Literature Essays

The appendix is a bit different from the novella but it portrays the author’s attitude and thoughts about the novel in general. In the appendix, the author generally gives his views, thoughts and opinions about the people of Spain mainly the Gypsies. This is so because the characters are Gypsies and hence their behaviors are almost similar.

Meursault remains adamant in his atheistic beliefs, stating that God is a waste of time and that he has no interest in Him. The priest does his best to persuade this strange man as he tries to convince him to have faith that God will save him, "God can help you …the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble".

George’s dream is to have a peaceful and quiet life with Lennie on his own land, but he never gets to have it or at least the author does not say so. George’s dream is to first “go up the American River and pan gold” (Steinbeck 16). George tells his friend Lennie, “O.

This paper outlines the survival activities of Levi in Auschwitz and its impact on personal development. It reveals that at times, we don’t have to do much to survive. It is the hand of fate that determines our destiny.

Dave thinks that desperate situations need desperate remedies, and the serious challenges of life can be met with grim counter-challenges, irrespective of the consequences. But if gun is the solution for the racial issues, perhaps the problem would have been solved long back.

2. How has the writer of the poem Secretary Chant employed figurative language to depict the theme of female dehumanization in workplaces? In the poem, how have career women been described? What standards, inequities, integrities and challenges to women has the writer portrayed in the poem?

Although the two literary works are about sports personalities there are contrasting points like the field of sport where the two characters excel, the culmination of their life after their fame in the sports world and the way people remember the feats of the two athletes.

According to the paper the novel, “American Gods” focuses on the paradoxes and juxtaposition of the older Gods with newer. Older Gods, according to Gaiman in America have come holding the hands of myriad immigrants across the world; some of them have become myth and some could accommodate them well in the folklores of America.

In analyzing the poems, the essay investigates the contextual, grammatical and poetic features that are either in both or lacking in any and the relevance of the poem to both their contextual societies and the contemporary world. Concisely, poetry is an age-old art that has evolved with time to represent the changes in the society.

less of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position” (Smith, 27). While reading through Miller’s Death of a Salesman, one can certainly identify the central character Willy Loman and his son Biff exactly following this concept and taste the bitter side of life where one loses his own life and the other his father.

The life of Shadrack, who is introduced as one of the war veterans, represents the physical and emotional injuries incurred by blacks during the war. With respect to social setting, the novel depicts the cultural practices of the African American population during this historical period.

The paper asserts that far from being trivial, the consensus from the literature is that Naked Lunch is an important and vital literary work, and that Burroughs, though he is also a drug addict, is not simply just that, because of the great beauty of the writing and the obvious intensity and passion that he put into the writing of the work.

There are many ways through which the ideals of this relationship are physicalized in the play. First, it is an undisputed fact that Lavinia is actually the only daughter of Titus. Titus is a dignified Roman soldier who is strongly dedicated to his own ethical code of conduct.

This is through his daily search of knowledge in relation to the search of truth about the world’s phenomena. Even though at many a times individuals normally believes in themselves, as the master of others, they are normally the greater slaves than the others.

Ideally, Darwin's Theory of Evolution asserts that there is a close relationship between all lives and that all life came from the same ancestor (“Science” 1). The theory conflicted with religious, political, and social views where some people only gradually accepted his views (“BBC” 1). However, most scientists relate to this theory and most people can now identify with his views.

They expose the conventional assertion that families belonging to races other than Whites are more disjointed, but more accurately, extended families have varying roles in different family lives. The role of an extended family is to afford the family with almost everything that it needs.

According to Walton, his biographer, she said that her diving soul boded her some ill in his absence and begged him not to leave. Donne too had a vision of her in the day time and sent home a messenger who reported that their child was dead. The poem thus has an autobiographical value.

During the early part of the nineteenth century, most critics viewed Beowulf as anti-Christian since it Christianized Germanic Folklore. The hero himself, Beowulf is called into question due to the Germanic values he carries along with him like pride and boastfulness. Indeed, pride is one of the themes found in this epic.

