to the account of the birth of Muhammad.

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.

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.

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 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.

Despite losing his father in the hands of the Japanese invaders, Adam rises above ethnic discrimination to assist his friend, who is of Japanese descent.

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.