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Image The poem’s imagery of an attractive and old-fashioned town supports the text’s presentation of dementia as a gift. In the poem, the father’s thoughts are compared to a vacation destination, which people constantly visit to seek an adventure. The entire city is glowing with beautiful lights placed behind the...
Around 1850, the United States was a divided country. A deep split separates the slave-holding southern states from the northern states. Harriet Beecher Stowe recounts in Uncle Tom’s Cabin the shifting fates of slaves who are at the mercy of the whims and economic circumstances of their masters, for better...
Davis, in her Life in the Iron-Mills, depicts the world of industrial capitalism, with class divisions. She especially emphasizes the impossibility of professional or personal development for the middle class. Davis actively criticizes the existing system, thus winning the sympathy of the growing middle class. Limited opportunities for self-realization, which...
In his story, Young Goodman Brown Hawthorne uses the character’s journey into the forest as an allegory for his disillusionment with puritanical faith. Goodman Brown, although fears the forest because of the Indians who may be behind each tree, still considers it as the habitat of the devil. He is...
Since its conception, the idea of a hero has undergone tremendous changes, with specific values being added to and subtracted from the list of the characteristics that a true hero should supposedly have. In the literary traditions of early epic poems, both Gilgamesh and Odysseus as the most prominent representations...
Ode on a Grecian Urn is doubtlessly on the list of the best-known poetic works by John Keats, a British romanticist of the early 19th century. In the writing under review, the author, presumably, seeks to express his perspective on what messages art is able to transmit. In addition, he...
Poems are a creative way of expressing feelings and thoughts. While some poems may be short, they are typically profound in their expressions. A crucial part of fully understanding the meaning of a poem is understanding its speaker. Emily Dickinson’s poem Wild nights – Wild nights! may be confusing at...
In this blending story of racial encounter in a reconstructionist Southern town, Chesnutt drastically investigates subjects which were to be created by later American writers: the fundamental reliance of white and dark perspectives and activities, the impacts of a racial folklore on highly contrasting the same. addresses a significant milestone...
Geoffrey Chaucer uses Canterbury Tales to describe different professionals and their perceived stereotypes. Skipper is one of the many characters who narrate their tales as the pilgrimage journey progresses. The pilgrimage journey brings together people working in different industries. Therefore, it presents a perfect opportunity for the author to expound...
Rachel Pemberton appears in Adeline Mowbray as a strong female character, Quaker minister, and a devoted teacher providing intellectual education and spiritual guidance for Adeline, a vulnerable victim of social protest and emotionally abusive parenting. Minor characters like Mrs. Pemberton contribute their lessons of modern life to the nineteenth-century novel,...
“The Great Gatsby” by Scott F. Fitzgerald is one of the defining books for American society. In the novel, the author raises many social issues and carefully describes the way of life of that era. Moreover, since the plot of the novel is set in the “roaring twenties”, the writer...
Introduction The lust for power influences people’s decisions, their ability to think soberly and act on the basis of principles. The tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare for whom the desire for power becomes decisive in the loss of humanity. Macbeth Macbeth’s actions to gain power begin with the assassination of...
Introduction “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a story by Zora Neale Hurston that captures the essence of society’s impact on relationships. Gender roles and identities define how individuals conceptualize love. Behavioral expectations and societal norms affect people’s worldviews and determine how they relate to each other. People’s perception of...
Introduction Cultural competence is a defining aspect in the provision of medical care to people of different cultures. In “The spirit catches you and you fall down” by Anne Fadiman, the story of a family of Hmong immigrants in the United States illustrates the consequences of the cultural insensitivity of...
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” tells the story of a family that wants to visit their relatives in the south. , a grandmother who wants to visit relatives in Tennessee goes on a trip. The grandmother’s image is central to the entire work since her decisions and way...
Theme I don’t mean that he had traded on his phantom millions, but he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself—that he was fully able to take care of her. F. Scott Fitzgerald...
In the poem “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton, the speaker is a woman other ladies dream of becoming. This poetry is the glorification of the female body of an African American woman. It is a consolidation of the idea that every woman is independent and has a right...
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is centered around a rich and unmarried woman, about whom there are also many rumors among her neighbors. Faulkner’s use of specific literary techniques can be observed throughout history. The author uses every literary technique needed for developing the topic that is not...
