Essays on Literature Review

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein is a novel about a genetically modified human named Friday Baldwin who is an artificial being. Friday acts as a self-sufficient "war messenger" for a clandestine private entity that is part spy agency, part militia organization, and part think tank. She is an artificial human...

In this work, I want to talk about the idea of deception, the motives for lying, and the different kinds of lies that are told every day. Deception is an event or assertion that is meant to obscure the facts or the true meaning of a circumstance. Furthermore, it may...

The novel Shame describes some of the events that characterized South Africa's apartheid regime, as well as the horrors that emerged as a result of such hostility, resentment, and rage among the people of South Africa. The book tells the story of how people chose to manipulate each other based...

The initial sound pattern is alliteration, and Hopkins employs more than two or three alliterating phrases. In a sonnet, he follows the pattern of medieval English poetry, which relies on a rhyme for the core pattern production. Hopkins has explained the use of alliterations in each line; therefore, the increased...

Makina's quest and attempt to cross the US border as a fugitive is captured in the book "Signs Preceding the End of the World." It is a representation of one of today's most controversial topics in America. The topic of immigration is heavily discussed in the plot. The storyline, characters,...

A reader of The Last of the Mohicans can detect bigotry in the novel, which is perpetuated by ethnic difference and ethnic stereotypes. Cooper's book portrays bigotry as one of the novel's contemporary subjects, offering negative and generic issues to citizens of different races. In a more rigorous review, the...

James Thurber's short story "The Rabbits That Caused All the Trouble" was published in 1939, first in The New Yorker and then in the author's own journal. The plot revolves around animals living on an island, namely wolves and rabbits, with the former getting the upper hand because they think...

The Literary Piece: Phyllis Wheatley's Poetry "On Being Carried from Africa to America" The literary piece to be explored in this article is Phyllis Wheatley's poetry "On Being Carried from Africa to America." The project will be linked to critical race theory. Phyllis Wheatley was the first African-American female in the...

Christopher Marlowe wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love in traditional iambic tetrameter and published it in 1599. The Elizabethan political context is referenced in The Passionate Shepherd. The poem is written in the pastoral style. The pastoral tradition poems are characterized by romantic passion, a state of innocence, and...

Claudia Rankine's book Citizen: An American Lyric was released in 2014. It is one of his many works that are difficult to categorize. Many people, though, have characterized the book as both a literary work and a criticism. It is mixed with photographs, criticism, and sculpture, and hence can be...

Tennessee Williams uses symbolism successfully in The Glass Menagerie. This research takes a stand on the meaning and symbolism of the glass menagerie, with an emphasis on the unicorn. Laura's favorite of the glass menagerie is the unicorn, and as a metaphor, it represents Laura's mental and physical fragility. The...

‘The Obligation to Be Happy' discusses success and how difficult it is to attain. The poet observes that meeting other desires, such as attractiveness and housework, is easy, but achieving the expected satisfaction is difficult. This is similar to the poem 'Why are your poems so dark?' The individual interviewing...