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Paul Fussell: The Great War and Modern Memory

Over 60000 British men were killed during the war and the author depicts vividly in a grotesque picture the emotional and physical effects of the war on the soldiers leading to disillusionment in the war.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

“The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1100

Comments for Invisible Man

The fact that the author never expressly mentions the real name of the narrator, who is the main character in the story, can actually be perceived as a way in which the author portrays the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 582

Homeric Heroes: Ulysses and Gilgamesh

Then they would talk about their encounters with gods, Ulysses would tell how he met the god of the sea and how he was able to interact with him.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Gustave Flaubert Life and Literary Works

There is a position that the writer's literary fame depended upon other French writers." They say that Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary is a symbol of the realism movement."Flaubert's writing was meticulous and his styles have [...]
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  • Subjects: Dramatical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 653

Traditional Literature: Is folk literature too violent?

This form of literature can be in form of folktales, music, sayings, and proverbs depicting the culture and livelihoods of the society. Of particular interest to this essay is the level of violence depicted in [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

Dante’s Inferno: The Levels of Hell

The gluttony level will be harsher than the previous two levels and this means that the level of torture subjected to the culprits will also be higher.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

“How I Learned to Drive” by Paula Vogel

In a family it is expected that the older generation should take care of the young one but in the case of Lil' Bit her uncle preys on her sexually and even proposes to marry [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 644

The Structure of a Literary Work Shapes Its Meaning

Henry James in his work "The Art of Fiction" and Joseph Conrad in his "The Task of the Artist" touched upon the problem of measuring the aesthetic value of a work of fiction by certain [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

Death in The Shipping News

In Proulx's The Shipping News, death is the end of Quoyle's silence and the beginning of his voiced, well-articulated future. Wavey is a point of connection between Quoyle and the new place he is in.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1908

Reading between the Lines: In Search for Fallacies

A good example of a typical fallacy in the text is the metaphor that links the homeless people to the homeless animals, in the given case, the squirrels in the park.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 548

Compare Dante’s “Inferno” with Specific Poetry

One of the deadly sins, according to Dante, is gluttony and in the Third Circle of "Inferno" "Gluttons are punished". In conclusion, it is possible to state that Dante, just as the majority of poets [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

The Realm of reality: Smoking

In a nutshell, it can be argued that the definition of a man or a woman is different and not the same as in earlier days.
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1216

Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse

The return to the lighthouse is used to show the change of characters that was realized after the death of Mrs.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1566

The Lottery and The Ambitious Guest

In this paper, I will aim to explore the legitimacy of an earlier suggestion in regards to how the deployment of a literary irony had helped Shirley Jackson and Nathaniel Hawthorne to emphasize the philosophic [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1393

The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer

History as a Novel/ The Novel as History is a subtitle of the book which proves that Mailer intentionally mixed the two genres for enriching the content of his work and experimenting with the manner [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

Review of Kim by Rudyard Kipling

The novel Kim tells the story of a young orphaned Irish boy, Kim, living in the streets of Lahore in India during the British occupation of the country.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1642

Finding Identity: “Kim” by Rudyard Kipling

Through writing his book, the author reveals his attitude towards the British government and at the same time gives a detailed description of the human nature including the characteristics of a spy.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1640

Voltaire, Letters on England

The first letter starts by setting pace for the interest Voltaire had on religion and he writes, "I was of opinion that the doctrine and history of so extraordinary a people were worthy the attention [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 922

To scream or be subtle

Some of them included: the role of the church and the state, the importance of human rights and the role of a representative government.
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1525

Graham Green: The Quiet American

Some of the features in the novel attributed to the line and the American exceptional and democratic ideology at home and abroad are tackled in this paper with an aim of unearthing the reason of [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 878

Chinese Calligraphy

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.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

Gender Role in Harry Potter Books and Movies

However, it is important that if the children and adolescents are going to be affected, it should stand out as a positive influence making gender one of the timeless societal problems that should be approached [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2399

Literary Festivals. Boy in Motion.

