Literature Essays

Analysis of the figurative language and symbols used by Flannery O’Connor can help readers understand that the main themes in Parker’s Back are faith and grace. However, the symbols in the story are complex because the writer uses them to show both the spiritual growths and decline of the characters.

The novel “Things fall apart” narrates two interlacing stories that centre on Okonkwo, who is the main protagonist. The first one is on a strong tale of the ancient conflict amid Okonkwo and the entire society. It traces his plunge from elegance with the ethnic world. The second tale revolves around the conflict of cultures and the annihilation of Okonkwo’s realm after the arrival of the hostile European missionaries.

Harry and Taran are famous for their heroic achievements, and we may find some similarities in their stories. Still, the approach to heroism and understanding of their affairs is considered to be different. Each of them is interesting in his own manner and overcomes a big number of obstacles on his way.

Poems can be meant to pass very important moral lessons. They tell how people should live and relate in the societies they live in. This assignment analysis how sympathy toward and/or dislike of character has been manifested in

The book The Autobiography of an Ex-coloured Man was written by James Weldon Johnson in the year 1912 and the book The Sport of the Gods was written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar in the year 1902. The concepts of double-consciousness, double vision, and socialized ambivalence were used greatly in the early African American novels to describe the characteristics of these African American people.

The author states that a hero is a masculine person with courage, fortitude, and nobility. According to classical myths, a hero has extraordinary strength and courage and is regarded as the offspring of a god. On the other hand, a villain is someone with evil motives and actions, but these motives are important to the plot.

From the novel, before they met, Shams used to rejoice magnificently to the God created the universe. Within him, he used to question why do people do not care too much about loving God’s creations and finding him. In his memory, he recalled suffering people he had ever met, from the prostitutes to the baggers.

This would mean that there is nothing a person would refuse or feel morally obligated to not do in pursuit of materialistic gain. The materials used to establish the theme of ethics and markets have clearly outlined the human relationships that are involved and the use of moral values in dealing with others.

There are similarities in both the fictions, they are [1] science fictions, [2] planned on circumstance with future connotation, in the sense the focus had been on a future human race and society. The argument is whether both the authors have treated the concept justifying what opinion they had over the issues of the contemporary society, for example Le Guin’s analysis and treatment of the gender roles and human relationships and Niven and Pournelle’s ideologies over the Cold Wars.

The function of the hero myth is to develop a person’s awareness of his strengths and weaknesses in order to face life’s problems” (Garbis, 2002).  Within this myth, the death or near-death of the hero functions as a key to the concept that the individual has gained maturity and has been reborn into the image of the father or mentor.  

The author of the paper states that Charles Dickens describes his credentials thus: “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. Scrooge’s nephew, Fred invites him to the annual Christmas party.

A refined piece of literature represents the religious beliefs, social norms, cultural values, and political aspects of its contemporary age. The same is applied to the poetry and prose created during the Classical Era that discusses the Biblical moral values on the basis of the Puritan ethics described and determined by the Christian faith

Not only is their customer service good, the airline, unlike many of the other existing airlines in the United States of America, but has also been able to offer their clientele flight at a cost that the average American can afford. The airline company was able to consider many other factors that other airlines have overlooked.

The task of putting the stage into context must be considered alongside the kind of audience that is primarily targeted by the play. In the stage production, there is an obvious attempt on the part of the directions to capture the socio-economic realities that affected the American societies and the psychological tensions.

These issues range from, politics, corruption, love, gender, and ideologies; On the other hand, there are those that are driven by purely imagination, which is a creation of

The poem narrates the life and adventures of a Poet, who travels far and wide so as to discern unknown “truths in undiscovered lands”. The Poet encounters various distractions and temptation on

Every sinner should be punished in the same manner in which he or she had sinned. Some of the punishments as presented by Contrapasso were inhuman in nature and that meant that if an individual has been confirmed to have committed murder, he will definitely be taken to a river where he is also killed. This to me looks liken the law of the jungle

It is the cultural context of the play which makes the strongest impact. The fact that the play was written in 1916, when women were denied the right

From the former view of hospitals as a place to die in, it became a place where wellness, treatment, and recovery are sought. From distrust of doctors and the use of only folklore remedies, people began to trust their medical practitioners and relied on scientific medicine, practices, and pharmaceuticals in order to be cured or get well.

The novel appears to be more familiar with the Western sexual revolution as well as Third World’s decolonization during 1960s instead of the colonial era it aims

As the paper outlines, in seeking to understand the topic of melancholy between Keats, Wordsworth, and Coleridge, one must first engage in an understanding with regards to the fact that one particular genre of poetry cannot be understood to integrate with the topic and appreciation for melancholy in a singular manner.

Films, television, magazines, theatres, and all other media are involved in constructing images of mentally ill persons as we can find villains and evil characters being mentally disturbed and doing wrong acts based on their mental drawbacks. Mental illness is also a major theme of many media representations such as films, television shows, magazines, and much more.

The beauty of the novel is that each of these characters is adorned with a number of very human characteristics, which explains how the innate nature of people reveals itself in the right environment. The novel moves around the lives of young people who are sent to a remote village to get ‘re-educated’ as a result of the Chinese Great Revolution. 

Pablo Picasso, called Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, was independent in the symbolization world. Not just did he figure out how to end up all-around acclaimed in his own particular lifetime, he was the first artist to utilize broad communications effectively to further his name. He motivated or, in the prominent instance of Cubism, developed, almost every workmanship development in the twentieth century.

