Essays on Literary Genres

An individual's decisions and behavior can affect the course of his or her life, and even the smallest of those actions can have a significant effect. Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Invention of Wings" advocates the idea that a person's decisions and behaviors affect the course of his or her...

A theory is a common narrative that has been used repeatedly to justify or address questions about the history of something, or about the social or natural phenomenon that leads to the existence of objects as they are. Neil Gaiman uses the mythology of contemporary storytelling and fantasy to relate...

Jhumpa Lahiri's novel "The Namesake" (2004) The Namesake is a fictitious story rich with themes that illuminate the various encounters that refugees are often subjected to and must contend with, the clashes caused by cultural disparities, the contradictions of accommodation and assimilation with human diversities and values, and the distorted relations...

The poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats was inspired by a chirping song of a nightingale that the poet heard in the garden of one of his friends-Charles Brown-and was composed one morning when the sound of the bird took his heart away. The 'Ode of a Nightingale,'...

The tale of Amundsen is one of Munro s collections that is strikingly captivating and draws the reader in. Munro uses this narrative to provide a retrospective account of incidents that occurred in Amundsen after the Second World War.Vivien Hyde and Dr. FoxVivien Hyde, the protagonist, and narrator of the...

In terms of theme and rhyme, this paper produces a poem that is modeled after the poem To My Close and Caring Husband. Its core focus will be the quest for unity. It will also take a textual, stylistic, and thematic approach, similar to Bradstreet s poem. In...

A Wall of Rising Fire is a short story set in Haiti that follows the life of a three-member family. Man, his wife Lili, and their seven-year-old son Little Guy live in a single-roomed dilapidated structure in Haiti's shanty towns. The story depicts Guy's sacrifices in order to care for...

In the book, The Great Gatsby The setting is in America, showcasing a range of themes that the author depicts in the reading. Of the subjects, the author places the most emphasis on the subject of social stratification. Other themes include strength, corruption, justice, betrayal, and the American dream (Fitzgerald 10). Fitzgerald’s...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the novel The Minister's Black Veil. It is a tale of how the inhabitants of the town become puzzled and perplexed as their Reverend begins to wear a black veil to cover his identity without explanation. The author introduces a protagonist and...

Poetry is one of the most important mediums for a poet to express his or her thoughts to an audience. The subject of the poem, on the other hand, is determined by the intended audience and the context in which the poem is composed. A single poem may have a...

The short stories "The Jewelry" by Guy de Maupassant and "The Birthmark" by Nathanial Hawthorne are works of literature that have substance, form, and compositional similarities. Both pieces of literature concerning marriage were written at the same time in the 1800s, with “The Jewelry” published in 1884 and “The Birthmark”...

Introduction Because Feeling is First is one of Cummings' most mysterious love poems, extolling a carefree feeling of loving and being loved. The poem is composed in free verse and has 16 verses, making it impossible for the reader to recognize any clear underlying structure. The title of the poem appears...