Literature Essays

This essay demonstrates that colonialism is like the serpent with many hoods each emitting poisonous fumes. Colonial tools of exploitation are militarism, economic and cultural imperialism. The main objective of the colonial powers was to destroy anything that was native and to implant the so-called colonial values.

The author sees Mr. Oke as a shy person who feels inferior in front of his own wife and wants to make an impression where, on the other hand Mrs. Oke is obsessed with a ghostly tale which encompasses her family and ancestors. Mrs. Oke’s mood revolves around the interest that she has in her ancestor’s story.

There is a great explanation of life in the whole poem. The speaker defines various stages of life in a conceptualization of events that happen throughout the life’s different phases. The title creates the beginning, explaining the concept of accepting life as it is. The various styles of the poem, the mood, and the rhyme emphasize on this phase.

The book report highlights the distorted nature and isolation of people in the modern world through a description of such stories as “Fin de Siècle Splendor” by Zhu Tianwen, “Divine Debauchery” by Mo Yan and “Escape” by Su Tong. Chinese literature explores urban lifestyle after high technologies affected it.

The article under analysis, “Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus, and the VMAs: A Tone-Policing Palooza,” has a great material representing key rhetorical elements. People in the know of Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus’s opposition trigged by Minaj’s view that her work has not been nominated for Video of the Year because of her skin color and curves.

As the discussion highlights in his sonnets, the theme of love is idealized. The writer does not give a single definition of love, but rather, depicts it as an intangible collection of characteristics that make it a powerful driving force. For example, in sonnet 116, the author states “Love is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken”.

According to me, it is an abomination of the highest order to picture women in that particular manner. A woman is neither a weaker sex nor an object to be treated in any manner. There are messages too that are directed to other audiences in that women and mothers in law are generally taught how to relate to each other.

The author states that Ku and his mother had very little to their names. This was mainly due to the fact that Ku loved his mother too much to live her all alone as he went to look for money through his talent in the arts and crafts. This may have presented a weakness in his character but it also portrays him as a noble son.

Being a successful doctor, he does not show a good example as a father, he is a philosopher and through this, he has "an idea of the beauty of reason" (James) which he has passed on to the life of his daughter Catherine. Through seeing reason more than the daughter’s life, he ended up losing the daughter.  

According to the author, the issue of social classes is a major highlight in the book. It is one of the main contributors to urban violence. Killers are made in the streets. The situations they faced forced them to engage in violent acts. They come from the poor social class that has limited opportunities to rise the ladder of success.

This essay analyzes that previously, Pla-Barber and Alegre (2013) had suggested that innovation development process should not be neglected in knowledge transfer studies and needed to be scrutinized further in the multinational contexts. The researchers have identified several gaps that exist in this research.

A the paper declares there exist contrasting opinions and debates on the various aspects of the academic calendar in the United States of America. However, these arguments are geared towards the realization of better academic policies and consequently higher levels of performance in terms of grades and competitiveness.

In Mukherjee’s novel, the main character is searching for an identity as well as her true self. However, the search was not caused by migration; it started on the day the girl was born. Hence, it appears that Jyoti was born in the Indian village of Hasnapur. More than that, she was the fifth daughter in the large family having nine children.

The Victorian Era is characterized by vast industrialization and outstanding progress in science and technology. Although there were improved living standards, there was also a very wide gap between social classes. Societal restrictions were also pronounced especially in terms of gender differences. Gissing, through his novel, exposed the realities that women faced, along with their innermost desire for transformation and freedom from the bondage of gender inequality.

The researcher of the essay examines authors of realism and modernism. The experiences of the writer are brought out to the reader through an objectified voice behind the work of literature supported by various literary devices. This voice is that of the persona. The changing tone, mood, and experiences of the persona represent the writer’s state of mind.

Samsa was bored with his job, a job that made him feel worthless because he felt no meaning in his everyday work duties; however, he must continue because of his social role as his family's breadwinner. Samsa complained of being a salesman that made him stay “[d]ay in, day out on the road” and where he experienced.

Sinclair uses the story of immigrants who come to America in search of opportunities to illustrate the evil of capitalism.

