Literature Essays

She faces a catch of signing a given petition. Lyddie leads a life in poverty, where she works to pay off her mother’s debt.

The author introduces the idea of affect by comparing the spread of emotion from one individual to another to the spread of wildfire from one tree to another. While this is a phenomenon that is easily tracked between one individual and another, the article points out the tremendous magnification powers of the media in transmitting these impressions and emotional understandings.

In "A Farewell to Arms," Hemingway successfully describes the futility and madness of the War, and the absolute insanity that people fighting in it was driven to, once they are deep into the war-zone and there is no escape but to fight to the finish.

The themes in The Lord of the Rings are universal in their nature and religion is not explicitly mentioned, religious undertones can be observed throughout both the book. Urang agrees, “The Lord of the Rings, although it contains no ‘God’, no ‘Christ’, and no ‘Christians’, embodies much of Tolkien’s ‘real religion’ and is a Christian work”. 

We’ll consider the aspect of realism and fantasy in children’s fiction. This topic is of high relevance because it explores basic topics which organize and influence youth themes, which appear on literary and cultural background. Moreover, realism and fantastic go side by side in children’s literature. 

The article summarizes all the major accuses that have been given to George W. Bush and the author tries to convert the negative aspects to positive ones. Even there are comparisons with other presidents and the flaws in their regime. Thus an effort has been made by the author to prove that George W. Bush is not all about flaws but also about important and critical judgments (Edlund, n.d.).

As the story draws to a conclusion, we see Vanessa & the police close in on grandmother’s trailer park, where the wolf has already killed the old lady & lays in her bed waiting for little red riding hood. A brawl ensues & Vanessa manages to knock out the wolf with her bare hands. The police arrive late on the scene & are amazed to see what the little girl has accomplished. Therefore in conclusion, after having reviewed the ten books, we can see how the fairytale of ‘Red Riding Hood’ has changed throughout the years.

While describing Smith as a murderer, Capote has tried to bring about the indecision and thought to go on in his mind at the time of the murder. Smith has not been projected as a hard-core killer, but as a gentle character who acknowledged that Clutter was a gentleman and he liked him but was forced to kill him nevertheless. It seemed to have happened at the spur of the moment.

The notion of women as independent or self-sufficient is null and void in this piece.  This is similarly done in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream because the play is perpetually moving towards a “rightful” ending by pairing women to their seemingly appropriate male counterpart.  Again, the notion of a single woman or a self-sufficient woman is not anymore present here than in Chekhov’s piece.

In Othello, the main character, Othello’s negativity in his lightning-like accusation of his wife’s perfidy comes as a surprise since his decision is made without careful investigation and the absence of iron-clad proof.  All this despite the fact that he loved his wife dearly and knew the repercussions that would follow once he killed her.

As a result of rising capitalism, people of previously unremarkable stations were able to make a considerable amount of wealth in a relatively short space of time, giving rise to a prevalent hope amongst the multitude. In Great Expectations, Dickens has provided a perceptive study of human nature in these changing social times. 

Within the work, love and death become occasionally personified by the indication of capitalizing the words and using them as entities instead of concepts.  When Tristan says, “Well then, come Death.”(p.39) or when it is written “every man could see Love terrible, that rode them,”, the ideas are manifested into beings who have intent.

In essence, the most intriguing issue in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is the true nature of human understanding. Barring the divine, are we able to truly understand our minds and can we fully back our instincts when we claim the same? Márquez addresses it using a language that is dissociated from the context of “the majority” who “understood” the angel’s predicament, but only to remain aloof.

In “The Pink Dog,” Bishop offers a stance on the ability of the individual to survive in modern society.  Bonnie Costello describes the dog as a dehumanized image of the physical body.  By advising the dog to cover itself with Carnival costume, the speaker in this poem is acknowledging that one cannot remain completely subjective in the modern-day world. 

The poem is the literary work that drives the audience forward into the world of romanticizing the place of the job being employed currently.

He represents the value of the old money versus new money, depending on the development of Daisy's social preferences to lead the life full of pleasures. In this relation, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses options to show that material wealth and respect are values that may be even more adjustable to social realities with time.

It depicts how one of the soldiers died from the gas attack with the imagery of the negative connotations and pessimistic ironic version of reality.

His hearing is especially acute - so much so that sometimes he even "hears hell." The narrator reports that he lived in the same house with the old man (probably the owner of the house).

Specifically, it is interesting how Eugenia Collier depicts poverty in her short-story, Marigolds, because this theme is central for the writer that wants to exhibit both explicit and implicit motives of the culture.

Another way of eradicating the fear of scary folk tales is by encouraging children to write and draw. “Writers, no matter how young also write to craft literature, to make words sing, to capture something lovely, to think through an idea, to make literature. Often the easiest way to help children write literature is to first encourage them to draw.

The theme song is a reasonable rendition of the poem and reinforces my statement of the discontinuity in the original writing. Even the singer, Davey Steele, faces this problem, though he gets over it easily enough by repeating the musical score. The poet is sincere in his expression and the singer is equally sincere, no more, no less.

Even the mental process or rather the inward instincts of the companion dog is successfully narrated by him. The absence of sunlight is used as a symbol to suggest the tragedy that is awaiting the man and all throughout the story the dramatic irony that all his attempts to preserve his life is futile are maintained. As it is said, “London’s works were much more than transcriptions of actual experience.”

Along these lines, it becomes apparent in even a cursory analysis of "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" in "The Canterbury Tales" by Chaucer how, when on the one hand, the reader understands that this woman has a complex understanding of marriage, but this is not enough to compensate for the fact that she allows herself to be beaten up.

