Literature Essays

The paper tells that Orwell’s experience in Burma shows that, the white man, by being an oppressor, must live up to their superiority complex, or else their existence in the colonies will not be justified. They must become ruthless rulers because if they show any sign of emotional weakness, they will meet riots from locals who will realize that they have weak leaders whom they can overthrow.

St. Augustine of Hippo’s early years was marked by confusion and unscrupulous behaviour. As a result there was no scope for spiritual development. In his early youth he believed in the Manichaean religion which was full of superstition.

Gender role has been a main area of concern in literature, and many writers have made it the theme of their literary works. Even today, gender roles seem to be a basic theme behind many serious and comic novels and plays.

Uncle Philip runs a “magic toyshop” but is anything but magical himself. He hates children, hates adults, and hates life. He’s monstrous and brutal. Why do you think such a terrible man is so good at a craft that is normally associated with enchantment, children, magic, fantasy, innocence, purity and so on?

The author, through his artistic creativity, condemns the misplaced and controversial social class of people in nineteenth-century France ruthlessly turning innocent people into criminals and beggars. He advocates for the eradication of both poverty and crimes by providing education o the whole society.

For people to understand these issues well, Tolkien uses games as the best way of passing the information. In this case, he chose to give people characters of wizards such as Saruman, Gandalf, Maiar, Radagast, Pallando, and Alatar. Each of these characters was then assigned a role by the Valar to go and assist the Middle-earth contest Sauron.

A look in to the book A Brief History of Curating by Obrist and Bovier (2008), will give a clear picture of how curating has evolved and changed over two centuries. It is pointed out by the work that during 19th and 20th centuries, art was highly connected with exhibitions.

The process of risk management involves risk identification, analysis, risk response planning, and risk monitoring and control. The costs of risk can include direct, indirect, and legal costs. Management of risks can be achieved through strategic management and enterprise risk management in market-based economies and use of non-market strategies.

The author states that to realize what areas in writing an essay that he still needs improvement so he can be better at writing it.  Equally important on areas that he is good at so he can further develop it. This is important for him to be able to write better and get his message across when he communicates and writes assignments.

The Great Gatsby does not aim to dissuade men – in the narrative Americans – from being ambitious, rather it seeks to teach us that ambition in itself is not good unless that which we aspire for is morally and socially right. This is best illustrated by the themes in the narrative.

Throughout history, writers, philosophers, and psychologists from an ending amount of perspectives have considered human motivation. While psychologists such as Sigmund Freud have argued that human actions are motivated by unconscious impulses, several philosophers have argued that human actions are the direct result of our own internal will.

Heartless and dumbfounding, Tadeusz Borowski’s ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber’ nevertheless resonates with realism, and some welcome yet fleeting glimpses of human behavior. Borowski indicates that it takes a superhuman effort to stay humanized during these sad episodes of history.

As a young girl, Anne is ‘an extremely pretty girl, with gentleness, modesty, taste, and feeling’ (Austen 20). She is naïve and incredibly giving. She is selfless and for the sake of others agrees to give up on the love of her life.

Chopin challenges the gender roles and expectations imposed on married women during the nineteenth century in her novel, “The Awakening.” The main protagonist, Edna, initially symbolizes the conventional woman; she is married to Léonce Pontellier and they have two children.

The article “Workers of the World, Relax” by Alain de Botton focused on the issue of happiness or satisfaction that one derives from his job. The author had earned his B.A. at Cambridge University and from Oxford University he had earned his M.A. degree.

Arnold wrote the poem “Dover Beach” during his short visit with his wife to Dover region of southeast of England. In this monologue the lover or the speaker talks to his ladylove who is a silent interlocutor.

The paper tells that businesspeople, more than ordinary people, benefit the increasing economic growth. In addition, it is also observable that some, if not all, business practitioners sometimes bend morality values to implement their policies. Theodore Dreiser, in his novel The Financier, explores and tackles morality issues in business, social order and marriage.