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival sessions for children's books are therefore an appropriate avenue for the introduction of the inspirational story of Rick Hansen depicted in the book, Boy in Motion, to the Asian [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1769

Howards End by E. M. Forster

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.
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1091

‘Brother I’m Dying’

The main theme in her book highlights the lives of families of Haitians in the US. She believes the impact of the US stay is the cause of constant devastations and rebuilding, self governance and [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1146

Review of Slow Death by Rubber Duck

The book is a collection of first hand evidence that reveal the environmental and health dangers that some common items can expose users to.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1074

The Battle against Chaos and Challenging Inequities

The battle against chaos as the main function of the societal regulation as it is outlined in the social order model and challenging inequities as the driving force for the social transformation as it is [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Classic Tale About Janie Crawford

The presence of dialect in a story makes the characters to appear real in the eyes of the reader. The title of the novel has a greater significance in the story as it is assisting [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1124

Stylistics of Poetry and Prose: A case of Contrast

The words "it is that he has one foot in the finite and the other in infinite, and that he is torn asunder, not by four horses as in the horrible old times, but between [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3743

Racism in Native Son

He is drawn to the whiteness and buys into the notion that their life is the best. Mary is the character that the author uses to show the repercussions of a crime between Black and [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1924

Waiting for Lefty

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 [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 950

The Influence of Language on Thinking

Still others are very much convinced that whatever differences there may be in languages can easily be eliminated if translations are done without the use of idioms to make sure that the meaning of the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2165

A Reader-Response to Crane’s ‘The Open Boat’

The Open Boat begins with four men battling for their life in a lifeboat at a sea."These waves were of the hues of slate, save for the tops, which were foaming white and all of [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 932

Young Goodman Brown

The symbolic nature of faith is the problem which can be discussed perpetually as there is no specific answer to the issue."The timelessness of mankind's sin is revealed within the Puritans", it can be stated [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 989

“Franken-Frogs and the Mushroom Bear”

Therefore froggin' is part and parcel of the people of Cajun to the extent that they have set aside a day to celebrate frogs which is a part of tender diet as illustrated above.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1128

Power Relations in Greco-Roman Myth

Several literatures available describe the position men and women occupied in the Greco-Roman mythology, with the most interesting consideration being on the position of the women in the Greek and Roman societies.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1392

Prophecies in Oedipus the King

In Oedipus the King, one of the persons, who receive prophesies that project a doomed end, is King Laius; who is the biological father to Oedipus. Oedipus then arrives back to his father's land, Thebes [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 695

Saint Claus Myth

Santa Claus is believed to bring gifts in the houses of the good children on the night before the Christmas day.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1087

Hwang’s Critique of Orientalism

However, it is possible to state, judging from the huge body of literature dedicated to the essence of Orientalism, the analysis of it roots and the process of its formation, that Orientalism in itself is [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1893

Flowering Judas versus Winter Dreams

In Flowering Judas, Porter brings to our attention the love that exists between the two main characters, Laura and Braggioni, on the other hand, Fitzgerald, in Winter Dreams brings to us the love between Judy [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 617

Meaning of Gilgamesh’s Quest

After Enkidu's death and the loss of the magic plan of the rejuvenation walls, Gilgamesh is reduced to a humble and introverted seeker.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 536

Charlotte Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper: Themes & Symbols

The fact that the patient is the physician's wife ought to portray a picture of mutual agreements and understandings rather than subjecting one's decision to the other with a reason for care and protection.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

The Death of Ivan Ilych: Face Death With Dignity

In Court he was well aware of his high position and he was not able to hide his indifference for those of lower rank. The moment he was convinced that he was about to die [...]
  • Subjects: World Philosophy Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1223

Melanctha’s Relationship with Desire

Jeff and Melanctha's interaction in their domestic setup is evidence of Melanctha's complex relationship with desire, in the sense that, her interaction with Jeff is not a conventional one, or of a woman befitting her [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1133

Literacy Poses in Paulo Freire’s Philosophy

The golden middle in adult literacy education is in being able to transform the theories and rules of language into the forms and meanings that are understandable to learners.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

Ritual Performances in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare uses this dream theme to bring out the comic nature of his play and ensure that the unusual happenings in the comedy serve to entertain the audience as opposed to depressing it.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1569

Comic nature of Lysistrata

Despite the film revolving around sexual relations, Aristophanes has generally succeeded in bringing out the absurd nature of war, both to men and women.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 822

Catullus Poems 5, 58, 75 and 87

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 970

American literature: Steven Wallace

This is because it signals the reduction in the weight of syllables in all the lines found within the four verses."The second line of the first stanza, 'As in a season of autumn,' serves as [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 743

Inaccessible Law in Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”

Therefore, the fact that the man wastes all his lifetime and wealth waiting for his chance to access the law reveals the dissatisfaction of the judicature as a branch of justice in the society.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 864