At first, a comprehensive point is related to the objective of the authors to illuminate the target suggested audience regarding the effect of advanced education and personal growth.

Women are destined to lead the life that is far from comfort, fulfilling their daily schedules, and meeting obligations. This is reflected in every stanza of the poem so that to reflect the way how females are subjected to be oppressed and repressed by men.

In the story, the protagonist, named Mr. Chiu, a university lecturer, and known philosopher, is bullied by two policemen as he has food with his bride at a railway station.

A reading of the story reveals that it deals with the inner feelings of a woman and portrays how greatly she craves for freedom in a male-dominated society. The most interesting aspect of the story is the way it uses powerful imagery to convey the characters' inner feelings to the reader.

Charlie has a difficult time dealing with various aspects of life as a freshman in high school. There are so many examples to show the difficulty Charlie faces in dealing with various conflicting emotions, especially because many of the experiences are new to him, including alcohol and sex.

The writer focuses the reader's attention on her feminine destiny, consciousness, on her personal and social problems.

The misguided American dream which worked as a form of symbolism only had a negative effect on the character of Willy Loman leading to his eventual destruction. Even the attempt of his correct his mistakes in the form of Anagnorisism only ended in failure, giving him the tag of the tragic hero.

Throughout this epic poem, the importance of the father/son relationship and the continuity of generations is stressed as being key elements in the success or failure of a family, particularly as each generation progresses through the essential stages of the hero myth and provides an example for the younger generations. 

Hawthorne stays true to the literature of the period by presenting a story that both explores human nature as something destined for evil and that delivers a sermon of sorts regarding what it takes to live a ‘good’ life. 

The last evidence of figurative language in “The Cask of Amontillado” is the irony in that a man like Fortunato who loved light, life, and leisure in another regard, a man to be respected and even feared, should die in such a shoddy manner.  He died in the darkness of the catacombs, with no one around except his killer and among human remains piled overhead.

The solid and well-crafted story is both haunting and disconcerting as the reader witnesses how the narrator's selfishness and insecurity slowly lead to his ultimate demise and insanity. McEwan uses his reader's knowledge of culture and society to help showcase his narrator's masculinity throughout the piece. 

American’s always tended to look at this aspect of Immigration from their point of view only, which was almost always unsympathetic with the realities of the immigrants. That’s what is making Anne Tyler’s Digging to America interesting since this novel is trying to look at the issue from the point of view of the immigrant. 

The subject has its mostly printed book known as the Bible, which includes a lot of exciting stories about faith and life. In that case, the religious symbolism and metaphors in the life of Pi help Martel to signify an essential virtue of faith stressed in the Bible.

Male and female interaction in both pieces exposed how people defined themselves within their gender roles, their circumstances, and their place in society.  Men appeared to have the power to define a woman’s worth; women gave them this. Only when the woman recognized her own value and the aspects of her life that mattered most, could she develop an independent spirit, becoming a person in her own right.

Throughout the series, then, there are several examples of what makes a true hero from a variety of viewpoints.  Whether one approaches the story from a Christian, environmental, political or some other perspective, one is bound to find a character that speaks of the true nature of the hero in that realm.

Both stories present to us an almost parallel situation in two different worlds. Both have something to stretch out. The otherness of an individual or a group, the mask that mostly covers individuals or a dominating group and the crisis for authority being one and the same in both stories can all be a clue to what people should really seek for, a critical mind that will protect man from being dominated by abusive dreams and selfish acts.

Without Bede’s Historia the image of England’s ecclesiastical history as we know it today would have been utterly different. Despite drawing on a large number of previous works Bede’s work managed to put forward an undoubtedly new and unique facet of England, one that is still referred to and honored for the sheer reason of having been so well detailed and researched and such a pioneer in its field.

During Shakespeare's time, there was a lot οf racism, purely because οf the fact that there were few if any different cultures in England, and what is new is always strange, and although it seems difficult for a modern production to face the difficulties involved with this production, I feel it would take to much away from English literature and psychology even to edit anything really out οf this play.

From the onset of this gripping novel, Nick always showed that he disliked Gatsby. This disgust and hatred towards him was very well kept under wraps because of his unassuming demeanor. Some of the sore points he had against Gatsby was that he was handsome, affluent, and moved with all the people of high circles.

The two-character have grown up together and have stayed together for the better part of their lives. Their close bond is revealed in several sections of the literature piece. Sourdi and Nea are the main characters in the narrative. The short story primarily characterizes Nea as a caring and loving character.

George plays the role of a handicapped man. The action kicks off with a couple watching a ballerinas show on TV.

Ron Carlson paints the life of a man named Rick. He married a beautiful woman. The character says that Bigfoot stole his spouse. However, blaming it on Bigfoot was just his excuse, since his wife abandoned him.

In essence, one would probably miss out the concept of it unless keen attention is paid to notice.

The fame of his writing is evident in his most popular pieces, 'Romeo and Juliet.’

They lived in an era where owning anything great or valuable was a taboo. The Americans took their property, as well as their desire to enjoy life. As such, the Mexicans had to figure out how to protect their possessions to establish their happiness.

Discussing the spirit of black people, DuBois claims their inherent nature “has breathed the soul of humility and forgiveness into the formalism and cant of American religion” (1924), allowing his pride of the spiritual wherewithal of the African-American community to shine through the language and meter of his lines.

The rhyme scheme is equally as important in understanding the thematic content of the poem in “Ozymandias.” While it still retains a set and predictable structure, the rhyme scheme developed for this poem is almost entirely it's own. Upon examination, the rhyme scheme emerges as ababa cdc ede fef.