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The novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is set in World War I and focuses on the impact of the war on a young German soldier named Paul Baumer. Throughout his time in the war, Baumer undergoes a significant transformation, evolving from an innocent and idealistic young man to a hardened and cynical veteran. […]
Word Count: 1005Cervantes’ greatest work, Don Quixote, is a unique book of multiple dimensions. From the moment of its appearance it has amused readers or caused them to think, and its influence has extended in literature not only to works of secondary value but also to those which have universal importance. Don Quixote is a […]
The Victorian era, from the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837 until her death in 1901, was an era of several unsettling social developments that forced writers more than ever before to take positions on the immediate issues animating the rest of society. Thus, although romantic forms of expression in poetry and prose continued to […]
The novel Desirable Daughters belongs to that genre of American literature which deals with issues of immigrant life and cultural assimilation. There are sufficient works in this genre that represent Hispanic, African and Chinese ethnic minorities in the United States, but relatively few that speak for South Asian immigrants in general and Indian Americans in […]
«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 […]
The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a ground-breaking work in American fiction. The topic of emotional/physical abuse, especially that endured by black American women of earlier generations is not openly spoken about or documented in history books. By bringing focus to this sensitive, yet saddening, experience of black women, the novel attracted […]
An exposition on plot, point of view, character, setting, time and style in Jane Austenâs Pride and Prejudice, and how they constitute the âliving organismâ of her novel. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the most popular novels in English literature. It continues to remain as popular today as it was upon […]
Emily Bronteâs novel Wuthering Heights is a key text in the English literary canon. The first and last novel of the short-lived life and career of Emily Bronte, the novel lends itself to analysis through various disciplines such as psychoanalysis, race, gender and cultural studies. For example, it could be read under the feminist framework […]
Charlotte Bronteâs Jane Eyre has now attained an iconic status as a literary work. There are several reasons behind this achievement. The first is the inherent beauty and complexity of the novel. The twists, turns and fluctuations of fortune that comprise the plot are both original and engaging. The second most notable aspect of the […]
Woolfâs novel, published in 1927, was a groundbreaking work that defied traditional narrative and plot-based storytelling. Instead, it embraced impressionistic and modernist approaches borrowed from the visual arts. In his essay, Jonathan Culler examines five aspects of literature, providing an interesting opportunity to analyze their relevance to Woolfâs novel. This essay contends that Woolfâs novel […]
In the contemporary era, commonly known as the ‘Age of Alienation’, individuals are greatly concerned about the problem of alienation. This issue has gained more prominence in the 20th century, specifically after the postwar period. According to Edmund Fuller, people in our time not only face external challenges like war, persecution, famine, and ruin but […]
Virginia Woolf’s essay on Mary Wollstonecraft in the Common Reader is essentially, an active continuation of the experimental method on which Mary Wollstonecraft based her life. “The high-handed and hot-blooded manner in which she cut her way through life” is in essence what Woolf is trying to replicate in this essay, in particular through her […]
It was charless Lukman who said, success is that old abc, ability, break and courage. Man can be destroyed but not defeated, these words were fully influenced by two great novels, The old man and the sea by Ernest Heminguwy which was published in 1952 and Moby dick by Herman Melville in 1852. These two […]
In Jay McInerneyâs Bright Lights, Big City, the reader follows an unnamed protagonist through his tumultuous daily life living in New York City. The use of second person narrative, specifically through the word âyouâ distances our protagonist from himself, making him seem alienated and alone despite being surrounded by the huge bustling city and itâs […]
It seems that greed never allows you to think you have enough, and in the case of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien it demonstrates how corruptive it can truly be. From the surface one may not think of a half sized person as the usual hero. However, by looking into the personalities of the characters […]
Joaquin brings to life various characters, including Manolo Vidal and his family, Connie Escobar, Esteban and Concha Borromeo, Father Tony, Paco Texeira, and Doctor Monson. Doctor Monson, a former rebel, is hiding in Hong Kong to avoid postwar trials. According to literary critic Epifanio San Juan, Connie Escobar, the main female character, is portrayed as […]
In the realistic fiction novel, Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher, Hannah Baker is your average new freshman that just moved into town. She’s a simple girl at heart that admires candy, hot chocolate, and writing poetry. However, things are put into a different perspective when she meets Clay Jensen; reputations and relationships will […]
Since its initial publication Modesto de Castro’s prose work Ang Pagsusulatan ng Magkapatid na si Urbana at Felisa (1864)hasbeen highly regarded as a privileged text for a number of reasons. Firstly, de Castro’s work was one of the longer prose narratives written in Tagalog. Thus, it joined Miguel Lucio Bustamante’s Si Tandang Bacio Macunat, another […]
The novel âBroken Aprilâ by Ismail Kadare, has given me a deeper insight of how violently the Albanianâs culture is, as my experience is exposed to its context, themes, and ideas. Ismail Kadare presents us a close up view through a character, Gjorg, to show how the isolated people of the High Plateau live under […]
Insecurity, or self-doubt, is a powerful force that prevents a person from allowing him or herself to find true happiness. In Daphne du Maurierâs novel, Rebecca, the protagonist is filled with insecurities due to the haunting memories of her husbandâs ex-wife, Rebecca. Examples of this are when the protagonist thinks Maxim does not truly love […]
The book A Beggar At Damascus Gate by Yasmin Zahran explores the theme of love surpassing cultural and ideological differences. It focuses on how beliefs and ideologies affect relationships, with the main characters being Ryya, a Palestinian woman, and Alex, a British man. An archaeologist discovered a personal journal in a small hotel in Jordan […]
The novella focuses on Gustave von Aschenbach, the protagonist whose attributes are emphasized by other characters. One of these characters is Tadzio, who receives a thorough description but mainly serves as the object of Aschenbach’s intense passion. Throughout the story, the author frequently compares Tadzio to a Greek marble statue. The novella emphasizes the significance […]
