Essays On Books

Claude McKay, born on September 15th, 1890 in Jamaica, was the youngest of eleven children. At the age of ten, he created an acrostic rhyme for a school gala. As time went on, McKay began incorporating West Indian folk songs and church hymns into his writing style. When he turned seventeen, Walter Jekyll introduced him […]

P. B. Shelley (1792-1822) as a Lyricist. It can be said without any reserve that the genius of English poetry is best manifested in the great Romantic Lyricism of the 18th Century. The Lyricism became spectacular in the Odes, Sonnets, and elegies of Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, Byron and Keats. The Lyricism of these great Romantic […]

“Sunt Leones” This poem shows some of the most representative stylistic features that characterise Stevie Smith’s poetry. Economy of expression and verbal eclecticism are two of the most remarkable aspects of her poetry, but maybe the originality of Smith’s work lies especially in the way she combines her poetic comic voice with the seriousness of […]

Karl Joseph G. RosalesIII-Faraday THE VISION OF MIRZA The speaker in the essay, “The Vision of Mirza”, is having a conversation with a genius man who was playing a musical instrument up the mountain. At first, the speaker was alone in the mountain, until he heard a man playing an instrument. His music was so […]

Use of Imagery and Figurative Language in “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa In his poem, “Facing It”, Yusef Komunyakaa describes his ambivalent emotions towards the Vietnam War of which he was a veteran. Reflecting on his experiences, Yusef expresses his conflicting feelings about the Vietnam War and his feelings about how racism has played a […]

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Devil in the White City recounts an unforgettable story set during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Erik Larson masterfully organizes the book, transitioning smoothly between events and scenes and introducing characters with diverse behaviors and motives. The author merges two plot lines and tackles unresolved […]

The revenant is one of the realest fiction stories considering its moving storyline and use of literary devices. The riveting suspense, diction, connotation, allegory, imagery and plot are properly used. From the novel, the unimaginable story of one man’s endurances to overcome odds to survive. Empowered with the spirit of adventure but often faulted by […]

The paper discusses an article titled “Edwin Arlington Robinson” by William J. Scheick (Scheick 2). Specifically, the focus is on the poem “Richard Cory” within the article. The analysis suggests that the poem highlights how wealth cannot bring true happiness to people’s lives. Throughout various poems, individuals have often discussed the topics of appearances and […]

Olympia is the location of the most sacred buildings, which are situated near the hill dedicated to the goddess. The Great Altar of Zeus is where offerings are made to the god by burning the parts that cannot be eaten and releasing their scent and incense, while leaving behind the ashes. The entire Olympian family […]

Eudora Welty has made significant contributions to the cause of American literature. Born in 1909, she witnessed the causes and consequences of the Second World War, the Cold War and beyond. But her observations and insights into the collective American psyche during the twentieth century, especially that of the Southern states, would provide the material […]

Analysis of the story “The Escape” by W. S. Maugham William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist, but also a one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. Maugham wants the readers to draw their own conclusion about the characters […]

«Up the Down Staircase» The text under analysis is a fragment from the novel «Up the Down Staircase», written by Bel Kaufman, an outstanding American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for many years. She is best-known for her novel «Up the Down […]

Whilst reading the book Tom Finder I found myself fascinated with the topic and theme of the book, Homelessness. There were also many things that I wondered about. Also, I have seemed to have found many flaws in society as a whole. This essay also touched many subjects in our day to day “real” lives. […]

Segment A of Oracle night was a very interesting segment, it was like an introductory segment where we got introduced to the main characters, and to Austers style of writing. The first thing that interested me in segment A was Paul Austers style of writing. Auster did not divide his novel into chapters but kept […]

Introduction: Man has always been interested in the discovery of the unknown. The movement of the human species in search of better survival opportunities has been a prime driving force in the cross-exchange of information, philosophy and culture, and intellectual evolution. Ever since the sixteenth century, travelogues have found a place in civilizing man. Homer’s […]

I walk into a room in which light disseminates evenly throughout. The walls are covered with frames like patchwork, each fitting strangely into their oddly-shaped neighbors, but separated so that the perfectly white wall beneath creates seems around them. Somewhere within the borders of each canvas, there is a circle outlined in black. The circles have numbers in […]

Nature remains indifferent to human concerns, despite the unease it creates. However, principles of fairness, justice, and equality are highly valued in Western Civilization. Although history does not show the success of these principles, it does show that the forces of nature and fortunate circumstances greatly influence human lives. Therefore, helplessness accurately describes the human […]

Paul of Tarsus was born in Tarsus, the modern day turkey and died in ca. 68BC, he was a faithful Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, tent maker and roman citizen, he was taught law by Gamaliel, one of the best teachers in Jerusalem of his time and wrote thirteen out of the twenty seven […]

In the book of Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration, by David N. Entwistle focus on the aspect of integrating Christian faith with psychology.

The book Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity: An introduction to worldview issues, philosophical foundations, and models of integration, by David Entwistle (2010), examines the potential links between psychology and Christianity. Entwistle discusses the idea of an ongoing clash between faith and reason, similar to Tertullian’s portrayal of Athens as the domain of reason and […]

The main focus of Zora Neale Hurston’s short story Sweat is the difficult life of Delia, an African-American woman who suffers due to her demanding job and abusive husband. Delia supports her family by doing laundry for white people, while Sykes relies on her financially but constantly undermines her. The story primarily explores the theme […]

Within the rising influence of human technologies and the impacts of advancement, the danger is also increasing day by day; the danger is related to the misuse of these advanced facilities. People usually get many appliances in their homes but they do not even know that how could they be dangerous to them. There are […]