World Literature Essay Examples and Topics. Page 3

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".

I chose the 24th letter from the collection to demonstrate the peculiarities of the author's style that contributed significantly to the book's unfading success.

The short story "The True Story of Ah Q" is a satirical fiction that addresses the encounters of Ah Q, who is a peasant in the rural village of Weichuang.

Up to that extent, the reader is already in a world that he or she has suspended reality. Up to this extent, the reader is already in a world that the unimaginable happens.

As the poem begins, Achilles is not ready to take orders from Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks, and he is agitated at losing argument to the king.

The story presents an example of Gowdy's innovative approach to modifying neo-gothic genre and addressing the forbidden issues, as she modifies the gothic elements and discredits the traditional stereotypes related to the dominating topic of [...]

Since colonialism is mostly accompanied by the subordination of the history of one people to another's, and the slow obliteration of the culture of the colonized, the post-colonial therefore is mostly occupied with the proactive [...]

Wells, the stand of her "A Red Record" pamphlet is that of a rhetoric where the writer presents arguments and evidences of her cause to readers in such a way that she prevents her audience [...]

Amir does not get the issue of redemption and he thinks the only way to it is by paying for it through suffering.

By writing the article, the author intended to hijack and reshape that image so that it can portray our hidden biological nature.

In the novel "Don Quixote," Miguel de Cervantes depicts two opposite characters of Alonso Quixano and Sancho Panza. Alonso and Sancho have opposite personalities, each representing a different kind of sense.

Nagai Kafu's "A Strange Tale from the East of the River" is a beautiful story that depicts Tokyo in the early twentieth century.

"Alibaba and the Forty Thieves" is one of the renowned and iconic tales of the Arabian Nights stories added to the collection by Antoine Galland.

Once again, adding this scene demonstrates Spiegelman's awareness that most of his audience would not have a direct and personal connection to the Holocaust.

That evening the stranger joins the rest of the camp at the campfire where he begins to narrate his story. At the beginning of the story, the stranger proclaims that, "...you are not the first [...]

The Japanese people are well known for their martial arts and the writer describes his father as "the proud of the pure samurai blood that ran in the family".

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 [...]

Solitude is the main theme of the novel, and Jose Arcadio Buendia, the founder of Macondo, is the first great solitary.

So, Pushkin tried to define the initial reasons of this phenomenon in the character of Onegin: shallow education, the imitation of European culture, conditionality and prejudice of life of the epoch, and laziness. Onegin is [...]

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.

The period of Renaissance humanism, of which Pico was a major pre-cursor, also explores the same enlightenment, the splendor, the marvel and the wonder called man. Dust is what he will turn to and to [...]

It was the first novel to receive the title of "Gothic", and it was also one of the first to use and develop the sublime.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest plays of German literature is a tragic play and considered by many as the best-known [...]

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 [...]

The thesis of the paper is that the notion of "the other" in The Metamorphosis is represented not so much through the opposition between the character and other characters as though the opposition between his [...]

The identity of the character is not clear, and although the writer tries to engage the reader into understanding the uniqueness of the featured characters, there is still some aspect of ambiguity, which makes the [...]

For him to go out of his way looking for her in her home town and almost daring to challenge the husband is a brave move that shows he was truly ready to change and [...]

He studied philosophy at the university so that after obtaining a degree he explored the concepts of existentialism in the middle of the 1930s and examined the principles of the absurdity of human existence several [...]

The imagery of the ocean wave ushering in the infant on the wooden floor shows the narrative's fantastic element: "Tita was literally washed into the world on a great tide of tears that spilled over [...]

Achebe's book centers on the life of a village 'superstar' by the name Okonkwo and the arrival of white missionaries at the fictional village of Umuofia.

The story is set in the 1890s. In the meantime, Mina is writing to her friend.

This was, however, not the case here; the state itself went against the constitution and ignored the wishes of the deceased wife.

In particular, the author focuses on the life of a family that has to grapple with the effects of stigmatization and relocation.

The author uses Yu Yuan to narrate the experience of POWs in the camps. However, Yu Yuan is informed by the doctor that he is among the POWs to be transferred to Koje Island where [...]

It can be presupposed that the poem explains a process of soul existence, from the very first desire up to the death.

The events of the Iliad occur on two different planes: the earthly one, beneath the city of Troy, and the heavenly one, atop Mount Olympus. The story is driven by forces beyond the control of [...]

The characterization of the key players in the murder serves to underscore the idea that personal responsibility and societal obligations play a crucial role in determining the outcome of a crime.

Chekhov continues to develop the image of a "man in a case," that is, a constant change from the case of family life to the case of secret meetings with women.

The thesis explores Lurie's perspective change through his sexual and platonic relationships, prejudice regarding apartheid ideologies, and the relevance of his association with dogs.

The first one is the absolute topographical realism and accuracy of details in the reproduction of the place of events. Conrad resorts to the parallelism of the climaxes in the stories of Leggatt and the [...]

