Literature Essays

In the course of his reading of The Uses of Literacy, it would seem that Rodriguez found solace and self-understanding in Hoggart’s concept of the scholarship boy. Rodriguez interpreted his own life, or in a way imposes upon the reader some semblance of structure to his own life, by using Hoggart’s concept of the scholarship boy.

Hence, it is writer, who serves as the guiding star for his nation’s journey towards the political, social, religious, economic and cultural uplift, progress, prosperity and development at individual and collective scales by applauding righteous deeds and criticizing the wrong policies, schemes and strategies for the benefit of his community and nation.

Ideological criticism is especially of relevance because it reflects the ideologies of the existing times. Ideology has been defined by Eagleton as a relatively coherent but internally conflicting non-homogenous set of beliefs, representations and discourses inscribed in material practices.

The article by Lamadrid is briefly describes the background of the book Bless me, Ultima written by Anaya. The article points out how mythology has been used by the author to describe Chicano culture, as well as their hopes and aspirations. The paper, basically, illustrates how, according to Anaya, real power is the ability to overcome this chasm between history and new technology as a mediator.

Iago appears to be slightly angry that he has been passed over for a promotion by Othello. It can only be said that this “appears” to be the reason for what he does because he is a very strange character. He does not seem to especially care whether or not he gets any advantage so long as Othello is destroyed.

The researcher of the paper investigates in detail the effects on social identity, in group- out group perceptions on the social wellness of the AIDS patients. The study also investigated possible models to make better living conditions for people who live with in AIDS.

Harris (2011), states that the original health insurance concept was designed to spread the risk of incurring large claims across a broad population (some of which will actually have no claims at all in a given calendar year). In the United States, a complex system of contracts, specialized terms, selection of risk (selecting individuals who have fewer claims) and regulations at both the state and federal levels have sprouted from the original concept.

Sleeping beauty narrates of princesses who are placed under a curse to sleep for a hundred years by a powerful witch. The reason behind the spell was that the witch was not happy at how the princess father was celebrating the birth and beauty of her daughter.

When responding to the reason why Claggart is “down on Billy,” it is important to look at the background information about Melville’s ironies. Dansker is the first person to suggest the notion that Claggart is “down on Billy.” Claggart appears to have strong sexual feelings for Billy. Billy’s opinions are however hidden (Melville).

The Hobbit Novel is a literary fantasy adventure novel written by J.R.R Tolkien and published in 1937. The Hobbit film is an epic film of fantasy adventure first released on 28 November 2012. The Hobbit film based on the proponents and contents of the Hobbit Novel. The novel depicts Beorn as a fictional character that J.R.R Tolkien creates. 

Slavery was a very discussed theme in the American society, but it was also an used topic in literature. It was controversial because that period was a very sad one, that limited the human being and that unchained him with some obstacles that a person should not have. Gary Paulsen wrote a short novel based on slavery: “Nightjohn”. The novel was appreciated.

Hoff Wilson’s Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive seeks to shed light on Joan Hoff Wilson, his career, and also on the evolving nation that rejected him.

 The author feels that the Nurse character represents the whole community who might also have a similar outlook on the mentally affected people. This might also be considered as a miniature model of the social problem, which remains for a very long time. In the sense the inhumane tendency of certain people towards the vulnerable in the society.

Even the Doctor deals with Ivan Illych in the same way that Ivan had dealt with men on trial- an attitude which Ivan had formerly considered brilliant, but now terms indifferent. On his deathbed, Ivan Illych is tormented by his family’s lack of sympathy and the indifference of a world which “was going on as usual”.

People are quite happy to drink the diet versions of the original drinks and think that these do not contain carbohydrates and fats. Well unfortunately as I have no other option I would like to give these people a surprise by stating the fact according to a survey these fizzy drinks in any form are the biggest factor of obesity in humans.

