Literature Analysis

How can someone pursue a personal desire if they spent their life trying to conform? Alden Nowlan’s short story, “The Glass Roses” explores this through the protagonist, Stephen. Stephen’s personal desire to feel accepted conflicts with his feeling of having to become like the pulp cutters because he is not mentally or physically ready to […]

Taking risks will bestow people new stories and new adventure. Lives without exhilarating stories seem extremely tedious. For instance, in the poem “Curiosity” by Alastair Reid discusses how dogs do not take risks and do not experience any adventures. A life with a story portrays by cats, creatures that are exceedingly adventurous and carefree. In […]

You Will Never Influence The World By Trying To Be Like It. What is America’s problem? When somewhere else in the world there is a little child looking at an advertisement for bras in a place where americans would have a hissy fit and jump up and down like a toddler. Why? While the rest […]

Philip Larkin’s ‘Ambulances’ is a poem that describes the literal journey of an ambulance that also takes on an increasingly sinister metaphorical value. The ambulance weaves through the busy afternoon streets, demanding the attention of passers-by while forcing the reader to acknowledge the ambulance’s symbolic significance as a reminder of our own mortality. By close […]

In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor, a legally blind 7th grader named Paul Fisher, moves to Tangerine County, Florida and has to deal with many new situations. Paul had made some decisions that made a huge impact on his life as a middle schooler. Paul made the choice to defend himself against a soccer […]

“The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga is a literary work that explores different aspects of India. This book combines fiction with truths about the country, delving into the contrast between the fortunate and unfortunate, as well as the divide between the rich and poor. Throughout the novel, irony is used to highlight corruption, oppression of […]

In the story “Shame” by Dick Gregory, the author uses mood and tone to develop the main character as a shameful person, which ultimately teaches the reader that people have to find themselves over time and also how stylistic techniques create the story and its plot. The narrator demonstrates this throughout the short story, influenced […]

Whether you cannot be a pine tree on the hill or not, aim to be the best small scrub next to the stream. Even if you cannot be a tree, become a bush instead. If you can’t be a bush, then be a bit of grass and make some highway happier. If you can’t be […]

Symbols hold significant significance in the novel Fahrenheit 451, contributing depth and meaning to its seemingly straightforward story and plot. By uncovering the symbolism present, one can gain a fresh perspective on the work. Among the notable symbols within the novel are the temperature Fahrenheit 451, the phoenix, and mirrors. The first symbol addressed in […]

Literary Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Though the family lived a simple yet proud life in the Notch of the White Hills, they were not immune to the vanity the stranger brought to their cozy cottage they caught his disease of fame and paid dearly. The story began on a cold September […]

Explain the importance of paranormal experiences in the novel “Jane Eyre”. What do the characters learn from dreams and visions and how do these experiences modify your understanding of the characters. Dreams and visions in Jane Eyre play a significant part in Jane’s life. Jane although being a very realistic and logical person believes in […]

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 […]

“The Horned Toad” ‘Your little Juan is safe with God, my son’ she [great-grandmother] comforted”. The realistic short story, “The Horned Toad”, written by Gerald Haslam, is awe-inspiring. In “The Horned Toad”, taking place in the mid 1940’s, in Oildale, California, a young boy learns how to be a companion with his great-grandmother. The narrator […]

There are few Americans unfamiliar with the many contributions of Benjamin Franklin, from his work as an inventor and philosopher to his part in founding the United States.

“An appeal to the Christian women in the South” by Angelina Grimke discussed one of the two perspectives on the issue of the slavery system that was prevalent in America during the 19th century.

This is an awarded Pulitzer Price novel about stories of Vietnam immigrants to the United States.  In order to study this, it is important to start with the background of its author, Robert Olen Butler, Jr.  He was born in “January 20, 1945 in Granite City, Illinois.”  He studied and “majored in theatre” and got […]

In Literature love is a common theme that authors like to employ in their work. Authors portray love differently, sometimes even combining Agape and Erotic. In these three novels; Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Ambroise Laclos, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Agape and Erotic Love are depicted.

One of the most famous observations written about this sport and the connection between its practitioners and their forefathers first appeared in 1956 in the introduction of a book of collected essays on then-modern day pugilism: “The sweet science is joined onto the past like a man’s arm is to his shoulder.”

The main focus of Zora Neale Hurston’s short story Sweat is the difficult life of Delia, an African-American woman who suffers due to her demanding job and abusive husband. Delia supports her family by doing laundry for white people, while Sykes relies on her financially but constantly undermines her. The story primarily explores the theme […]

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.

Ray Kurzweil’s The Age Of Spiritual Machines is a commentary which looks into the instance of humanity’s existence alongside machines which, over the decades have grown to transcend more than intelligence and acquire, much as the title of the book connotes, a degree of spirituality, inherent to humans, and not generally attributed or associated with […]

Documentary films are said to be an attempt to capture the reality. Before its wide acceptance and production as of today, documentary films are simply regarded as personalized films, such as a travelogue.