Literature Analysis

The Monk Who sold His Ferrari: a fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny, by Robin Sharma, is an interesting book. It’s a book that will make you see life from another perspective it will also make you give some thought to your life, your goals, your dreams and how your daily habits […]

Joan Didion’s essay “Marrying Absurd” is a comical review of Las Vegas and its wedding business. It gives the reader a more in depth look at the things they always expected were happening in Nevada but were never concerned enough about to do the research. While I already knew most of the information in the […]

I’m Not Scared “I’m Not Scared” by Niccolo Ammaniti is a dramatic thriller in which the author portrays the contrasting themes of loyalty and betrayal with the use of symbolism and characterisation. “I’m Not Scared” is a dramatic tale set in a small Italian hamlet written in first person narrative. The protagonist in this novel […]

In Golding’s’ wartime novel, human nature is put under the microscope by a Misanthropist, dead set on exposing Humanity for what it holds; Innate evil. Evil in what way you ask? In ambition. For in our world, Shakespeare’s, and Golding’s, Ambition truly is the source of all evil. In Macbeth, Shakespeare does well to disguise […]

“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker explores the different views that people of the same race and culture may form about their heritage.   It provides a picture of two kinds of African Americans that emerge during the late ‘60s to early ‘70s through the use of symbolisms.Alice Walker relates the story of an African-American woman […]

There are many themes through Shakespeare’s plays Romeo and Juliet and Othello such as love, pride, irony, and death.  Both plays are tragedies because the love that had once conquered the protagonists in the beginning of the play is somehow lost toward the end of the play through either pride, in the case of Othello […]

In the passage, Herbert, who grew up living with the Inghuit, deeply understands and shares in the emotions of the local people. She effectively communicates that the narwhal hunt holds great importance in the Inghuit community. The terms ‘rarely’ and ‘fortunate’ indicate that the arrival of the narwhals is a unique event and only a […]

In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the main character, Mrs. Mallard, was described as a young, calm, but repressed wife with heart disease, to a husband who was thought to be dead in a train accident. Although not much was said about the relationship of the couple, the author slightly describes Mrs. […]

The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin combines dark humor with heartrending human emotions in a crisp and exceptional way. Initially, the story left me feeling shocked and uncertain about Louise’s death even after all she had endured. Although her pre-existing heart condition was responsible for her passing, seeing her husband […]

Marjane Satrapi authored Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, which recounts her experiences from ages ten to fourteen. The book explores how Marjane came to understand the injustices and limitations imposed on Muslims who adhere to Islam, ultimately leading to the Islamic revolution. Marjane Satrapi used a black and white comical style to contrast the […]

The main character in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, Louise, experiences a moment of unexpected liberation due to a strange mix-up. Despite being falsely informed that her husband had died in an accident, Louise secretly rejoices at the news. The story is significant in its symbolic portrayal of the oppression of women during […]

The Storm, by Kate Chopin, was written in 1898. The story is allegorical and deals with the theme of feminism specifically in the area of sexuality. There are four characters in the story, though the boy, Bibi, is barely mentioned, and the husband, Bobinot, a farmer married to Calixta, does not play a prominent role. […]

“The White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett is a brief narrative that emanates a fervor akin to nature and its wonders. The text discusses the connection between humans and their surrounding environment. The author’s vivid descriptions solely focus on the emotions and actions of a young girl named Sylvia, making it easy for readers to […]

Margaret Laurence portrayed various types of relationships in society through her book, “The Stone Angel.” Laurence explores the interconnectedness of characters to illustrate the various levels of relationships in our society. Of particular interest to me as a reader was the complex and unsettling bond between Hagar and Lottie. Initially, Hagar has numerous reasons for […]

Summary The story starts with a cowhand named Milo Talon meeting with a rich man named Jefferson Henry. Jefferson Henry hires Milo Talon to find a girl that had been “missing” for years. He meets a girl named Molly Fletcher in a restaurant, who seems to be a lot more involved in the fishy situation […]

Two Very Different Marriage Proposals Both the first passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and the second from a novel written by Charles Dickens are marriage proposals made by men. Even though the explicit purpose of these proposals is to persuade, the two essays reveal two very different assumptions each of the writers have […]

Cathy Song’s poem entitled “Stamp Collecting” is an illustration of culture of several countries. The narrator discussed the use of stamps – to sell tourism in a country. The narrator gave various examples to justify the claim. She shows that stamp collecting is a depiction of cultural heritage. Not just a simple part of the […]

Philip Kan Gotanda’s, “The Wash,” is a two-act Asian American play written in 1949 and first staged in 1972 at the Manhattan Theatre in New York. In 1988 it was re-created as a screenplay for independent film version (“Philip Kan Gotanda’s The Wash,” 2007). ‘”The Wash” narrates of a story about a Nisei (History Dictionary, […]

If you have ever wondered about falling up or the location of a sidewalk’s end, Shel Silverstein’s collections offer imaginative explanations. In his stories and poems, Silverstein crafted fantastical realms that relied on imagination, something inherent in every child. These imaginative worlds sparked curiosity in many young readers and fostered a genuine affection for Silverstein’s […]

Ellen Foster’s author, Kaye Gibbons, was born in 1960 in Nash County, North Carolina. She attended UNC Chapel Hill and majored in English there. During Gibbons early life her mother commited suicide, which dissolved family relations. She bounced from foster home to foster home after this. Even after a rough childhood she became a successful […]

“We are like chameleons; we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us” (John Locke, English philosopher and physician). Everyone in the world influences others in many various manners. The influence can be diminutive or extremely significant but they always have an impact. In the novel, Fahrenheit […]

The title of the book “Perfect Spy” speaks for right term to describe the life story a person from the point of an American author. Professor Larry Berman is of course the American author while Pham Xuan An is the spy who was considered the Vietnam’s greatest undercover agent and multiply awarded hero of his […]