Given the particular situation, I interpreted the rules to mean that there could never be more orcs on either side of the river than hobbits, this included the orc, if any, in the boat. This

Based on Yunus presentation in the eighth chapter, he clearly stated the disadvantages of multilateral aid institutions such as the World Bank. This can be attributed to the fact that according to him, World Bank has the notion that creating jobs and lending money to the capable people to pay can help the poor.

While the Greek Pantheon are not depicted to be very virtuous elsewhere, the Iliad portrayed them to be especially vengeful, fickle minded, biased and petty, unlike the mortals who were shown to abide to the ancient Grecian code of honor, at least for most of the time

The poem compares strongly with other epic poems such as the Iliad, Medea, Agamemnon, Virgil, Dante, and Augustine. What all these epics have in common is a specific technical structure that helps with the memory recall of the poem, a specific series of events that traces the character’s developments, and a number of descriptive phrases.

The paper answers: Are Doro’s fictional communities similar to the real plantations described by historian Lerone Bennett and the ones Frederick Douglass discusses in his autobiography? In what ways are they different? Lerone Bennett describes three axial forces of African American life that enabled Black people to survive slavery. What were these three forces and how did they function in the life of the enslaved community?

Both these persons can be seen speaking in the 30-minutes long video, The Thousand And One Nights, a part of the television series, Invitation to World Literature, as this video explores “high Islamic culture” through the story of Shaharazad

In the gravedigger scene, Shakespeare questions the ultimate value of both material conditions such as possession and intangibles such as reputation, faith, and love. While he does give some credence to certain values such as memory and reputation, he ultimately rejects them because they mean little to the dead. 

In his work, Morrison (pp.30) indicates that, immediately a day after his birth, his parents took him to the church for baptism. The work also indicates that Luther’s parents have always said and wanted to offer their child for baptism immediately after birth. Indeed, they did what they had promised to do.

The author states that at the start, Plath plainly presented an explicit narrative description of the mirror by using adjectives that depict objectivity such as silver, exact, no preconceptions. The description was further detailed to provide its flat, cold traits focusing on indicating its characteristics.

At this point, there is nothing that he can do and ‎although he escapes, the dwarves are at the brink of death, Gandalf comes to save them. ‎

ALICE: It occurs to me that your boss is completely obsessed with the aspect of punctuality. CATH: (nodding) indeed he is.

Watson may be considered as quite unreliable person who cannot hold any secretes. Before, even the actual events of the flashback where the movie concentrates, the agreed not to reveal the event that facilitated the death of Thorpe since Holmes “thought that the world was not yet ready”

The play presents an attempt by Jessie to commit suicide, with her mother, Thelma, trying to intervene, but with no success. Jessie is a divorced woman in her late thirties, who stays with her mother, who is deceased, and has some medical complication, and her son, who seemed to be her only hope, turned out to be a thief, which really hurts her.

The Adventures of the Red-Headed League and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle are stories filled with suspense from the beginning. The contrasting aspect about the two adventures is that they lead to different outcomes that are not in the reader’s expectation.

Irene Adler is a character featured in the Sherlock Holmes’ story “A scandal in Bohemia.” Irene Adler, is the the character Doyle created as “The Woman.” She is one of four to ever beat Holmes. A job Professor Moriarty couldn’t even handle.

This paper focuses on Voltaire's views on government and power. He is known for his public activism and criticism of the Catholic Church which were at the helm of government during his time. He is France’s most prolific writer and outspoken advocate of reform whose works and ideas influenced the French and American Revolution.

He does not change and does also not grow as the story unfolds because he keeps his stand that the mother will cook and take care of the home always. In Sarah’s view, Adoniram was a provider and always supported the family without hesitation or delay.

Color conveys meanings of emotions or environments and Crane uses color imagery to communicate experience that Mary, Maggie’s mother, went through at a point. He narrates, “Her red face was a picture of agony” to describe what Mary was going through. The phrase has a direct relation to Mary’s experience and associates the red color with agony.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective used in publications from 19th and 20th century. In those publications, the author draws a line between the police and the detectives as it would be in a real life situation.

