Essays on Literary Genres

To acknowledge the beauty of a book means to understand the story beyond boundaries. The book, Tuesdays with Morrie, has a deep heartwarming message for humanity. I can state that the book is composed of two stories. One is the tale of a man and…

Have you ever thought of death as an opportunity to live? Tuesdays With Morrie is a unique piece of work that obtains a deep explanation on the meaning of life. In Mitch Albom’s nonfiction novel Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie Schwartz was diagnosed with a terminal…

When people think about winter they may think about snow and the cold temperatures. Normally they do not think about the harsh consequences that can come with being in the winter wilderness. However, in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, those harsh consequences are brought…

Any action that humankind takes is a decision that could lead to either progression or degeneration. A civilization is comprised of a system that is created to serve the well-being of a people, not a corrupted one that has been succumbed to indifference, lack of…

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a beautifully told story of her not so average life. She talks about her dad, a smart engineer who cares about his children and has taught them many important lessons. But, when he drinks, he turns damaging and…

Dystopian literature is often defined as a fictional genre that depicts the society to be unfair and setting. Dystopian literature has been around for a while now. Dystopian literature usually depicts the future of society, whether it’s the lives of the citizens or the overall…

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life” – Virginia Woolf, one of the most eminent writers of her time, during her life she suffered the loss of her parents as well as her siblings which led her to lose control of her mind, her mental…

What Is a Problem Play? A problem play is a play in which the playwright portrays the social, political and economic problems of the society he lives in. The problem play is a development form of the ‘drama of ideas'(Drama of ideas is a type…

To be legitimate is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, to “[conform] to the laws or rules; to be able to be defended with logic or justification; [to be] valid.” [1] Thus to be legitimate is to be legal, lawful, licensed, and valid; to be…

The ‘The Man Who Would Be King’ is a novella written by Rudyard Kipling in 1888. Kipling is best known for publishing on this topic of British exploitation. This novel is narrated by the narrator, who lives in India. The story opens up with the…