With the evolution of language and the written word, the capacity of people to create stories also changed and developed, being responsible for the creation of new literary genres, traditions and customs.

Consequently, when a person takes their actions into consideration, they are mindful of the absence of the other, that is, they accept their loneliness.

The book describes the American soldiers during the Korean war, with some of the main struggles being not even the battles but events in between.

It is also likely that the relationship between Eliot's mother and her neighbors is sour. Sen is a responsible person and knows how to take care of children.

One of the most memorable lessons from you, Little Prince, is that "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye".

The author combines the subjective and objective perception of the tribe so that the reader has the entire image and adds the spiritual part, where the feeling of a union with nature and its importance [...]

In the first third of the novel, Keita Ali is a young enthusiastic black man, who sees running as a way to get rich and escape poverty. She is introduced to the reader as a [...]

The old and the new, the Christianity and Islam, the East and the West are shown closely interconnected for example in the description of the two ancient cemeteries in Istanbul and in the development of [...]

The author combined the "objective" prose and philosophical symbolism of Hemingway with the existentialistic prose of Camus and created one of his most famous story "No one Writes to the Colonel".

It seems the love he contains in his heart is not enough for him to forgive and forget what has happened.

He is encouraged to enter school by his father, who promises to wait for him at the gate to take him home at the end of the day.

The Pied Piper comes to the town symbolizing the shift from one season to another; in a broader sense, he can be the symbol of change and its acceptance.

This symbolizes the boy's world and how blind he is to the reality of the world. The young boy gets to realize that his actual world is very different from his na ve dreams and [...]

In telling her story, Malala emphasizes the importance of education for girls, the differences in culture and religion she experienced growing in Pakistan, the dangers of being an education activist, and the beginnings of the [...]

The separation of the author and the text and the presence of an unreliable narrator who is also the pedophiliac hero of the story put the readers in a dilemma, and they have to actively [...]

The concept of the death of tragedy is taken from Nietzsche's book "The Birth of Tragedy" where he declared that God is dead.

The article, Into the Wild, has addressed the concept of idealism through the activities outlined in its plot. The concept of idealism has been brought out in the text as an attempt to describe life [...]

Success in the critical discourse analysis rests on the platform of the relevance and effectiveness of the contribution of analysis in creating change.

This is done by the wolf to portray the misunderstanding between him and the little pigs. One day, a fox visits the first little pig and destroys the straw house and eats the little pig.

While in some scenes the lights are turned off, towards the end of the play the intensity of light increases especially when Nora is talking to her husband. This is escalated towards the end of [...]

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 [...]

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.

The influence of Tamer and his family, coupled with her experience as a member of the mosque, begin to replace Najwa's family by proxy.

Initially, Brown believed in Christianity but after the awful encounter with the wouldevil', he changes his perception on humanity and religious beliefs isolating all the people around him including his wife. Brown decides to meet [...]

The setting in the story is the complicated, socially-oriented journey of a girl who does not understand why she has to become the perfect woman in poverty and the absence of her native culture.

Throughout the work, the head and heart are emblematic of the rational mind on the one hand and emotions and desires on the other.

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 [...]

This is reflected in the works of Ibsen, Tagore, and Ichiyo, who each focus on the individual's journey of self-exploration and the obstacles they must overcome to find their place in the world.

Helen Furr, the first of two women taking a central part in the short story, is an interesting character in terms of both her first name and last name.

The book's meaning, essence, nature, and content are a set of disclosures of missionary practices, tactics, strategies, tools, and fundamental concepts of the influence of the International Missionary Council on the surrounding world and reality.

In The Necklace, De Maupassant raised several contemporary issues at once: the conflict of desires and opportunities, the discrepancy between the spiritual organization of a person and the social conditions of their existence.

Das represents a character that is easy to empathize with and relate to due to his kind nature. Failing miserably to notice the presence of alienation between him and his wife, as well as his [...]

Another important aspect in reading Gulliver's Travels is related to the obligation to strive for knowledge and a true understanding of the world around.

When talking about the latter, it is possible to distinguish two dominant emotions that affect the communication between a woman and a man: attraction and repulsion.

This is the best description of the person vs.society conflict; it allows the reader to understand, analyze the handmaid's feelings and emotions, and come to a logical definition of the subject of this confrontation.

First, it is "the love of the body" that men admire and desire the most, which is not continuous, as well as implies disgrace for a woman; second, it is "the love of souls" that [...]

The representation of women in the novel serves as a significant contribution to the description of social context, in which Juan and Marcela tried to live their way through humiliation and struggle.

The storyline in the novel has been divided into two where the first part of the story explores the development of Mersault's character and attitude towards himself and the rest of his surroundings.

This is an excellent feature of the story and a staple of an effective horror piece."'Horror is not a genre, like the mystery or science fiction or the western. This is the strength of the [...]

Further, it will seek to show the evidence that Diaz Junot uses allusion in order to enable his readers to understand the characters better and have deeper insights into the reality of the Dominicans. Its [...]

