Essays on Literature

A Modest Proposal Essay Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” begins with Swift’s ironic persona preparing the reader for his outrageous solution to the problem of poverty in Ireland. Swift’s dark satirical solution is to eat the Irish babies, which would bring in profit and decrease…

Imagine living in a society where life is predictable, orderly, and tranquil. Everything – from birth to education to occupation to retirement to death – is laid out meticulously, and every citizen lives free from pain, want, and inconvenience. Sounds utopian, right? However, there is…

Refusal to Assimilate Throughout all the texts, women’s destiny is a recurring theme. While some may argue that the women accept their fate, the opposite appears most evident. If they did accept the destiny given to them, they would most likely be seen as weak…

The book “In the wild” is an entertaining tale that covers the life of a young man Chris McCandless. Chris is not pleased with materialism and starvation. He considers his father not to be an ideal man that fits him. At first, we are convinced…

Censorship Causes Blindness President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said “Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your…

Literature is a fundamental theme in both Schlink’s novel The Reader and in François Truffaut’s film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. There is a perspicuous connection between reading and the human emotion of their retrospective characters, and through this literature is presented as a force which…

Nudging in Animal Farm A “nudge” is a gentle push in a certain direction. Sometimes a person or government “nudges” people to make a specific decision by making some choices easier, or harder, than others. Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, concerns this topic….

In order to be truly aware of one’s marginalized status in society there needs to not only be an awareness of the oppression itself, but also an understanding of its causes and repercussions. Nora Helmer, the protagonist in the play A Doll’s House by Henrik…

Too many individuals in western society, marriage is a spiritual union between two people who are in love with one another. However, others may view it as a mere contract that bounds them for eternity. Mrs. Mallard is a character who views marriage in a…

Internal Conflicts “The Things They Carried” is a story of two friends O’Brien and Kiowa during the Vietnamese war. At the beginning of the story, O’Brien was in a dilemma to make a decision on whether to go to the war or not (O’brien, 2009)….

The Marxist Lens as It Relates to “The Story of an Hour” To the untrained eye, a story could be viewed one-dimensionally; a tale might only appeal to emotion while logic is left out in the cold. Equally, logic may be forgotten while emotion is…

The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the second longest war in American History, lasting about 10 years. Not only was the Vietnam war a long war, but it was quite possibly one of the most violent wars fought in history,, which of…

Change has always been a revolutionary concept in our world, where the transformation of a familiar force into something entirely foreign is a perplexing idea. Kate Chopin evokes this feeling of mysticality through her pieces, “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm,” by introducing…

Rationale We have read the novel Things Fall Apart and the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in class which is a a part of Part 4: language and literature course. I have selected Things Fall Apart as the primary source for my task…

Greek society as a whole was incredibly male-dominant. With a focus on patrilineal and patriarchal ideals, women were viewed as inferior in nearly all aspects of life. During the reign of the Ancient Greek empire, women were confined to their homes (mans’ attempt to keep…

War and Conflict Essay War and Conflict have both affected many lives. Conflicts have caused arguments, fights, and ,usually, has ended great relationships. While War may be about the same thing, it has ended lives instead of relationships. War gives paranoia, instead of relief. Sometimes…

The Classic Hero The epic poem Beowulf, written by an unknown author and translated by Seamus Heaney ensues of a valiant hero named Beowulf and his heroic deeds during the Anglo-Saxon era. Beowulf is a culmination of Christian traditions with a folk story that extols…

Antigone: Marriage The helpfulness of marriage in Antigone, written by Sophocles, is debatable, but the importance of marriage is not. The relation between views on marriage and the importance of it is undeniable; all of the protagonists can be linked to and with it. Though…

Creon: The Tragic Hero and Ruler of the City Creon is the Tragic Hero in the story because he is taken down by fate and will not listen to anybody. The significance is Creon and his significance takes place when he is the ruler of…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, written in the 19th century tells the story of a monster created by Victor Frankenstein who is abandoned at birth. When examining this novel from the lens of a feminist literary perspective, we can clearly read how the novel shows us the…

The Neglected Child Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature acts out in ways to get Victor’s attention. The creature goes through the predicament of threatening Victor, harming his loved ones and continually following him around. The creature is similar a child that has been neglected…

