Essays on Literary Genres

Langston Hughes: A Study of Blues Poems Langston Hughes was an African American Poet who had a passion for blues. A study on the six poems of Langston Hughes shows how almost all the poems follow a typical form where the first line gives a statement, the second line gives a...

The “Wild Geese” is one of the most arresting poems by Mary Oliver, exploring the relationship between nature and humanity. The primary theme of the “Wild Geese” is the nature’s wonders and beauty, acknowledging how the world would become a better place if human beings adjust themselves with it. Through...

In the story, Half Broke Horses, the author, Jeannette narrates the story of Lily Casey, her grandmother, from Lily's point of view. Hence, Lily is the main character in the novel, and the plot of the story primarily revolves around her. Lily was brought up in two different ranches, the...

In Krista Foss’s debut novel, the former journalist, teacher, and a writer residing in Smoke River, Hamilton, presents the impacts of land struggles over a region of new residential partition between the non-natives and the Mohawks. There is a high likelihood that the excerpt of Salamanders was most likely enthused...

The research paper focuses on George Orwell who was an English journalist, essayist and novelist who created awareness of social injustices, articulated prose, supported democratic socialism and opposition to totalitarianism. He wrote fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and polemical journalism. He is known to have written the novel like Animal Farm,...

The book titled Being There The book titled Being There by Jerzy Kosinski is a figurative tale about a man known as Chance who has very limited contact with the real world apart for what he watches on the television and his work at the Old man's garden. His isolation with...

Analysis of Drama as a Social Commentary Over the recent years, there has been a wide approval of drama as a critical tool for social commentary. Drama contains elements that mirror the society and life in general thus, apart from entertainment, drama informs and educates. Many playwrights utilize this powerful feature...

The Southern Thruway by Julio Cortazar The Southern Thruway by Julio Cortazar is a narrative that revolves around the humans' collective response to a similar problem. The traffic jam experienced on the main highway from Southern France to Paris is characterized by the slow movement of cars, irritated drivers and passengers,...

George Carlin describes soft language as mild terms that are used by people to cope with life problems is a sugarcoated way. Carlin states that “Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it.” Soft language can also be...

Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” is a story that explores the theme of paternal love in the most intriguing manner. The story is introduced by Alfieri, a first-person narrator, who feels disturbed by his community's discomfort with the society’s law (Epstein, 112). The peripheral narrator plays a vital...

Comedy on College Campuses Flanagan holds that the comedy that can be performed at contemporary college campuses are the ones that entertain the crowds and make them enjoy without offending even a single student. These comedians involved are those who understand political correctness and know the sensitive areas that should not...

Violations that are regarded as a benign usually result in laughter and amusement. According to McGraw and Warren (1141), some factors can be used to predict whether something will be funny. Benign violations are those that do not threaten people’s beliefs and their worldview. Three situations have to be satisfied...