They worship photos of their "Imperial Majesties," and each offers total allegiance to their respective gods: Shinji to the army, and Reiko to Shinji.

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 [...]

The thing that impressed me most of all about the short story is the overall impression of doom and guilt, which is created with the help of the details, that may seem unimportant at first [...]

This complexity comes even more difficult when the topic of race and identity is involved in literature."No Telephone to Heaven" by Michelle Cliff is the piece of literature dealing with this topic, and the present [...]

Bauby was absorbed by this idea, and after the stroke happened to him, he thought that the power of thought was so strong that his idea gave him the chance to write the desired book [...]

The outbreak of civil war in Lebanon in 1958 resulted in her being dispatched to live with her mother's parents in Chile.

Thus, the goal of this paper is to study the phenomenon of DF based on the examples of Orwell's and Huxley's fiction and determine the presence of the themes that overlap with the contemporary social, [...]

For that reason, Samba finishes his spiritual training and enters the school, and this is the point where the main conflict in the book starts to manifest itself.

In The Iliad, the relations between two characters, Agamemnon and Apollo, as well as their motivation and passion help to underscore the theme of power and rage; the conflict between the characters is based on [...]

Notably, the fragments encompass all the phases of the genocide, which are planning and political propaganda, the butchery, and the aftermath of the oppression leading to fragmented communities.

The title of the book, current references, tokens that children carry with them to the campsite, the killing of the dog on the eve of departure to the camp, and the experiences of the family [...]

The motif of a trick is also discussed in many versions of the tale with references to na ve Red Riding Hood's questions about the grandmother's appearance, with references to the Wolf's changes of clothes, [...]

In this particular case, it can be stated that Creon has learned not to go against the ancient traditions that are valued by the ancient Greek society that he is in since they are part [...]

She makes the boy sit after washing his face before she tells him to have supper with her.Mrs. Bates's approach makes the boy attentive and he gets to learn that he needs to make the [...]

This indicates that Gregor's alienation after the transformation was not a result of his appearance; it was his inability to contribute economically to the family.

The ruler of Egypt and his family are instrumental to the worship of the God and the Sun, setting an example for all people. Another significant point of the poem is that it makes the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

He hoped that she had found shelter, inside the ruins of the old hut, in the clearing, on the top of the hill, but nobody was there. These legends have a common element in that [...]

It is possible to trace several parallels between the poem and the Book of Revelation: numerical symbolism, the idea of people's resignation and the idea of revelation.

The gluttony level will be harsher than the previous two levels and this means that the level of torture subjected to the culprits will also be higher.

Therefore, the fact that the man wastes all his lifetime and wealth waiting for his chance to access the law reveals the dissatisfaction of the judicature as a branch of justice in the society.

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.

The story commences by painting a picture of exhausted workers shouting and banging the main gate of the factory as they awaited the evening bell to end their shift.

Klein believes marketing analysts concoct the perceived value of their products in their offices and sell them to the masses. The importance of this state of affairs in export processing zones like China is indicative [...]

The coping mechanisms of Kenny and Lucy bring different results to the characters Kenny's isolation leads to self-destruction, while Lucy can create a peaceful life through motherhood.

The author describes the monster as a yellow-faced creature of enormous stature, with watery eyes and a black mouth, which, in the tradition of literary Gothicism, is intended to instill fear in the reader.

The main plot of the fairy tale is that two scammers arrive in the capital of the emperor, who lavishly spends money on clothes to the detriment of state affairs.

The use of this tool by the author is observed at the beginning of the book to create a special atmosphere. In The Alchemist, this tool is perceived as an appropriate element to add to [...]

Moreover, the author switches between the description of events from the side of the first, then from the side of the second protagonist.

The book was the last published during the author's lifetime, and some critics believe that it was his reflection on the topics of death and the meaning of life.

It is not a very active story because the woman, Elisa Allen, spends her day engaged in very simple activities and only leaves the space of her garden and home toward the end of the [...]

It should be stressed the mother gives both positive and negative advice, but the girl's perspective and ideas are quite a few in the story, which can be interpreted as the overbearing of the mother [...]

The analysis of the book demonstrates that lack of family bonding, increased exposure to violence, availability of drugs, and increased tolerance to delinquency can lead to participation in gang activity.

In her article, The Illness of the Mourning & the Fantasy of the Exquisite Corpse Maria Torok observes the problems of introjection and incorporation.

The author's main aim was not only to describe the childhood and adventures of the young couple but to convey the first experience of love.

The foremost feature of postmodernism - challenging Enlightenment - that arouses in the text is the attempt of the author to show the subconscious behavior of the characters.

The story takes the reader through an intriguing encounter of human beings with a variety of extraterrestrial beings with the aim of outlining the theme of life.

In this regard, the aim of literary dystopias is to caution and warn society against the blind following of ideologies that lead to the breakdown of social order.

Much of the satire derives from these oppositions and from the fact that it is impossible to reliably describe the difference between doubles and opposites."The Nose" treats the seriousness of life with comicality; the author [...]