Essays on Literature Review

The Man Who Sent Rain Clouds The tale "The Man Who Sent Rain Clouds" depicts two cultural aspects involving Father Paul and the Native American protagonists. Only God will induce rain in the Christian world, but in the Pueblo world, it is everyone's duty to connect with the cloud people and...

The core theme of Matt De La Pena's book, I Will Save You, seems to be love. The topic of love is seen and demonstrated, as is the desire for it by all. The author describes how love is important, how it can save lives, and how love must be...

Pico Iyer's "Nowhere Guy" and the Phenomenon of Transit Loungers Pico Iyer writes in his essay 'Nowhere Guy' about a new depersonalized generation he refers to as "transit loungers." Iyer presents himself as an example of this group. He identifies transit loungers as people who spend a large portion of their...

The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie is an intriguing tale told by memories of Tom, a poet who runs a small business to support his family. The plot s most intriguing aspect is the effect of sadness it creates, even in moments of enjoyment. Each member of the household operates within...

Stephen Crane's tale The Open Boat Stephen Crane's tale The Open Boat was written in 1897 and published in 1898. It was inspired by the real sinking of the Commodore, a ship on which the author was sailing to Cuba, on January 22, 1897, off the coast of Florida (Eye, Stefanie...

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...

In her short story Desiree's Baby, Kate Chopin discusses the different shades of love that exist between people. In certain cases, it is conditional which jeopardizes the foundation of families. The most important divider in this story is race. It is set in pre-World War I America in the home...

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...

In this novel, dandelion wine represents summer and what happens during this season. Douglas Spalding is a 12-year-old boy with a younger sibling named Tom. Douglas and Tom will go out to grandfather's yard three times a year to collect all the dandelions for a nickel bag (Bradbury, 19). This...

The novel Minty Alley by C.L.R James touches on the lives of Indian Coolies and descendants of West African slaves in Trinidad. Mrs. Rouse is enraged but unsurprised by Mr. Benoit's deception as her husband, who has gone to live with another woman. Benoit is ideally Mrs. Rouse's common-law partner....

Milkman's Pursuit of Liberation and its Consequences Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon is always pursuing liberation because he knows it will bring him peace. Milkman becomes a self-made man in the book, liberating himself from his manipulating and materialistic father and losing his burdened family name. I, like Milkman,...

The literature is centered on the Heian period and demonstrates the different differences that occur within females of parallel levels, as well as the treatment of each rank against the other and the emperor's role in changing the face of some of the individuals. Religion is often a derivative of...