Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 69

The purpose of a headline is to provide a quick preview of the story and it is usually meant to draw the reader's attention.

In the first place, Levin found that one of the major reasons why the Russian peasant did not want to invest their labor in their land was "due to the consciousness of his vocation to [...]

Coincidentally, he dedicated his first wave of writing to themes of innocence and beauty coupled with "Love and Joy as dynamic life values in the poet's feeling for the potentiality of the harmony of mind [...]

A person who not only violates the tradition of the family, but who is able to betray the family cannot be respected.

The decision that Sula takes is contrary to the black community because of the discrimination they faced by the white community.

Though put in the beautiful Garden of Eden with one clear instruction not to eat from fruit tree in the middle of the garden, Satan, the leader of the banished and rebel angels, endures a [...]

This paper seeks to present a summary and character analysis of "The Hours"."The Hours" presents three women as they navigate a day in their lives and as they struggle to identify themselves in the society.

Achy Obejas provided the readers with her own vision of the controversial situation in Cuba in 1990's with the help of vivid depicting of the character of Usnavy, the protagonist of Obejas' Ruins.

However, one of the most specific elements that make the concept of forgetfulness more complicated is the selectivity, which presupposes that people remember certain events, which forgetting the ones that are supposed to be more [...]

In the early chapters of the novel, the author tells the readers about the neglect that Antoinette's family faces after the end of the slave trade.

In addition, the departure of Young Goodman Brown from his wife's comfortable house into the darkness of the forest symbolizes the birth of Brown's new life.

In the story it is discovered that the creature does not understand the language spoken by the locals although it was suspected to be Latin, this gives a political dimension to it and as highlighted [...]

The bastardization of Shakespeare's poems is one of the most widespread tendencies in evaluating the impact of Shakespeare's work since the great poet started creating his masterpieces one of the strongest is.

For instance, the piling of the stones by the children at the beginning of the story was a foreshadowing of the stoning which was to take place at the end of the story.

In case they were on a trip, it was the husband who made decisions: where to stop, for how long and what she could do in the course of the journey.

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.

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.

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 [...]

The narrative is a very good source of information on the culture and the ways of living of the Native American communities.

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 [...]

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.

According to McPherson, the war, that is, the Civil War, was aimed at bringing about liberty and ensuring the extension of protection to the citizenry which he had a clue of the fact that the [...]

According to Sarah, therefore, the only true love that a woman can be sure of is the one between her and God.

The narrator thinks that the woman took off because of the fear he invokes in people due to his skin color. On the other hand, Amy uses fear to show dominance of white cultural heritage [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

One of the most touching novels ever, the story of a young woman entering the world of different cultures, the world so splendid that it is almost blinding her, and her guide to this beautiful [...]

The theme of slavery is indicated clearly by the author through the mentioning of the origin of the two communities- The Bottom and Medallion.

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 [...]

All these aspects observe the truth in the writer's perceptions through the words of the grandmother that "a good man is hard to find".

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 [...]

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.

The story is given the title 'Bartley the Scrivener' due to the amazing character which Bartleby displays in the law firm since the first day he was hired in the law firm.

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 [...]

The book brings into light the culture of these people, who are mainly located in the mountainside of the Peoples' Republic of China.

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 [...]

This gives a logical scene of the murder to the reader, making the reader to have familiar settings that are helpful in interpreting the rhymes correctly.

In his compelling masterwork, In the Basement of the Ivory Tower, Professor X laments on the poor education system among the people of low social class in America.

She is obviously referring to the fact that Clay is a black man trying to behave as if he is a white man.

Having analyzed violence in schools and the age of children maturity I have thus reached to a conclusion that this plan will be better applied to children under the age of 14.

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is evident that money cannot guarantee happiness in one's life due to the uncertainties that surround each one of us.

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.

The book describes the lives of three people: the narrator, her mother and her grandmother. At the time of her death, the author's grandmother talked about Cultural Revolution.

His curiosity to know the content of the bottle overrules him and decides to hide as he makes his way after of the house.

