Essays on Literary Genres

'The Things They Carried' 'The Things They Carried' is a collection of twenty-two stories, all of which are based on the Alpha Company and the fate of the soldiers after their return to America from war. The soldiers carry along essential goods, and the war is isolating but exposes the truth...

In her essay Homeless, Anna Quindlen portrays the struggle that people who have lost their homes have to undergo. A homeless person just wants a place to call their own, and that's why some prefer not to go to shelters and seek refuge in the streets, subways, and parks because...

The poem by Kipling Rudyard is among the most inspirational lyrics. The poem is a real-life situation as it advises people on how to live their daily lives. The author gives several scenarios both positive and negative in ones live in every stanza and offers several solutions to key problems...

Hamlet: A Play by William Shakespeare Hamlet is one of the best and longest plays written by the famous Shakespeare. The play mainly focuses on the prince of Denmark, Hamlet. The tragedies of the prince Helmet and his revenge mission towards his uncle Claudius through the use of the spirit of...

The multiculturalism policy was first embraced by Canada in 1971. The country is committed to showing the significance of cultural diversity in the world today, and until to date, it is obvious that Canada still sees herself in the frontline when it comes to the side of interrelating with immigrants....

Narcissism in Tobias Wolff's "Bullet in the Brain" Narcissism is one huge problem in the current society. In Tobias Wolff short story "Bullet in the Brain," narcissism has been portrayed as self-pitying, immature, and selfish. To some degree, all individuals are narcists, therefore, writing it is an act of futility. A...

In Neil Smith’s “Scrapbook”, he presents his characters as an aftermath of a massacre that has happened in Robertson Hall in Scotts University ten days ago. In the tragedy, ten victims lost their lives and more others like Thomas and Myuko narrowly escaped death. Although the survivors struggle to continue...

Through A Rose for Emily, Faulkner illustrates the fight that is brought about from an effort of maintaining culture and tradition when there is prevalent radical change. Characters such as Jefferson is seen to be at crossroads absorbing everything modern, hoping for a more commercial future while at the same...

1. In the book Desert Solitaire, on page 26, Abbey finds himself at snake's-eye-level again. Why? In Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey, the author finds himself at snake’s eye level again when viewing the lower part of the flowers in the chapter titled, Cliffrose and Bayonets. The...

A Man for All Seasons: The Immoral Choices of Henry, Rich, and Cromwell A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt is an exciting play with several unique characters who lead their lives in different ways. For instance, there is Thomas More who lives a moral life and Richard Rich who...

Sonnet 33 is one of William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets, and it represents one of the most outstanding lyrical expressions from English poetry. The poem is about a young girl’s declaration of love for a man, and it displays the power of applying natural beauty as a human emotional symbol. The...

Guy de Maupassant was a prolific French writer in literature. He wrote poetry, novels, and newspaper articles. He also knowledgeably compiled short stories like “The Necklace” and “BelAmim”. The narratives have made him famous due to their use in schools to enrich literature learning. In “The Necklace” story for instance,...