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Ethan Frome’s Characteristics

Ethan's morality is put under test when he decides to hang back at the end of the dance to find out the identity of the young girl, who turns out to be Mattie.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1357

Strength of Oedipus Character

One day, while Oedipus was on his way, he had a dispute with the King of Thebes and unknown to him he killed him after having the argument.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 811

Blazing the Trail, Avoiding the Pitfalls: A Long Way Gone

Speaking of the family, one can see the three distinct ideas in the book, which are: the family life, so settled and appeasing; the loss of the family and the unceasing pain that comes when [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1173

Literary Critique on the story “Aura” by Annecy Baez

In the piece, the narrator talks about a family history of cancer; this is true in her real life. It delves into the family history of the narrator, whose extended family member Aura is the [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1167

“Antigone” by written by Aeschylus

This means that the main character or the protagonist in the play must be the tragic hero of the play. The main antagonist in the play is the King of Thebes, Crain.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 896

Phyllis Roth on the Themes in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula”

The research focuses on the summary of Phyllis Roth's critical analysis of the Bram Stoker's Dracula novel. The writer uses the quotes to show proof of the author's understanding of the Bram Stoker's Dracula novel.
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  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1450

From Whitman to Olds: The Lifelong Story of American Poetry

Taking such poems as The One Girl at the Boys' Party and The Song of Myself, one can trace the similarities and the differences between the two pieces, namely, the objects of the poems, the [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 857

‘Vardielo’ and ‘Adventures of Pinnochio’

For Pinnochio, this is as a result of failure to fight the temptation of carefree life while for Vardielo it is a consequence of his extreme stupidity due to lack of guidance.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 849

The New Science by Vico

The other aspect that is used to express the nature of the human race is the issue of the poetic metaphysics and how this influenced the issue and practice of poetry and the role that [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 881

Description of Johnny Got a Gun

Johnny Got a gun is a captivating anti-war book which is politically motivated and takes the role of educating the society on the adverse effects of war on human beings and the whole society.
  • Subjects: Historical Fiction Comparison
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1458

The Hardboiled Qualities and Features in Detective Stories

Hardboiled fiction writing was popularized by Dashiell Hammett with his character Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, over the course of time in the late 1930s Raymond Chandler refined hardboiled writing through his Philip Marlowe [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

“Sula” by Tony Morrison

The theme of slavery is indicated clearly by the author through the mentioning of the origin of the two communities- The Bottom and Medallion.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

The group was involved in the distribution of leaflets that encouraged people to oppose the regime of Adolf Hitler. For instance, in 1945, there was the prosecution of one of the key members of the [...]
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 598

Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn, Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

Analytically, the perpetrators of the white rose group express the theme of courage. Highlighting the theme of courage, the authors display ways in which the youths use to enhance exemplary leadership and freedom in their [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

A&P by John Updikes

But Sammy is conscious of the fact that Stockesie is married and cannot go after the girls but he feels he still has the opportunity and freedom to go after the girls himself.
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

Herman Melville’s “Bartleby”

With the assumption that the story of "Bartleby the Scrivener" is a love story, it can be presumed that the author has taken a certain fascination that is in actual sense bordering on infatuation with [...]
  • Subjects: Aspects of American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 681

Change in Wiesel’s Understanding of God

But this did not change the faith he had in God and he continued believing that God was going to safe them. He believed that the Jews were faithful to God but his understanding was [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 782

A Review of Kim by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling's chef-d'oeuvre novel, "Kim", traces the life of an Irish orphan, Kim, who lives a near vagabond existence in the streets of India during the time of the conflict between the British and Russian [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1644

Plot Elements in the “Kim” by Rudyard Kipling

In addition, the author uses the second section to teach the audience about the history of India as a British territory. In the final part of the novel, Kim's secures a job as an intelligence [...]
  • Subjects: British Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1631

A Son of the Forest

The paper will examine the purpose of the selected piece of literature in helping the reader to focus towards the main theme of the entire literature.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

A Rose for Emily

A rose for Emily is one of the books that is rich in styles that are employed to bring a clear picture of the theme story.
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  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

“Life in Year One: Palestine” by Scott Korb

Scott Korb is an author with a lot of interest in imaginative and factual history such that he is able to help the reader of the book "Life in year one: what the world was [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Two-page précis over Wild Swans

Written by Jung Chang, the book focuses on the lifestyle of three women to give a detailed description of the traditional practices and political progression of the Chinese people.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 632

The Mount Everest Disaster of 1996 as It Happened

The essay aims at summarizing the book in which the writer makes a personal opinion of the accounts as they are narrated in the book and criticizes the book to bring out the faults that [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 994

Tartuffe vs Candide

In his endeavor to address the situation, as it stood on the ground, Moliere employed the motif of social masking as a strategic style that brought out the concerns of religious hypocrisy before the eyes [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2278

