Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 69

Her works reflect the lives of American upper class through the use of humor and empathy in describing their lives, and changes in New York towards the beginning of the 20th century.

The book narrates the happenings of Congo in the 1890s during the reign of King Leopold II. It informs the reader of the various crimes perpetuated by Leopold by referring to the African and European [...]

Therefore, from a cultural point of view, as the paper exposes, Jane Austen highlights in the book her deep-seated concerns on cultural flaws through the voice of the heroine that determined the choices and the [...]

He, therefore, decides to seek revenge, but he wants to be careful in order not to risk his life. Fortunato seems to be fond of wine against Montresor, and he decides to use this as [...]

The article is about the birthday of Aunt Elaine, who was turning fifty and the entire family decided to go out for a dinner to celebrate the birthday by having a dinner at the favorite [...]

As the novel tells us the story of a child who lived alone in a desert, we can see the results of lonely life together with the illness and in a close connection with the [...]

Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Jerome Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, it is possible to state that the notion of love is presented there similarly even though the texts are absolutely different and [...]

The events that follow clearly indicate how abuse of power by a reckless ruler can lead to oppression of women who often suffer in silence unable to act and the resulting consequence to a society [...]

The letters have been widely and intensively studied within the context of the history of Islam even though there is no unanimous agreement on whether the anonymous authors of the letters belonged to the Islamic [...]

And if one was to consider the idea of the immortality of the human soul, the possibility of the afterlife and the certitude of our physical death, life becomes an affair of profound perplexity; and [...]

The stories the Storm and the story of an hour are two allegorical fictional writings that reflect on major issue that affects relationships in the current society.

Here, Destro interprets it to mean what we were to subject Faust to was not the standard morality but that of the superman: "In reality, the law that Faust follows is not that of morality [...]

In Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Sign of the Four" and Anne McClintock's "The Lay of the Land: Genealogies of Imperialism" imperialism is defined in terms of femininity.

As Benstock argues, the priest is in near state of mind breakdown as he is in the verge of losing the faith that he proclaimed in the church.

The story of Beowulf, to a great extent, focuses on the history of the main character as a hero as opposed to a king.

She specifies that the person is to be proud of the language he or she speaks. Spanish words the author uses in her book appeal to the emotions of the readers.

The author of the book presents his hero in two ways: on the one hand, he depicts the boy, who is full of hopes and expectations; on the other hand, he shows the boy whose [...]

The greatest achievement of the scientist is that he managed to explain his revolutionary theory in simple terms so that people could understand and accept it.

In The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Thomas Edward Lawrence's autobiographical account of his Middle Eastern activities during the First World War, Chapters 41 to 58 are bracketed by two important events in the Arab insurgency [...]

Nowadays, the word "habit" is used in order to indicate an action or emphasize the tendency of doing something, while in Shakespearean context, word "habit" is not an action.

Based on a movie by David lean the book "Pillars of Wisdom" is a reflection of a British soldier, Lawrence of Arabia experiences when he worked with the rebel forces as a liaison officer during [...]

In her turn, Mead discusses the problem of the expensiveness of weddings and the flourishing of this business as the result of 'Bridezilla' phenomenon.

The description of a cyberspace and its constituents is one of the key points the author wants to draw the readers' attention to.

This chapter is a flashback of the time when Conover was recruited to join the forces, as a correctional service officer recruit.

When they went to Africa, the whites found Africans a little too awkward in culture and the fact that they managed to manipulate them in their own continent was a proof enough that their way [...]

The only sure way to predict the winner in such a game is to watch the game itself and compare the strong sides of the two teams in the field.

He explains that this is the reason why some of the major companies are gaining an edge in the marketplace by using numbers and data to manipulate the marketplace.

The other factor that contributed to the decline in education in America apart from the decline in political standards and changes in demography and culture is the argument over which subjects to include in the [...]

While it is true that vocabulary informs the progress of knowledge development, it is possible for knowledge to develop in the absence of vocabulary.

She faces all the following problems due to her race: her being a slave is wholly attributable to her being black; Dr.

However, to my mind, the difference in the contexts of the novel and famous film can be neglected as the monster's appearance is repulsive enough.

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 [...]

In the first stanza, the departure of the lover marks the end of their love, while the second stanza uses the dropping of sand as symbolic to the passing of time in an hour glass.

In the play, it is evident that pride is used by people to create laws that challenge the divine law from gods.

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 [...]

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.

Even though he sets out to find and destroy the monster that he created, he knows that the challenge he is facing is much great.

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.

The long sentences used by Faulkner in the story "Barn Burning" are observed to loop, thereby creating a style that shows the indecisiveness of the characters, and the diversity of their thoughts.

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 [...]

Students find the book resourceful, but it's actually the teachers who benefit the most from it as it highlights issues necessary in children literature, and how best to introduce it to elementary education students. She [...]

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.

However, the persona is proud of the father and the grandfather's commitment and vows to work s hard as his forefathers.

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 reading of a short story Jackals and Arabs leaves no doubt as to the fact that this story's foremost thematic element is being of clearly surreal nature.

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

At the close of the chapter, Greenblatt denotes that the hugely documented visit by the Queen to the region played a noteworthy function in Shakespeare's early advance.

Is that the power of the true love that makes him act the way he does, teaching the young woman the way she can adapt to the European society, or is it his self-esteem that [...]

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 [...]

At the age of ten years, Ramana is subconsciously aware of the condition of his mum and the need for her to come home.

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.

While his family suffered, he enjoyed his life to the fullest and when he was confronted by his mother about the matter, he resulted to a confrontation denying the fact that he had a problem [...]

As the reader goes through the story, one can clearly see the images of what is happening because of the detailed imagery depicted by the author in the story; it is these imageries that triggers [...]

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.

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.

The strong character traits of the main characters Odyssey and Job in the epic The Odyssey and The Story of Job help develop their plots from the beginning to the rise of conflict and their [...]

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 belief of the movie is that these years were the most important one in laying ground to the character of Obama.

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.

Although the revelation of the character of Montressor was done indirectly, the fact that he was also the narrator of the story enabled readers to have access to his thoughts and feelings.

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.

In the work of Jewish writers Ruth Almog and David Fogel the themes of liberation and oppression take the forefront. As an oppressed child, the daughter of immigrants whose life has already been touched by [...]

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 [...]

At the beginning of the poem, one can see Kim Trong as an ideal of a man according to the norms and principles of the Vietnamese society: Kim Trong, a scion of the noblest stock.

At the end, the author transfers to the outer story to address the audience and frame the entire literary work. At this point, the author provides the readers with the story of Nicolas who is [...]

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.

In both cases, the texts have devoted their concerns to the plight of a black female who is deposed off her meaning within the realms of the society.

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

In a bid to deliver the message of the poem, the author uses various interesting tools. The content of the poem is interesting as the author narrows down to the concept of old age.

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.

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.

The phrase 'to kill a mocking bird' stands out as a metaphor in the book To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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 [...]