Literature Essays

The success dream is the embodiment of the American Dream and reveals the original spirit of the Americans.  Both Joe and Willy adhered to that dream. Their adherence to the importance of success is closely tied to their perceptions of fatherhood.  It is an attempt to portray themselves as the breadwinner in their respective families 

The author states that one of the essential influences of these formal intricacies is to give out a sense of the infinite probabilities of the point of view, of character, of the chronicler, or spectator, of the past. Paradoxically, it appears that this feature of the U.S.A trilogy has been suppressed even by those who have commemorated it.

The author states that Diana Baumrind studied parenting styles and began to formulate her theories in the 1960s and 1970s, just around the time Ben Carson was growing up. If she had known about Mrs. Carson, she might have used her as an example of an authoritarian-authoritative parent.

The pursuit of the American dream, which was considered to be based on financial prosperity and wealth, in the end, turned into a serious problem for the Lomans family. The thoughts and beliefs of Willy Loman such as:  “Be liked and you will never want.” and “Riding on a smile and a shoeshine,” and “ personality always wins the day.”  were common for contemporary American society of Loman.

The monster is angry, is engulfed in self-pity, its inner life stands devastated. When one faces such grim experiences, one becomes cynical; any ghastly crime can happen through that individual.  Crime is committed in the abnormal state of the mind, where one acts at the spur of the moment, without rhyme or reason. The monster precisely acts thus.  

Work started on this Cathedral in 1296, yet the dome that had been proposed in the original drawings was considered impossible for human construction. Moreover, it was thus the greatest wonder and also a puzzle to all when in 1436, the dome was completed and its beauty was seen to be incomparable.

The author explains that she was to be treated for depression at the hospital. Initially, she was supposed to spend a few weeks at the hospital, but she ended up spending close two years at the facility. During her time at the facility, Kaysen received a variety of treatments including drugs and therapy.

By carefully applying a number of literary techniques and communication strategies, authors have managed to convey sometimes very complex thoughts in very simple and understandable terms that appeal to more levels of understanding than mere intellect. Anything within the story can provide symbols or clues.

The author of the paper states that in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies the innocent respond to the apocalypse by hopelessly degenerating into abject crudeness and barbarity, thereby questioning the supposed nobility of human existence and the lofty achievements of human civilization.

The author states that the two stories plus the deeper insight of the notes give a clear insight of the origin of the Jinn. The stories of the City of the Brass and The Fisherman and the Jinn indicate that the Jinn existed from the time of Solomon. They were however held captive for disobedient. The jinn that exists today was rescued in different instances 

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that the key factors which stands out according to Overy’s viewpoint the gains made by the Red Army over the Soviets and the Battle of sea and air which enabled more supplies to reach the Allies as well as devastating bombing campaigns against the Axis’ positions.

Human life is an attempt to unearth basic questions related to the existence of the same. But it is not so easy to find out an answer which is acceptable and applicable to all situations. The title itself, i.e., ‘Making sense of it all’ makes clear that the attempt of the author is to provide sense to all walks of human life by addressing basic life questions.

The author states that some believe that Lady Macbeth was more ambitious than Macbeth while some believe that Macbeth becomes over ambitious in the end. Those who are in favor of the argument that Macbeth was the more ambitious of the two, argue that Macbeth’s intention to murder increases with the progress of the play.

Alvin-Reid-a knowledgeable youth minister and pastor argue that these statistics reveal that a time has come to change how the church does youth ministry. According to Reid, the current generation of youths is marked by authenticity, teamwork and a “can-do” attitude.     

The author states that the major theme engraved in the book would be self-actualization and the various steps and ways to achieve this particular life virtue. These vital steps can become categorized as; vision realization, proper life choices, embracing cultural values positively, fighting of alcoholism as a symbol of destructive life social vices.

 Sarah’s deep thoughts were centered on leaving and moving on. It all started with thinking about her ancestor, Ellen.  “Ever since Ellen’s father brought her here, every generation moves away from the one before”  She pondered on the comparisons between the holiday of Thanksgiving.

This essay demonstrates that Coleridge’s poem entitled “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was not well-received at the time he first introduced this poetic form but has since become very popular, perhaps one of his best-known works. The character of the ancient mariner describes presumably his first trip on the ocean.