Introduction Book censoring and banning transpire to prevent teenagers from being exposed to explicit topics that are not fit for children. To Kill a Mockingbird transpires in the fictional city of Maycomb in the Great Depression. The central character is Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, a bright though unconventional young lady...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who is the narrator of the story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” first published it in January 1892 in New England Magazine. At that time the role of women in American society was minimal both legally and socially. The main theme of the book is self-expression and identity; the...
Modern literature is presented by a great number of different works of various genres. Every genre is particular and has its own peculiarities. These peculiarities consist in the usage of different figures of speech that make the language of the work more exciting, bright and convincing. Such figures of speech...
Introduction In his book, Architects of Buddhist Leisure, Justin McDaniel guides a reader through various non-regular Buddhist spaces in the Asian region. The author provocatively encourages to reconsider the category of religious architecture through critical reflection and the narrative and historical detail. The book compares public Buddhist sites in different...
The narrator of Liesel’s story in The Book Thief is The Death, who describes the events happening in the human world from his perspective. He shows a variety of characteristics in different situations, including being sympathetic, cold-hearted, and haunted. When describing the death of little Werner, Liesel’s brother, The Death...
The play’s primary setting is in the street of Venice, a city famous for its trade, banking, and military strength. At the beginning of the play, there is an unfolding argument about romance and relationship that triggers a conflict between different people in the play. The main character in the...
The life of a person has always been filled with worries and apprehensions, the majority of which do not actually play any important role. Henry David Thoreau provides a brilliant explanation of this argument in his book Walden, or, Life in the Woods. The thing that motivates the author to...
Introduction Kramer and Mitchell are English professors and activist respectively at Brandon University. They are authors of several other articles and have received awards for their eligible work, in their book entitled ‘When the State Trembled’, they argue that the revolution opinion raised due to fear was significant in stopping...
Buffalo Bill’s America: William Cody and the Wild West Show is a biography of William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, written by Warren in 2005. This book offers an in-depth exploration of the life of one of the most famous Americans of the nineteenth century. In his work, Warren focuses on different...
In different cultures, there are many beliefs connected with names. It is believed that a name given to a newborn child, to a large extent, predetermines all his future life. At the same time, an attitude towards a name given to a person is different in various countries. In Western...
Jane Austen authored several novels in the course of her literary career but “Mansfield Park” is by far her most relevant work of literature. One critic observes that most of Austen’s books are characteristically “vulgar in tone, sterile in invention, imprisoned in the wretched conventions of English culture, and without...
The participation of children in labor activities in order to help their families survive was a common situation for American society in the 1910s. In his poem “Out, Out–” that was published in 1916, Robert Frost draws the readers’ attention to this aspect while telling a story about a young...
Millions of new immigrants have moved to the United States since 1965. Poets and writers have captured immigrants’ experiences through literary works. The book, “Crossing into America: The New Literature of Immigration” describes the United States as a country of immigrants. Rob Nixon notes that immigrants face uncertainties in new...
Introduction Written by Richard Wright, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” is a story that focuses on an African-American farmer who strives to survive the racial frictions in Southern America. This paper analyzes Wright’s method of presenting the thematic characteristics of the story. Wright exposes the positions and conditions...
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a story written by Zora Neale Hurston and it describes life’s hardships that an African-American woman experiences. There are many factors, both social and personal that influence Janie’s life, and provide an insight into a person’s emotional being. It supposes alternatives that were not...
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner is a short story that contains many themes, but the story is undoubtedly built on the theme of aging out and decaying. The story tells readers that once the town of Jefferson was one of the nicest towns in the South but lost...
Introduction The book entitled The Things They Carried is a collection of many short stories, which revolve around American soldiers and their experiences during the Vietnam War. The author of the related short stories in The Things They Carried is Tim O’Brien, an American novelist. Some of the interrelated short...
The Canterbury Tales represent Medieval English literature. The work was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the XIV century. The character of Nun Prioress was depicted by the author in the General Prologue, where he described her with irony and subtle humor. The Canterbury Tales present the stories narrated by the...
This essay compares and contrasts two short stories – The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892) and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (1894). Both the stories analyzed in this essay are short stories. In The Story of an Hour, Louise Mallard receives the news of her...
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein has inspired many film-makers who create movies about scientists trying to carry out dangerous experiments. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that the author tries to conceal the procedures implemented by the main character in order to revive the lifeless matter. One should pay close attention...
