Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 69

With his incredible ability to see the truth under the thick layer of lies, Thoreau managed to notice that despair is the integral part of what makes a man.

Janie's maturity of voice is a direct indicator of her inner growth, and the activities at the courtroom may be plotted too much as to draw the parallels in her inner self.

Harper Lee explores a great number of themes in the first chapters of the novel, for example, integrity of a person and his/her ability contradict the norms, adopted in the community.

They are drawn to the fact that equal opportunity is presented to all in the US irrespective of one's birth. In the US, it is possible for people of the same family to live completely [...]

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.

Despite her peculiar and authentic thinking, Offred's desire to get rid of her humiliating shackles is not strong enough the woman lingers, she is still hesitant.

This is a stereotype that Puccini had created in the eyes of the Western world in reference to women from the Far East.

The main point of the story is the importance of and the lessons that can be taken from having humility in ones life.

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.

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.

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 [...]

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.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the story describes one year from life of a twelve-years-boy and his experience of living in the backwoods with his mother and father.

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 [...]

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.

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.

The fact that as of today, the dogmas of political correctness are being forcibly imposed upon people in Western countries, created additional preconditions for the growing number of citizens to refer to the very process [...]

As the plot of the story unwinds, the conflict gains more shades; starting from the confrontation between Louise and the society, it slowly glows into the confrontation within Louise herself: subject to the evaluations of [...]

In this respect, the Book II written by Herodotus can be considered a good documentary evidence of the process of embalming though morality of this process can be questioned by the contemporary audience taking into [...]

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 [...]

Iago's paranoia is tremendous to an extent that his insanity is portrayed when he deludes Othello to kill his own wife.

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 [...]

In spite of all the terror of the situation, the poet realizes that there is certain petrifying beauty in this scene the beauty of a baby sucking its mother's breast: And lo! the worker of [...]

In the Greek history, a story is told of a man, Achilles, who possessed characteristics that the Greek culture reserved to heroes.

For the Breedlove family is poorer, and Pauline, mother of Pecola, is most unkind to her own family as they do not compare favorably with the white family for whom Pauline works as a maid.

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 [...]

This is not an exaggerated statement judging from terms and imagery used in at least four of his popular works such as The Cask of Amontillado; The Black Cat; The Tell-Tale Heart; and The Masque [...]

It was the wakeup call for revolution at the beginning of the 19th century and a sound of establishment at the close of it.

Poor education, injustice, and ignorance towards the laws of land were the causes of problems to the South."Twenty Five years in the Black Belt" gives a clear picture of the conditions of the black people [...]

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 [...]

Creon is the antagonist in of the story. She is even willing to die in the name of honor.

The main difference between the film and the book is that the film is focused on the relationships between sisters in their romantic stories.

Merusault the narrator in the novel The Stranger tells the story from a rather detached and unemotional tone the revolutionary concerns of the post war period of apparent random violence devoid of strings of morality [...]

However she could not stand the second Sodom and thus left on her pilgrimage to preach top the world about the existence of the spirit of Jesus Christ and espouse the virtues of truth integrity [...]

According to the ensuing plot, the transition of the world from the old to the new era has greatly affected the way women behave.

Unfortunately, this led one of them to insanity and the other one to alienate himself from the rest of the family.

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 [...]

The review focuses on the socialization involved in the acquisition of the two languages. Parents are actively involved in the development of language and education.

One of the stylistic devices employed by Faulkner in the story A Rose for Emily is the use of the third person plural point of view of course through hearsay.

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.

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.

In the poem itself there are actually two voices, that of Soledad and another that asks her who she seeks and tells her to clean her body, as such it can be assumed that this [...]

The fruit of his labors resulted in a searing depiction of a true and tragic event of which the Cleveland Plain Dealer described as "the legal thriller of the decade".

Without any prompting, the thin man lets the reader and the fat man know that he has now been promoted to the 8th grade, which is a big feat according to him.

The aim of the mythic expedition of the male protagonist is to discover special understanding which will re-establish steadiness to him and the entire society.

With lack of experience and non-conformity with the seas, the young captain, who is the main character and narrator of the story, is at an awkward position.

In other words, Satan's attitude to people is explained with the peculiarities of his position, supernatural power and corresponding perspective on human society.

The living conditions in the country were hard and the father decided to immigrate to the United States in 1876 in search of a better livelihood for the family.

This paper endeavors to highlight some similarities and differences especially in the aims and the writing style of these two authors. The aim of these two pieces is to portray societies as notorious for curtailing [...]

In this regard, Coleridge has managed to explain to the non artistic the mystic and the complexity of truth as defined by the creative genius so to this extent, nature is very useful in understanding [...]

