Essays on Literature

The story behind the Wonder Woman which started as early as in the 1940s was beyond what people nowadays see on a movie. More stand-out than any female superhero, she was the first unique superhero who represents feminism. Wonder Woman was the Marston’s secret. Jill…

Background of the poem Most of Emily’s works revolve around the subject of gender roles experienced by women during the 19th Century. Back then, marriages were made out of convenience and not love. Having been subjugated by their caste system, women were not allowed to…

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the setting of the book takes place during some time in the future and it tells us this society that is really similar to ours. The book follows Guy Montag, who is a fireman who burns down people’s houses…

World War II began in the September of 1939; two days after Hitler’s invasion of Poland. It lasted for six years and many dangerous events had arisen throughout the time of the war. It was originally fought between the axis powers and the allied forces….

Walt Whitman had written and published a few hundred poems during his lifetime. His poems are recognizable for his use of free verse and the vivid images that his writing portrays. “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” and “The Dalliance of the Eagles” are no…

In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry uses a community of “Sameness” to show how important individuality is. She wrote this book after her father had developed Alzheimer’s, so she understood how painful it was to live in a world without memory. Lois Lowry uses…

The likeness of myths from disparate cultures was used to recognize their shared themes and characteristics. This was referred to as Comparative Mythology. Myths have been used to show the relationships between different myths to record the development of religions and cultures, and to suggest…

When I Heard the Learned Astronomer by the famous poet, Walt Whitman, is referencing a tiring lecture that the speaker once heard from an astronomer. The poem emanates that the mysteries of nature cannot just be condensed by facts and figures. The speaker showed his…

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous poet who is best known for his darker form of writing. It is amazing how many stories and poems he wrote during his short life. “The most prominent features of Poe’s poetry are a pervasive tone of melancholy, a…

The Life of Pi is a story about survival, and how a belief in God can make a boy into a man and how facing life and death in the Pacific Ocean can lead to either utter despair or having an unwavering faith in God…