World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

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The Novel “Brooklyn” by Colm Toibin

The American Dream plays a role of motivation in Eilis and Tony's ambitions and hard work. This aspect shows the role played by the American dream to work hard and live a wonderful life in [...]
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“Jin Ping Mei” by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng

The thrust of the paper is focused on taking a multidimensional exploration of the importance of the theme of sexuality threaded in the composition of the novel by Sheng.
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The Kite Runner

Amir does not get the issue of redemption and he thinks the only way to it is by paying for it through suffering.
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Stealing Buddha’s Dinner Themes and Analysis

The television commercials glorify fast food, and Bich is under the impression that this is the hallmark of an American identity. Bich's identity crisis was not helped by the fact that she lacked a stable [...]
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Psychological Strategies to Understand Literature

This approach explores the motivations of a writer, his characters, and that of the audience, drawing on Sigmund Freud's theories and other psychoanalytic theories to understand fully the meaning conveyed in such text. The characters [...]
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“The Hiding Place” by Corrie Ten Boom

The essay will provide a brief summary of the book followed by an analysis of the book on the basis of the social psychological theories in order to demonstrate how religion and religious beliefs influenced [...]
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“In an Antique Land” a Novel by Amitav Ghosh

The author starts with citing the physical changes in the village, which provides the reader with insights enough to note that the village, representing the whole Egyptian community, was benefitting from the revolutions in the [...]
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“A Sound of Thunder” and “Nethergrave”

Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" has better descriptions of the characters and the book overall, it also concerns a more relatable theme and familiarizing with the setting. In the story "A Sound of Thunder," [...]
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“The Two Sisters” by Pauline Johnson

The main concept of the essay can be divided between the importance of the tales to raise the sense of pride in own history which recently has been weakened by the modern influence and the [...]
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“War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy

Looking for the interesting topics for the evaluative essay, one may suggest the list of the literary areas one is interested in: The World Literature's masterpieces of the nineteenth twentieth century; The Native American legends [...]
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Conformity in “The Wars” by Timothy Findley

It is equally important to stress that the issue of conformity is based on the person's ability and willingness to fit into a group or culture. One can argue that Ross's decision to join the [...]
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The Tale of Kieu

On the contrary, this story lends a voice to millions of women across the globe that human trafficking is a horrendous crime that exists even in this sophisticated world."The Tale of Kieu" is a moral [...]
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Gender Roles in Antigone Essay

This will be seen through an analysis of the other characters in the play and the values of ancient Greeks. Indeed this central character appears to be at odds with the inclinations of the other [...]
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Something happened here: Thematic analysis

Though he does not say why he chose to particularly the seaside town of Dieppe, it is easier for the readers to see that he may have visited because of the connection that his country [...]
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: A Modernist Work

Heart of Darkness perhaps utilizes the importance of women and the role they played in the modernism period. Women have assumed the traditional role of men in the society of being the breadwinners of the [...]
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Religion Role in Douglass Narrative Story

The Christianity practiced by the black slaves is represented as the Christianity that is inexistence of purity, complete in peace in it, and also it serves as the full representation of the nature of Christ [...]
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Analysis of “Metamorphoses” by Ovid

Ovid's Metamorphoses is a poem that stretches from the beginning of life to the narrator's present. Ovid's retelling of some of the world's most revered mythological stories is spirited and vivacious, with a specific focus [...]
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“Forgiveness Story” by June Callwood

Callwood's audience is people who hesitate or struggle to forgive their offenders, and her purpose is to persuade these people to take the path of forgiveness.
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“Borders” by Thomas King

The theme discussed in the story is the way identity is protected by Indigenous peoples in the territories of the USA and Canada and the ways governmental impositions restrict it.
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Arabic Literature: Qismati and Nasibi

Mahfouz short stories titled Qismati and Nasibi, a short story about two conjoined twins who have to deal with the challenges that have arisen due to their situation and also face deal with the discrimination [...]
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“An Imaginary Life” by David Malouf

Raising the issues of de-colonization and the consequences of the political and cultural dependence of the colonized territories, the postcolonial writers criticize the racist inclinations of colonizers and the colonial rule in general.
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Deception in “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus”

The author, Marlowe, in his quest for studying the most ambitious individuals, encountered the Renaissance "overreacher", thus, sharing his views on heroism and the power of will with his readers, at the same time, chronicling [...]
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“The Watery Realm” by Yuko Tsushima

