Literature Essays

However, it was just by coincidence that I came across one of your journals regarding your creation. I know that nobody understands what your intention is but, I am afraid that this creation you are willing to undertake may have some serious effect in the future.

Social awareness (sometimes also referred to as social consciousness) is the collective consciousness shared by members of a society (which includes the author). To be socially aware is to be cognizant of ongoing issues and challenges facing different groups in a society.

Opponents of these marriages are hell-bent to ensure that the society maintains the status quo in connection with traditional definition of marriage, which is a union between a man and a woman (Nagle, 2010). On the other hand, proponents have a difficult task to convince the already biased society that marriage is a union, which is dependent on individual feelings, such as love, and therefore it is the best time that the society re-examined its stand on the admissibility of homosexuality as an influential advancement in the institution of marriage.

Library Association of Australia (1993) argues that thesauri, taxonomies and vocabularies can be created for a certain organization or subject area in which they refer to the subject, as well as the content of documents. They are necessary in organizing, as well as retrieving complex data using predetermined vocabularies or controlled languages.

The theme of lose is prominent all through her life from the time she was a teenager. She loses her parents to a marriage annulment, her mother to death, her religion to Edwards’s reforms and her trust to the betrayal of her subjects. During all these difficult times, Mary made decisions that appealed to and appalled society.

According to the researcher, racial prejudice stands to be the most obvious prejudice in the novel which pushes the otherwise well intentioned folks of Maycomb to victimize an upright black individual owing to the acquisitions made by a worthless white drunkard. The other pivotal theme is that it tends to delve on the moral nature of human beings.

He then goes ahead to demonstrate this in the plot, where beauty and/or art are cherished purely based on their structural magnificent, with little regard to their moral implications. Thus, the book discusses the ultimately disastrous results of substituting ethics for aesthetics in the lives of Dorian and the other individuals in his society (Manganiello, 1983).

Wedded strangers: the challenges of Russian-American marriages. Marriage is a strange thing as it is. Two individuals coming together to live together isn’t rare. We live with our parents most of the life, share our belongings with siblings, live together with roommates during work and study.

Twain has highly celebrated literature from the west. Midwest identity is among the concepts addressed in various literatures of the United States. Twains work, Life on the Mississippi, remains a masterpiece literature in the Midwest given the impact it creates on the readers about Midwest identity.

To formulate my own understanding and eventually my own definition about Noir, it would be necessary to put in perspective on how it started and eventually developed. The common consensus of Noir films beginning was in 1941 with the film "The Maltese Falcon".

Unlike the Poovey’s narration where the victim is a woman, then victim of murder in this nation is a bling old man. The narrator describes him with a “vulture eye”. After killing or slaughtering the old man, the narrator carefully dismembered the old man's body and hide under the floorboards (Poe 03).

The book was published in 1953 by Ballantine Books. Bradbury took the materials of pulp fiction and transformed them into the mainstream American literature through a visionary parable of a society that has gone bad. Meanwhile, the citizens of the U.S are brainwashed by a drug induced and media saturated indifference.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is an example of a poem that illustrates a number of literary terms. The Love Song is the earliest of Eliot’s works. It was completed in 1910, but only published in 1915. The poem examines the tortured nature and psyche of the modern man who is eloquent, overeducated, emotionally stilted, and neurotic (Batra 24).

He was in the thick of the happenings in the society and his writings and observations related to the entire society right from the people at the grassroots level to the top hierarchy. In The Canterbury Tales his flight of imagination anticipated what the future generations would like to observe about his Age.

In Richard II, the role of women is nearly negligible as the story revolves around the male characters of the story ignoring any female characters. However, in King Lear, the role of women is not ignorable but they are tried to be governed by male characters of the story.

If the character is Adam, the male is even-tempered, rational, compassionate and intelligent. These characters have parallels with Shakespeare’s King Lear, although the parallels are mirror images of one another. This is because the female character in Paradise Lost has a male doppelganger in Lear – the titular character, who is foolish, arrogant, narcissistic, vain, prone to flattery, weak-minded, and overly emotional.

