Literature Essays

If Diaz’s work is examined on the criteria of Great American book, it can be said that it needs to be a true reflection of liberalism. Diaz’s work illustrates digression from traditional fiction and amalgamates novels and fiction, which adds liberality to his approach (Crews 34).

The masculine aspects relate to men while the feminine aspects tend to relate to women. Gender binaries connote that men and women have many differences, yet at the same time they can be regarded as having many commonalities. The gender divisions with regard to gender binaries can be with regard to a number of aspects.

She published her first book in 1963 ‘By the North Gate. Since then, she has published over forty novels. Scholars in literature classify the modernist period as between the years 1900 to around 1965 (Potter 32). It is during this period that the world underwent profound changes such as war and industrialization.

Magda seems to be a credible narrator because her first-person point-of-view indicates an intimate expression of her world. She has an honest, but depressed, tone in her writing. Her perspective, however, is infallible because her identity cannot be detached from the colonial system that produced her.

Franklin’s is indeed an American legend based on his quest for moral perfection. Benjamin Franklin can be regarded as the one who truly embraced the notion of the “self-made man.” The key to Franklin’s success derives from a strong drive to accomplish his ambitions.

The researcher states that the poem The Journey by Mary Oliver is indeed imbued with much meaning and relevance and the poet has immaculately resorted to an astute usage of tone, metaphor and symbolism, in a simple and understandable way to convey a message that is deep, thought provoking and moving.

The format comprises of various parts like the title page, abstract, table of contents, introduction, background, description of proposed research. It also includes elaborate information about the description of relevant institutional resource, list of references, personnel as well as the budget factor.

Odysseus afterward heads out to seize the breeze and positions himself skillfully at the wheel of his new boat. This paper analyzes the three major themes of Odyssey, namely, Odysseus’s boat, Odysseus as the new epic hero of the new world, and Odysseus’s matrimonial bed.

The “Aeneid” is a story by Virgil that brings out the character of Aeneas who is the main character in the story. Aeneas, as the son of the goddess of erotic love and beauty, enjoyed maximum protection. Due to his maximum protection, he was given the responsibility to lay foundations in Italy for the glory of the Roman Empire.

J. Tyldesley’s Ramesses Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh (2001) gives a wonderful insight into the life and reign of Ramesses II, the great Egyptian pharaoh. Ramesses is heard in history as an exemplary archetypal emperor of Egypt who is considered as the most efficient pharaoh of Egypt. He was a mighty warrior and a bold king who was never afraid to take risks.

Paradise Lost sees the performance of several roles by several characters. But for a character to be assigned the tag of being a hero, the character is expected to be the protagonist of the story. Rightly so, Satan could be said to be the protagonist of Paradise Lost due to the definition of roles that were given to Satan in the poem.

“The Road Not Taken” is a poem of regular pattern and exact measure in form while “The Diamond Necklace” assumes a short story narrative. Robert’s poem whose less figurative theme bears much equivalence to that of Guy’s short story may be claimed to have required profound thought in demonstrating the major concept with brief details to work on.

However, this story shows how men, who are portrayed here as those who understand more the concept of stereotyping, find themselves inferior to those stereotyped class. It is funny to note how these men find themselves controlled by their ideas on women, particularly in their search for intimacy.

This paper is a critical evaluation of Woolf’s essay to examine whether her assertion that room and money alone can create woman writers makes any sense. Before passing any judgment on her views a brief look at the content of her lecture is imperative. Woolf is emphatic in her opinion that a woman would have done better if she had the opportunities.

Once the concepts offered by the group members were collected, the group then began to filter concepts based on their complexity, proposed budget, and the ability to gather information using secondary or primary research sources. Specifically, my role was to evaluate the ability to gain primary data for the smoking ban through the use of qualitative research tools such as the questionnaire, interview or the use of quantitative opinion surveys.

The First Amendment involves expressing one’s own idea freely while taking responsibility about what has been said. As shown by Stanley Fish, one good example of a true First Amendment hero is a basketball player who turned her back on the flag during the singing of the national anthem to protest against government policies.

However, Briggs and Friedman (2009, p. 32) mentioned that crimes in the 21st century include crimes related to the environment. Potter (2010a, Slide 6) explained that criminology is concerned with crimes, particularly with acts and omissions regulated by criminal law, as well as with harms or victims, and justice.

