Essays On Books

In the past, literature was believed to represent life and criticism focused on fiction. However, this simplistic view is no longer true. We now understand that fiction revolves around other fiction and criticism can serve as a metaphor. Moreover, criticism reveals the inherent difficulty of expressing anything meaningful about life or even fiction itself. This […]

The novel A Farewell to Arms, authored by Ernest Hemingway, exemplifies a typical love story. In this novel, Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley are depicted as a Romeo and Juliet couple who must overcome difficult circumstances. The challenges of World War I put their love to the test, while the war-ravaged backdrop of Italy amplifies […]

In the novel “A Farewell to Arms”, Author Ernest Hemingway uses many different symbols. One of the most used symbols is nature, and most importantly rain. We shall try how symbols serve different things in the novel : Rain and Water From the beginning up until the very end, rain serves as a powerful symbol […]

The two novels The Grapes of Wrath & A Farewell to Arms both contain a main character who shares some of the same qualities depicting how they live their lives. The Grapes of Wrath, written in 1939 involves the character known as Tom Joad; A Farewell to Arms has a very similar character in ways […]

War has given writers much material to use in books, short stories, descriptive essays, poems etc. Sometimes these merely narrate incidents and bring them up to story form. For instance Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece, War and Peace, tells the story of five families during the Napoleonic Wars, “The Great Escape” by Paul Brickhill which […]

A Farewell to Arms is a war story by Ernest Hemingway and the protagonist is Frederick Henry. Ernest Hemingway is a renowned American author of the twentieth century and most of his works of literature are based on personal experiences and affections. He is famously known for introducing a new character in literature referred to […]

There is no greater tragedy than losing the aim of your existence. Many authors have spent their entire lives focusing on this topic. Among them Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest American novelists of all time. A great number of his stories is populated by characters caught up in a never-ending search for life’s purpose, […]

The Festival The Festival of San Fermin was initially established as a religious celebration; however, it has evolved over time to focus more on indulging in alcohol and staying awake throughout the night. Jake, much like the festival, was once more devoted to Christianity, but his priorities have shifted with time. Expatriates Brett and Jake […]

Taking place from 1914 to 1918, the First World War was a period of tremendous hardship and turmoil for those involved. Characters who served in this war as expatriates were frequently referred to as “The Lost Generation,” signifying their loss of dignity and respect. Ernest Hemingway was the first to use this term, particularly in […]

Chapter 13: They must leave because Jake received a letter from Mike stating that they would arrive on Wednesday. He received the letter on a Wednesday and so they took off on the afternoon bus. Aficionado is a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an activity. In the context of this book the […]

In reality, all people have a ‘comfort zone’ that they go to whenever a cycle of bad things happens to them. The same applies in the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. A World War I veteran named Jake Barnes narrates of the story. Jake lost his ability to reproduce due to an […]

The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises demonstrates elements of weakened masculinity throughout the novel. The lasting effects of WWI on the characters, Jake Barnes’ insecurities, and Lady Brett Ashley’s non-conformity all contribute to the minimized presence of masculinity. Hemingway began writing The Sun Also Rises in 1925 and it was later […]

Abnormal cell growth is the primary cause of skin cancer, resulting in the formation of lesions. This abnormal growth is typically triggered by mutations in damaged DNA. The sun’s ultraviolet radiation is widely acknowledged as the main source of DNA damage, thereby playing a significant role in the advancement of skin cancer. As a result, […]

Sylvia Plath was a highly accomplished writer, as well as a wife and mother of two, until she passed away in 1963. Plath’s life began with her birth in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 1932. Sadly, her life ended on February 11, 1963 after her second suicide attempt. Despite this tragedy, Plath’s impact continues through […]

People go through a vast range of events as they travel through life and face various obstacles. These obstacles differ from person to person and can sometimes seem impossible to surmount. Society is one of the prevailing sources of these obstacles and it occasionally can put overwhelming pressures on a person’s soul and can be […]

In Sylvia Plath’s novel, The Bell Jar, the main character Esther, a nineteen-year-old girl starting out in life, is anxious about the unknown and the possible consequences of being independent. She struggles with herself because she doesn’t have a clear sense of identity or direction. While visiting New York briefly, Esther’s boss asked about her […]

It is clearly discernible from both novels that there exist numerous contextual similarities and differences within them. Both authors convey profound messages through the presentation of mental illness and its many aspects. The authors have achieved this by using their real-life experiences as a foundation for the examples and situations they convey; the realism is […]

In this essay, I plan to discuss the way Plath and Kesey use insanity as a device in their novels One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, and The Bell Jar to rebel against society and it’s expectations upon the individual. Both novels have a central character, which is put into a mental institution, to be […]

‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath and ‘Oranges are not the only fruit’ by Jeanette Winterson are two quite diverse novels in more respects than one. ‘The Bell Jar’ is a semi-autobiographical critically acclaimed novel that explores the effects of insanity in the form of depression on a gifted academic, who was popular amongst her […]

Sylvia Plath is an American poet, novelist and short story writer who lived in London, United Kingdom. She is considered an important poet of her generation. Her work is very personal and towards the end of her life she often wrote about death. She usually used confessional genre to write her poetry. She is Best-known […]

“The Waste Land” (1922) is one of the most outstanding poems of the 20th century written by the great master Thomas Stearns Eliot. The poem expresses with great power the devastation, decay, futility and despair of the civilization after World War I. In this essay I would like to comment upon the structure as well […]

T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is an intricate poem that is intentionally difficult to understand; it contains a myriad of allusions to other texts, it has a fragmented narrative structure, speaks in various languages and utilizes surreal imagery. These features, amongst others, contribute to the poem’s complexity. I wish to examine, in detail, how […]