As told in the novel, Sara, "is caught in a time warp" where it is not easy for her to let go of traditional values that define her identity.

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.

Ann's church are said to be the poorest in America, the pastor to this church was interviewed by Kozol and he mentioned that he had visited different parts of America and according to him this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The character of Emily Grierson in William Faulkner's short story, "A Rose for Emily", leaves the reader in dilemma as to whether Emily is the protagonist or the antagonist.

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 [...]

The biggest conflict of racism and injustice in Long Black Song is when he is shoot by Silas shoots the white man as came to collect money for the gramophone.

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 [...]

The futility of the life Watanabe has lived is explored through the relationship he has with his son when he finds out that he is suffering from cancer.

Hammett's novel The Glass Key is set in fabricated and a city that is not known where as Miller's Crossing gives a true representation of a town full of corruption in Hammett's literature.

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 [...]

In addition, Kazakhstan provides one of the largest markets in the middle of Asia and is in the middle of the busy business route between China and Europe.

It also define the battle plan that the American citizens would use in ensuring that they fight back and regain back the rule of laws defined in the American constitution that enhance the liberty that [...]

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.

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.

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.

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 [...]

Concurring with the behavior of Misfit and Grandmother, O'Connor gives the elusive description of a good man relating it to gracility as a Christian value.

Comprehensively, the book Half the Sky How to Change the World exposes the rot that is human trafficking and tries to expose the severity of the trade and how it affects the world today.

The character of Caliban is an opposition to that of Ariel, the other servant of prospero, in that Caliban is a human figure while Ariel is a spirit.

This essay demonstrates the linguistic, thematic, and cultural importance of Beowulf from the eyes of Grendel's mother, an antagonist in the novel.

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 [...]

On the contrary, the title suggests of the situation where a motorcycle ride is completed while the sea is still calm.

The fact that she was able to incorporate the elements of both the African and the European cultures made Karen Blixen to become a brave woman she had become.

Although the book talks about the beautiful life and the landscape of the countryside which the author describes she and other settlers in the colony supported the colonial administration.

He was on the journey of selfishness and abandoning his family but he redeemed himself at the end and came to his senses. Priest Leo is convinced he is supposed to be a priest and [...]

The phrase back in the world therefore as used in the book to illustrates the coming back into the society form a different society.

They pressurized the youth to take part in the war and this was very wrong, as the role of parents is always to guide and help young people.

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.

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 [...]

In summary, the Wife of Bath has a diverse personal attributes ranging from intelligent to wickedness with an appealing physical appearance and from her description or autobiography, she is an expensive, independent woman from England.

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 [...]

On the other hand, the poem the rape of the lock by Alexander Pope ridicules the habits of the upper-class people.

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.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

The authors use the words 'to obey' to emphasize the fault of the little girl's mother and her way of girls' upbringing.

The presence of the girls at the supermarket confused Sammy and at one time this confusion led him to make a second call to a customer that he had already called.

At her twenties she moved to Minnesota and it is during this time that she missed the warmth that she had experienced in Florida.

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.

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 [...]

Such an effect is suggestive of the fact that in essence people only consider love as love when there is a thought that tries to explain it.

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.

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".

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 book details the author's shift from mountaineering to a humanitarian mission aimed at reducing poverty levels and championing for girls' education in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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 [...]

Othello, an eloquent and physically fit person is considered as the protagonist and hero of the play; however, in spite of his elevated status, he is nonetheless an easy prey to insecurities due to his [...]

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 following is the thesis statement for this comparative poem analysis: Langston's and Nikki's poems are differently similar as they address identical theme of race in different structures and expressions I Too Langston wrote this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

It is evident in the story that it is Gregor who woks to take care of his family and therefore the rest of the family members did not.

It must be admitted that with his unusual gift of depicting the most petrifying environment so that it immediately rises in front of the reader's eyes, Poe creates the perfect setting in The Cask of [...]

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 [...]

The king is in conflict with himself. The king's behavior is in conflict with the character of Oedipus king.

It is necessary to point out that the theme about the spilled milk emerges in the very end of the poem.

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 [...]