However, the author was able to secure a descent job in the office. Discrimination was common in the streets. The Koreans were treated like slaves with words such as Yobo being used to mean slaves.

For completing this paper secondary sources- books (History of English Literature), different articles (from web), pdfs were used. Throughout ages comparisons of the writing styles of the writers are done. For example- “The Life of Cowley” by Samuel Johnson contains the comparison of the writing style of Cowley with the other metaphysical poets and Milton. “Samuel Johnson on Writing and Creative Doggedness” by Maria Popova contains the comparison of Samuel Johnson with Thomas Edison.

This essay analyzes that "Mao II" is a book filled with many defining features which cover elements of writing, terrorism, dictatorship, media, extremism and other social and political phenomenon. Delillo wrote the book in a way that these elements are interconnected with each other, affecting the society, the world, and the individuals.

Makowsky and Collins survey the ideas and lives of the societal thinkers who have formed and persist to falsify ethnicity in sociology. Both authors interlace conceptual and biographical particulars into a tapestry of the history of social consideration of the 19th and 20th centuries, that is both appealing and thrilling.

According to the report E.J. Pratt's poems may be divided into two categories, the longer epic narrative poems which have drawn more public attention and the shorter variety. The poem “Ice floes” is an example of the former, while the poem “Newfoundland” is an example of the latter. These poems deal with the theme of the sea and its constituents.

Biographical account written by Roosevelt was the Rough Riders. This book gives information regarding his experiences of the Spanish-American War, which was an important stage in the growth of the personality of Roosevelt.

From this research, it is clear that the two writers Acahti and Tomkins are both haunted by voices, or at least the quest to find them. The voices that they hear or need to hear speak of the need for deep introspection that leads to existential transformation and/or psychological liberation.

According to the report that Hamlet was an extremely sensitive person is evident from his reactions at the murder of his father. His mind was disturbed and he was determined to take revenge especially when he was convinced of the identity of the murderer. He was horrified at his mother having incestuous relations.

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) is one of the most well-known and prolific American writers of all-time. During his lifetime, he produced several novels and numerous short stories. His body of work fits into the Romantic period of American literature, and his writings exhibit the emphases of this style: symbolism, aestheticism, and moralism (Brown 149-150).

The Blacks wanted to discover their African roots and shun the American heritage. This conflict tore them apart. Dee had been fortunate enough to receive education at Augusta and she felt superior to her mother and sister. She gives up her roots and adopts the African culture. Maggie had been the oppressed one and represents the underclass that has been left behind by the Wangero’s .

Like Angelou, I was brought to the bottom of society and expected to be happy with my place there, but I proved stronger than that and fostered my own identity to emerge with a very strong sense of who I was and pride in my own accomplishments. As I stood at the portals of the Academy full of hope, I also had deep feelings of trepidation.

According to the paper the way in which Jeannette Winterson approaches her subject, through the experience of two main characters, Henri and Villanelle, gives this novel a unique perspective on the idea of passion as something “in between” everything else that nevertheless cannot be denied. Passion is a relatively unfamiliar emotion to the people with whom he grew up.

The author states that in the film we have young men who are experiencing release into the patriarchal society in which they will exist. The role of the maternal object of fear is supplanted by tough talking mentally and physically abusive drill sergeant who utilizes the fear of castration as a tool in assuring the success of his recruits.

From this paper it is clear that as with any scientific experiment, there were a few rules: She refused to fall back on skills derived from her education or professional experience (claiming only a partial college education) and promised to accept both the highest paid job and the cheapest accommodations available.

The paper describes how critics have attributed a multitude of religious attitudes to the fact that Bronte herself had experiences with several Christian ideologies, from her Anglican father to her Calvinist schooling. Jane’s first experiences with Christianity in the novel begin with her schooling under the awful guidance of Brocklehurst.

The 1969 book is an account of her youth in rural Mississippi growing up on a plantation as a child of sharecroppers, followed by her work as civil rights activist and eventual flight from the South. Although she published a collection of short stories entitled Mr. Death in 1975, it is her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi for which she is most recognized.

If we meet a family that comes from a different nation, we may be eager to know all about that family. In the short story "Chin" the narrator tells about what he knew about Chin from watching him from day to day. Though the narrator’s family and the Chins had different cultures and their own household problems.

