Genre Essays

Number The Stars Summery The story starts with Annemarie, Ellen, and Kristie walking home from school. They encounter two Nazi soldiers, causing Annemarie and Ellen to feel afraid. In contrast, Kristie is courageous and wishes to confront the soldiers. The girls rush back home to Mrs. Johansen, who is deeply concerned. After September passed, a […]

The play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone written by a great playwright, August Wilson, can be found in Anthology of Living Theatre. After reading, I can now share in my own words, what I think the purpose was. I will also share a few of my personal thoughts of who I think “Joe Turner” is […]

New Historicism in short story “The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant I will analyze the short story “The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. We can read and learn the story to make a clear about the new historicism which can be seen from author life and what he was trying to invent from […]

The short story “Eveline” by James Joyce depicts the conduct of certain adult offspring in a standard lower middle-class residence. The conduct being referred to is faithfulness, integrity, and obligation towards one’s kin. Throughout the narrative, “Eveline” is indoctrinated by her parents to prioritize family. How many individuals adhere to this principle nowadays? Certain readers […]

A fictional essay narrates the events in “The Story of An Hour” during which a sudden change destroys a woman’s ideal life. Despite wishing for love and happiness, women in 19th century society were often forced into arranged marriages without love, and divorce was socially unacceptable. Many women in this period were dissatisfied with their […]

In William Faulkner’s short stories “A Rose for Emily” and “Barn Burning” the characters are both guilty of committing terrible crimes. However, Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily” and Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” are both portrayed very differently from each other. A few things to consider while reading these short stories is how […]

These days our artistic landscape is so deeply defined by visual narratives on TV and in the movies that we can hardly imagine a world without images. Sometimes quality is judged solely based on a stories actions. In this image drenched society we sometimes struggle to appreciate and celebrate books and movies where the quality […]

Holden Caulfield, the main character in The Catcher in the Rye, is depicted as a judgmental person. The novel Salinger tells a timeless story about Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old boy who reflects on a confusing time in his life. Holden is about to be expelled from Pency Prep School and has only a few days […]

In the book The Stranger by Albert Camus the main character Meursault has a lot of movements. In these movements he shows his emotions or does some thing unexpected. One of Meursault’s movements is when he kills the Arab. The song Killing an Arab by The cure is related to Meursault’s movement. Meursault always seems […]

David Copperfield’s character development takes the form of a narrative of learning that imparts significant lessons to readers. David’s experiences provide valuable insights that we can take away with us, ensuring that his story is not just entertaining but deeply educational as well. Dickens utilizes David as an exemplar of the type of value system […]

Analysis Worksheet for Critical Analysis EssayTwo Dimensional:A.            Self Portrait with Braid, Frida Kahlo                oil              I own this pieceB.            This is a self portrait of Frida Kahlo in which she had braids.                    This is a portrait of herself   The title is self explanitory   C.            Elements and Principles                Line – describe the direction of the objects in the work                  List and provide an explanation of the […]

The story of Fight Club begins with the day to day life of our narrator, who is apparently in a life that he can’t justify when he’s on the outside looking in at himself. He finds himself battling with insomnia and the trouble of justifying his very existence when we first meet him. He’s stuck […]

Setting: Time, Mid-1960s.Place,Tusla,OklahomaThe Outsiders is about a 14-year-old boy named Ponyboy Curtis. This book tells the story of Ponyboy and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. He lives with his two older brothers Sodapop and Darry, since they lost both of their parents […]

Can a sacrifice lead to death? Shadow of  The Dragon is a Novel, by Sherry Garland. It is a story about two teenage boys who make sacrifices for the betterment of their loved ones. Sang Le, the older of the two, has made countless sacrifices for his family, Ba, and Danny. One of the people […]

Hardships of a Single Mother in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Many people believe that there are several noteworthy issues in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. These issues include parenting, metaphors of the relationship between Victor and the creature, and Shelley’s own anxiety about parenting. Out of the three movies that we have seen, it is clear that the […]

Commentary on “The Dead” Dubliners, a collection of short stories by James Joyce is set in the early twentieth century Dublin. Dubliners overwhelms its’ readers with the harsh realities of Ireland’s culture during this chaotic period of time. In the final story, “The Dead”, readers are introduced to Gabriel Conroy, the favorite nephew of the […]

The line between normalcy and monstrosity is indistinct, as ghosts and vampires represent more than just themselves. Vampirism embodies selfishness, exploitation, and a disregard for others’ autonomy. This theme can be found in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter,” where Hester is publicly shamed for committing adultery and forced to wear a scarlet letter “A.” […]

I have always wanted to see this movie, but never had the time to get around to it. There was so much hype going around about it. When I first heard about the movie coming to theaters, it did not sound like a movie I would like. However, when the word got around to me, […]

The Dilemma of the Postmodern Writer; (In case all assumptions had not been thrown out) The core idea of modern nothingness is best portrayed in Paul Auster’s City of Glass from The New York Trilogy. In the novel, the individual identity withdraws; the protagonist (shall he be called such) Daniel Quinn finds himself challenged by […]

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ” Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that is regularly hard to understand by most. William decided to put something in his play to make it more interesting and understandable. There are three literary […]

Walsh’s short story The Quiet Man introduces a few interesting characters, but one I found very intriguing wbas a man named Big Liam O’Grady. Big Liam was one of the main characters who played a huge role in the story. Big Liam may have played the “Bad guy” role in this story, but even the […]

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story of a young girl’s journey down the rabbit hole into a fantasy world where there seems to be no logic. Throughout Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice experiences a variety of bizarre physical changes, causing her to realize she is not only trying to figure out Wonderland […]