As a reader, I take an interest in various literary genres and techniques. Nevertheless, I usually attach much importance to the ability of the writer to characterize a person by depicting his/her actions or words. Additionally, the use of irony greatly appeals to me. In particular, one can speak about...
Introduction The present paper dwells upon production of the play by August Wilson entitled Fences. It is necessary to note that the play is often seen as a valuable “portrayal of the social and psychological effects of discrimination” of African Americans as well as their ways to address the issues...
The short story of Edgar Allan Poe called “The Cask of Amontillado” is full of contrasts. The author creates a brilliant description of two characters through a narration. None of the features of the characters are mentioned directly. We learn about the characters and their personalities as we read the...
In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald explores the theme of the American Dream. In particular, the author shows the decline of this ideal and people’s disillusionment with it. This novel provides several examples illustrating this thesis. Much attention should be paid to the characters’ cynicism, their desire for sensual pleasures or...
The Lottery main character “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence are fictional stories but have a clear connection to real life. Even though they are different there is a parallel that can be drawn. The one main character in each story is attributed powers...
My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the night of slavery closed in upon me, and behold a man transformed into a brute. Frederick Douglass The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a...
The ideas of good and evil are considered to be crucial during an extended period. So many people find it very difficult to distinguish where true good or true evil may be. Those, who want to learn more about these two issues, have to read such wonderful work by O’Connor,...
Introduction This letter was written in defense of the public demonstrations undertaken by the people, predominantly the black Americans, in pursuit of equal rights. The main issues highlighted in the letter are discussed below. Acts that led to the demonstrations were condemned It is pointed out that the acts that...
This paper briefly analyzes the characters Dave Saunders from The Man Who Was Almost a Man and Harriet Jacobs from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Dave is a young African-American adolescent desperately trying to show masculinity and independence by working during the summer holidays at school. In...
Introduction The confrontation of good and evil is a common theme in fictional literature. The author uses narration to introduce heroes and villains to readers, prompting them to elaborate on the morality and justification of the character’s actions. In the case of Beowulf‘s characters Beowulf and Grendel, the distinction between...
Introduction The Song of Solomon is a novel by Toni Morrison that tells the story of Macon “Milkman” Dead III, a young African-American man growing up in Michigan in the mid-20th century. The book follows Milkman’s journey as he discovers his family history, explores his own identity, and grapples with...
The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939, is a novel set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and follows the Joad family as they move from Oklahoma to California, seeking a better life. The novel is a reflection of the economic conditions of the...
Lynda Barry is a modern American cartoonist and author well-known for her book One! Hundred! Demons!, which is an autobiographical graphic novel that delves into her childhood and struggles with depression. The artwork in the book is a mix of real-life photographs, drawings, and collages. Each page contains a story...
Introduction The character of Minnie, who has endured years of violence at the hands of her husband, John Wright, is followed in the play “Trifles.” After watching him purposefully twist the neck of her cherished canary in front of her, Minnie killed her husband. This became her pivotal moment, although...
Introduction When it comes to producing a theatrical play, it is director’s responsibility to be in charge of the whole concept, while its component artistic and technical elements are usually brought to life with the help of actors, designers and technical team. The collaboration of the contractors is the key...
I cannot say decisively that I love poetry more than prose since there are both fantastic poems and exciting novels and short stories that have made a profound effect on my development. Still, there is something unique about poetic lines: they can reflect a lengthy idea within only a few...
Despite decades’ worth of endeavors to address the issue of racism within American society, it remains a notorious source of concern and cause of injustice suffered by numerous African American people. Entering a new era of sociocultural relationships enhanced by innovation and cross-cultural communication has not helped alleviate the issue,...
Introduction Poe’s story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” features a man who plans and murders his elderly next-door neighbor. The story rushes into the action, leaving the reader with no time to get to know the characters or learn about their relationships with the environment. Although the male protagonist of story adaptations...
The poem “Woman’s work” by Julia Alvarez shows that nothing is impossible in this world. She discusses women’s domestic role and their contribution to the family (Hussain). Alvarez looks at how the mother’s story about obsessively cleaning the house affected the lives of many people around the world. Based on...
Introduction The poem entitled “What Is to Come We Know Not” by Ernest Henley is one of the most life-asserting works in literature. Indeed, in his poem, the author portrays his gratitude for whatever good moments he had and at the same time conveys his bravery to face whatever life...
