Essays on Literature Review

“A Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka was written in 1922. Historical, Political, and/ Cultural events/experiences that influenced or inspired the author’s views during the time that this story was written: Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Jew living in Austro-Hungarian where Jews weren’t treated well due…

Eco criticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment. If the term ‘eco criticism’ is divided into two. As “Eco “ and “criticism”.‘Eco’ means ecology which is the physical environment; and incorporation of animate and inanimate, biotic and abiotic, living…

The Novel, alchemist, written by Paulo Coelho, is about the boy dream and his success. The novel started with a boy, Santiago, who was a shepherd and had the dream of adventure. But his parents wanted to be a priest. One day he had a…

The short story, “On the Rainy River” written by Tim O’Brien, is based on his life experience when a month after graduating from Macalester College he was drafted to fight in war. O’Brien talks about the experience of living with the shame of events, which…

Introduction: The book I have chosen for this paper is called Because of Winn-Dixie. This story is about a lonely ten-year-old girl named Opal who moves to Florida with her father, a preacher after her mother abandoned them. To start with Opal never really had…

Nuruddin Farah started to write in English while attending university in India. Previously he released the short story in his native language. He has published a series of prize winning novels describing the sufferings of the people of Somalia. In persuasive words he writes of…

Pastoring is not what you think is a book dedicated by Elijah Oladimeji to faithful pastors and Christians who have many personal and family needs. The book is comprised of 102 pages. The author, Elijah Oladimeji is the founding pastor of Mind of Christ Evangelical…

This chapter aims at exposing the modern American Dream through Fitzgerald’s last unfinished novel “The Last Tycoon”. As the novel was written in an era where the American people were still suffering from the consequences of the Depression, Fitzgerald aimed at showing Hollywood’s life and…

The true author or authors behind the works attributed to William Shakespeare has long been debated, scholars proposing more than 70 potential candidates, ranging from Sir Francis Bacon to Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford. Over centuries the works have been studied in…

Growing up is very difficult already without added difficulties, due to the fact you are finding yourself while also trying to do what others ask of you. I believe that this period in many people’s lives impacts a large aspect of their virtue. These core…