The story of Dybek outlines the story of a teenage boy who is about to experience his first encounter with sex. The tension in the story is elevated by the step by step approach memories leading to the first encounter.

The author states that the best thing one is required to do is to summarize other people’s views and then respond with well-structured ideas in kind. The perception is that academic writing is argumentative, and therefore one has to use other people assertions to be able to enter into a conversation.

According to the research findings, it can, therefore, be said that the major motifs in the novel are resentment, desire, nature of evil, sin, death, and emotions. The scarlet is a badge of humiliation that signifies an adulterer. Although Hester wears the scarlet, no one physically confines her to stay in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Heart of the Darkness is a story about Marlow a sailor who goes on a journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, a man with great abilities. Conrad tries to bring out realism and romantic tradition of contemporaries in Heart of Darkness in pursuit of wealth. Romantic tradition is brought out when Marlow sympathizes with Kurtz.

Single people reading the book stand a great chance of learning the traits of what constitutes a good relationship. Homer’s Odyssey presents relationship as the theme that runs deep in societal interactions. Single individuals reading the book stands to learn the magnitude of love between married people as well as parent-child bond.

From this paper, it is clear that the character identity theft or simply identity fraud is defined as the “misuse of personal identifying information to commit various types of financial fraud”. The term “identity theft” is a misnomer because one’s identity cannot literally be stolen. The phrase “identity theft” has become a popular usage.

This paper gives information that in the last two decades, the use of communications technology for education, work, and recreation has dramatically increased. Analogous to the invention and adoption of the telephone in the early twentieth century, text messaging has become a staple form of communication in today’s society.

Macbeth, despite his elevated status as part of the nobility, still longs for a throne that is not his, while his wife is willing to twist that ambition to fulfil the bloody agreement.  In less than one hundred lines, Shakespeare captures a forceful moment that further develops two distinct and supremely flawed characters. 

The whole play Trifles is about the characters ( The sheriff Henry Peters, the county attorney George Henderson, the neighbor Lewis Hale, the thin Mrs. Peters, and the large Mrs. Hale) searching for clues to solve a murder case in a dull and messy kitchen of John Wright's farmhouse.

Denise is angry, as she displays stress, silence, and negative conflict behaviors. It is evident that she has felt strong emotions about this project for a while as she is tense right from the start. She is aware of her weakness in openly dealing with conflict and feels resentful towards John for putting forward his case in such an open way.

His writings, whether his novels, plays, poems, short stories, political articles or polemical songs, are both reflective and critical of the political discontent and socio-cultural idiosyncrasies which were fomenting throughout and characteristic of Latin American/Uruguayan politics and society. 

Women in the nineteenth century led a life so completely different from the life of a twenty-first-century woman that it seems to be hardly believable. In the nineteenth century, women were completely dominated by men. Women were not educated highly and were discouraged from taking up employment. They had no earning power, hence no money.

The author states that King Lear chronicles the story of a king in advanced age who chooses to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based upon how well each one expresses her love for him in speech. However, the two older daughters prove unfaithful to their father and he slowly sinks further and further into madness. 

The author of the essay identifies modernism as a faction stressing liberation and progressiveness, especially in the 1920s-30s. He identifies the source of the movement as the outdated assumptions of literary realism and bourgeois subjectivity universal in the pre-modernism literature.

The author states that the novel is a reflection of the life of every individual and in particular from childhood to youth. Amory Blaine, for example, is derived from the author’s adolescence and early manhood. The author’s narrative trails Blaine’s from his childhood and the difficulties he endured while adjusting to life at preparatory school.

This discussion talks that the description is not entirely flattering as we first hear the rather critical monologue of the narrator and then move closer to the character, moving first from the character description into an expository explanation of her history to the final relating of what happens, including little snippets of dialogue.