Essays on Literature

Introduction Things Fall Apart is praised as a superb novel that tells the story of life in Nigeria at the end of the nineteenth century. It is without a doubt the most studied African book, having been written in 1958. (Kenalemang 4). The book has sold over 8 million copies and...

Suzanne Collins wrote the dystopian trilogy The Hunger Games. The Giver, on the other hand, is an American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry. Both books begin each day in a dystopian environment. The setting is a genre that seems to be complicated. They prefer to share such...

Junot Diaz, the author of Oscar Wao's Wondrous Life Book, introduces the setting of the book in the United States and the Dominican Republic. In specific, the author analyzes the brutal regime control dominated by Trujillo, which exposes people to animosity and brutality. As a result, different characters in the...

EMILIA “I am satisfied I have found this napkin: This was her first remembrance from the Moor: My wayward husband hath a hundred times Woo'd me to steal it; however she so loves the token, For he conjured her she should ever keep it, That she reserves it evermore about her...

Dr. Laura Bates and the Rehabilitation Program Dr Laura Bates was rehabilitating prisoners in a maximum security state prison; she requested the inmates an assignment about Shakespeare’s works. The other inmates submitted short responses however Newton gave a one-page answer, earning him a place in her program, “Shakespeare in Shackles.” Shakespeare's Impact...

The play A Raisin in the Sun The play A Raisin in the Sun, talks about two key characters Walter and Beneathaboth from the same family who have alike traits. Beneatha, Walter's younger sister, is a college student who plans to go to medical school. She appears to the most intellectual...

Alfred Lord Tennyson's Ulysses Ulysses is a textbook poem published in 1833. This poem is a dramatic monolog of the classical character of the myths of Greece. Ulysses finds himself briefly bored after returning home to Ithaca after a very long trip. The banality of ordinary life makes him ill. And...

J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings, uses the ring of power to represent power, despair, and corruption. This iniquity is conceived by the ring of power, which is thought to exist solely for the purpose of bringing evil to the world and annihilating the human race....

The article, Shooting an Elephant The article, Shooting an Elephant, deals with George Orwell, who is a Moulmein police officer, a British Colony town in Burma (Orwell, 2014). The people of Burma and George's loathing The people of Burma have been acutely loathed by George because he is an English military occupier much...

Pride and Prejudice: Reinforcing Sexist Stereotypes of Women Introduction Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813, is one of Jane Austen's most popular novels. The narration reflects internal growth as well as a bitter family rivalry. The novel also elicits sexist perceptions of the female characters in the plot. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet,...

J.K. Rowling's life and her masterpiece, Harry Potter J.K. Rowling's life is expressed in her most famous piece of art, Harry Potter. In specific, the friendship between Rowling and the characters in her novel is publicly and subtly mirrored in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the characters and plots...

Because I couldn't stop for death, by Emily Dickinson, is the longest and most fascinating poem. Before she dies, the character continues to accept death. The poem's apparent message is that death will come to everyone, whether they are prepared or not. Nonetheless, from the speaker's point of view, death...