Literature Analysis

This study analyzes the male characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s three selected short stories. The formalistic theory chosen to dissect the texts has enable readers to be objective in their interpretation by separating the elements of theme, plot, point of view and the setting of the story. By concentrating only on the characterization factor, the characters […]

Ibrahim Kari Unit 2. The opening act of King Lear effectively demonstrates the initial situation and downward movement of Aristotle’s structure of tragedy. When King Lear the tragic hero announces: “Know that we have divided… From our age” this is where the initial situation in the play begins and is the main flaw that will […]

Gothic fiction has always been a form of literature that opposes tradition and breaks boundaries. While the Enlightenment era celebrated reason and clarity, Gothic fiction consistently highlighted the existence of darkness, despair, ambiguity, and uncertainty in seemingly fixed surroundings. This trend started with early authors like Walpole, Radcliffe, and Matthew “Monk” Lewis, who incorporated the […]

Samuel Butler, an English novelist, said, “A blind man knows he cannot see and is glad to be led, though it is by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best and scorns a guide.” Blindness is a major theme […]

In 2003, Michael Lewis wrote the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, which I read for this Research Paper. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis documents the 2002 season of the Oakland Athletics in Major League Baseball. Unlike other books I have read, Lewis has a distinctive writing style where he immediately […]

Compare and Contrast ‘First Ice’ and ‘Manwatching’ The two poems I am going to compare and contrast are ‘First Ice’ by Andrei Vosnesky and ‘Manwatching’ by Georgia Garrett. The first obvious difference between the poems is that ‘First Ice’ is written by a man and ‘Manwatching’ is written by a woman. However, both poets seem […]

The book review A Thousand Splendid Suns discusses the mesmerizing city of Kabul, described by Saib-e-Tabrizi, an Afghan poet in the 17th century. Kabul is portrayed with its captivating streets and bustling bazaars through which caravans from Egypt pass. The poet expresses admiration for the numerous moons illuminating rooftops and the multitude of splendid suns […]

Comparing Metamorphosis to The Outsider The Outsider, by Albert Camus, and Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, are similar in many respects. The protagonist in The Outsider, Meursault, and the protagonist in Metamorphosis, Gregor are very similar. In the introductions of both stories, we get a glimpse at what the is like for them and their families: […]

Ragged Dick Summary and Response In chapters XXVI and XXVII of the novel “Ragged Dick,” Horatio Alger describes how a brave heart of a young man named Richard Hunter, got him a good paying Job and opened new opportunities for his future. Richard Hunter, also known as Dick, and his roommate Henry Fosdick, one day […]

Introduction Origin of the report: Our course instructor of Management Information System (MIS 405), Sharmin Islam, orally authorized the task of preparing this report by a group consists of five students at the middle of the semester. We have chosen our group members independently. Our course instructor gave the topic of our report. Purpose: The […]

Eli the Good BY Chrts2010 Eli is a grown man’s recollection of what it was like to be the ten-year-old son of an emotionally distant mother and a father suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Woven into this family are Eli’s equally troubled aunt, sister, and best friend. His aunt, who became famous protesting the […]

Katherine Ann Porter’s The Jilting of Granny Weatherall “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” a short story by Katherine Anne Porter, describes the last thoughts, feelings, and memories of an elderly woman. As Granny Weatherall’s life literally “flashes” before her eyes, the importance of the title of the story becomes obvious. Granny Weatherall has been in […]

According to Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird represents innocent and peaceful beings, such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, who never caused harm to others. It would be considered a sin to harm or kill them. Atticus, Scout and Jem’s father, advises them to rather shoot at tin cans in the […]

The novel Pride and Prejudice represents life in the middle and upper classes in the 19th century. Jane Austen, the author, does an excellent job of differentiating the status and roles that people play. Georgiana Darcy, the Bennet sisters, and Charlotte Lucas are limited in their opportunities because of their social class, gender, and birthright. […]

The decision depends on the optimal quantity that must be produced for each model. The key issue is the marketing department of the company and the controller of the firm have conflicts about Model S. The marketing department think that they should cut back Model S production because its’ cost is higher than the selling […]

Has her idea what her life she wants. In “When I was in Xia Village”, Zhenzhen is an independent-mind woman as well. Even though she has been raped and treated unrespectable. Zhenzhen does not care about surrounding people’s misunderstandings. For others’ sneer, she thinks she need to find another life but not surrender to marry […]

It is when you tart to realize what you stand for. Each character in these books realized it the rough persevering through opposing forces, and viewing the world positively. In life comes a point where not everyone will agree with you, or support your decisions. That is the difficulty in life. From a young age […]

Theme of The Devil and Tom Walker In Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker, greed is shown to be a terrible trait that comes with many negative affects. Revealed by Irving when he introduced the setting, Tom Walker lived a miserable life isolated with his untrustworthy wife due to his miserly personality, […]

The Faith of Mary Rowlandson In her writing titled “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson”, Mary lies out for the reader her experience of being held in captivity by Indians during the King Philip’s War. Perhaps one of the most significant aspects of this writing is the glimpse that the […]

Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” (1867) is a moving dynamic of the older poetic philosophy of Romanticism and its evolution into the more cynical Modernism of the Industrial Revolution. As an individual work, analyzed for its own deliberate virtue, Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” would hold a great deal of personal meaning to any secular agnostic that […]

Love Across the Salt Desert K N Daruwla The story “Love Across the Salt Desert” is set in the village of Khavda, located in the Desert of Kutch, Gujarat, India. The author has used this backdrop to effectively symbolize the thirst that the two protagonists feel for one another–so the scorching sun of the desert […]

Some poems I have written in the past such as ‘For the Fire’, ‘Martin and the Hand Grenade’ and ‘Summer Rain’ contain a deliberate, overlying theme. The theme of violence is clearly evident, in ‘For the Fire’ we read about a vicious encounter between a kookaburra and a lizard. In ‘Martin and the Hand Grenade’ […]