In many aspects, Gilgamesh and Homer’s Achilles, the main figure of the Iliad, are similar. Achilles is a demigod, like Gilgamesh, born of the goddess Thetis and the human Peleus (Homer 10). Hector, the Trojan prince, is defeated by him in single combat, demonstrating his strength and combat prowess. Additionally,...
According to an old Greek tale, Prometheus is the god who gives humanity fire in order to liberate them from the harsh realities of the natural world. This deed symbolizes the notion that technological reason can free humanity from the constraints of nature. However, when people strive to understand technology,...
Jon Krakauer’s “Into the Wild” is a riveting story of exploration and self-discovery. The novel chronicles the narrative of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarks on a quest to discover himself in the Alaskan wilderness. While many may see Chris’s narrative as one of bravery and freedom, it is...
In Charlotte Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper, one of the characters is Jennie, who is directly influenced by the gender norms and expectations of the time. This story, like the story of this hero, holistically talks about how gender stereotypes and society’s expectations negatively affect the mental health of...
The use of symbols by Nathaniel Hawthorne in “Young Goodman Brown” highlights his disapproval of the Puritan religion and the hypocrisy of its adherents. This paper examines how Hawthorne uses symbolism in the narrative and how much he criticizes the Puritan church for its hypocrisy and perversion of faith. Hawthorne...
Their eyes were watching God, a novel written by Zora Neale Hurston, focuses on the experiences and life of Janie Starks in 20th-century southern Florida. Among the book’s important issues is the exploration of conventional gender norms, particularly how stereotypes about male and female relationships benefit males and devalue women....
The book Chrysanthemums by John Ernst Steinbeck is full of symbolism. The most obvious and closest to the reader meaning of symbolism is the glorification of nature. In the novel, nature appears both as a living object of observation and as a symbol. For example, natural features such as mountains,...
Introduction The essay provides a great interpretation of the story To Build a Fire by Jack London, focusing on nature’s indifference and human overconfidence. As described in the paper, nature is unpredictable and untamable, which is also a source of its power over people. The essay starts with an exciting...
Introduction Shirley Jackson introduced a rather provocative perspective on social relationships, decision-making, and responsibility in her short story “The Lottery.” One of the strongest aspects of this work is the formulation of people’s attitudes toward a process. The author helps modern citizens realize how families from the same community do...
The human experience is complex and multi-faceted, encompassing many emotions, experiences, and qualities. Throughout history, writers and artists have attempted to capture what it means to be human, exploring the universal qualities that connect us all. During the Renaissance in Elizabethan England, a time of significant cultural and societal change,...
Jonathan Swift is the author of the Gulliver’s Travels, which describes fantastic journeys to fictional lands. The novel is filled with caustic satire on the state system, outdated foundations, exposing human stupidity and shortsightedness. Swift’s text is a mixture of genres that reflects the ideas of revolutionism and enlightenment, at...
In part 3 of the above book, the authors look at the essence of reality and how it relates to human existence and philosophy. They contend that reality has objective properties apart from human awareness and is not merely the result of personal understanding. The philosophers begin by analyzing various...
As an ancient Egyptian peasant, I am struck by the story of the Great Flood from The Epic of Gilgamesh. The story tells of a great flood that devastated all life except for a man and his family. They were able to survive by constructing a large boat (Jackson, 2014)....
In Macbeth, the witches are central to the play’s supernatural elements. They appear in the opening scene, and their prophecies set the play’s events in motion. The witches’ ambiguous nature and ability to manipulate Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth, make them a source of fascination for audiences and scholars...
Introduction One of the primary elements of The Story of an Hour, written by Kate Chopin, that has not only made the short story popular but also has highlighted an important metaphor is the ending. Namely, after the joy Mrs. Mallard feels when finding out about her husband’s death, she...
The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson tells the reader about the girl Melinda who entered high school. People begin to understand why the story has such a name. This is a story about a girl who, due to certain circumstances, became very close and stopped trusting people. The book...
Introduction Plato’s sixth book of Republic describes the philosophy of the Divided Line. His allegory divides the world into two unequal parts: visible and intelligible. These categories are divided further into two, thus creating a line of the world containing four sections. While the first realm consists of images and...
“Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story about two characters in a railway station in Spain. The story focuses on a couple having an intense conversation obliquely referencing an abortion. Despite an uncertain outcome at the end, it is clear that the couple is facing an important decision affecting...
