Essays on Literature

Taking this course has made a positive impact to my writing skills as the class has helped me to improve my writing skills, hence will help me to become a better writer in future. Additionally, I had a good professor who guided me during the process. I brainstormed the ideas...

A literature review model A literature review model has six crucial steps: topic selection, literature search, developing an argument, surveying the literature, critiquing the research, and writing a review that addresses the selected topic (Machi " McEvoy, 2016). The paper explores the second step (literature search) through the approaches, sorting strategies,...

In the poem This Just to say, William Carlos is seen taking time to apologize to his wife, lover, or a friend. From the poem, it seems as if he was passing a good gesture and stuck the message in a place where the intended reader would easily access it....

Video Games and Cognitive Development Video games have gained a lot of popularity with the advancement of technology experienced in the recent past. They are a prevalent form of entertainment among different people and most especially in teenagers and youths. A steady increase in the use of video games has been...

The poem "Chimney Sweeper" in Experience Songs and Innocence Songs illustrates Blake's single view presented in two different ways. To create a more accurate picture, the two poems must complement each other. The two poems are based on the narrators' activities of cleaning of chimneys and are representations of political...

Introduction Most students including me assumed that writing is one of the simplest courses in college that entails research on the internet followed by a simple compilation of what we find. I realized that Writing is however rather complex as it involves several steps. The steps include prewriting, followed by drafting,...

The drown is a collection of short stories from Dominican-American author, Junot Diaz whose principal theme is to address the trials and tribulations facing the Dominican immigrants in their attempts to discover some impression of the American dream while they had gone to America. The setting of the story is...

Huguette Clark: A Life Filled with Mystery and Philanthropy Huguette Clark was an heiress and philanthropist who became popular for living in the hospital for 20 years. According to Dedman and Clark, she surprised people for making such a decision yet she had mansions the nobody occupied (23). A Wealthy Upbringing She was...

Introduction Providentially, committed teachers, students, parents, librarians, among other individuals have evolved to challenge the existing ideologies on book banning (Niccolini " Alyssa 22). According to the American Library Association (ALA), a good percentage of these challenges are steered by parents. Public libraries, school and university libraries, businesses as well as...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a Kenyan scholar recognized for essays, short stories, novels, social criticism, and plays. He was on January 5th 1938 in Limuru Kenya. He is the leading novelist in East Africa. Currently, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a professor in English at the United States’ University of California....

Perhaps even prior to Greeks writing scrolls of the poetic epics, the journey of the hero which is popularly known currently as The Hero's Journey, or as it is termed as "monomyth" by Joseph Campbell has been an influential configuration for the plotline for protagonists. The expedition of the hero...

The Cultural Meaning of Zombie Films The first zombie film in the film industry came from the Das Cabinet Dr. Caligari released in 1921. Recently the Zombie theme is a growing popularity for most filmmakers in the world today. The demand and consumption of zombie films are sending movie directors in...