Essays on Literary Genres

In the novel Sister Carrie, Theodore Dressier affirms that human beings are victims of chance, social forces, and instinct. Carrie and Hurstwood are the protagonists in the novel, and Carrie ends up rising from her previous condition of poverty while Hurstwood fell from a position of privilege. Their rise and...

The novel by William Faulkner is about Abner Snopes who is charged with arson. The charges are that he burnt his employer’s barn. At the beginning of the novel, he is shown being tried as his son Colonel Satoris ‘Sarty’ Snopes sits in the makeshift courtroom, and there is also...

Barn Burning can be classified as a short story written. The book is set in about 1930s, the decade of the great depression by William Faulkner. It is a story, not based on any facts, but gives insights into how people lived in those years. Harper’s Magazine published the book...

Alice Walker's "Everyday Use": A Story of Heritage and Education Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is a narrated story about a mother who has a conflicting relationship with her two daughters. The story is set in the sixties and seventies. Superficially, the story shows how the mother rejects her elder daughters' misplaced...

The Craft of Literature Articulates insights, sentiments in ways that sometimes the rest of us cannot—Gives voice to what is submerged and suppressed (the questions behind the questions)—Defamiliarizes the familiar. – Johanna Shapiro, Can Poetry Make Better Doctors? Abstract The essay supports Johanna Shapiro's idea of literature being used to articulate the sentiments...

Poe s The Raven - A Masterpiece of Literary Inspiration and Horror Poe s The Raven has served to inspire countless artistic works as well as a myriad number of literary readings regarding the themes and events of the masterpiece. The gist: a young man grieving the loss of his beloved...

In the poem This Just to say, William Carlos is seen taking time to apologize to his wife, lover, or a friend. From the poem, it seems as if he was passing a good gesture and stuck the message in a place where the intended reader would easily access it....

The poem "Chimney Sweeper" in Experience Songs and Innocence Songs illustrates Blake's single view presented in two different ways. To create a more accurate picture, the two poems must complement each other. The two poems are based on the narrators' activities of cleaning of chimneys and are representations of political...

Introduction Providentially, committed teachers, students, parents, librarians, among other individuals have evolved to challenge the existing ideologies on book banning (Niccolini " Alyssa 22). According to the American Library Association (ALA), a good percentage of these challenges are steered by parents. Public libraries, school and university libraries, businesses as well as...

Introduction Literary work is inspired by the surrounding environment that allows the artists to represent the elements surrounding human life in a creative manner with hidden messages as witnessed in poetry, music, short stories, and novels. While literature can be deemed as a tool for entertainment, authors of literary work use...

Edward Rochester is a controversial and fictitious character in the two books; Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. In both novels, Mr. Rochester played a significant role though it is challenging to draw parallels between the two works. In both books, Rochester plays the...

Reading: A Worthy Exercise For a long period of time reading has been perceived to be a worthy exercise. It is probably one of the most valuable and wholesome activities that one can engage in. This is because it is through reading that one can is able to discover new concepts,...