The character of James Bond is seen wearing sophisticated clothes such as tie and coats; emphasizing upon the classier side of England. It will not be wrong in saying that the movie through the character of James Bond depicts the upper class with the aid of clothing and the sets that used in the movie (Bright Lights Film Journal).

In the case of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s manner of telling a story, it is said that he always evokes the truth of the human heart. In “The Minister’s Black Veil”, such quality is very evident. In the aforementioned short story, the author’s choice of character is already a strong characteristic which stirs the readers’ curiosity.

The author states that the irony in both poems is that though the speaker’s main concern is to get his beloved into bed with him, he takes a long-winding way to try to reach his destination, fulfillment of carnal desire. Starting with Platonic love, both the poems end by focusing on the fact that life should be enjoyed to the fullest.

1). The authors draw parallels from the practical world and the metaphorical depiction of various events provide greater depth to the prose and maximizes the impact of the message. Therefore, books can teach a great deal about ethics and morality, especially since the oldest moral code brought to man was in the form of a book that came to be known as the Bible.

Center of discussion in this paper is the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates. The major character in this story is Connie. She is a teenage girl that Oates describes as having two sides of her life. Oates says that Connie laughs in two different ways at home and while away from home.

Life is a complex gift that is often taken for granted. People simply exist and forget to live because they are busy trying to conform to society so that they can fit in and be accepted. As Gide says to know how to free one is nothing, the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom (p.

The third section is about a long illness Emily is caught in after her father’s death, and her growing relationship with Homer, a man far below her status. The fourth section discusses the town’s speculation that the poison Emily will commit suicide with the poison she has bought, the growing suspicion about her marriage to Homer, and Emily and Homer’s disappearance into her home for a long time.

Arguably a pioneer of the modern Arab literature, “Cities of Salt” is an interesting novel by Abd al-Rahman Munif whose publication in the twentieth century has attracted a wide readership from across the world. Munif focuses the story on the exploration of oil close to a tiny, far-flung urban Wadi in the Middle East.

The essay based on two excerpts from Voltaire’s and Gronniosaw’s works talks about the manner of narrative’s expression in the stories. The main idea of this paper is highlighting the differences and similarities of characters and their behavior in spite of the fact, that a plot of both narratives is based on the marine topic.

Henry David Thoreau spent two years near Walden Pond living a life of solitude. His observations as explained in this book mention about various birds and particularly about his close encounter with the Merlin Hawk (also known as the Pigeon Hawk as its appearance is similar to that of a pigeon).

Some Hamlet films have been directed by produced by Laurence Olivier, Franco Zeffirelli, Michael Almereyda and Kenneth Branagh. The film versions of the play have been produced to make it easy to study the works of Shakespeare. For the purposes of the essay, the film version by Michael Almereyda will be discussed (Shakespeare 50).

Statistics show that the number of Mexicans taking jobs in America is increasing making the citizens worried blaming them for taking jobs away from them, accusing them of stealing jobs. No one can come to you and force you to give them jobs at gun point. For the purpose of this paper I will try to explain why the Mexicans are coming to take jobs in America and who are involved in both sides of getting and giving the jobs.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. Introduction and analysis of The Odyssey a) General role of men and women in The Odyssey b) Impact of women & men’s hospitality c) Men as warriors in The Odyssey d) Women’s irresistible charm e) Men as explorer’s of intellectual curiosity 2.

The researcher states that it is worth noting that, for these birds to thrive, the army has to be relocated in other part and the field preserved for the birds. In addition, the US wildlife conservancy has been sleeping on work because it has been doing nothing to stop cutting down of trees that provide habitat for red-cockaded woodpecker.

Huckleberry Finn exposes the brutality and cruelty of the slave system and of racism not by showing brutal beatings in the manner of Roots, which would be well enough, but by humanizing Nigger Jim, making it clear that this person is a man worthy of respect.

Further it tries to analyze the reasons for the current failure of proper financial planning especially post global financial crisis. Study of both theoretical and practical aspects of Municipal Budget making is undertaken with relevant examples occurring in the current financial Budget in some of the Municipalities.

In the movie Enron: Smartest Guys in the Room, Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay—the president and CEO of Enron respectively-- had multiple ethical selves. These two men were consistently playing dual roles of responsible business men and gambling risk-takers. At several points in the film, Skilling and Lay claim that Enron was doing fine and that anything unethical was done without their knowledge.

