Literature Essays

Change is the sole consistent phenomenon in human civilization. Still, history leaves a great impression on the mindset and lifestyle of the preceding generations and always influences contemporary societies and cultures. The trajectory of civilization always leaves its imprints on the minds of future generations.

The protagonist is tired of the identity crisis which builds up from her childhood. Moreover, she is exploited by her cousin with whom she is forced to live and hence meets several men who use her as an object. Her life has a strong impact on psychology and the young girl often reflects the same through her actions.

It is not unusual for poets to express the deepest elements of their souls in the lines of their poetry. This is partly because of the nature of the art form. Poetry forces authors to use abbreviated speech in which the universal experiences of mankind must be phrased in the sensory details of a lived life.

George Orwell began his career as a journalist and English author. He was an advocate of social justice. He believed in democratic socialism and was opposed to the operation of totalitarian rule in a state or nation. His reputation as a writer of social science fiction goes unquestioned in the world of literature.

Hanna’s life had always been a difficult one. In the first part of the book where she befriends Michael Berg and goes on to indulge in a passionate and intimate relationship with the then fifteen-year-old boy, there are many instances where her attitude towards him and her conduct in general, are incomprehensible not just to the teenage boy but also to the reader of the book.

Kurt Vonnegut’s 1973 novel works as a satirical and useful example of the ridiculous aspects of American society. While the novel appears to be scattered and filled with random observations, this is just the way Vonnegut intended: a humorous yet truthful examination of the randomness in American society and the very short attention span of its citizens.

In terms of stirring short stories that have an incredibly interesting theme or a gripping subject, certainly anything from The Lottery to Asimov's Nightfall to many of Heinlein's short stories to short stories by Twain like The Celebrated Jumping Frog would be better as far as teaching quality of the story. This is not to say that Orientation is a bad story.

To Michael Shaara, the joy of carefully crafting a great story meant more than a mass-market audience or a lot of money. What hooked him was the fun of the story "waiting to be told". Michael Shaara was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on June 23, 1929. His father, Michael Joseph Sr., was an Italian immigrant active in local unions and politics.

Literature is called the mirror of the human mind, not only because it reflects the ethos of contemporary society and culture, but also gives expression to the opinions and contemplations of the individual authors. This may be the scenario in present times when humanity is thriving amidst the principles of social equality and egalitarianism.

In spite of the Wall's parents’ faults, the Glass Castle novel demonstrates that children should always live with their parents. Personally, in as much as the Walls' family experience difficult times, they are successful because their parents have taught them to be independent and positive. In addition, the Walls’ children are more knowledgeable than other children.

Two patients react differently to a similar situation. Chief Bromden pretends to be deaf and dumb as he hallucinates. He is the narrator who sees society as a combine, a machine that sweeps and cleans everything that is on its way. The next character is McMurphy. In this essay, we analyze how these two characters react to the system they find themselves in.

The story traces a tale of Xiang Lin’s wife whose life is so tragic and forces her into being mistreated by her society. In the year before the 1911 Chinese revolution, an impoverished woman is sold off as a child bride but her husband dies unexpectedly. After this event, her cruel mother-in-law enslaves her and sells her to an educated family.

Ellie Dune is introduced in the play as a young lady a musician who emerges as a visitor in Captain Shotore’s family. The play as the name suggests brings out the art of peoples’ hearts being broken several times over several issues in the play after realizing that whatever they believed in is never the same again. 

Najaf’s tale, impressively told by biographer Robert Hillman, reveals the harsh reality of life in a war zone: Najaf's house is blown apart; his two brothers are killed, he lives in constant fear, pursued by violent religious extremists, and flees home and country in a hasty manner to find a safe haven in Australia. 

It is notable that the company is on escalation and therefore the business promotion of the related sectors can be well realized if only properly articulated. The differentiation and diversity of the company is a good sign of future success in not only the travel industry but also the overall economic growth (Miller 2007).

Eco understands uses and manipulates intertextuality in different ways. However, this sometimes limits his ability to reference and cite. However, a text needs not to be cited for the reader to understand. The name of the rose is a book that he discovered, reconstructed, and translated to different pages from the autobiographical manuscript of Adso of Melk.

The two plays focus on two kings who have to leave behind their innocence as they are being led by the truth towards being enlightened before falling. This battle is between darkness and light: here light represents the truth while dark represents the lies. From the beginning to the end of the two plays, it can be seen that the two protagonists have been put in isolation, and they are living in their worlds.