The poetic language that was used to develop the dialogue was well structured and has stood as an example of the highest form of theater in modern society. Although acting was not well respected at its time, contemporary top actors compete to achieve roles in order to have the opportunity to show their skills as they become the richly developed characters within his work.

Her plots are based on the female education as her heroine approach towards self realization and find her own world and place in the society while the others are restricted physically, financially and morally. Critics argue that Austen’s heroine supports the present social structure by defying her own desires and this is what exactly Ann does in Persuasion when she rejects Wentworth at first.

Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Utopia ‘In Defense of Utopia’ by Lyman Tower Sargent talks about the need for utopia for human beings. In the article, Sargent asserts that despite the potential danger in the belief in Utopia, it is a vital aspect of the human life.

It is generally considered that medieval society is unreceptive to the power of women. The patriarchal norms and standards of the medieval Europe compel women to simultaneously play two different roles. They displayed heroic ideals of masculinity, and at the same time preserved the values of their domestic private sphere.

In other stories, the first person narrative provides the reader with all of the insight needed. In the end, the narrative voice is vital to a good piece of detective fiction because it allows the investigator's actions to be integrated seamlessly into the prose.

The author tries to present the subhuman treatment of the slaves by their masters with the intention of perpetuating a mental torture. The author presents loss of maternal self among the main characters. In this aspect, there is a psychological humiliation of not being in control of one’s identity and self hence causing a psychological abuse of self.

The author successfully brings to fore the burden of intangible things that the soldiers carried in their mind, while superficially alluding to the regular accouterments they had to carry, when on march. The story is imbued with much symbolism and irony. The Things they Carried: a Summary Review The Things they Carried is a gripping short story by Tim O’Brien that delves on the experiences of a platoon of the American soldiers deployed in the Vietnam War.

The book tells the story of the aftermath of the collapse of the bridge. One person who witnessed the accident attempts to find an explanation as to why the particular five people were the ones on the bridge. The book says that ‘either we live by accident and die by accident or we live by plan and die by plan (16).’ One of the characters in the story is the Marquesa who tries to find love and meaning in her life.

The author states that the conversations of the children went on as ordinarily as any child would talk about toys and things they want to have. Although the storyteller was quite annoyed at the conversation, the irony is expressed at the end where she turned out to be the more serious type of a person who was struck with the exchange of ideas.

In fact, as a form of entertainment, ethically weak have misused music. Many governments often caution against music, which may lead to political turmoil. Music does not only affect the nation politically but also socially (Finkelstein, 1952:95). The government of Soviet Union was not comfortable with jazz music since it promoted western mannerism.

The importance of this play can be seen from the significance that it was given by Aristotle, one of the earliest literary critics in history. The story forms, chronologically, the first part of the Theban plays. The character of Oedipus has been used by thinkers like Sigmund Freud to explain theories of psychoanalysis as well.

This was because the Chinese people had only decided to purchase more cars than the United States. This was not made any easier with the fact that the roads were either, unfinished, uncharted, or new. Over the next several years, Hessler made a point of travelling all over China making important notes on how the improvement in the automobile industry and roads had led to the transformation of China as a country (Hessler 38).

From this, the notion has incorporated into society and the avoidance of war has many at times appeared baseless. The engagement of war requires a high level of charisma from the fighters and thus an attribute to their efforts should rather ensue. There have been many wars in the world and one of the most recognized is the First World War.

In Britain, the appointment of cabinet secretaries is the duty of the Prime Minister immediately after an election. The appointments are made from serving members of parliament. In British politics, there is no determined number of cabinet positions.

It makes people want to forget the social and economic problems that they are faced with on a daily level and also the discriminations that they have to face from others because of various factors. Hope is the messiah for many, who also want to change the conditions of their existence and improve the quality of their life and seek for a deeper meaning in it.

First, he starts by the concept of nothing. He later realizes that one cannot think in a vacuum thus there cannot be anything. Thereafter, Descartes asserts that, I am thinking, therefore I exist”. Through logical steps, Descartes makes some logical steps while he explores what he means by thinking.

The more the numbers add up on the years of their lives, the more their past actions haunt them. How does a person know the proper time to tell the truth and finally hold responsibility for the actions done? Can a person be blamed or hated because of keeping vital information that have affected more than just a person’s life?