Eliot skillfully uses a wealth of imagery and symbolism to highlight this poignant recital of one mans’ pilgrimage of faith and self-discovery, which is widely acknowledged to reflect the poets’ own journey from agnosticism to belief and his conversion to the Anglican Church in 1927 - the year in which The Journey of the Magi was written.

The theme of identity is analyzed along with the additional focus towards how a man transfers from the state of being an innocence to maturity. The narrator, like other black men, lives through a condition that is under the complete control of the white men. He develops his beliefs towards every action and rule of the whites, beginning from his school days.

Generally speaking, the poem “Still I rise” is a tribute to the invincible spirit of the African American people, both in the past and in the present. This poem symbolizes the inner strength of the race that was oppressed under the bonds of slavery but cannot be kept down because of the power of their spirit.

Margaret Atwood presents the fictional story of a woman trapped in a post-modern world of strict social structure based upon a religious ideology and patriarchal worldview. Both novel and essay explore the various ways in which women were silenced and the damage this causes to the individual, who is eventually destroyed or disappears from history.

From this essay, it is clear that if the character is describing himself or herself, a self-deprecating attitude is best. In the novel, the “We” character does not attempt to let the reader be endeared to its persona and tried its best to be level headed. Hence, the reader does not feel that Ms. Emily is an underdog of an oppressive society out to gossip about her.

Sight allows her to appreciate color, light, and the glory of nature, when she sees nature around her after she has let go of the search for meaning, her personal shutter allows her to view the world in a new light. She sees the world around her as being magnificent and finds all shades of emotion and sensation in nature.

Romanticism is the movement of exemplifying classicism and the rejection of rationalism. The comparison of man with the brook: “We must run glittering like a brook. In the open sunshine, or we are unblest”. Transparency is revealed with the opening up to God and revealing that innocence can be attained through the union with nature and religion.

This discussion talks that desperately struggling to break free from the current situations, the protagonists in the novels of Martin Amis’ "Time’s Arrow" and Sarah Waters’ "Tipping the Velvet" are not made to stay put. They are in constant motion, relishing, tolerating or agonizing, depending on their perspective at the moment, each new adventure that life throws at them.

The researcher of this paper aims to analyze "Funnyhouse of a Negro" by Adrienne Kennedy. Kennedy contemplates the outside world dimension that brings forth her agony and strips herself naked, revealing her inconsistencies, the fillet of her private and miserable self, in front of a crowd which embodies the outside world that persistently upsetting her.

From this paper, it is clear that each of the authors makes their characters positions clear through their various reactions to external events. Throughout his story, Huck continuously finds it necessary to reject the social rules he’s been taught in order to feel right in his heart about his actions.

From this paper, it is clear that Darko had written the novel being inspired by the movie, which was an adaptation of the novel, “The Colour Purple” by Alice Walker to deal with explicit sexual topics, and she wrote the novel. Here we can understand that Darko was touched by the pitiable situation of the Black women especially in Ghana.

Schoenberg has taken a seat parallel to Picasso and Joyce as an artist who changed the perspective of art from simple joy to a mix of ethereal vision and intellectual hardship. In the age of insipid simplicity and impractical irony, Schoenberg has become a shelter house for the intellect audience. He holds a place associated with courage and difficulty.

The researcher uses many books, such as Giglamesh, Koran, the opening scene of Lysistrata, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Charles Dickens’s Hard Times to provide various examples on the issue of woman's role in society through many centuries of its continuous developing.

The Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams was not only well-received by critics, but also adapted into several stage productions. The post-Second World War period in the play was a period of rapid social transformation. The United States had emerged as one of two superpowers and there is unprecedented growth in the manufacturing industry.

The author has used the graphics novel method to target the younger audience with the message that she wants to deliver to wide audience by her novel of Persepolis. The presentation of the Iranian culture and the historical background are portrayed in a fascinating manner which makes the film and the novel more interesting.

This essay discusses that Victorian novels, in a general sense, were based on certain idealised and romanticised situations, where hardships formed the main background, around which the chief protagonists revolved. In most of the Victorian novels we will find that virtue triumphs over various wrongdoings.