Literature Analysis

RulesThe novel Rules by Cynthia Lord has greatly impacted my life since I first encountered it in fifth grade. It tells the story of 12-year-old Catherine, who yearns for an ordinary existence but struggles with living in a family that revolves around her brother’s autism. Throughout her life, she has faced embarrassment from her brother’s […]

Physical journeys also involve emotional and spiritual journeys A physical journey brings inner growth and development from the experiences a person encounters from a physical transition from one place to another. All physical journeys include obstacles and hardships however they also involve emotional and spiritual journeys along the way. Peter Skrzynecki’s poems “Postcard” and “Crossing […]

Engaging God’s World and The Call Book Summary The books that we were required to read for Bible 115 class were Engaging God’s World – A Christian Vision Of Faith, Learning And Living by Cornelius Planting Jar. And The Call – Finding And Fulfilling The Central Purpose For Your Life by So Guinness. Both books […]

As soldiers advanced, planes soared overhead while they brandished flags of crimson with a symbol in yellow. In the face of a Soviet Union attack, an older man with a mustache quickly seized a woman and they both drew their pistols as the enemy soldiers approached their camp. Understanding what had to be done, they […]

The Media and Globalization Globalization contains many factors, which can be studied in a wide range of ways. It can be analyzed on a macro level or a micro level, with many contributors. Terhi Rantanen, in her book The Media and Globalization, explores the media as a contributor to globalization. While explaining the many level […]

Poetry Is Its Reliance on Bizarre and Unexpected Imagery and Symbolism. Discuss These Characteristics with Reference to Two Poems You Have Studied. By capital John Donna’s poetry conveys the message that metaphysical poetry is dependent on unpredicted imagery and symbolism. This is expressed through A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning and The Connotation. The usage of Sexual […]

‘A Gift’ by Rahila Gupta, is a short story about a two homosexuals, which traces fragments of the feelings and emotions of a chaste and somewhat intellectual relationship between two women, one being the dominant partner and the other the submissive one. She uses a vast variety of figures of speech, such as alliterations, metaphors […]

1. In the story, “Harrison Bergeron,” the author seems to try to show us an unresolved external conflict between an individual who is not so equal to other people and a society, or a government which tries to force him physically to be equal. In addition, I think Vonnegut put another conflict in the story; […]

The theme of identity is featured in the poems “Summer Farm” by Norman MacCaig and “The Bay” by James K. Baxter. Both poems are set in a natural foreground and address the issues associated with the theme of identity. Through the use of various literary techniques such as parallelism, metaphor and imagery, the theme of […]

“The Open Boat” is a dramatic short story based on Stephen Crane’s own real-life experience, when a ship he was sailing on to Cuba sank in high seas off the coast of Florida. The story opens with four men fighting for their lives in a lifeboat in stormy seas. The men remained in the small […]

“Hallelujah Chorus” by George F. Handel The Baroque era is a style or period of European music between the years of 1600 and 1750. The term Baroque was derived from a Portuguese word meaning “a pearl of irregular shape. ” A well known piece during this period is the “Hallelujah Chorus” written by George F. […]

Things to know: 1984 was a book written about life under a totalitarian regime from an average citizen’s point of view. This book envisions the theme of an all knowing government with strong control over its citizens. This book tells the story of Winston Smith, a worker of the Ministry of Truth, who is in […]

Kim Peek – Savant The Original Rain Man Preceding the savant Daniel Tammet by several years, Kim Peek is the real life Rain Man whom the Dustin Hoffman character was based in the movie. Described as a confounding mixture of disability and brilliance, Kim is in love with knowledge. Kim Peek is probably the world’s […]

Tolstoy, in his 1885 book, My Religion, said: “In vain do science and philosophy pose as the arbiters of the human mind, of which they are in fact only the servants. Religion has provided a conception of life, and science travels in the beaten path. Religion reveals the meaning of life, and science only applies […]

“The Duchess of Malfi” is a macabre, tragic play, written by the English dramatist John Webster. It begins as a love story, with a Duchess who marries beneath her class, and ends as a nightmarish tragedy as her two brothers exact their revenge, destroying themselves in the process. The play is sometimes ridiculed by modern […]

Rose Weitz asserts that a woman’s hair has great significance in her life, particularly when it comes to matters of the heart. A prime example of this is demonstrated in the tale of Rapunzel, whose fate was forever altered when a prince scaled her tower using her flowing locks as his ladder. At first, I […]

The use of similes and metaphors emphasize the feelings and emotions of Callum and Sephy. The use of descriptive writing is employed by Blackman to give the reader insight into the effects and emotions of racism. An example of this is shown to the reader when Sephy describes how difficult it was for her to […]

Theme Analysis In Homer’s Iliad, war is depicted as horrible, bloody, and fruitless. There are no clear winners in The Iliad. Many people die in vain because of arrogant and emotional decisions made by men. Achilles directly causes the death of his friend by first refusing to fight, leaving the Greeks at a disadvantage, and […]

There is a common struggle between the call of duty and the desire to live one’s life in the two plays “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams. Nora, from “A Doll’s House” didn’t realize her desire to live her own life until the end of the play and […]

Robert burns creates a joyous mood in his poem “Tam O`Shanter”. The poem deals with a drunken mans journey to a church, where he finds a dance of witches and warlocks, his emotional involvement with one of the witches and his escape from them. Although the moral of the story deals with the serious effects […]

These two poems, “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka and “Prayer of a black boy.” Guy Tirolien. Are both about how a black person coped in the white mans part of the world. Both these poems highlight the problems of racial and cultural differences. Prayer Of a Black Boy The “Prayer of a Black Boy” poem […]

The decisions that one man makes can determine the length of life. Rome has many people that have the characteristics to be great leaders. Antony is a manipulative man, Brutus is an honorable man, and Octavius is a quiet strength. All three men would do an excellent job in leading Rome. Antony is a manipulative […]