Desdemona, who falls in love with Othello, elopes with him and marries him, defying her father. Subsequently, Othello is sent to Cyprus by the duke to defend it from Turks and Desdemona accompanies him. There she greets Cassio, a lieutenant to Othello, and Iago sees this as an opportunity to plant the seeds of suspicion in the former’s mind about his wife.

A Comparison/ Contrast Essay Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Thesis Statement 3 Comparison and Contrast of the Story “The Lady with the Pet Dog” from Anton Chekov and Joyce Carol Oates 4 Conclusion 6 Works Cited 8 Introduction Some stories or pieces of art bear a tremendous capacity to influence other literature even after a long time.

A visitor to the town, however, would undoubtedly admire it. The streets were bright with a range of lighting that gave us a feeling of safety, though not a guarantee. The walk though the place at that time was subject to one’s acceptance of any risk of harm, for the blacks.

As a result of this, many of the verses that clearly indicated its pagan belongings have been changed to ones that point to a Christian frame of reference. The origins of Beowulf remain undoubtedly pagan, however, and the different notions that are held by the characters of the work are influenced and decided by the pagan beliefs of the Norse and the Germanic tribes of the Middle Ages.

The poem displays the feelings of the poet towards her parents especially father and how the poverty of the father has influenced her and her emotions are being worn-out every weekend because of lack of resources and money. The poet has highlighted the importance of money in life to lead an absolute life and to accomplish all the dreams.

‘The Overcoat’ and analyses people’s misconception of its literacy. According to the writer, the Overcoat literature is an excellent work that is perceived by many to be elusive to the reader’s imagination that considers the ending fantastic.

Bhattacharyya (74), describes this notion stating, “The subject of courtship was central in Austen readers in the 19th century English society, because it involved both the social perpetuation of a family line through inherited property and the intermixture of social classes.” Hence, the theme of the conventional motivations for marriage of men and women of Austen’s time as influenced by several factors aside from love is thoroughly presented throughout the novel as evident on where the story started and ended.

According to her, the father, Alphonso, goes ahead and kills the first girl Celie had. More sadly, the father also abducts the second child that Celie had when she is raped again by her father. However, the worst is yet to come for Celie when, Mr. Johnson offers to marry he but Celie’s father denies her the chance.

The depiction or representation of the female gender all through the history to date seems to have a similar perspective. This is regardless of the passage of time that has granted women liberty to have almost the same say as their male counterparts. Mainly, this is evident in diverse pieces of world literature, which exemplifies women as weak in both stature and will thus devoid of assertive.

The researcher says that Orwell seems to be asking the reader whether or not the narrator was justified in his actions. To be clear, this student feels that the shooting of the elephant was justified in order to preserve human life, protect social stability, and to help bridge the divide between two cultures. 

In Book 7, Milton describes the creation of the world. It is deeply touching to read that God intended man to rise to the height of angels and wished that “Earth be chang’d to Heav’n, &Heav’n to Earth/ One Kingdom, Joy and Union without end” (7, 160/161).

Indeed, according to the Chinese traditions, proper appreciation of the spirit and meaning of ritual is essential to the practice of ritual. In addition, the state rituals manifest the fact that the performance of outward forms and roles trains one’s mind, temperament.

The Revolt of Mother and the Death of Hired Man: Literary Analysis and Identifying Similarities and Differences The proposed methodology is to analyze and examine the differences and similarities between a story The Revolt of a Mother written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and a poem The Death of the Hired Man written by Robert Frost.

The war also resulted in death of people who were ready to offer their lives for the sake of the country and the king. The kind of war that is depicted is very ironical in the sense that it doesn’t show the exact situation. The poem tries to explore the theme of war from different perspectives.

The orient’s cultural practices are sidelined instead of them being embraced. Everyone takes the western character which is deemed to be colonialism. They use an imagery of the Asian countries and the Middle East; create romantic scenes which they use to abuse the Asian culture so much that it irritates.

Most of us have made ourselves believe that anything that is old should be thrown away and replaced by something new. Museums and art galleries seem to perish as people look as them as wasted item. After visiting many museums and carrying out a study during the semester, my thoughts over a few things if not all, changed.