The Yellow Wallpaper Setting Importance Setting can be more than just the location in which a story takes place; setting can be essential to the plot or theme of a work. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, the narrator is temporarily residing in a…

Brave New World was revises due to the actuality of these concepts. “The prophecies made in 1931 are coming true much sooner than I thought they would” (page 238). These prophecies came to life, before the author had proposed. He claimed “the nightmare of total…

Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley is an epistolary novel, as it is composed of letters and journal entries. It starts with Captain Walton who is writing to his sister while sailing to the North Pole. He stumbles upon a man named Victor Frankenstein who begins…

FRQ 2 In the passage from the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses metaphors and powerful diction to characterize John and Mustapha Mond and their opposing views on societal and life values. Through the two characters’ dialogue, Huxley portrays Mustapha Mond as someone who…

Expendable or Indispensable? “You’re nothing more than a dishwasher, a cook, and caretaker.” Subjected to conventional domestic duties, women before the 1920s were not granted freedom in exercising rights given to their male counterparts.. Thought of only as mothers, it was not until they were…

Into the Call of the Wild Critical Review The novel Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer was overall an entertaining and thought provoking piece of literature. The protagonist, Chris “Alex” McCandless, took a journey across America to live the exciting life of a vagrant. Chris…

Inherent Selfishness People are selfish, and they need order. That is why government is an integral part of society. It urges civilians to follow the rules and prevent anarchy. Anarchy is the lack of order and stability in society, where no one follows the rules…

The Heroism of Beowulf A hero is the personification of values such as bravery, sacrifice, and honor. There are two main characters in the epic poem Beowulf; one character obviously possesses these heroic traits, but the other is strongly the opposite of them. Beowulf always…

A theme is a serious attempt by an author to observe and record life in order to reveal some truth or some common characteristic of life. Themes aim to uncover aspects of a common human existence; and because these themes discuss the common human existence,…

How did Fitzgerald raise tension throughout the Chapter 7 of ‘The Great Gatsby’? Generally considered one of the finest novels by Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby explores the theme of roaring twenties and demonstrates the lack of morals in a superficially glittering world. Throughout the chapter…

Texts from many different eras have attempted to comment on and advance different themes, especially from the colonial era. Two of these texts are “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, and The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Both of these works attempt to describe…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Calpurnia is the caretaker of Atticus Finch’s children, Scout and Jem, as well as a cook and housekeeper. Cal makes a strong effort to teach the children her morals and values. Cal displays kindness to many individuals throughout…

Janie and Daisy: Love in Their Eyes Were Watching God versus The Great Gatsby Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby are two novels that illustrate very different levels of class and privilege. Zora Neale Hurston’s work Their Eyes Were Watching God, which…

Redemption. It’s such an ambiguous concept, yet also something that so many people strive for. But what exactly is “redemption?” Can anyone ever truly be redeemed? And if so, how? These are essential questions that playwright Arthur Miller and author Nathaniel Hawthorne set out to…

The Devastation of Prejudice To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a book about racism and coming of age for the character Jem during the Great Depression era in small-town Alabama seen from the perspective of a six-year-old girl. Prejudice is directly defined as…

Of Mice and Men’s Curly’s Wife: An Analysis In the 1930’s, rights for minorities were incredibly limited. White women were barely allowed to vote at this time, and the expectations set for women were oppressive and demanding. If a married man were on a ranch…

For which character of Mice and Men do you have most sympathy? Show how John Steinbeck’s presentation of your chosen character creates sympathy for him or her. In my opinion, Crooks is the character who possess and deserves the most sympathy. I say this as…

Corporate & White Collar Crime Powerful groups can manipulate the definition of what is considered criminal. Only WC crime considered criminal When they commit such crimes as fraud, tax evasion, members of privileged groups often escape punishment, or suffer less severe punishment Corporate Crime Acts…

The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan is a moving novel that explores Chinese culture and the role of women in the time of World War II. Throughout the narrative, Winnie Louie recounts her past as Weili in an effort to be truthful to her…