Introduction Even in a children’s book, the reader can identify deeply philosophical topics for oneself, so Christina Rossetti’s poem Goblin Market (1862) under the guise of a fairy tale contains deep ideas. The first theme seems more superficial since the reader can notice it even with a shallow reading. The...
Introduction In his short tale “To Build a Fire,” Jack London describes how someone might endure a grueling winter in the woods. He runs into several roadblocks along the route and is obliged to use his own critical thinking to get over them. The reader is well aware of the...
Detective Sarah Johnson was called to the scene of a robbery at the city’s prestigious jewelry store. Upon arrival, she noticed that the front window had been shattered and the alarm was blaring loudly. The store manager was waiting outside, visibly shaken and pointing to the back room where the...
In modern literature, much attention is paid to how authors develop a thread, meaning a critical plot line for different characters. Some writers prefer to make their stories as simple as possible to focus on personal development and self-growth. At the same time, other individuals rely on the complexity of...
Shirley Jackson is the author of the short story “The Lottery,” written in 1948. All citizens of a small village gather in the square between the post office and the bank. It is a warm and sunny morning of June 27th, so it is high time to organize the lottery,...
Throughout the storyline of the verse, the author presents the readers with a conflict that is resolved in the last lines. A person is gnawed by the responsibility and duties that are assigned to him and the desire to go to the taiga (Frost). The theme of this verse echoes...
The well-known 1831 revision of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has several meaningful differences from its original 1818 edition. Mary Shelley made revisions to the book to appease conservative readers who objected to the book’s first examination of science and its repercussions (Butler 313). By including lengthy passages in which Frankenstein expresses...
“Kindred” offers a thought-provoking perspective on the complexities of slavery. Octavia Butler examines power, control, and the ramifications of one’s choices in chapters 7 and 8, “The Rope,” and the epilogue. Through her writing, Butler critiques the legacy of slavery and its ongoing impact on African Americans. Her characters and...
The poem of Tomas Eliot, “Rhapsody on a Windy Night,” represents such phenomena as mind, memory, and time experienced by the main character of a wanderer going down the streets. The context is full of frightfulness and hopelessness because the time continues to go on desperately. Life and its sense...
Introduction A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is a story that emphasizes the happiness that comes from being with other people. The author shows that this is the most satisfying experience, and being bitter and resentful tortures people. With the illustration of Ebenezer Scrooge, the writer aims to deliver...
Introduction The literature on such a critical issue as slavery is of particular value for study and analysis. The significance of these sources lies in the fact that they provide an opportunity to understand better and realize the challenges that people had to go through. The book by Tony Morrison...
Steinbeck was a US writer and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner. Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, his family immigrated to the US in 1858 from Germany, England, and Ireland (Pratt). The author’s mother was a former teacher who encouraged his love of reading and writing, while his...
The significant poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’s authorship has yet to be determined, and the only known is its compositional period, the fourteenth century. It is a story that honors chivalry and keeping one’s word and is based on the exploits of Sir Gawain, the nephew of King...
Introduction The author and feminist classic Virginia Woolf, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in developing modernist literature. Her novels like “Orlando,” “To the Lighthouse,” and “The Mark on the Wall” have stood the test of time because they both entertain and provoke their readers. Woolf...
Introduction In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag can be described as the ideal protagonist in a dystopian society that prohibits the enlightenment of the masses. The book is a dystopian fiction inspired by various historical events, including the ideological repression in the Soviet Union and the burning of...
Introduction Perfectionism is the desire for total order and conformity to the norms one sets for oneself. The desire for order is not abnormal, but perfectionists are content to exist with others who do not always endure everything according to these rules. The resulting conflicts between the perfectionist and society...
In his book, Three Days in January, Bret Baier aimed to enable his readers to understand more about Ike from an individual point of view. Baier wrote the book to educate people on the ideals and principles of the president’s actions during his time. An individual can learn the type...
Introduction Dwight David Eisenhower, as others refer to him as Ike, is among the paradoxical figures that the US had during the 20th century. The statesman and Military officer served the nation as the 34th president between 1953 and 1961. Studies indicate that Ike served as the Allied Expeditionary Force’s...
Both the book Moon off the Crusted Snow and the documentary Becoming Nakuset explore themes of identity and self-discovery and the struggles faced by women of color in a predominantly white society. The novel concentrates on the experiences of a young lady named Noval, whereas the documentary is focused on...