One of the remarkable pieces of poetry dedicated to the impact of man on nature is Sonnet; the poet voices his regrets about the Industrial Revolution and its effect on the connection between people and [...]

Thesis of the book The book focuses on the life of women and their families in the revolutionary America when the backup was provided by the keepers of the family hearth while all men were [...]

In the summary of "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan it is clearly seen that in case the language is not pure, is broken or limited, the feeling of dominance comes to Americans only on a [...]

The story has been presented in various ways to capture the attention of the audience and to make it interesting. It was unexpected that the action of the mother in law would lead to the [...]

This passage was chosen because it carries with it one of the most dominant themes of the narrative which is the fear and intolerance of aging.

The older set of people who chance to read the novel for the first time will quickly understand the expert use of satire but it is the other facet of the novel that will grab [...]

There is lack of the exclusivities in teaching methods and literature learning in current American literature. There is an overwhelming change over the confined nature of past-institutionalized form of study where the teachers in the [...]

It is possible to state that the alcoholism discussed in the book along with the age considered there makes the book focused on the sociological and psychological problem.

The duration from 1850 to 1853 was the most fruitful since he wrote The House of the Seven Gables and The Blithedale Romance.

One of the most consistent criticisms hurled Bukowski's way, and one of the justifications for his bad reputation, appears as the observation that his work appeals to those who do not understand, or value, the [...]

The conflict was only indicative of the dualistic nature of the era in terms of depiction of the African American experience in the United States and the Diaspora.

The present research is a valuable source for the further analysis of Jacobs' narrative and life since it is based not only on the Jacob's writing but uses many other reliable sources.

The unceasing string of comparisons is cleaving the poem, picturing the natural beauty of a woman as the beauty of the world at dawn, comparing the marvelous sight with the wonders of the nature which [...]

The conflict between the protagonist and the community helps the readers to understand the source of growth in the protagonist life in the novel.

The book "Through the Looking Glass" is a continuation of the story of Alice as she becomes a young woman. The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel "Through the Looking-Glass" were essentially stories [...]

The company that the woman gets from the man is the root cause of her death. As the woman enters the house to find the man dressing, she assumes he is leaving and gets annoyed [...]

The subject of the majority of books is the biography of Joan of Ark. She is a national heroin of France and one of the main saints of the Catholic Church.

A poem that touches the very depth of the soul and makes the heartstrings ring with the sudden wistfulness, it tells a story of the horrifying cruelty that can lurk in the depth of the [...]

Rieux, though a competent doctor and essentially kind hearted, exhibits a slightly annoyed air during the early days of the plague, and as the disease wears on, this annoyance graduates to full blown resentment."The whole [...]

Thesis statement Though Camus' characters reflect his vision of life and its logic, each character's ideas can be used to support the position of other; thus, the character of The Plague has a duplicate in [...]

The account focuses on Genji's romantic life and illustrates the conventions of the aristocratic society of this period, a lot is referred to in relation to Genji's attractiveness.

Hence, food is the main amplifier and triggering point in family relations, specifically in relations between a man and a woman.

In Duties of a working mother, Munawarr illustrate that taking proper care of the children is an obligation of the women.

The main purpose of the paper is to consider three sources about Swahili speaking community and to understand whether the arguments presented in those works support or contradict the ideas presented in the article The [...]

In the creation and presentation of the true inevitability of death via Hooper's veil, Hawthorne fulfills Fuller's definition of the American writer as in possession of the "noble fearlessness [that] can give wings to the [...]

The American man manages to manipulate Jig psychologically by telling her not to abort if she does not want to because he senses her hesitance, "I think it's the best thing to do.

She goes ahead to explain the flow of events between the time she leaves her home and gradually takes the author through her experience as a low-income restaurant waitress upto the time that she throws [...]

Idleness is a vice that normally does not raise eyebrows because it predominates in the lives of people and often goes unsuspected.

The author had illustrated different stages of human life with the help of illustrating characters of old waiter, young waiter and an old man at the cafe.

Faulkner's choice of the archetypal setting of a wagon mowing constantly from one place to another renders the message of the instability and vacillations that Sarty is experiencing in the formation of his morals.

In 1931, she collaborated with Langston Hughes in the production of the play "Mule Bone," which was never published because of the tension between the two writers, and in 1934, she authored her first novel, [...]

In his article "Behind the Counter", Eric Schlosser argues that the fast food industry is behind the country's trend toward unsupportable earnings.

As a result, he is involved in trading marijuana and alcohol as he aspires to acquire the status of a warrior.

Sarah then decides to drop the matter because she knows that it is not her place to go against the wishes of her husband.

The highlight of the play is about the role of women in the society. The published play tells the stories of many Bosnian women who had to go through the aftermaths of the war.

It is worth noting that a clear definition of terrorism is mostly subjective and is rarely objective due to the fact that it is an act of political violence.