The detective from Asimov’s previous novel, The Caves of Steel, returns and was given a new assignment which is to investigate the murder of a famous “fetologist”, Rikaine Delmar. Delmar lives in a distant (fictional) world called Solaria, which is a politically antagonistic planet to Earth. He is one of the high-profile personalities of Solaria.

This research will begin with the statement that Shakespeare’s sonnets break the established code for sonnets established during his lifetime and transformed them into something different, altogether more disturbing and capable of questioning to an even greater extent the idealistic romantic concepts of his time. 

He is a professor of history at Carleton University and uses to frequently write articles in different prominent financial magazines, newspapers and journals. He has written another book entitled “The Light: Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited, 1899–1945” that won him the national business book award. 

The book opens by letting the reader know that the events take place in October. This is significant to the carnival because the reader will later understand that this is not an ordinary carnival -- the people in it are not regular people but "The Autumn People." There are many places where Bradbury uses foreshadowing.

Book of Esther is the only book of the Hebrew Bible not to include the word God; The Scarlet Letter also has at its center a peculiar verbal lacuna (the absence of the word "adultery," for which the letter A patently stands). The lacunae can be seen as contributing to a literature of secrecy and hiddenness, coded signs, and cryptic meanings.

Under Thomas Hobbes “Leviathan”, it can be said that man is free because of jus natural, writers’ common term for the Right of Nature. “Each man has the liberty to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and judgment, and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means.

Max Weber is one of the leading German intellectuals of the 20th century, having written influential treatises on Sociology, Capitalism and Religion, and Bureaucracies as they represented the rational rule of society. When looking for the philosophical influences that influenced Weber’s theories, it is difficult to find as Weber critiqued in many ways Socialism in his writings but maintained an academic distance from other schools of thought.

The poem welcomes the different readers equally with sensuous liberality and appeal but this pronoun helps to evade the difference between the poet and his subjects he addresses. The use of you at times makes the readings less interesting and the namelessness and absence of specificity indicate one is conversing with mere strangers.

In the book, Lombroso focuses on the key perspectives of how physical abnormalities can contribute to criminal intent in humans. Then, also how those physical defects and thereby the criminal intent arose in the criminals or humans due to their reversion to the primitive type of men, who roamed the ancient earth as savages.

The third person author, who from time to time points at the false pomp, glory, and recognition that Ivan was happily enjoying, towards the end of the novel grows sympathetic to the soul that was repenting and suffering. Here again, it should be noted that the author brings in a figure of all good to build a trust in humanity.

According to the research, in the majority of the plays and the novels, protagonists tend to lose every case, mistreated or misunderstood in the course of the story. Within the story, protagonists mostly seem to win the trust of the people. In other words, the main characters or the protagonists usually play a positive role throughout the play or the novel.

This essay focuses on the working personality of Conover, how he develops it, and how it is ideal for new recruits to follow his example in the context of protecting the inmates of Sing Sing people. Needless to say, the whole book is filled with the undying spirit of journalism that prompted Conover to take up the training in the first place.

Automatically the reader understands that the society and its ‘normal’ inhabitants are always in search of a way or an outlet through which they can oppress and torture another person. Any individual, who cannot be classified rather termed as a typically normal human being, can be a subject to the torture of the social inhabitants.

History has always recorded the enviable position of poets in society during the pastime. It is said that they had been enjoyed special seats beside kings and lords and assumed a royal position. It will not be an exaggeration to remark that they still possess a respectable position in almost all the sects of life

It was a pleasant Saturday mid-night, in the second week of April, and spring season had started with all its allures by saying goodbye to the cold days of winter that had turned life into somewhat ice age for the last five months. The captivating setting of the deluxe hotel had captured the entire atmosphere under its bewitching sway.

Literature is the common uniting thread that has enabled the transmission of complex ideas on philosophy and justice. Plato’s work “The Republic” contains some of the most profound ideas about the constituents of a just society while Derrida’s work “Demuerre” offers big insights into writing as a factor influencing the transmission of ideas. 

This research will begin with the statement that literary historicism is a relatively modern concept of the literary theory developed in the 1980s through primary exponent Greenblatt. The underlying basis of literary historicism is the study of literary texts in historical context and an attempt to better understand intellectual history through literature.