A precise of the Three Daughters of China Wild Swan

The writer gives us the low point of the political struggle involving the Japanese and the Chinese citizens by telling a story of a Chinese who had been arrested and killed for committing an 'economic [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

“The Nine-mile Wolves” by Rick Bass

In the article "The Nine-mile Wolves", Rick Bass makes the case for the continued protection of the wolf species of North America and Canada, viewing them as endangered species due to the combined forces of [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 622

The last true story I’ll ever tell

This analysis will try to explore Crawford's book concerning cultural values in American society."The last true story I will ever tell" In John Crawford's book, The Last True Story I will Ever Tell, the writer [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1355

The Song of Roland

Good is usually thought to be the will of God and in this case the Franks are deemed to represent good since they are moved by the will of God while the Saracens are seen [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 578

Theme Analysis: The Grapes of Wrath

As a result, the novel portrays the issue of land ownership in California and America at large, the conflicts between the Haves and the Have-nots, people's reactions to injustices, and the strength of a woman.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1053

Women Struggling From Their Fate

She gets upset by the sad news of the death of a loved one but when she comes out of the room she seem to have already accepted the situation and adapting to the new [...]
  • Subjects: Gender in Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1507

Reflection Paper: “The Death of the West”

The book's opinions on the reduced population growth rate in the western nations with a concurrent enormous immigration from the third world nations is threatening from the authors perspective.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1437

Cultural Discrimination Concept in Literature

He tries to emphasize the fact that the slaves in the United States originated from the African regions, and they were transported to America through the rivers.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 881

History of Literary Modernism in 19th Century

The radical shift in the aesthetic value as well as the cultural sensibilities of the works of literature of the early 20th century is what people regard to as literary modernism.
  • Subjects: Modernist Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 636

Into The Wild by LaMarche

As a young man he did not enjoy the company of his family and kept to himself as he sought what he had considered as important to him: "...it was important for him to see [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1642

Six characters in search of an author

Being a member of the Theatricalists who disapproved the ideas of realists, Luigi intentionally alters the plot structure, the portrayal of the characters, the thematic development, the language as well as the portrayal of spectacle [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1140

A Summary of “What The Dog Saw”

Gladwell explores the encounters of Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer who non-verbally communicated with the dogs and mastered his expertise to tame the dogs.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 530

Journal entry on Cathedral by Raymond Carver

A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to"., it is evident that he was agitated by the blind man's visit in his house.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 802

Beowulf: Grendel’s Mother Viewpoint

This essay demonstrates the linguistic, thematic, and cultural importance of Beowulf from the eyes of Grendel's mother, an antagonist in the novel.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 676

Aristotelian Tragedy Definition

Aristotle stated that "Tragedy, then, is a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in it, and of some amplitude; in language enriched by a variety of artistic devices appropriate to the [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Back In the World

The phrase back in the world therefore as used in the book to illustrates the coming back into the society form a different society.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1357

Pelasgus’ Conflict in The Suppliants by Aeschylus

Since he has not had the time to asses the strength and weaknesses of the pursuing band, the likelihood that his Kingdom could be overrun in the pretext of re-capturing the girls is eminent.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1201

The Contemporary Indian Society

According to Proust this portrays the oppression of the poor by the rich in the society because as it occurs later that, the producer of the television show did not have the money to give [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1725

“Picture This” the Novel by Joseph Heller

This in other words implied that given the role of the media which to this day is to monitor the activities of the government, Pericles having initiated a war did not want the interference of [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 821

The Tempest and the Rape of the Rock

On the other hand, the poem the rape of the lock by Alexander Pope ridicules the habits of the upper-class people.
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

“The Pact” by Jodi Picoult

The three make their pact while in the high school concerning how they can find a way to a medical school to pursue their career in medicine.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1079

Dr. Tram and the Vietnam Conflict

From her perspective we learn of how the locals felt about the American involvement in the war, we learn that she hated the Americans with a passion for the killings and bombings they did to [...]
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 726

Lessons from the dreams of peace

The idea that she attended a great proportion of soldiers depicted her caring nature, which is important in life. She is a great peacemaker and ready to intervene in the fight, despite the challenges.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

Leadership and Commonality Displayed by Ivo Andric

It is with profound easiness that the distinctive characteristics emerge, with the main objective of a central system of assessment for any actions taken by superiors over the subjects Brief Overview of the Story The [...]
  • Subjects: Dramatic Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1378

“Little Red Cap” by Grimm Brothers

The authors use the words 'to obey' to emphasize the fault of the little girl's mother and her way of girls' upbringing.
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  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

Kate DiCamillo’s Life and Books

At her twenties she moved to Minnesota and it is during this time that she missed the warmth that she had experienced in Florida.
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 830