Hamlet is a play which depicts themes of grief and treachery. Prince of Denmark that is Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet. The King is killed by his brother Claudius who takes over the throne and then marries the widow of King Hamlet, Queen Gertrude. Prince Hamlet falls into a complex situation and is extremely grieved by all these occurrences.

In the southeast, Bangladesh is bordered by Myanmar whereas on the west, north and north east it has India. It is spread over a land boundary of 55,598 square miles. It has a long history of military rule up till the year of 1990 when it finally got under a democratic political rule.

Their sense of pride for their country is reinforced by the notion that they belong to a country that holds great economic, political, and cultural influence in almost every part of the globe. Their military is unquestionably the mightiest. However, even as Americans bask in these senses of pride and security, it has also become very apparent that worldwide, there is a growing feeling of loathing or hatred against the United States.

He was born on 6 March 1475 in Caprese, a beautiful town in Tuscany, central Italy. Along with other renowned renaissance artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, Michelangelo’s works made a phenomenal impact on Western art. He grew up as an apprentice under Francesco Granacci and later under Domencio Ghirlandaio at the age of thirteen.

Examples of the relationships and interactions of the four systems on child’s development are also provided. The four basic systems of the biological model of human development Ecological system There are existing interrelationships between humans and the environment.

The researcher of this discussion presents that the message being sent by the author of story “Two Kinds” Amy Tan tells us that we must understand others from each perspective. Some people do things in the manner of low context communication and culture, in which things are dealt with in a straightforward and no-nonsense manner.

Burning of fossil fuel is the major cause of increased anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere while the deforestation is the second major cause. The concentration carbon dioxide above certain levels in the atmosphere increases the temperature of the earth which has been rising to the unprecedented levels.

Columbus, Smith, and the Beginnings of American Identity. In the writings of Christopher Columbus and in the later writings of John Smith one can begin to see an American identity gradually being formed. Obviously, before America became a country unto itself, we can also see how the New World was still subservient to European laws and traditions.

His job is to carry ivory downriver, but the main task assigned to him is to bring Kurtz back to his society. The incidents occurring during the execution of this task are detailed in the story providing a deep insight in the psyche of Marlow. The abysmal condition in which the inhabitants of the region are leading their life is also revealed in his narration.

Hill is able to create an understanding of the ideas of freedom and the absence of freedom with the use of different literary techniques. The focus on different techniques becomes important in identifying the concept of freedom and how this relates to the main theme of the book.

Higgins attempts to transform the accent of Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl, into a better-spoken duchess woman within 6 months. Eliza, the flower-girl, appears at the professor’s laboratory in the following morning promising to commit a shilling for speech lessons.

Hipbones of Christ, she thinks. He is her despairing saint. He lies flat on his back, no pillow, looking up at the foliage painted onto the ceiling, its canopy of branches, and above that, blue sky. Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient ‘The English Patient’ written by Michael Ondaatje is a story set against the backdrop of war and humanity.

In order to ground themselves into the new and emerging system, the Catholic Church sponsored a number of missions into Canada. However this was not without opposition. As religion was too well grounded in personal belief and society, the opposition was more or less private in nature.

The decorations in the art can even be therapeutic, and some people are always excited about it (Denver Art Museum). Denver art museum is located in a rocky mountain, and the building itself is impressive in that it captures the interest of the visitor. Outside the building, there are red colored posts carved which are eye catching.

It was used to combine culture, language and the society (Belsey 3). She compared the relationship between human beings and language, scholars and their reading materials, politics in people’s culture and writing. In her critical practice, she argued that theories matters a lot because they open people’s minds to the perception of literature and culture.

However her mother who belonged to a family of writers accused her of plagiarism. Her mother’s discouragement and her marriage to Alfred Muller Sexton II put a temporary stop to her writing career. However in 1954 Anne began struggling with recurring depression and began seeking counseling.

According to the paper, Kass abrasively states that there is that need due to nature that compel the humanity to decide on the issues not less than whether humanity procreation is to be terminated or it should remain. Additionally, it is whether children are going to be obtained by placing orders rather than begotten.