The poem The Epic of Gilgamesh was composed in honor of Gilgamesh, a real-life ruler. The Gilgamesh Epic was a highly revered and worshipped poem in Mesopotamia. The poem was set in the Mesopotamian city of Uruk, now known as Iraq. Gilgamesh, who ruled as a hero king in the...
Nowadays, many peaceful adults go to war not out of ideological convictions but only for the sake of saving their children and ensuring they have a brighter future. Kids should be valued and protected all over the world, both by their relatives and strangers. However, this view was not shared...
Introduction “Frankenstein” is a truly unique and outstanding novel with an original premise and a captivating story, which is further proven by its current cult status and its numerous reiterations. Though the name Frankenstein is often misattributed to the monster, the general appreciation for the sentiment of the story among...
Introduction Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein is a novel characterized by complex themes related to humans’ obsessive desires to assume the roles of creators and the portrayal of outcasts in stereotypical society. The author uses different perspectives on the story, namely the Doctor’s and the creature’s, to demonstrate the distinction in their...
Introduction The Plato’s Apology gives an overview of Socrates’ speech which he delivered while in the court of Athens – the court was deliberating whether or not to put him to death due to his practices. As explicated by Tanner, Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth, combined with his...
Getting acquainted with “Turmeric and Sugar” by Vangala Jones allowed me to find peace and bright happiness in the depths of my soul. With this text, I traveled years back to my childhood, when the perception of the world was more magical and even heartwarming. The latter word can be...
Introduction Things Fall Apart is a novel that depicts the traditional life of Nigerians in the pre-colonial eastern part of the country. People living in the villages of Umuofia and Mbanta have self-government and a developed system of communication, relationships, and values. The author Chinua Achebe depicts the arrival of...
Introduction The Natural Bridge/Rogue River Canyon poem by Paul Halupa is an excellent example of metaphor-filled modernist work. The negative tone, jagged narrative, and unconventional tact parallel the profoundly personal experiences or reflections the author has put into the lines. However, the essence of the work has not been turned...
Introduction It is hard to disagree that one of the key topics in Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby is money and its role in people’s lives. All key characters in the book are relatively rich, but it is possible to find similarities and differences in how they perceive...
The 20th century was marked by several military conflicts that forever changed the lives of millions of people across the world. One such dispute was the Vietnam War of 1954-1975, in which the United States of America played an active role (Brigham). The war profoundly impacted American politics and culture,...
The novel Bread Givers, written by Anzia Yezierska, is about a young woman living in a family of Jewish immigrants and is centered in New York City. Family obligations are the main factor that prevents the heroine in the book from achieving her goals. Sara Smolinski is the intelligent and...
Jack London is a realistic American writer whose story To Build a Fire was written in 1908. Despite the theme of the confrontation between man and nature, naturalism is not an end in itself for the writer. The realism of the description is a feature of Jack London’s style, with...
The Morgan Library & Museum (MLM) is a repository of some of the most inspiring and unique pieces of art and literature. However, of all the items that the museum has to offer, the original manuscript of “The Christmas Carol” stands out most. Having been interpreted multiple times and reiterated...
Background Information The author of The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University but dropped out after two years. After leaving college, Fitzgerald joined the army and wrote his first novel, “This Side of Paradise 1920” but The...
Introduction Marie de France was a poet from the Early Middle Ages best known for her lays, or narrative poems written in Old French. These lays address a wide range of subjects, from courtly love to morality to societal conventions. The novels frequently feature romanticized types of love, in which...
The book focuses on contemporary communication problems, considering the philosophical and historical context. The central problem of this work is the excessive use of communications by people in the modern world and the dynamics associated with this problem. Powers uses observations and statistics relevant to the modern world combined with...
Introduction The book “Resilience” by Eric Greitens, writer, boxing champion, U.S. Navy Special Forces officer, and, more recently, the state governor of Missouri, is a bestselling self-development book about overcoming life’s challenges and building character. After the experience, the former SEAL comrade found his own way of coping with adversity....
Introduction Hamlet, a world-renowned literary classic by William Shakespeare, depicts an acute vision of a man struggling with his indecisiveness in the face of constant external pressure and inner unrest. The hero, the young prince of Denmark, undergoes severe changes throughout the play, overcoming his weaknesses and learning to exercise...
Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance writer who developed the essay as a literary form and wrote some of history’s most enduring and significant articles. Michel de Montaigne was an academic who devoted his entire career to criticizing intellectual hubris. In his major opus, the Essays, he reached out...
Introduction My Mother’s Secret is a fiction novel based on a true story during the Second World War when the Germans invaded Poland. The story involves two families saved from Nazi brutality by a brave woman and her daughter. Franciszka and her daughter Helena lived a simple life, minding their...
Every postcolonial piece of literature gives readers an idea of how the suppressor and the subjugated nation coexisted in one time and place. These works are always accompanied by protagonists and antagonists who raise the problems of slavery, inequality, migration, and marginalization of certain groups. Disgrace – a novel by...
The Odyssey is an epic poem written by the ancient Greek author Homer, narrating the hero’s life during the Trojan War. The hero goes through a difficult path, from escaping from prison to reuniting with his father after the events of the war. The Odyssey teaches that through determination, hard...
Martin Espada dedicated “The Trouble Ball” to his father, Frank Espada. The author takes readers on a poetic journey to Brooklyn. Espada alludes to the experience of his father’s first American baseball game at Ebbets Field in 1941 as a new immigrant. This game has significantly shaped how the poem...
Introduction Gary B. Nash’s book Red, White and Black: The Peoples of Early America explores the complex and diverse peoples who inhabited the Americas before the American Revolution. Through a combination of primary source documents and narrative history, Nash sheds light on the various Native American societies, European empires, and...
Flannery O’Connor’s 1955 short tale, A Good Man is Hard to Find, highlights the seemingly random events with far-reaching implications that people encounter. The story, though narrated in the third person, takes the perspective of the character simply referred to as “The Grandmother.” From this angle, O’Connor presents the topic...
Introduction While reading through the Harry Potter series by anyone, it quickly becomes clear that the series is more of a family friendly type of book. It gives of a child-like sense of adventure, giving magic and the excitement of a new world to whoever reads it. This does not...
The Open Boat is an 1897 novel based on four men in a life-threatening situation. Crane tells the story about four men, a captain, the oiler, the correspondent, and a cook, who survive after the ship they traveled on sank. Using a single lifeboat, the four men face nature’s harshness...
Introduction The story of the Open Boat is about four men trying to survive against various natural occurrences. The four men include the correspondent, the oiler, the cook, and the oiler. After surviving a shipwreck, the men sails on a lifeboat, day and night, while waiting to be rescued. Nature,...
From the mythological perspective, the relationship between father and son, as in any mythological motif, is fundamentally ambivalent. On the one hand, in the traditional picture of the world, every son is perceived as a kind of continuation or alter ego of the father; on the other hand, a mythological...
The work of Sophocles Oedipus the King belongs to the genre of ancient tragedy. The tragedy is characterized by a personal conflict, as a result of which the protagonist comes to the loss of personal values necessary for life, such as family. Oedipus does not leave his native home, but...
Fences (2016) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are intriguing narratives that shed light on interpersonal conflicts that prevent individuals from achieving life satisfaction. The main characters in both plays strive to satisfy their desires, but several factors, including their hopes and dreams, prevent them from succeeding. Nevertheless, the authors send...
Introduction The story “The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks is a rather interesting tale of a man who suffers from some form of the neurologic condition resulting in him being unable to look at the entirety of a particular object but rather on its...
Introduction In 1987, Allan Bloom published a book that would stir up a great deal of controversy. The Closing of the American Mind examined the state of higher education in the United States and painted a bleak picture. Bloom argued that American universities had abandoned their mission to educate students...
The novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes can be described as a parody of chivalric romances. The main character is a man “about fifty years old, of a strong complexion, dry flesh, and a withered face,” who imagines himself a knight and calls himself Don Quixote (Cervantes 19). The...
Introduction In the Aeneid, Virgil depicts the culture of ancient Rome, notably the notions and values of honor, known as pietas, which the ancient Romans valued highly. Virgil expands on this pietas code through the character of Aeneas and his interactions with people and the world. He accomplishes this by...
Understanding one’s behaviors and choices may be quite complicated at times. A plethora of factors affect one’s decision-making and the relevant perceptions, which is why dissecting behaviors is often attributed to past events, as “Crow Lake” by Mary Lawson demonstrates. As Kate’s story shows, though past events, in fact, define...