The Book “The Making of a Quagmire” by David Halberstam

The U.S.press seemingly stood in support of the cold war ideology, opposed to the government, thereby making the believers of the idea that 'the media lost the Vietnamese war' never to relent in the accusations.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 695

Louis L’ Amour Books

Hardy had picketed the stallion Himself, and with sudden guilt he remembered that in his hurry to return to the supper fire he had struck the picketed-pin only a couple of sharp blows".
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1374

The Rose Tattoo By Tennessee Williams

The main point of the story is the importance of and the lessons that can be taken from having humility in ones life.
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2261

The Hour by Michael Cunningham

Woolf wakes up in the morning she is reluctant to look herself in the mirror because she thinks her reflection will remind her of her failures and discourage her from writing.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2451

Francois- Marie Arouet De Voltaire – Candide

This is a story written down by Voltaire whose main motive of writing was to capture and ridicule the political inclinations of the time, illustrating the political and philosophical controversies of the eighteenth century.
  • Subjects: Historical Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 890

Ethnicity Issues in William Shakespeare’s Titus Adronicus

The inciting incident of Titus Andronicus is Titus's inflexible sacrifice of Alarbus, the eldest son of captive Goth queen Tamora, to his soldiers, an action which forms the engine of the narrative and the justification [...]
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1632

A Play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell

The author focuses on the development of the both the minor and major characters. There is a high degree of gender and culture stereotyping in the play.Mr.
  • Subjects: Plays
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 656

Year of the Flood

While the Geneva Convention on Human Rights has banned the use and development of biological agents as a means of warfare, thus sparing humanity the possibility of dying due to a virulent disease, the fact [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1262

Children literature timeline paper

Many factors have been considered to determine the depth of literature that the child is exposed to with much of this being centered on age and what the adults perceive the child to be.
  • Subjects: World Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 684

Travelling Through the Dark by William Stafford

Making a choice is always a real challenge for the speaker leading him to the analysis of the meaning of darkness, which is often associated with uncertainty, ambiguity, and the unknown.
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

Maya Angelou’s Journey Towards Acceptance of Self

In this paper, I will aim to confirm the soundness of namely Walker's suggestion, while pointing out to the fact that, by the end of Angelou's novel, Maya did not only become fully self-aware individual, [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1162

Green Grass, Running Water

The idea about braiding strands of air is also depicted as a way in which the strength of women is shown when they are together, this helps withstand the outside forces and this can be [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Henry David Thoreau: Modern Literary Canon

Unfortunately, the book failed to sell as he had anticipated and therefore in the end, he remained with many copies, which were a great loss to him both in terms of money used in printing [...]
  • Subjects: Writers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1386

“White Noise” by Don Delillo

The dignity of the family has been eroded and corrupted, it has been put to a point of questioning whether the family is upholding the values expected of it or not, that is, the modern [...]
  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1394

Achilles as a Classical Hero

In the Greek history, a story is told of a man, Achilles, who possessed characteristics that the Greek culture reserved to heroes.
  • Subjects: Mythology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1672

The Form of a Poem

The reason for this is the need for different ways to express the longing of the heart and the soul. Sometimes it is better to sing; sometimes it is best to speak of what was [...]
  • Subjects: Poems
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1228

The Different Literary Periods

It was the wakeup call for revolution at the beginning of the 19th century and a sound of establishment at the close of it.
  • Subjects: Romantic Literature
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

Narrator’s Changing Character in “The Yellow Wallpaper”

The story thus portrays the transformative reading potential in that had the narrator failed to realize that the reading has the potential to transform her. The yellow paper helped to transform the narrator in that [...]
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 567

The Use of Ethos

Convincing or persuading the reader to believe what the author has written is always tough and this is due to the fact that different readers have different opinions and perspectives about life. For Sidney, he [...]
  • Subjects: Comparative Literature
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1446

The American: Gender Theme

According to the ensuing plot, the transition of the world from the old to the new era has greatly affected the way women behave.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2231

Summary Atlas Shrugged Part One and Two

The author focuses on the theme of the role of human brain in the 'being' of humans. Rand also successfully brings out the philosophy of objectivism by using a number of themes, which are philosophical [...]
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 314

Super, Sad, and Real

For instance, in the relationship between Lenny and Eunice the only means of communication between them is through electronics devices like apparati; email messages or letters and journals.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

Management and Leadership in Nickel and Dimed

In conclusion, the book, Nickel and Dimed, points out ineffective management and leadership styles that are being practiced by most corporations in America in order to maintain their wages at low levels.
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  • Subjects: American Literature
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 564

Wiesel’s Changing Understanding of God

The faith that Wiesel had in God was enormous, in spite of the increasing abuse and hatred that the Nazis had for the Jews.
  • Subjects: Concepts in American Novels
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 788