Essays On Books

The setting of the poem contributes greatly to the meaning. The title, “Casualty-Mental Ward” is essential to understanding the setting. I personally think that the setting takes place in a mental ward itself and that the speaker is a patient there. This can be seen by looking at line 16, “As all eyes close, they […]

1. Tim O’Brien feels he is a coward for going to the Vietnam War because he might be confused about what courage is, as is every other man that went to the Vietnam War. Once he is out of the war, he realizes that the only reason he went into the Vietnam War was to […]

The essays on The Things They Carried explore various aspects of the Vietnam War, which was a highly challenging conflict. One reason for this difficulty was the absence of clear boundaries, making it nearly impossible to conquer territory. Moreover, soldiers had to face harsh weather conditions, tough terrain, diseases, and their own personal struggles. This […]

There is something special about human beings. Human beings have the capacity to sacrifice themselves for others. Not all do it and many do just the opposite. In the story “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’BRIEN, demonstrates that statement. Jimmy Cross, who is 1st lieutenant of his platoon, is a man of integrity and […]

All around a person can easily hear or read a story about a soldier of war and how that person is forever scared mentally or physically, by the things he or she encountered or saw in their time of duty. Demonstrated in the movies all the time are veterans having flashbacks back to the war […]

Most authors who write about war stories write vividly; this is the same with Tim O’Brien as he describes the lives of the soldiers by using his own experiences as knowledge. In his short story “The Things They Carried” he skillfully reveals realistic scenes that portray psychological, physical and mental burdens carried by every soldier. […]

In his collection of short stories, ‘The things they carried’ Tim O’Brien attempts to explore the ‘bloody eccentricity’ of Vietnam- a war dominated by uncertainties and unlike any war which had gone before. The stories connect a group of fictional soldiers called the alpha company in their journey through the war. The Vietnam War divided […]

Martha was Jimmy Cross’ first “love”. He was obsessed with her even though she only thought of him as a friend. They wrote each other letters in a friendly way but Jimmy Cross thought of it as more than that. “He would sometimes taste the envelopes flaps, knowing her tongue had been there… More than […]

During the Vietnam war, soldiers in Tim Obrien’s The Things They Carried had to find unconventional coping mechanisms to survive. Unlike in American society, where anti-depressants, psychiatrists, and massages are readily available, these soldiers had to make do with what they had in the Vietnamese jungle. They couldn’t carry many items or burdens, but if […]

Zora Neal Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, follows its protagonist Janie on both emotional and physical journeys and through three marriages. The story is set in the south, in primarily black towns, with no mention of white people until the last chapter. This dichotomy between black and white has been interpreted in many […]

Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, explores the transformation of American women in the early 20th century. Through the character of Janie, who mirrors Hurston herself, Hurston illustrates the journey of a Southern black woman in her quest for self-identity. This exploration spans from Janie’s relationship with Nanny during her childbirth to […]

Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God is the story of one black woman’s attempt to realize her dreams and to achieve happiness in her life. Throughout the book, the reader follows Janie Woods as she travels from one man to the next and from one town to the next in search of happiness, […]

In 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God writes about an African American woman named Janie Crawford who is in search of her inner self. While maturing, she develops more sexual desires which led to her three marriages. In The Kiss of Memory, Tracy L. Bealer talks about how love can […]

Vernacular Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zorn Neal Hurst, the spoken words of the characters are often simple and rough. Hurst uses vernacular dialect in order to preserve the culture of southern blacks in the early twentieth century. The author’s use of dialect in […]

The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God explores the idea that women are powerless in their pursuit of love, happiness, and companionship, and this lack leads to their own self-discovery. The author details Janie’s various relationships, which help shape her development throughout the book. In her first relationship with Logan Killicks, love is absent despite […]

Virgil’s quote about love conquering all things resonates with many individuals who have experienced the powerful force of love. This theme is explored in various literary works, including Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Yzierska’s Bread Givers, Hurston’s Their Eyes were Watching God, and even in the context of dorm life. In The […]

In accordance with the Bible, the Israelites are commonly acknowledged as Jacob’s descendants. Their origins can be traced back to Abraham, who was given a promise by God of having numerous offspring due to his faithfulness and compliance. Isaac, Abraham’s son, inherited these blessings and transferred them to his own son Jacob. In a meeting […]

Janie Crawford, who is the main character in a novel titled Their Eyes Were Watching God by Hurston, is the granddaughter of a woman who is a slave, Nanny, who was sexually assaulted by her proprietor, and the little girl of a woman who was assaulted by her teacher. It is the legacy of this […]

Edward Rochester is an upper-class British gentlemen of 19th century Britain. The character of Rochester features heavily in both Bronti’s Jane Eyre and Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea: similarly presented for the most part, but with differences which result in quite different conclusions. The culture and society that each novel is portraying can be considered to […]

This as a part of my GCSE coursework in English, this is about the comparison of the portrayal of the character Bertha/Antoinette Mason in the novels Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea. At the moment my teacher has not marked my work so I am unable to give the grade I achieved for this piece […]

Jean Rays repeatedly presents the idea of minority being considered as “other” through the theme of Isolation and alienation of her characters and how Isolation and alienation Influence on the formation of characters’ identities. In Wide Cargos Sea, different characters experience different types of isolation and alienation but Antoinette, the main character of this book, […]

In an effort to convey the theme of isolation and madness, Jean Rhys utilized various quotes and scenarios throughout the first and seventeenth pages of her work. The character Mr Luttrell’s initial actions served as a precursor to the many berserk scenes to come, while the quote “and no one came near us” at the […]