The author states that what it does is teach numerous advanced techniques and stretch the bounds of English composition for students by employing techniques like second-person narration, a lack of direct descriptive language, a lack of traditional characterization techniques, and numerous other stylistic elements.

Officially and legally the black people get every right of free citizens, but has American white community fully accepted black people. Still, there is racial discrimination. In this paper, there is an attempt to study the history of America from the age of its emergence, slavery, to the modern America which we see today.

Mostly, it is about his mother’s travelling to America, coming from a family of Polish Jewish immigrants. With time, his mother had snapped all ties with her parents due to the suffering she was made to go through in her childhood days as her father was an abusive man, of which her timid mother was a victim.

Reportedly, light is usually a word that represents life and birth, as well as the beginning of life itself. When one sees the breaking of the first light at dawn, it would be called a new day. The absence of light, which is darkness, is the representation of death or the end of all life. When death comes, the light of life vanishes.

In the article “Derrida on Kafka’s ‘Before the Law, ’” Foshay explores the parable of the law from Derrida’s analysis, where Derrida uses “the neologism differance” as a key to the deconstruction of the “material interdependence of difference and deferral” (199).

The Social Network (2010) is such a biographical film on life of famous computer genius and founder of the social networking site ‘Facebook,’ Mark Zuckerberg and it encompasses within its scope the different phases of the genius’s life, his plight, moral conflict, plight surrounding his relationship with others and finally his undisputed capacity as a true inventor, whose actions cannot be evaluated totally in terms of common human existence.

World War I: Life of Soldiers and Effect on Civilians. World War I is truly the first total war that affected both the soldiers in the frontlines and the civilians on the home fronts. It involved all aspects of the modern society. This essay is aimed at discussing the life of the soldiers serving in the frontlines and the effect that the war had on the life of the civilians on the home fronts.

NHS, nurtured by egalitarianism, is providing the public with full and free access to all forms of healthcare services for all British residents in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales with the fairest budget of £1,980 per patient. It has employed more than 1.7 million experts and qualified doctors, nurses, midwives, ambulance staff.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Birthmark depicts the life of an obsessed scientist and the outcomes of this obsession. This paper asks: How does Aylmer’s obsessive compulsiveness personality impact him as a husband, person, and as a scientist? As a husband, Georgina’s beauty mark wakes up the patriarchal attitude of dominance over one’s wife and Aylmer’s obsessive compulsive personality destroys human relationships; as a person, obsessive compulsiveness enables him to cope with the stress of feeling “inadequate” with his knowledge; while as a scientist, the birthmark conjures the conflict between nature and man and has produced faulty reasoning, leading to imperfect results.

Obesity and related problems have become a serious health issue not only among doctors but also among the public. Serious medical complications like respiratory problems, diabetes, trouble sleeping and depression are common in people having the symptoms of obesity. As a problem which gravely affects the people, obesity and overweight require considerable attention from the part of media.

This paper reviews Hawthorne’s novel from a new, conformity vs. individuality angle. The context in which the novel was created is discussed. Hester’s silent challenge against conformity is evaluated. The paper reviews the place of Dimmesdale in the development of the conflict and assesses the gap between man’s law and personal uniqueness. 

In the course of time, he is physically attracted to a young boy from Poland named, Tazdio. While waiting in the dining hall of the hotel, Aschenbach glances at Tadzio for the very first time, which turns into a fatal attraction in the days to come. The little boy becomes his object of desire and is showered with affection.

The work of Arthur Miller and William Tennessee has analyzed the modified image of loss that exposes a touching truth that rises above the troubles of specific persons or families and has spread a universal attraction to a varied audience. The story of The Glass Menageries is planned around a sequence of abandonments.

This paper purports to analyze the bonds of brotherhood and love as depicted in two short stories, “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich, and “Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin”. The methods by which the writer has portrayed this bond in the stories would be analyzed, along with any symbolism used. The dynamic nature of the relationship would be studied in terms of any occasions where the brothers fell apart and then came back together, as appropriate.

It is fitting; therefore, that the first book be entitled “Genesis” since it is both the first book, and it established so many of the most famous stories within the Bible, particularly that of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel. This story carries several important themes which have been recreated again and again in modern literature.

