Literature Essays

A worn path, by Eudora Welty, is a poignant story depicting various tribulations a character, Phoenix Jackson went through in her distressing journey. In her expedition from Mississippi to the town, she undergoes various life-threatening events some attributed to old age while others are circumstantial.

Her social life was limited to the context of Bloomsbury Group, which altered her view on life. Besides, she made use of her literary creativity to unveil the problems faced by her in her domestic domain. Thesis statement: The problems faced by Virginia Woolf in her personal life deeply influenced her social life and her literary contributions.

Pham immigrated to USA after the Vietnam War ended and this book was written after he met a US veteran of the war. The novel reflects his inner struggles and the racial prejudices that Pham as a young Asian immigrant had to face. In his childhood days, Pham was regularly beaten and punished by his father.

Greek gods and goddesses were based on human characteristics like love, hatred, jealousy, etc. The roles of these gods in their lives were determined by what they were actually gods of. For example, Zeus was the god of the sky, Hades of death, etc. Their gods and goddesses believed in the importance of physical life on earth.

On the one hand, he is a rather self-centered person, but he helps people in their fight against the drastic monster. From this point of view, Beowulf is a classical ancient hero of an epic poem because his strength and also power are much more important than his intentions to do everything himself.

It is evident from the study that the narrative of ‘Fish Cheeks’ instigates the bizarre feeling of an individual alienation, conversely, the story ‘Champion of the World’ narrates the feeling of a community more potently passing through a sense of stark alienation and becoming victim of racial violence and deprivation.

Brian De Palma's 1976 Carrie is reflective of the social and cultural anxieties of that time. One way that the film has had influence is through queer appropriation. This means that many queer productions are based upon the film, mainly because the lead girl, Carrie, is representative of the gay male's experience - bullied, maligned, and gets revenge, which is a gay male fantasy.

The novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin” one of the most recognized works of Mark Twain presents a clear picture of the racist attitudes that were held against the black slaves during the era of 1880’s by the Southerners. The novel came into existence around two decades later after the event of the Civil War.

The situation presented in the narrative is indeed fascinating and inviting presenting the topics that one happens to be familiar with in the contemporary times. It goes without saying that the characters in the story are utterly interesting, especially the Ishmael. Quinn has used Ishmael to facilitate a unique perspective on the human history.

John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” has often been viewed as the story of the fall of Lucifer, creation, and the manner through which sin first entered the human world, as rather abbreviated story, related within only a few brief chapters of Genesis, into a full-length epic poem that goes into a wide degree of detail on related and tangential topics.

John Steinbeck has very skilfully written the novel “Of Mice and Men” which illustrates intricate human emotions and feelings. He has dealt with the characters who are treated as ‘outsiders’ and are not accepted in the mainstream of society. Steinbeck has exposed several themes in a very stimulating and exciting manner

According to the discussion, the book Du Bois book includes several concepts. The authors’ arguments and other areas of the research are beneficial to the book readers. Clearly, the Du Bois book explains the reasons why the sociological concepts, including the racial discrimination of the African Americans, are important in understanding societal behavioral patterns.

The true appreciation of art does not come easily to an individual without gathering information and truly trying to experience the whole essence of the beauty of the art itself. Art is beautiful in the sense that it tries to convey a message or portray something in nature. In this particular scenario, I decided to focus my attention on American art.

Hopkins had for the longest time identified his talents in spoken and written poetry. He employed very many stylistic devices that left all his audiences speechless and attracted. His accurate use of imagery ensured that he had the ability to relate to many objects and aspects around him.

The Victorian era in literature saw a major transformation in the literary world. Fiction and romantic stories were some of the popular genre in that period. The Victorian Era covers a period of writing from the year 1837 to 1901. It is to be noted that it is this period when Origin of Species by Charles Darwin came out.

A Comparison of the Animal Farm and Edmond Burke 4 Stages of Modern Revolutions I. The “Animal Farm” is a story written by George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Blair who writes novels and essays for a living. The said fable takes place in Manor Farm, the usual English farm (Orwell 1-113).