In other words, she is open to the life and is ready to take all that it offers, unlike Reynaud, who puts a lot of efforts to restrict himself from the creature comforts and joys.

She clearly feels that her marriage was a life of hers, and the death of feelings is the divorce the end to happiness, to mutual understanding, to being the two parts of the whole.

The period of Romanticism is characterized by its address to nature, in other words, the world was perceived through the nature."It is characterized by a shift from the structured, intellectual, reasoned approach of the 1700's [...]

The emotional state of the author is the main idea of the poem because the main character seems to reflect the mental and emotional features of Browning introducing his weakness and lack of self-confidence.

One the one hand, the last lines of the verse express the notes of individualism and ironically interpret the author's searching for his place in life.

A Rose for Emily is the story that is characterized by numerous critical opinions: readers found the story interesting, unusual, and educative; and critics tried to admit as many negative or weak points as possible [...]

They had advanced intellectually to the point that they could do things that were unheard of in the world of mortals, yet all this creativity they dedicated to making the life of the people living [...]

The reason why Brown's novel was able to attain such popularity is that the motifs, contained in it, correspond to the unconscious anxieties, on the part of those for whom it was written the dwellers [...]

But what came next was a testament to the spirit of the times there were products that were created as a direct result of the success of the book and the movie.

Again, the calmness of the voice and the soothing quality of the language underscores Dickinson's view of death as a pleasurable, desirable state.

He makes the readers understand that evil is a moral sin and it is regarded just like any type of sin because immorality is in contravention of the will of God; however, in the same [...]

All of these comedies feature the absence of a well-structured plot, the plenty of plot-unrelated self-referrals, on the part of the characters, and the inclusion of a number of primitively humorous gags.

The ideas of free will and the abilities to choose something in accordance with personal ideas and interests are considered to be one of the major ones in many Sartre's works and writing.

In this paper the focus will lead to a discussion of the significance of the glass figurines and their symbolic value to the whole play as representation of the most central symbol uniting and supporting [...]

Addie dies shortly after the story starts; however, the short period she appears in the play and her dead body directs the structure of the story setting themes in place. The storyline of this story [...]

In life, people have the freewill to choose what they want; however, in some cases, faith and fate takes the center stage despite the choices made through freewill.

However, later in his reign, Crassus fell into conflict with King Hyrodes and he was slew by Surena, one of the king's men. Crassus died in the hands of Surena after falling apart with his [...]

The theme of death is evaluated in numerous literary and art works, and Don DeLillo's White Noise is one of the brightest examples of how people are afraid of death, want to postpone it, and, [...]

In the story, Enkidu who was created to be wild is meant to counteract the oppression of King Gilgamesh on the inhabitants of the Uruk territory.

Aphrodite Zeus daughter was the god of love in Greece she was the cause of the Trojan War as explained below, and had very many lovers.

The characters are neither Mexican nor American, they undergo various challenges in search of an identity and the writer tries to create an understanding of the lives of the immigrants.

The main theme of redemption is similar in both the concert Les Miserables and the novel The Kite Runner. He becomes the symbol of goodness, a symbol that is shown to Valjean and changes the [...]

In the Seventh and Eight Grade he discovered that villains are not only found in schools and the school playground but they can also be the unknown force called discrimination and this is a debilitating [...]

Her presence in the room is dismissed by the men and the stage directions "The women have come in slowly, and stand close to the door".. In fact, the songbird in the play is one [...]

As of today, a clear correlation can be seen between the quality of living in every particular country and the extent of citizens' sense of religiosity the higher are the standards of living, the lesser [...]

On the other hand, the essay analyzes the 'Lesson', which is a story written by Toni Cade Bambara with the aim of showing how individuals and societies affect each other in the context of literature.

The story talks about the powers of Gilgamesh who was the King of Uruk and the influence of other gods in the land.

He notes that denial is very prominent in the story of" A Rose for Emily" and in the play "Death of a Salesman" and in the poem "The Raven".

The term atlas refer to the pillars of a society, that is the people who put a lot of effort and determination in their work but are exploited and are not rewarded according to their [...]

As for Tyler, it is certain that theories have said that language and thought are similar, such that language is used to express thoughts of a person.

Because of these, he warns that chances of children forming the characters of the described fathers in the books are high, as most of them love reading such books.

From such a position the audience is allowed to examine the position of a woman in the society. What this signifies is that the woman is painted as a social misfit and this resulted in [...]

Today, with the growing popularity of such fantasy works as The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Porter series, the genre as well as the aspects of courage has grown to be popular all [...]

The sprit of freedom Kant, explains as capable of extending struggle to barbaric activities of the rulers to the subjects due to loss of order and harmony as a result of poor rules by rulers.