From this statement, it can be learned that Hugh realizes that their certain aspects in life that he can learn from the Aboriginal people. Coonardoo is a love story between Coonardoo, a native girl, and a station owner, Hugh (Prichard 5). The local people refer to him as You. Hugh has some misgivings concerning his relationship with Coonardoo and cannot give himself fully to her.

The feel affection, optimism, desolation, and inheritance are the aspects that influence the kinship of the characters in Cunningham’s book as he depicts in his characters. Joffe (2007), notes that the search for affiliation involves assuming other people’s demands and focusing on oneself as the character Clarissa indicates. 

The reader wonders who caused the boat to sink through to the end of the story when the culprit is revealed. The text is drawn from the children’s storybook ‘Who Sank the Boat’ by Pamela Allen. Its genre is fiction and it targets children of 2-3 years. The book is a visual narrative that majorly uses questions to tell the story. 

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, combines his trademark similes, allusions, metaphors, and analogies apart from other figures of speech seamlessly. It derives these characteristics from the English playgoers of that period and blends prose and verse such that each segment stands gracefully on its own and perfectly when together.

The paper “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard” is a thoughtful variant of a book review on literature. Comedy and tragedy have features and characteristics that differentiate them. The Author of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead”, Tom Stoppard depicts his characters as travelers, called by a messenger in a wilderness that is bland while tossing coins.

The reason why Marlow wished to lie in the narration has been contentious. The social and political aura seemed to be revolving around the tale reflecting or mirroring the invasion of India or the British Raj where stories from soldiers, on returning home, were in most cases altered in light of what they had gone through but concealing the natives

Jeanne had decided to travel from her home when she encountered a new life full of men who were attracted to her. This affected her emotions especially making her happy knowing that she was still desirable. The men she encountered and their trial of wooing her did not take away the faithfulness she had for her husband.

Men are still considered the primary decision-makers regarding relationship goals and actions. Calixta quickly gave in to the presence of Alcee who was just seeking refuge from the coming storm. From Alcee’s actions, men can be described as being opportunists and just wait for the slightest opportunity to carry out their agenda. 

The play A raisin in the Sun by Hansberry stands to be one of the most influential plays and which has information cornering the African Americans, which the kind of challenges which they faced concerning racism and other discriminations. The play tries to show how people were suffering and how they migrated from one area to another.

This situation, thus, impeded her from creating mutual bonds with him. Unlike John, who seemed somewhat quiet and introverted, Caro was extroverted, stubborn, and loud, making it difficult for the two to share the living space. It was no surprise that John eventually found it difficult to host her owing to the tensions that marred their relationship.

Black women writers have showcased the ability and skill set that they possess in their writing (Mckay). They stand out not only as black women but also as great poets as can be deduced from the many poems written. Specifically, Phillis has shown the aspect and the composition of a great poem that it entails and needs to be featured.

The skill used in making the language beautiful for the audience is mainly meant to cover up for his pedophilia. The artistic language is used to distract the readers from the unacceptable deeds and thoughts he had over Lola. Due to how he manipulates language, he actually gets the readers to like him and having sympathy for him despite being a bad character.

Meursault would have continued to subscribe to the mundane strictures of waking up, going to work and returning home. He did these things without emotion. He saw anything else as things that just happened. His mother’s death was not something that moved him to reflection or even grief, and he did not believe in expressing emotions he did not have.

I find the play satisfying since Prospero was able to forgive his enemies by making them realize their wrongdoings. He has also released his slaves as well as turned his back from his cruel magic. Unfortunately, since this is a play meant to amuse people then, the issue of taking justice into one’s hands has not been the focus.

The local inmates had overpowering dispositions to forming friendly ties with each other so that outsiders can be warded off in case of external invasions. Now in the cultural-political context of the early colonialism in the Americas, it was almost predefined as to who should rule the territories and settle disputes.

The Glass Menagerie is about the everyday lives of these family members and their relationship with one another (Rathbun, 2). Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds’ is a story about a family made up of a mother and her daughter who have immigrated to America from China (Kirszner and Mandel, 312). In both ‘Glass Menagerie’ and ‘Two Kinds’, the family is one of the main themes.