Twain, born in Florida in November wrote for the newspaper and travelled a lot in California. He is celebrated from his humor and mastery of simple yet effective narration and vivid descriptions that coat melancholic wisdom and a great capacity for righteous indignation.

  Feminism has existed in the recent decades to uplift the conditions of women in the society. They fight against the oppression and equality that women experience in their lives as they also deserve equal and humane treatment. It does not Limit the fight for particular females as it encompasses all groups of females with no specific category and status of women.

When the narrator first moves into her upstairs bedroom, in the house that her husband has rented for them for the summer, she despises the yellow wallpaper that covers her bedroom walls. Her husband is a physician who believes that the narrator, his wife, has nothing “but a temporary nervous depression” and that this should be treated by a “rest cure”.

What does it mean to be human?  Being human is the ability to show emotion.  In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the main character does show emotion, so Frankenstein the monster is really human.  He shows a combination of emotions as he learns to survive.  He first feels confused and then angry when he realized that he was bound.  

In an article written by Ellen McCartney in Washington Post on August 31st, 2012, love as a theme becomes made prominent. The article speaks of a young man in 2002, Hodnett, who loved a lady, Toya Via, though remained silent about it. Hodnett, at that time working for a landscaping company, had some of his friends push him over to Toya’s work place.

Literature provides an opportunity for human beings to explore their darker side without committing a socially unacceptable act. Most people feel like killing other people at some point in their lives but this is not a practical possibility.

The counterargument might be based on understanding the fusion of the two in “Hermaphroditus” as a voluntary act of love. Such epithets as “sweet”, “strong” (about desire), “gracious”, and “desirable”, as well as metaphorical comparison of love with “gold bound round about the head” serve as indicators of love’s presence in the act of sexual intercourse.

Monsters exist, good conquers evil, and the damsel is saved. When both “Beowulf” and “Odyssey” were written, there were many things that people did not understand. The Sun revolved around the earth, the earth was flat, the Americas did not exist, and individuals with deformities were considered monsters.

The conclusion from this study states that Fahrenheit 451 provides a plethora of entertainment while giving the readers something to mull around in their minds even long after they have put the book down. Moreover, it can be considered a timeless tale, one that can be relevant as long as humanity holds firm to its ability to think for itself and to embrace the gift of knowledge.

In the first place,what is fate?Or how should fate be defined?These are realities and events beyond the control of a human being,usually attributed to divine Will of God or forces.The Free Dictionary defines it as “force,principle,or power that predetermines events;the inevitable events predestined by this force.”

For purposes of this particular story, Foer examines the way in which a young boy, Oskar Schell, attempts to cope with the loss of his father during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. By using different tones for each of the main characters, Foer allows the reader to better to connect to the characters within the story.

The author states that the narrator, Vickers, is however not the focal character, since the latter, is Amy Luckey, an air force pharmacist. The story follows the course of a contemplation narrative, as Vickers recalls the relationship they initially had with the focal character, culminating in her current undesirable state.

As the central focal point of the novel, the little house on Mango Street is something Esperanza wants to escape from. She sees herself as apart from her home and its surrounding culture and squalor. As the novel progresses, Esperanza moves from contempt and wanting to leave this little old house behind, develops her own identity apart from the house, and, finally learns to accept the house, the neighborhood, and her friends as a part of her.

For a long time the Italian society, one of the elitist societies in early Europe criticized the Roman Catholic, which was a major decision maker and an influencer of the political grouping.

The animals are observed to be playing significant role in this story depicting their positive and the negative role played that lays a greater impact on the human characters within the story. In this regard, this book is identified to symbolize the interrelationship amid the human characters and animals.

The concept of femininity or masculinity in china was almost always tied to cultural and economic development across the various regions and also across the different periods. From the traditional image of the bearded warrior and martial arts expert the image steadily changed into that of a more docile scholar as the accepted man figure (Zhongshu et al, 233).

The author states that rather than making a race subjugated to another the writer puts equal status to both giving opposed elements to each other. So an analytical reading of the story is attempted in this paper focusing on the racial differences portrayed between the two in their relationships.

