Essays on Literature

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried is a narrative about a group of soldiers in the Vietnam War. Tim O' Brien tells the story form the second person point of view giving precise details of the emotions and the life of the soldiers during the entire period. The author...

Analysis of Drama as a Social Commentary Over the recent years, there has been a wide approval of drama as a critical tool for social commentary. Drama contains elements that mirror the society and life in general thus, apart from entertainment, drama informs and educates. Many playwrights utilize this powerful feature...

The Southern Thruway by Julio Cortazar The Southern Thruway by Julio Cortazar is a narrative that revolves around the humans' collective response to a similar problem. The traffic jam experienced on the main highway from Southern France to Paris is characterized by the slow movement of cars, irritated drivers and passengers,...

The book “I am Malala" gyrates around the story of a fourteen-year-old girl fighting for the women's right to education. Malala was born and raised in Pakistan, where she narrates the life-shattering moments in the land. At her tender age, Malala began to develop a stronger character to the extent...

Omarosa Manigault Newman's memoir titled "Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House" Omarosa Manigault Newman’s memoir titled “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House” presents one of the most recent publicly researchable ethical decisions. In this book, Omarosa writes about her time at the White House under...

The First Obituary: Ida Wells - The Voice Against Racism The first obituary was that of Ida Wells who spoke strongly against racism in the Deep South and reported on the lynching of blacks and minorities. She lived at a time when racism was rife, and few people dared to talk...

George Carlin describes soft language as mild terms that are used by people to cope with life problems is a sugarcoated way. Carlin states that “Americans have trouble facing the truth, so they invent the kind of a soft language to protect themselves from it.” Soft language can also be...

Margaret Eleanor Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood was a prominent poet and novelist, born in Canada in 1939. In her young age, she grew up in the provinces of Northern Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Atwood studied at the University of Toronto, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree, Radcliffe College in Cambridge...

The Theme of Paternal Love and Incest in "A View from the Bridge" The essay uses Arthur’s “A View from the Bridge” to explore the theme of paternal love which extends to the extreme levels of incest. In doing so, the analysis focuses on homosexuality between Rodolpho and Eddie and the...

Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” is a story that explores the theme of paternal love in the most intriguing manner. The story is introduced by Alfieri, a first-person narrator, who feels disturbed by his community's discomfort with the society’s law (Epstein, 112). The peripheral narrator plays a vital...

Coelho selects Narcissus's myth as the prologue because it incorporates several elements that are useful later in the narrative. For instance, the reader is able to see the ascription of human traits towards inanimate objects as when he describes the lake that cries. Such a myth sets a magical tone...

Analysis of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson is unique as it starts introducing the village lottery day thus making the reader believe that it is a positive thing. However, it turns out to be the irony. While reading the narrative, I was excited to see...