Women's exploitation and exercising tyrannical and oppressing measures is a recurrent theme in the novella. Voltaire exposes what has been prevalent in 18th century Europe as well as in the rest of the world cultures. Female characters have been shown inhumanly beaten, molested, raped, enslaved, and sold again and again from one hand to another.

It has been used in both content and structure of the novel. At the beginning of the story, the narrator of the story remains obsessed with the blindness of his wife’s friend. But ultimately the readers become aware of the fact that it is the narrator who cannot see even though he is blessed with eyesight. Carver’s narrator is not crooked in nature.

Three other teenagers are convinced of committing the crime. Here are their names: Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley. There was much various evidence found in the trial to prove the guilt of the three young people. However, all of them seem to be just the police’s attempt to keep their reputation by means of solving the case.

Regarding trade, Asia had generalized diplomacy towards trade across the borders. However, with the invasion of foreigners, especially the Portuguese into Asia, the overall socio-economic dominance was gradually demolished. In the 1490s when Vasco da Gama and a Portuguese fleet passed the Cape of Good Hope.

The reader gets a very good knowledge about the various characters in the novel, while in the film the viewers are drawn directly to the plot. This is a limitation which the film has to offer its viewers than to any person who reads the book, since they are made to believe about the incidents taking place, without any prior knowledge about what is in store for them.

Stout’s political stand on the issue of FBI abuse was not just influenced by current social conditions and his own internal perspectives of these. His own past already gives a basis for this. Prior to his prominence as a fiction writer, he was part of the American Civil Liberties Union. In fact, he also wrote for publications that were known to have Marxist leanings in the 1920s.

Scott does not only present Kiowa's traditional myths but helps us to create and relate Kiowa culture. Through a well-examined process of mentally forming a clear picture of traditional stories, Scott’s view on contemporary cultural life, the reader is placed at a point of being able to offer a personal appreciation of the fluctuating experience of Kiowa as a culture.

The quotation is about forming an impact. The insight of a person is unknown to the other. People enjoy judgments and critic them by their exterior. In this story, a boy is waiting for his date and the address he has given to her is in his best handwriting so that if her parents see the note they would perceive a good image of the boy. 

These love styles are Eros, Ludus, Storge, Mania, Agape, and Pragma. In comparison, in the 3rd edition of the book “Confusion Love with Obsession” by John D. Moore, the majority of the characters are best described as “Mania.” 

A dollhouse is a little girl’s plaything. In it, there are fancy things that a girl can manipulate. The characters can be made up of the child and oftentimes, the family members that are created to live in a dollhouse are nice, loving, and perfect. They have very ideal characteristics and attitudes that make the child playing, happy, and satisfied.

Daniel Quinn’s novel titled Ishmael has often been termed as a philosophical novel due to its exploration of themes that concern spirituality, society, ethics, and so on. The full title Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit suggests just the same. The whole book is centered on the state of the world at present and in the future. 

The third edition is more reader-friendly, and has maximized on past critics of the previous versions and incorporating ideas from readers, and has come up with a more comprehensive copy. The book begins with reflection questions and answers many thoughts that the readers might have prior to reading.

Consequently, it achieves an intricate interweaving of aesthetic, literary and religious aspects that eventually expose the inspiration behind all the colonial goals, along with the brutal instruments the colonizing powers use against those who are colonized in as a means of communicating desires.

Unfortunately, it is the most terrible and unjustifiable people’s action against the principles of humanism that still has some acts in our reality. So in the first half of the 20th century, the Earth was struck by two world wars which have left an indelible imprint on the lives and destinies of millions of people. 

Although the core keynote of the novel dwells on the problems of violation of civil rights and gender issues, Ma Jian has also managed to give an accurate account of the grave consequences of the boosted economical development and the high price that Chinese society has to pay for the rapid technological progress and modernization in China.

The narration in the memoir We Meant Well by Peter Van evidently shows how our leaders are inept and corrupt. Personally, after reading the book I was left disillusioned and appalled but wiser. As unpalatable as it may look, it is an important book to the leaders. Truly, the author’s message should be factored in any ongoing discussions concerning the reconstruction efforts by PRTs in Iraq.

The druggist’s epitaph is an external view of love. The speaker says that a chemist can tell with accuracy the result of compounding fluids or solids yet no one can tell how men and women interact. He gives an example of Benjamin and His wife, whom he says are evil to each other such as hydrogen and oxygen in the chemistry world.