Abstract Machine translation means automatic translation which is performed by computer software. Although there are several approaches of machine translation, some of them require extensive linguistic knowledge while some oblige huge statistical calculations. Hence, this paper introduces a hybrid methodology integrating corpus based approach and…

The Author and His Times: The author of the book Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe, and he was born on November 16, 1930 and died on March 21, 2013. Chinua has a unique perspective on the book because he is from Nigeria, the central…

George Orwell and Aldous Huxley: Realistic Prediction for the Future After reading a novel by authors George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, I have come to the conclusion that Huxley made the most realistic prediction for the future, in his book entitled Brave New World. He…

Thompson model of a particle J.J. Thomson found electrons and saw that a particle can be partitioned. Additionally, he closed iotas are made of positive centers and adversely charged particles inside it. He built up the Plum Pudding Model before the nuclear core was found….

An archetype is a model situation, person, or idea that has been copied or emulated many times and is widely recognizable and is deep within the human consciousness so much so that it is something we don’t mind hearing again and again.This reappearance actually strengthens…

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago plots revenge on Othello because Othello chose Cassio over him for the lieutenant position, which Iago thought he deserved. Manipulating characters such as Roderigo, his wife Emilia, and Cassio, Iago uses Othello’s flaws of insecurity and impulsiveness to contribute to his…

One’s understanding of the truth never lies within obvious, surface-level information, but rather in a deeper understanding of another’s intentions or beliefs. Robert Proctor’s “Agnotology” explains the many ways ignorance controls a person’s life and the apparent methods individuals use when deciding which information to…

The sudden upward direction of the net and other corresponding digital technologies has had a acute or intense impact on the many aspects of people’s social and working lives. This encompasses the buy and sell of sexual services in the net. Moreover to deliver or…

Introduction In “Why We Crave Horror Movies,” essay Stephen King claims that everyone has monstrous inclinations, and horror movies allow viewers to purge the negativity without consequence. According to King, everyone has internal dark desires that should not be acted upon. Rarely are these urges…

To discuss the teaching ministry of Jesus, I have chosen to use the Gospel of Matthew. It is one of my personal favourite books of the Bible however I feel that it provides solid ground which will allow me to make a substantial and purposeful…

Goal of Copyright: Copyright laws have been associated with two main broad objectives that it is intended to meet. These objectives are; Economics and the public interests and the moral rights of the creators. In terms of economics and the public interest, the goals of…

Billions years ago we saw too much molecular complexity arose on earth, known as biological life. se self-structures having evolved into countless forms only one type remained on our planet is complexity which we now call IT. Which has been key for human development. Since…

Stephan E Ambrose, an American historian, became quite popular following the release of his novel, band of brothers, which told the story of the soldiers in East Company, 2nd battalion, 506th regiment. Its popularity sparked a miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg, who also famously directed…

If you are a stunts lover, then you will so be in love with Travis Pastrana who has been making the waves with his extraordinary stunts performances. Despite the amount of risk involved in performing stunts, Tarvis has never ceased to use any given opportunity…

Puss in Boots is one of the classic fairy tales by Charles Perrault. It is about a miller who dies and divides his wealth amongst his three sons. The first son gets the mill, the second gets a donkey, and the last born gets a…

The book “Public Spaces” has been edited by Ali Madanipour, a Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK. He did his Masters in Architecture from School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran National University, Tehran. Later he…

If you would be the son in the poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, what would be the promises you may give to your mother? Well, simply I, as her son, the promises I would give are: First, I promise to pick the right…

The narrator, a voice that conveys a story is if not just important in children’s literature can be considered one of the most integral subjects which in many ways is at par with children themselves. Children’s literature is in itself a controversial genre of literature,…

“THE LITTLR PRINCE,” A fascinating philosophical tale which is composed by a French pilot, “Antoine de Saint-Exupery.” By going through this novel one can reveal many aspects of life that doesn’t really appear to be a matter of consequence; eventually this may upheaval the reality….