The events, situation and action of the characters portray events and actions that can happen in the real world. Needless to say, Garcia Marquezs has a proven

The paper pointed out that the death penalty is not an absolute punishment that must be given to inmates as there might be innocent people who are wrongfully accused and are therefore convicted. These people do not deserve to be executed. Moreover, the death penalty is financially impractical. It is too costly for a punishment. Therefore, capital punishment must be abolished.

The magazine highlights the story of a woman, now elderly, who has been relentless in her support for home births. As a midwife, Ina May Gaskin has aided in the delivery of numerous breech babies via the vaginal route, and of shocking concern is that all this was done at home. Delivery of breech babies is different from any other births.

The author states that the story is written by Jhumpa Lahiri who is an Indian American author. She has been an experienced writer from debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies and won the 2000 Pulitzer Fiction Prize. Her reputation and experience have not been hidden in her work of Hell-Heaven as a short story.

Morrison shows through her writings that the natural world is connected with our lives and our communities in some way or the other. This suggests that some people find others so worthless that they can uproot an entire community and their houses, infrastructure, and living just to create a means of their recreation.

Phillip Larkin draws the reader’s attention to his strong opening remark, “They fuck you up, your mum and dad” (Line 1). The Poem has the child-parent relationship as the main theme, which Larkin uses systematic and convincing dialect to win the reader on a reflection on what their parents have equipped them with.

Responsible utilization of sources recognizes that similarity and distinguishes well between what one thinks and what is thought by the sources. One has to interpose him/herself between the sources and own writing, therefore, making the ideas of other people his/her own by a process of critical scrutiny (Schäffner, et al. 2001). Sources are used for the following reasons.

Hamlet and Death of a Salesman are both tragedies but both are written in different eras and by different writers. However, both of the plays deal tragedy with similar notions. For the tragic end that comes to the protagonists of both the plays, the tragedy comes because of the characters themselves

The author states that later it is discovered that this was no ordinary death, but was, in fact, a homicide and Officer Bernie gets worried that her actions might have resulted in the contamination of evidence at, what is now, the crime scene, something that gets her in trouble not only with her own department but with the FBI as well.

The question, however, is whether or not geography has anything to do with attaining happiness. Weiner looks into this question by travelling to different countries, which have been quantified in terms of the happiness of the people there. In the author’s work, we can see a sort of documentary film quality, but in textual form.

Another reason is that morality stories are usually based on true-to-life situations so we can really learn from them. Although there may be fictional characterizations, still the lessons are not as different as in everyday happenings. Morality Stories sometimes have a twist in the plot which makes them more interesting for the readers.

As an avowed Christian, Lewis’ story perhaps inevitably evolved into an affirmation of faith in the resurrection of Christ and the cleansing of the world’s sins.  Lewis’ most remarkable and lasting achievement is that he wrote a story that appeals to young people on a visceral level while introducing elements of Christianity without preaching or lecturing. 

The current decorations all aim at converting a house into a stunning and unique home. Most of the individuals have been working on modifying the ancient pieces to form attractive pieces of pictures, art work, and paintings among others. This

As the paper outlines, the introduction of certain elements in his most famous novel, The Last of the Mohicans, points to this very interest. An analysis of the long rifle and its place in American history would be important for an analysis of the modern relations of races and tribes. It makes clear the role that history has to play in the way the future shall pan out.

Character by character, the author has enabled a view of the postmodernist view of the family. The author has stated her postmodernist view about the Scott family (Kay 2013). It shows clear signs that at the end of the story, each character has to die their life-fewer destinies because they could not understand the need for being together and prioritize.

Some of the stylistic devices that enhance the flow of the story include symbolism, imagery, and allegory. The author also uses various linguistic techniques to create meaning and improve on the quality of the story.

Obama made this speech way back in the year 2004. In this speech, one first gets to appreciate the sense of humor portrayed in him. He

The author states that he thinks his weakness is that he lacks creativity. He says this because he can never think of what to write when he receives a new topic. However, his strength in writing is that he always works very hard on it. He always takes it seriously and finishes the paper. This means that the organization of his papers is very clear.

First They Came for the Jews is a poem by Martin Niemoller, related to the German holocaust and the persecution of the Jewish community by the Nazis during the period 1939-1945 at the time of World War II. The persecution in fact began in the year 1933, as soon as Adolph Hitler took over the reins of political power in Germany. The author of the poem is a German Pastor.

Robert and narrator’s wife were in close contact with the help of exchanging audio tapes for ten years and finally, the old man was coming over in order to meet his pen pal and sharer of sorrow. The narrator had an issue

Silver arguably represents that side of Jim’s animus that came to understand that men as men have both those qualities in them, as do the pirates, and that the mature animus has both the rational aspects and the play and rascal aspects baked into them. Wholeness in this sense is the awareness and the recognition of those rational and rascal aspects of the animus.

The poem is loosely based on historical events that involved Alfonso, the duke of Ferrara, who lived in the 16th century. The listener is an emissary who is arranging the duke’s marriage to another young beautiful girl. This messenger has come to negotiate the

Smiley would be in a situation of knowing who was in the meeting that Guillam feared most. Guillam told his lover Camilla about what Smiley told him about the

li said, “People should either be caressed or crushed”, Hitler ascribed to a doctrine of racial hygiene, which relied on soliciting the blind following of the German people, while rallying them against the ethnic minorities like the Jews and Roma people. The political

Symbolism is evident throughout the play with different objects and situations reflecting on the feelings and characteristics of women and their freedom in this play. Minnie Wright lived a lonely life of isolation and depression. The setting around her and the

The main characters in this story are Mirzah Abdulla and the lieutenant of the British army Richard Francis Burton. The lieutenant has become an instant hero thanks to his uncanny behavior that led him to perform a sacrilegious act according to the Hindu faith. Lieutenant Richard disguised himself as a Pathan from India.