Literature Essays

A Raisin in the Sun: Analysis of Lena
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Introduction: Reading Journal 3 In the play A Raisin in the Sun, an African American family has an opportunity to have their dreams come true with the arrival of an insurance check after the death of ...

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth | Analysis
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Introduction: The poem I have chose is called I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth and the poem talks about the speaker was walking around through the hills and valleys, but he felt all lonely an...

Unhappiness in Utopian Literature
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Introduction:  A utopia is a society that is perfect and  where everyone is happy and enjoying their lives. It is more of a dreamed up society that usually won’t function well when it is actually c...

Evolution of Literary Style in Different Eras
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Introduction:  Literature is written pieces of works that have artistic and intellectual worth. There are many different pieces of literature such as poetry, drama, fiction, nonfiction journalism and song...

Faith in Yann Martel’s Life of Pie
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance Essay
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Introduction:  Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American Transcendentalist poet and essayist during the 19th century who wrote his best essay titled “Self-Reliance.” The purpose of Emerson’s essay was to ...

Themes in The Seventh Voyage by Stanislaw Lem
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Introduction: Hate it or love it, Science fiction is a popular Genre in both films and Books. Regardless of the view, one thing that Science fiction does well is ties in real world problems that are affecting ...

Analysis of A Doll's House
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Introduction: Henrik Ibsen wrote the play “A Doll’s House” on December 21st, 1879. The play’s geographical setting is around the 1870’s in a Norwegian town. The era the play falls in is the Victorian...

Relationship between Man and Nature in Frankenstein
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Introduction: Theme: Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein explores how destructive the pursuit of knowledge can be when it goes beyond human understanding. Given that Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in the mids...

Kipling’s My Own True Ghost Story | Analysis
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Introduction: Kipling’s My Own True Ghost Story: How A Rat Became A Ball  Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. Without us knowing, it seeps into minds and suffocates us from within. Mov...

Themes and Messages in the Book of Samuel
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Introduction: Critically analyse the main message of the book of Samuel by considering its primary themes. Introduction In this essay I will show that the main message of the book of Samuel ...

Compelling Cases for Christianity in Literature
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Introduction: Introduction With such a plethora of non-fiction books available from religious teachers, historical scholars and great writers aiming to share the tenets of their Christian beliefs, C.S...

Of Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death | Analysis
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Introduction: Of Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death Part 1.  “As he saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think...

Analysis of the Issue in Censoring Books
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Introduction: Does Banning Books Really Protect The Children?  All across the world, throughout time, books have been challenged, banned, and outright censored due to “suggestive content” fou...

Literature on the Value of Spontaneity
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Introduction: The Value of Spontaneity Among Us   Spontaneity is a trait one might not consider in everyday life as it presents undetermined revelations performed by certain individuals. Whe...

The Lottery by Shiley Jackson and The Scarlet Letter: Themes of Public Shame
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Introduction: Both “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are ironic because they share a baseline similarity in obvious relation to public shame.  In the story...

Thematic Analysis on “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
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Introduction: Traditions and rituals can be a force of nature. No culture or tradition is unchanging, as for the most part a lot of them have been around since the beginning of time and to mess with an ancient...

Some Memoirs of the Life of JOB
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Introduction: Some Memoirs of the life of JOB written by Thomas Bluett takes place in the 1700s around the time of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The article displays Diallo’s journey of being captured, esca...

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? | Analysis
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Introduction:  In the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, Joyce Carol Oates demonstrates the struggle one may experience when trying to define their identity. Connie is a fifteen...

Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
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Introduction: Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” demonstrates that embracing one’s doubts and fears is an essential part of appreciating life. As presented in the short story, the pro...

Women of Beowulf
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Introduction: Women of Beowulf Violence and honor governed the Scandinavian culture the story of Beowulf originates. Beowulf, an Old English epic poem,was originally an oral story that was written dow...

Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl | Analysis
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Introduction: Introduction In this brief paper I will discuss the book, Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl. I will give a general overview and what I feel the author was trying to convey in ...

Biography of Truman Capote
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Introduction: Truman Capote had an extraordinary career and has remained one of America’s most controversial authors, combining literary genius with a penchant for the world of high society. Though he wrote ...

Construct Comparisons of Coming of Age Stories
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Introduction: Compare & Contrast the Ideas and Techniques explored by 2 authors in their construct of a Coming of Age Story   Stephen Chbosky, the director of the film The Perks of B...

On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese American Family
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Introduction: Today, immigration ranks as one of the most discussed topics in the US and other parts across the world; specifically, in the US, the campaign and election of President Donald Trump revolved arou...