The author of the paper states that rational knowledge gives a different perception of life than does irrational knowledge. Tolstoy claims that in order to understand that life is not evil, one must give up reasoning. According to Camus the value of life as we currently saw it was futile and a deception.

Reference is made to a specific firm, Aggreko plc, a global competitor in the energy market; the ability of the firm to compete effectively with its rivals in the global market is evaluated by analyzing its macroeconomic environment. It is made clear that the firm’s potentials to achieve stable growth in the international market is many.

Profile of the Company for Discussion: Mattel Incorporated. Mattel, Inc. is headquartered in El Segundo California specializing in the production and selling of toys. It has a market reach of more than 150 countries with 36 offices in different countries and is considered the world's biggest toy manufacturer in the world.

Manuel’s act of heroism ended on that meeting as he was fatally stabbed by Gervilen, his rival for the love of Annalise. Before his death, he requested his mother to hide the cause of his death to end the feud between the factions. He did not ask his kin to avenge his blood but offered it as blood of reconciliation to reunite the peasants again.

It is throbbing to witness the people you have loved for so long being loved by others. The space once filled by you gets filled by the new one. It is very painful… And for that matter I have to be there… never to leave Maxim alone… because with all my heart I loved him.

The story demonstrates the process where a woman gets dissatisfied with her role of wife, as a mother and how she jumps out of the dissatisfactory duty she had to perform by isolating herself. The story also shows that how the woman could not handle too many choices that she gets in life and opts out to the most static role of doing nothing.

Susan Van Zanten Gallagher’s “Torture and the Novel: J.M. Coetzee’s ‘Waiting for Barbarians’” central thesis is that Coetzee walks a fine line when depicting torture, trying to give it honesty without glorification, and uses ambiguity and allegory to his advantage in this quest.

The male characters are actively involved in determining and gathering information that could make the motive of the murder clearly point to the criminal. On the contrary, the female characters are placed in the setting as passive players who are just there to get some necessities for the accused, Mrs.

The conclusion from this paper states that the dark side of Hamlet’s personality is a lack of gentleness and consideration. Killing Polonius speaks both of Hamlet’s bravery and lack of consideration as he later gets to know that he has killed the wrong person and still does not repent. Overall, Hamlet is a good person who would not mess up with others until he is really required to do so.

In his book, Literary Criticism, An Introduction to Theory and Practice, Charles quotes Henry James’s preface to the New York Edition of Portrait of a Lady. The House of Fiction has a million windows for each great mind to reckon with and regardless of the piercings made in each window; there is room for more piercing to be done.

The ban imposed by Bloomberg is essentially nothing more than a mere discouragement for the people to drink more. Many people would limit their consumption of soda to 16 ounces respecting Bloomberg’s decision rather than going over to the counter to purchase another glass. So in effect, no right of the customers has been subjugated.

 The author states that the poem attempts to reveal the way Native Americans have truly lost their cultural heritage, and the speaker’s fear is that her culture may be lost. Therefore, travelling to powwows would enable the speaker to maintain her heritage; thus, she quotes “I can travel to powwows’.

The two books depict fatherhood in various ways. Even so, the authors narrate them in a fascinating manner for the targeted gender and age-group (Montgomery and Watson, 2009, p. 98).

When an epic poem of 700 BC, hits the big screen in the year 1997, the Director will be confronted with a number of limitations. Since The Odyssey is the war movie, the issues are still more challenging for Andrei Konchalovski, director, to take this ancient epic to the screen for a 165-minutes duration movie.

James Joyce in his novel Ulysses uses different characters as the narrators. This is done intentionally with the author in order to idealize a certain version of the author. Joyce also uses this technique since the characters are addressing the audience directly and this appeal and motivates the audience or the readers of the book.

The narrator of this essay aims to tell that the story revolves around the life of its protagonist Tita De La Garza who is a young lady filled with deep passion about whatever she does. However, even her deep passion could not save her from the loneliness and despair that she experiences because it seemed to be her lot in life.

The main themes that are brought to light by the author of the play include aspiration, greed, and murder. The proper use of characterization helps to support these main themes. As one of the main decisions surrounding the play, Shakespeare brings out many factors that influenced him to make his final decisions.