 Amy Tan's mother was a woman who, though extremely shrewd and brilliant in terms of business, was ashamed to speak the English language because she did not feel comfortable doing so. Her English was so bad that she often had Amy represent her in negotiations where she did not have to face any people.

The Stranger by Albert Camus is regarded as one of the prominent works belonging to the genre of Absurdism. Camus’ “The Stranger” was published in the dark days of the World War II, during the Existentialist movement, along with the essay collection "The Myth of Sisyphus".

In this modern world, the clash between individual and the society is becoming more problematic. One can see that alienation in the mainstream society is the most important problem faced by an individual in his private and public domains. Some of the eminent writers make use of the problem of social alienation as the important theme in modern context.

The Bean Tree by Barbara Kingsolver is a literal piece that focuses on the theme of awakening, out of which springs hope. The story centers around hope which enable people to rise again when they fall and achieve dreams which may at first seem impossible. The novel is based on the notion that people cannot survive without hope.

Langston Hughes is an outstanding representative of Harlem Renaissance. A creative heritage of this poet impressed the contemporaries with openness and ability of the poet to raise one’s voice against racial and political oppression. His poetry inspires and the readers feel uplifted after reading his poems.

He also makes it clear that moral restraint is integral in preserving a civilized society. In addition, moral restraint allows rationality to prevail (Golding 120). The characters of Ralph, Simon, and Piggy portray what an ideal individual’s character ought to resemble; whereas, Jack’s and Roger’s characters showcase the negative characters that ought to be avoided within a society (Golding 156).

Today Kate Chopin is recognized as one of the 20th century’s foremost writers. While Chopin’s works explored a variety of themes, one of the most prominent considerations has been the exploration of feminist concerns.

Mark Twain. Aside from being wordy, satirical and humorous, his style is also realistic in a sense because he tries to portray the people he met and the places he had been to as really authentic. This is shown by his frequent use of the native dialect, using a language that is conversational, often with grammatical errors and racist or foul words intentionally included (Gribben 1).

One of the most important characters in the story is that of the House of Usher, that is, the building. This is important as there is a continuance of a gothic tradition in this which looks at the effects of architecture on the human mind.

The title of the play has metaphoric meaning besides the fact hat it is about Willy a salesman who finally dies. During his life Willy had pictured and imagined of how his death would create such an impulse prompting a large crowd to attend the funeral and mourn the loss of a great man.

The author states that the story is quite touching with certain emotional narrations about Desiree and the husband’s experiences, especially when he decides to abandon her for not being of his tribe. The story has a sad ending, with Desiree and Armand separating, ending the period of a happy marriage.

The unusual life and mind of a mathematician seems to be the main theme on display by both the play Proof and the Movie, A Beautiful Mind. The two works of literature highlights the uniqueness of mathematicians, with a special emphasis on the difficulty of becoming a mathematical genius.

The moral achievements and innate reflections of Odysseus passed on to the audience in Odyssey through the fine art of storytelling extend to the audience a larger than life hero to whom they can look up to, a character they can delve in and get inspired by it (Cook, 2007, p. 117).

The liberalized social practices also point to the limitless tending upwards of the society, towards achieving the ideals of the countries, which in turn breeds conflict, as different nations try to safeguard their interests and their ideals. The enlightenment and modernization brought the concept of civilization and with it democracy, materialism and capitalismю

The play uses setting, choices of staging, characters, symbolism, and irony to argue that when a complex perpetrator is a victim too, moral rightness is more important than legal rightness. The play evokes emotions that create the problem of justice because of the emotional trauma that Minnie experienced as an oppressed member of her society and marriage.

The author describes how even the most hardcore people whose courage others find intimidating often cherish a soft spot for many innocent memories of their childhood. Although growing up brings many virtues that one cannot enjoy as a child, yet one very precious thing that is lost during the process of transition from childhood to adulthood is innocence.

For Marxist theorist, consideration of the artistic human production must accompany “specific historical circumstances in which those production events occurred” (Tyson 54). As a Marxist critic, scanning literature ought to encompass a dreary criterion concerning guidelines.

Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, shows two Acts that parallel one another. Act II parallels Act I because Pericles once again fights other suitors to win a lovely maiden’s hand in marriage, but this time, Simonides and his daughter, Thaisa, are the opposite of Antiochus and his daughter in terms of virtues because Simonides is a good father who wants the best for his daughter and Thaisa is a virtuous woman who will only marry for love, while Antiochus uses his fatherhood to have incest with a sinful daughter who is too willing to engage in it.

The poem consists of a dramatic monologue by the central character that is J. Alfred Prufrock, trying to come to terms with the social setup in which he is placed. In the poem T.S. Eliot presents Prufrock as an anti-hero who is timid, middle aged, unsure, indecisive and confused.

This paper is based on cross-text character analysis of the play Antigone by Jean Anouilh and the story, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. The analysis reflects on the comparison of life, death, as well as its consequences on Antigone as an opposing subject to her uncle, Creon, as well as the perspective of Mr. Kurtz in the novel Heart of Darkness.

The story “Greasy Lake” by TC Boyle is a story about three young men who think they are bad but then find out they are just going through a rebellious phase. Throughout the story there are several themes which are picked up on again and again.

Goodman is very lucid in his demonstration that human beings whether children, men or women have that fundamental freedom to enjoy life to its fullest free from any harm or unnecessary disturbance. People should be very human to other people and treat each other in the most compassionate and benevolent manner.

Many unsatisfying definitions have been given for the word ‘literature,’ with various scholars trying to explain why they think their definitions fit better. For instance, Terry Eagleton sees literature as any piece of writing which is ‘imaginative’ in nature and is not “literary true”(2).

This research paper is a literature review of the book “The Utility of Force” written by Rupert Smith. This is a theoretical rather than a historical narrative and it is intended to persuade the reader to think more deeply about war in general, rather than to be informed about one man’s personal experience.

Racism is still one of the major issues affecting American society. African Americans and other racial minorities find themselves at the receiving end of racial bias and discrimination. This has caused many of them to face an identity crisis given the fact that many of them are Americans by nationality but their colors deny them this right.

Like every of Jane Austen's narratives, Emma is a work of fiction of courtship and societal manners. At the core of the recitation is the heading personality, Emma Woodhouse who is an heiress residing with her widowed vicar at their domain, Hartfield. Renowned for her lovely looks and shrewdness, Emma is fairly wasted in the little community of Highbury other than assumes an immense deal of conceit in her matchmaking talents.

Poetry can serve many purposes, but one of them tends to be an exploration of the life of the poet. Two poems, “Funeral Blues” by WH Auden and Washing-Day by Anna Laetitia Barbauld both express social struggles that the authors would have been familiar with throughout their life.

Analysis of Anna Barbauld. Anna Barbauld was a British poet, who wrote political poems, children stories, hymns, and romantic poems. She is the first British most powerful and eloquent female poet, who also participated in liberal politics. The First Fire symbolizes the initial fire lit at the onset of autumn.

Will compare how the two poets treated the theme of after-life differently and yet wrote these two great poems. The work will focus on the various styles used by the two poets and come up with an analysis of the ideas, the poets, shared and the ideas the two differed on, and also look at the various poetic techniques used by the poets.

Contemporary critics place her as one of the most outstanding poets of the nineteen century. She mostly spent her life alone and always stayed in her house. She did not marry and used to wear white clothes all the time. In her isolation, she composed several masterpieces covering wide-ranging topics including nature and love.   

The conclusion states that in the modern days of Japan, considering that it is one of the most developed countries at the present, countless of unusual things can be seen from lights to the scream of the modern sound system, aesthetics preferences survive from the past. As keen reflected and believe that the Japanese aesthetics past is not dead.

The imagery of light and dark is also brought out in direct relation to man and his activities. As this opening scene is presented, the narrator describes his reverence for the Thames. "We looked at the venerable stream, not in the vivid flush of a short day that comes and departs forever, but in the august light of abiding memories"

Women also have the desire for independence, freedom, and domination much the same as all men. This was is clearly shown in the three characters that will be discussed further below. The most important factor in the changes that women undergo is their environment and the situation they are placed in.