In this aspect, an essential element in the description of the role of water is the mention of the water god Suijin. Water is described in the context of several generations and reflects people's life [...]
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How John Milton Depicts Books

According to Milton, this is against the freedom of the press that is espoused in the constitution and it is also dangerous for the potency of life that the books carry.
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Richard Wright’s “Big Black Good Man”

Therefore, the use of point of view as a literary device enables the reader to understand and analyze the thought process of one person, Olaf, while remaining unaware of the intentions of Jim.
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Killings by Andre Dufus

According to Kant's Moral Theory, the act of killing Richard is morally right since Matt's intention was to get justice for the murder of his son. Even though is aware of the guilt of Richard, [...]
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Love and Compassion Themes in Literature

The theme of love and compassion is evident in the literature, and it shows the connectivity between all human beings. For instance, in this story, Hope's parents had friends living on the other side of [...]
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Experimental Writing Examples

However before looking at the various forms of experimental writing, it is important to look at the definition of experimental writing.
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The Truth about Stories by Thomas King

These sections are titled in such a way not by chance as they help for people to understand themselves, to identify themselves in the world, the sections of the book help to relate people to [...]
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History of Asia. Lu Xun’s “My View On Chastity”

He was one of the founders of the China League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. His contribution in the field of language and literature is enormous, thus, most of the commentators have viewed his greatness [...]
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“Heidi” by Johanna Spyri

When her aunt's life is strained by her career, she decides to take Heidi to live with her grandfather. However, her grandfather is too protective of the young Heidi, and he does not allow her [...]
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The Paradoxes of Time Travel by David Lewis

The 'original' 2008 would represent the actual time when the poor scientist lived and did not know anything about the winning lottery numbers; on the other hand, the 'new' 2008 would represent a counterfactual time [...]
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Lost Star of Myth and Time

Walter Cruttenden is the author of the 340-page book, Lost Star of Myth and Time, which is a grand synthesis of the world history that occurred over the past 14000 years.
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“Woman at Point Zero” by Saadawi

She commences by describing the barbaric act of clitoridectomy that Firdaus went through and the persistent abuse of her mother by her father. This indicates that she feels bound and stuck to the memories of [...]
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“Masks” the Novel by Fumiko Enchi

The novel wraps the reader with the feeling of coldness that is both elegant and repellent. She had to stay with a husband she hated and in the society she hated.
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“The Darling” a Novel by Anton Chekhov

Besides, the complexity of society and the evolution of the approach to the traditional female role preconditioned the great importance given to this issue by various authors.
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Al-Mutanabbi

Equally, the history of the Arabic poetry can shed more light into the principles upheld by the past Arab poets, the themes they sang, the images they invented, and the convention they observed. In the [...]
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Analysis of the Tale Cinderella

In our criticism of Cinderella, we asked the questions: "What is the disposition of gender in this artifact?" And, "How does the disposition of gender affect the behavior of children under the age of ten?" [...]
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The Major Themes in “The Analects of Confucius”

This write up is going to summarise the major themes captured in the book, critically analyse the contents of the book and its impacts on the Asian community before highlighting the major interesting concepts captured [...]
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The Introduction to Literature Course Reflections

However, I realized that I need to improve my writing ability, which is the capacity to process what I have seen, heard, and felt, follow the cause-and-effect relationships, and draw conclusions.
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Themes in “The Wars” Novel by Timothy Findley

The title of the story, The Wars, is not that simple and represents two different types of war, which are inherent to people: the war that happens on the battlefield, and the war that happens [...]
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Irony in Frank O’Connor’s “First Confession”

When she answered in the affirmative, Jackie became sure that he was a terrible boy and a sinner who had broken all commandments all because of his old grandmother."I was scared to death of confession".
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Frankenstein: a Deconstructive Reading

In the story, Frankenstein assumes the position of the creator while the monster is the created being. As a creator who is ready to sail in the glory that his work will bring him, Frankenstein [...]
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“The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne

Through this, she gained wisdom and proper methods of delivering the message to the world. The reason attributed to this is that one's status is a result of his past thoughts and feelings.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Main Themes

The main themes of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird cover both adult and children's concerns, including the dignity of human life, the importance of truth, the rights of people to be different, the need [...]
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Plot Devices in “The Break” by Katherena Vermette

In The Break, the characters undergo many changes in their lives that explicitly or implicitly affect them simultaneously. Meanwhile, the author explicitly uses flashbacks when referring to the character's relationship with the victim and each [...]
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