The war on the distant Pacific Front is most often known from numerous games or a TV movie. Eugene Sledge’s memoirs are the very special case due to which the reader has the opportunity to learn about this war firsthand, not politicized or embellished. After so many years (as With...
There are many children’s literature books that fall under the biography category. However, one of the popular books is, “Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship,” authored by Russel Freedman. The book is appropriate to be read by teenagers from ages 13-19 because it makes them...
Introduction The works of Sunjata and Hamlet have been revered for centuries, each inspiring generations of readers and viewers with their captivating stories and characters. Sunjata is a 13th-century epic poem from Mali, written by an anonymous griot, and Hamlet is a famous tragedy from the late 16th century by...
The Great Escape, a non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill that was released by WW Norton & Company in 1950, describes what it was like to live in a German POW camp during World War II. The author was an Australian fighter pilot and became a prisoner of war, which means...
Introduction The protagonist appears before the readers as “standing in the snow beside the road, thumb raised high, shivering in the gray Alaska dawn;” he is already a survivalist for the audience (Krakauer, 1997, p. 1). One of the most important themes that Into the Wild represent is survival. After...
According to the Russian theorist Mikhail Bahktin, a specific type of holiday is optional in all historical festivities. The most crucial is an emerging force preserved in it and contributes to the flight from the capture of “official culture,” such as the state, the church, or other suppressive systems. In...
Introduction This research paper focuses on analyzing three texts: A Rose for Emily, written by William Faulkner, The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Susan Glaspell’s Trifles. All of the above works are prime examples of classic feminist literature and demonstrate the problem of gender inequality from a historical...
Introduction The mysterious and legendary process carries the prospect of the ultimate fate of ordinary people’s lives. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written around 2000 BC, while the Ramayana was composed around 1800 BC by the ancient Indians (Bhide et al. 501). Both accounts provide extraordinary evidence to show people...
Introduction The main idea that runs through the entire work of Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is the idea of the incommensurable suffering of men and women in slavery. In her opinion, a slave woman is not only subjected to all the trials that fall...
Jitterbug Perfume is a novel of epic proportions that spans nearly a thousand years. Alobar, the protagonist, is first encountered as a king in Bohemia. Even if he is the hero of the story, Priscilla is the secondary hero. A hero is a person who is forced to make hard...
The book Hue by Mark Bowden (2017) narrates about the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War holds a special place in American history and is significant on a global scale. The battle served as a metaphor for the failure of American cold war strategy. Force was not effective in stopping the...
Introduction Ancient Greek tragedies are marked by the poets’ use of moral, social, and political themes to unveil human character and relations. One such tragedy is Antigone, written by Sophocles; it features a strong female character in opposition to an oppressive, politically bound male. Since Antigone crosses the limits of...
The purpose of this essay is to examine a topic of colonization and its psychological aspects in the selected bibliography of an English writer George Orwell. Most of his novels and essays focus on social criticism that are supported by his personal experience of working as a policeman in Burma,...
Introduction Literacy texts employ different features of style to convey a message to a reader. The style used will have the impact of attracting and making a reader relate to the story. Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” uses an array of literary elements to capture the attention of a...
Introduction Realism is a literary movement distinguished by its unique depiction of human nature by depicting specific people in a specific time and place, also known as a slice of life. This is accomplished using vernacular to create a convincing yet true depiction of a culture. Similarly, psychological realism employs...
Introduction Sophocles is a contemporary of the golden age of Athens; his writings reflect the ideals of polis democracy. These are the political equality and freedom of all full-fledged citizens, selfless service to the motherland, respect for the gods, and the nobility of people’s aspirations. Independence in their decisions and...
While “Blissfully Blended Bullshit” by Rebecca Ecker may be divisive for several reasons, it is still an exciting voyage into the author’s experience of family mixing because of its ruthless honesty. Some important themes throughout Ecker’s life are discrimination, favouritism, and romanticized views of relationships. The author’s unfiltered, raw writing...
Introduction A Good Man is Hard to Find is one of the most outstanding works by Flannery O’Connor, a writer whose blood-chilling stories confront the usual stereotypes about religion, the good, and the evil. Indeed, in A Good Man is Hard to Find, O’Connor condemns the conventionalism of faith and...
Experiences define personality and view of life. The trials people go through in their lives help carve them into who they are and will be in the future. Large-scale events have a high impact on a person’s life, evidenced by the lives of Doc Hata from Lee’s A Gesture Life...