Great works of literature- Chinua Achebe

This book also brings out the wide impact of knowledge, education, and evangelism on the people lives and at psychological level, the damage is inflicted on Achebe's changing society as this brought the culture of [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1904

“The New Gay Teenager” by Ritch Savin Williams

He explores how the concept of being gay is slowly changing as a result of pop culture influences brought about by the media which in effect has created a whole new generation of gays completely [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 701

Nickel and Dimed

The inherent problem is that the system of employment for unskilled labor is virtually designed in such a way so as to limit their rights and give more power to the employer.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 743

Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”: Cynicism or Meliorism?

Miller in "Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown: Cynicism or Meliorism" states that critics have shared the feeling that Hawthorne's story intends to express the move from the relationship between God and man that is brokered through [...]
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Different Views of Early Modern Europe

The novel, The Princess of Cleves, is actually a romance, but it also tells a lot about the history of France and the court of King Henri II, a lot of the characters in the [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatical Novel
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1898

Satire in Mikhail Bulgakov’s Works

With time, Bulgakov's satire turned out to be more and more dramatic, pointing out the shortages of technology and society development."The first of the various levels on which the novel's satire functions is that of [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

Reflection: The Concept of the “Islamic State”

Mohammed Ayoob is a professor of International Relations from Michigan State University and the author of one of the most interesting and worthwhile book about the Islamic world The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 490

“Ordinary Men” by Christopher R. Browning

In the wake of the strong-held belief that Jews were responsible for the fall of German Empire, there was massive deployment of police officers to clear Jews from ghettos and exterminate them.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf

The book tells women's magazines off for not making enough efforts to lessen the force of the myth, in spite of the fact that they are one of the important fundamental tools for transforming the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1098

War and the Meaning of Home

In his works, Berry makes a wonderful attempt to compare a soldier's attitude before and after war, analyze what aspects of war are able to change a soldier's mind and principles, and explain why war [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2250

William Blake, His Life and Works

However, he is now regarded as one of the influential figures in the history of both poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age since his works talk about the supremacy of the imagination over [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

Richard Wright – The Man Who Was Almost a Man

Unfortunately, he does not have the courage to handle a gun; consequently, he uses the gun for the wrong reasons and shoots a mule dead as he practices how to pull the trigger.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1287

Jorge Semprun: Before and After “The Long Voyage”

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.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1213

Chinua Achebe’s Depiction of Women in his Books

This study argues that Achebe's portrayal of women in his books was influenced by changes in society, which started of having little regard for the real value of women to a time when women were [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2737

Kate Chopin’s Novel The Awakening

Kate lost all her siblings and by the time she was 24 she was a single child. Kate was sentimentally exhausted and she needed to turn to composing as a way of squeezing out her [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 680

Perspectives: Woman at point Zero

In the opening scene of the play, Medea is beating herself over the loss and present to console her is an elderly nurse.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Drama: Susan Glaspell’s Trifle’s

In the play, we also get to know the character traits of the Wright's from other characters.Mr. This makes Minnie Foster a key suspect in the murder case i.e.she might have killed her husband to [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 643

“The Tale of the Heike”

It discusses the stories of 12th century and the main focus is the transition of Chinese and the Japanese. This is the initial stage that the belief of the Japanese is portrayed.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 531

What Can Lawyers Learn From ‘Othello’?

Shakespeare has employed one of the literature elements by using major characters like, Othello, a hero and the head of armies, Desdemona, Othello's covert wife, Michael Cassio, Othello's deputy, Lago, ranked below the lieutenant, among [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 692

Flight into Canada by Ishmael Reed

This paragraph from the book reflects that the author feels deeply about the issues in the society and somewhat does hold the gods responsible for not doing anything.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 584

Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich

Instead of listening to the perspectives of other workers, the author herself gave up her middle-class comforts and assumed the role of a minimum-wage worker in America to experience the daily hardships they go through.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 803

Depression due to Repression in The Yellow Wallpaper

By the end of the same century, the patriarchal view of women as 'natural born housewives' and the objects of men's sexual desire, had lost the remains of its former validity.
  • Subjects: American Novels Writing Style
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1817

Humiliation of Iago (Othello)

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 [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

The souls of the black folk

World War 1 and the social and cultural changes in the United States accelerated the growth and popularity of the alliance during the start of the 20th century.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1699