Essays on Literature

In the play Fences by August Wilson The author gives an introduction that brings out a clear picture of an African-American's life. This paper focuses on the hardships that Troy Maxson, the main character, and how this relates to the life of August Wilson as a black family man in the...

Fences: An Analysis of the Character Troy Maxon Fences is a short play of about ten minutes written by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the late 50s, the play talks about themes such as race, relationships, and issues of trust. All these themes and others are brought to the fore...

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 is a book established on a dystopian culture in which the government gets along with the people via traditionalism. Conformity is the method of matching beliefs and attitudes. Numerous of the typescripts such as Beatty, Mildred, and others obey the government since that is how their...

The Short Story by Alice Walker The short story by Alice Walker describes a narration in which a mother lives with two of her daughters. It is apparent, however, that the persona likes the younger of her children more. She thinks that Maggie deserves some of her goods as opposed to...

The Autobiography "An Ordinary Man" The autobiography “An Ordinary Man” written by Paul Rusesabagina is a mind-boggling piece of work that captures the interest of the reader right from the onset. The writer has employed the use of various rhetoric strategies to keep the reader yearning for more. The story is...

Faulkner, William. A Rose for Emily and Other Stories. Random House Publishing Group, 2012. Available at: http://2015-2016-chs-english11.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/6/14165482/faulkner_william_-_a_rose_for_emily_-_online_text.pdf  Accessed 14 May 2018. William Faulkner’s story depicts gender related issues that women faced such as being in a male dominated society with a woman view as dependent on a man. The story depicts...

The English language has experienced a lot of changes since the fifth century up to date. There have been some phases which clearly indicate the transition period up to date. These are the Old English period, Middle English period and the Modern English period. The Old English period had most...

Dickinson is an American poet who lived between 1830 and 1886. She spent most of her later days in isolation. It’s right to assert that Dickinson never lived a normal womanly life-she never married. She was quite a recluse, even most of her poems spoke of death and immortality. Her...

The Desert Solitaire: A Book Review The Desert Solitaire is a book that was published by Edward Abbey in 1968. The story revolves around a park ranger who opts to venture out into the wilderness in a bid to keep away from the technology and human culture. He believes that doing...

By saying that “each age is found must write its own books or rather generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wanted to imply several things concerning learning especially in connection of the past and future literature. By analyzing...

Introduction “The handsomest drowned man in the world”, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the short-stories that was written in 1968. Magical realism has been used by the author all through the story in order to entice the reader. He also uses captivating language to create attention to the...

Classic and Modern Interpretation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Error" Classic becomes classic when it survives from one generation to the other constantly winning favor among the people. Moreover, current artistes tend to base their works on classical works such as poems, plays, drawings, and novels among others. A typical example...