The conclusion from this study states that Hamlet’s madness in Shakespeare’s play is feigned.  He uses the mask of madness to fool the other characters, particularly Claudius and Polonius, into taking him less seriously.  But he can wear the mask and remove it at will.  If Hamlet had really been insane, he wouldn’t have been able to do this, or arguably play the clever game that he did.

The author states that the first stanza introduces us to the omniscient subject of the poem. It indicates her hobbies and interests which obviously revolve around sports, specifically hockey, which she avidly follows. The daughter also devotes time to playing a number of possible sports which she busies herself with.

This discussion shows that the play revolves around tragedy and revenge and several critics of the play have highlighted the quality of Shakespearean plays with regard to the theme of revenge. In the play, the protagonist’s pursuit to revenge his father’s murderer leads to the tragic death of Hamlet and people close to him.

Rather, it is a continuous process towards the attainment of recognition accompanied by a sense of fulfillment. Nazneen in Brick lane and Oryx in Oryx and Crake and two very different women, having a different perspective in life, neither right nor wrong, and both try to attain an understanding of life with them being at its center. 

In the novels “Frankenstein” and “Rebecca”, both of the authors, Mary Shelly and Daphne Du Maurier, to a great extent, go along with Freud’s concept of ‘uncanny’ to captivate the readers’ topnotch attentions up to the end of the stories. Also, both the themes and the structures of the novels interplay with each other.

El Cantar de Myo Çid, also referred to as The Lay of Cid, is ranked as one of the greatest epic poems of medieval Spain. It is the only Spanish document to have survived the adulterations in truth rendered over time. The poem constituted a part of the famous trend referred to as the mester de juglaría by Ramón Menéndez.

The analysis of the text in the book of the job will take the form of experiential meaning to demonstrate the way grammar can be used to express experience. This essay will analyze the text using some of the grammatical systems such as transitivity, mode, aspect or mood. The essay will attempt an interpretation of the text using the SFG literature.

The part recommends being a good listener. Many people have the habit of talking only; they rarely listen to what others want to say. Therefore, it is essential to listen to what the other person wants to say as it is said that; sharing is caring. Using polite statements is also very important while conversing with people.

The book is founded on the folktale of enslaved African-Americans who fly back to Africa in a bid to escape slavery. Morrison uses powerful imagery and symbolism of rising above and prevailing over the limitations of class, sex, and race. She uses flight as the central figurative component that echoes throughout the story.

Superficially, the Native Son is a story about Bigger Thomas and his life caught in a downward spiral. He kills a white woman, then, his girlfriend in order to cover for murder, then a series of violence: the manhunt, gunfights, Bigger’s arrest, trial, and surprising confession. The narrative was an exciting crime novel.

There is also a great difference between the forms of the works, one being a poem and the other being a short story. The difference in the forms of these two works brings several difficulties in their analysis and the comparison may run the risk of remaining an analysis of the differences of the thematic concerns of the authors of the works.

The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850. It was a work of fiction that was written in a historic setting. The story is about a woman named Hester Prynne who has committed adultery and conceives a daughter as a result of it. The story was part of the American romanticism and transcendentalism movement.

The conclusion states that the Kite Runner clearly provides a microcosm for Afghani socio-cultural norms.  Moreover, through the interrelationship of the central characters’ guilt and fragmentation of the characters lives from a proud people to displaced immigrants; to a degree, the story provides an allegory for the rise and fall of Afghanistan.

On the basis of detailed discussion of poems by Hunt and Keats, there is made a distinction of humanistic appreciation of both writers. A creative union of John Keats and Leigh Hunt, their emotional ‘brotherhood’ resulted in poetry innovations, the involvement of American Romanticism, Cockney style, freedom of themes and humanity appreciation.

The little infant child in the woman’s arms is held by her near her chest close to the place where the Scarlet Letter is being positioned onto her gown. Thus it looks similar to the Scarlet Letter on the woman’s gown. Symbolically, the child is a proof of the woman’s affair with an unknown man. 

C.B Bowra, in his definition of epic, has suggested, “An epic poem is … a narrative of some length and deals with events which have certain grandeur and importance and comes from a life of action …. It gives a special pleasure because its events and persons enhance our belief in the worth of human achievement and in the dignity and nobility of man”