Literature Essays

All three anti-racial activists share similar aspects on the way they view their community, but also have several differences on how they react towards it. From same backgrounds, different time periods, and different places of the United States, they each shared one major quality. They wanted to be heard and stand up for what was […]

Maya Angelou and John Agard’s poems are both responses to someone or some people who have wronged them. John Agard sounds as though he is correcting a stranger on their use of the term “Half-Caste” and telling them exactly what he thinks is implied by these words and Maya Angelou seems to be addressing her […]

Throughout Maya Angelou’s childhood, major obstacles do not cease to be thrown at her. This includes the obstacle she was born with, which is being a black female, in a harsh world of Jim Crow laws, racism, and sexism, a real-world existing during the 1930s-1940s in southern America. She depicts this world to us through […]

During the Victorian reign. Completing school was a celebrated and prestige private school for affluent immature misss. It emphasized cultural surveies for societal activities. introduced good manners and etiquette. and taught accomplishments such as dancing. vocalizing and much more. In other words. Completing school prepared immature ladies for “future life” . The rubric Completing School […]

Everyone’s lives are shaped by their childhood lessons and experiences. Most people are directly influenced by their parents and other important adult figures in their lives. Children are prone to have certain characteristics and beliefs because of what is told to them or a specific event which they encounter. In I Know Why The Caged […]

The essay of Alice Walker titled, “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens’ focuses on the creativity of African-American women in the South during the period of post-reconstruction South.  More than anything else, the essay chronicles the struggle of African-American women to keep creativity intact in the face of oppression.

“All of my work is meant to say, ‘You may encounter many defeats but you must not be defeated.’ In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.” – As quoted in The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Where are you as a woman? No […]

A race war between whites and blacks has blighted American history since colonial times. In her essay “Graduation,” Maya Angelou recollects the experience of her eighth grade graduation in the 1930s to examine the personal growth of humans caught in the adversity of racial discrimination. Through narrative structure, selection of detail, and use of imagery, […]

Angelou’s story describes not just a fight between two boxers of different races. The writer wants to use the fight as a metaphor to a bigger fight, that of the social conflict that exists between the whites and blacks. The outcome of the fight is seen as a reflection of how society is to treat […]

‘I know Why The Caged Bird Sings’ written by Maya Angelou and ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker both express the same main themes of, abuse, racism and overcoming difficulties. Maya Angelou tends to reflect past circumstances and often conveys her views through her novels and poetry. Alice Walker similarly writes about the situations between […]

Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician and writer, was born on 10 December 1815. Originally named Augusta Ada Byron, she was the legitimate child of Lord Byron and Anna Isabella Byron. Al Capone, America’s most famous gangster, is regarded as a significant symbol of the deterioration of law and order in the United States during the […]

1. Utopia is an island with a crescent shape that encloses a large bay, functioning as a huge protected harbor. This bay is safeguarded by sunken rocks, knowledge of which is exclusive to the Utopians. The bay provides convenient internal shipping and travel options while also deterring external attacks or unwanted contact, enabling the Utopians […]

Throughout history, economic science has had a significant impact on international politics. The competition for control over economic resources has perpetually fueled conflicts between political factions. The importance of economic factors in the affairs of nations has always been paramount. Nevertheless, the connection between economic and political factors has experienced noteworthy shifts in recent centuries […]

After examining Utopia by Hythloday, I became aware of inherent issues within present-day society. Throughout the book, Hythloday continuously compared and juxtaposed the governmental systems of Utopia and various European nations. The Utopian society, which he portrayed as ideal, encompassed a multitude of features such as rational thinking, communal ownership, absence of greed for wealth, […]

Utopia is often referred to as the “Perfect World” where there are perfect laws and people live in complete harmony without any problems. It is also believed that such a place is imaginary. Utopia is supposed to be that certain place which, everybody strives for, and never gets there because it is highly improbable that […]

Prior to my presentation about the complex genre of “utopian fiction,” it is important to clarify my own definition of what constitutes a text as either utopian or dystopian, as the context of the word can greatly influence its meaning. Generally recognized as a broad genre, “utopian fiction” encompasses various sub-genres such as utopian, eutopian, […]

The Machine Age, spanning from the late 19th to mid twentieth centuries, was a period focused on mass production, consumer goods, transportation, war machines, skyscrapers, and Modern Art. This era captivated society in the United States with its new technologies. The impact of Machine Age engineering sparked debates about whether technological advancements could improve society […]

The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley presents a utopian society that raises various concerns about its functioning. While reading the book, readers often find the lifestyles of the residents of “brave new world” repulsive, leading them to compare it with their own society. However, any criticism of this society can only be justified […]

1.) The Savage Reservation is similar to the Utopia world in several ways. They both have drugs that are designed to calm people down. Soma, used in the Utopia and mescal used in the Reservation. They both also have a separation within their own society. The Utopia has social castes and the reservation has separation […]

Texts which represent imagined societies vary considerable, depending on their contexts and the values underlying them. Compare the representations of Utopia and The Handmaidens Tale, exploring how different contexts and different values create different meanings. Thomas More’s acclaimed satirical novel, Utopia exhibits a fictional society, ‘Utopia’ on which social and philosophical concepts of 16th century […]

This essay sets out to examine Richard Dyer’s claim that the musical generates a utopian sensibility by comparing Howard Hawks’ ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ (1953) with Baz Luhmann’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001) This will firstly involve an assessment of Dyer’s general argument concerning his view of the musical’s ability to generate a utopian sensibility. The essay will […]

The concepts of a utopia, the core of human nature, and questions associated with morality drive the reasoning behind Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man, a classic tale of a ‘lost’ man who undergoes a complete change in emotion, appearance, and sensitivity as the story progresses to eventually find his ‘true path in life’. Dostoevsky […]