In all these stories the parents are, either explicitly or implicitly, oppose one or a number of their children’s decisions, either from a conservative or a calculative point of view. In contradiction to their parents’ opinions, the children choose to follow their own ways.

Courtly love or chivalric romance is a style that was popular in the aristocratic circles of Medieval Europe. It holds true to the fantastical tales of knights and ladies, complete with a dangerous adventure of slaying a dragon. It adheres to the principles of the Rules of Courtly Love as set forth by Andreas Campellanus from France (Courtly Love 1).

It is necessary to stress that Conan Doyle’s stories are not real, although there are some characters taken from everyday life. For example, the character of Sherlock Holmes was created by the author not by chance. However, still Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories are analyzed by critics as fictional ones.

Many are the times they have been vilified, with many countries around the world making homosexuality a crime punishable heavily under their laws. Most of the people against homosexuality do so because of religious and cultural beliefs, as well as fear and lack of understanding of people who practice homosexuality (Manalansan 10-50).

Stephanie Meyer stated in an interview that according to her romance is an integral part of her novel, but the novel is just not limited to that. She said that although it’s hard to pinpoint the romance; it’s generally the favorite part of any book or novel because it reigns supreme amongst all the other emotions.

The narratives about relations between European nations and Native Americans are very interesting for the contemporaries. It is possible to trace similarities and differences between cultures and societies. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison is an unusual story of a woman, who adapted to the way of life on Native Americans.

The poet wishes his demise in the lonesome woods, to sleep there forever; but no one can just plan to die without thinking about his past, future, and present. Everyone has to fulfill their undertakings in life. Even though the poet is mesmerized by the beauty of the woods and wants to sleep there but he cannot elude his obligations.

The novel reflects the harsh life of the common where family relationships, rites of passage and all universal procedures are subject to political considerations.  ‘Burger’s Daughter ‘is the story of Rosa whose father was imprisoned for opposing the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Rosa is in search of her identity. She is represented as an extension of her father, now tries to step beyond the boundaries set by the political system.

The events in the tales give women a dual depiction of character and role in the society. The women such as the Wife of bath clearly demonstrates courage and a unique cunning character in women particularly in their relationships with men.

Creon’s persistence leads to the death of his son and wife and causes much sorrow in his life. His failure to integrate and accept others’ views and his obsession to rule makes him sacrifice his whole family. Reluctant to seek the truth or even accept the reality, he gambles power against his family and loses.

In Candide, Voltaire presents a critique of the hypocrisy of Enlightenment Age European society using the technique of satire. Frederick Douglass’ work, by contrast, presents a critique of slavery era American society through the technique of autobiography.

The historical context of ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ allows the author to explore the theme of racism and slavery in America during the 19th century.

Upon reading and analyzing the poem, it is very clear what values Dante held in high regard, and those traits or behaviours he strongly disagreed with. Most clearly, the author held religious piety and true faith as the utmost characteristic that a human can have. Purity from sin is very important to the author.

For a long time, humans have tried to make the world a better place to live in; a joyous place filled with love where one would always care for the well being of the other, or where people would live as a unit. The desire has always been establishing a place where an individual would be the custodian of the other.

The game of money and pleasure is considered to be the oldest business known to mankind. Usually, the occupation of prostitution is considered a societal failing, a disgraceful taboo and the base of sexuality and economic existence. The process of “Reformation” is as old as the infamous occupation itself; women involved in “Sex-Oriented occupation” or female sex workers, have been the prime targets of reformers, more than the male or trans gender sex workers.

This volume commences on the late afternoon of Good Friday. It is in the year 1300. Dante is a starring personality in this volume. At the beginning of the volume, Dante is traveling in the dark forest and he is lost, and he starts to meander frightfully inside the woods. Moreover, there is sunlight that is directly above Dante on a mountain and he tries to reach it, but he finds obstructions.

This paper shall look at this aspect of theatricality in the play that is important in deciding whether the ideology of the playwright is sexist, as some would argue, or not. For this, it would be important to look at some of the attitudes towards sexuality in Elizabethan times, when this play was written. A look at some other works of Shakespeare may also be relevant to this study.