Desai has brilliantly portrayed the dilemma of uprooted individuals in this novel. Desai is one of elegant contemporary Indian novelists in English. She represents the welcome creative release of the feminine sensibility which began to emerge after the World War II. Desai’s preoccupation as a…

Racism or bigotry? Bigotry or prejudice? Controversial titles that are almost certain to grab someone’s attention standing around the water cooler. While most people find these words offensive, perhaps it was those debatable issues that All in the Family sitcom producers Norman Lear and Alan…

“The Child in Time” by Ian McEwan is the second McEwan book I have read. The first being The Children Act last year which I really enjoyed so I decided to read more of his writing. I was drawn to The Child in Time because…

“Damaged Goods” is a collection of three short stories by Tim Winton that includes the stories ‘Damaged Goods’, ‘On Her Knees’ and ‘Family’. The first story, Damaged goods is narrated by a nameless character that tells the story of her husband Vic’s teenage love obsession…

Character Diagnosis- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a movie about what some would call a dysfunctional family. The mother Bonnie is very obese and she doesn’t leave the house, she suffers from depression after her husband killed himself in the home….

The Twilight book has been the popular book ever made. Stephenie Meyer’s writing fails to impress anyone. In any case, the Twilight Saga has enchanted peruses worldwide and turn into an artistic wonder. Dusk, the primary book in the arrangement, presents courageous woman Bella Swan…

‘The Adventures of Tintin’ or just ‘Tintin’ is a wave of Comic Books or more precisely ‘Comic Albums’ created by Georges Prosper Remi, a cartoonist from Belgium and we all know him by his pen name Hergé. Since its first appearance on January 10th, 1929…

Detachment in terms of societies emotions from reality as manifested in the disconnect between sex and marriage and a different kind of disconnect between the London of the past and the London as represented in the poem. Rough thesis: Through the shifting allusions and unidentified…

Allusion helps one way or another to connect the reader and the author firmly. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, allusion is an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Most of them based on the assumption…

Defining the group of individuals who are more drawn towards dark humour. According to a study known as “Cognitive Processing” conducted by Ulrike Willinger, a neurologists at the University of Vienna, it was found that those who appreciated dark humour were among those with high…

In the 2015 Cold War Thriller Bridge of Spies, Steven Spielberg presents his audience with a film that makes us ponder on the important question – what is humanity? Through the protagonist James B Donovan (Tom Hanks), we are exposed to the modern conflict that…

Walter Elias Disney better known as the creator of the well-known character Mickey Mouse and maker of Disneyland and Walt Disney World was a very successful and rich man but nothing came easy for him. Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in a…

‘The awakening of American nationalism, 1815-1828’ is a book on the history of the United States of America. The book was authored by Dangerfield, George. The book takes an in-depth and analytical look at the events that figured the account of the America throughout this…

We can see what Barthes is presenting in his book “Rhetoric of the Image”. More exactly, he is saying that if you want to understand the messages that images include, and the point to which segment they take part in creating an ideological worldview you…

“A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work” (Colin Powell). At the story Neighbour Rosicky written by Willa Cather, we see that how much work is important for Rosicky, who works hard during his life to have a…

Ron J. Jackson Jr. and Lee Spencer White are both authors of the book Joe: The Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend. Ron J. Jackson is a historian, and consultant. Jackson is also a professional journalists and author of the books Alamo Legacy: Alamo Descendants…

Leonardo da Vinci was a true genius who graced this world. Da Vinci lived in a golden age of creativity among such contemporaries as Raphael and Michelangelo, and contributed his unique genius. Leonardo da Vinci was born in a Tuscan hamlet near Vinci. Da Vinci…

In ‘No other Country’, Shaun Tan uses the heterotopia discovered by the family to portray the beauty of finding peace and comfort in a foreign place, by emphasising the importance of a strong familial bond and sense of belonging.In the story ‘No alternative country’, the…

In Revolutionary Mothers, Carol Berkin (2005) argues powerfully that the Revolutionary War could be a story of the active participation of each woman and men. Both the women and men within the society played an enormous role in making certain that they attain their liberty…

It’s not very often that I fall in love with a book, but this book was quite different; hooked me for almost a week, and even now that I have completed reading it, I don’t seem to get the heck out of it. It is…

The Number 23 is classified as a psychological thriller because it keeps the audience on the edge of their seat trying to figure out what the internal conflict is with the main character, Walter Sparrow. The issue with Walter is that over a period of…